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Armand Tokatyan

1894-1960 IT
Conductor of Classical

Armand Tokatyan (June 16, 1894 – June 12, 1960) was an operatic tenor. An Armenian born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria, he travelled to Egypt with his parents where he sang in cafés to favorable response. He was then sent to Paris to study tailoring, but instead sang in Left Bank cafés. In 1914, he returned to Egypt and earned his living by again singing in the cafés. He took up operetta, soon becoming a matinee idol, then in 1919 went to Milan to pursue an opera career. His operatic debut was in 1921 at the Teatro Dal Verme in Puccini's Manon Lescaut. With the help of Italian conductor Giuseppe Bamboschek, he joined the touring Scotti Opera Company in the United States, and was soon noticed by the Metropolitan Opera where he debuted in 1923. For many years he performed there and at many other opera

     
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Lakmé, Act I: Viens, Mallika … Dome epais le jasmin (Lakme, Mallika) on Delibes: Lakme by Léo Delibes, Wilfrid Pelletier & Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Lakmé, Act I: Prelude on Delibes: Lakme by Léo Delibes, Wilfrid Pelletier & Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Lakmé, Act I: A l'heure accoutumee (Hadji, Mallika, Chorus, Nilakantha) on Delibes: Lakme by Léo Delibes, Wilfrid Pelletier & Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Lakmé, ILD 31, Act I: "Fantaisie aux divins mensonges" (Gerald) on DELIBES: LAKMÉ by Léo Delibes, Wilfred Pelletier & Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Lakmé, Act II: Airs de danse: Danse on Delibes: Lakme by Léo Delibes, Wilfrid Pelletier & Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Lakmé, ILD 31, Act II: "Lakmé! Lakmé! C'est toi!" (Gerald) on DELIBES: LAKMÉ by Léo Delibes, Wilfred Pelletier & Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
L´ultima canzone on Lebendige Vergangenheit - Armand Tokatyan by Armand Tokatyan
Lakmé, Act II: Airs de danse: Persian (Chorus) on Delibes: Lakme by Léo Delibes, Wilfrid Pelletier & Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Lakmé, Act I: Pourquoi dans les grands bois (Lakme, Gerald) on Delibes: Lakme by Léo Delibes, Wilfrid Pelletier & Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Lakmé, Act I: Soyez trois fois benis, vons qui rendez (Nilakantha) on Delibes: Lakme by Léo Delibes, Wilfrid Pelletier & Metropolitan Opera Orchestra

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Title Artist Year Type
Lakme (Gesamtaufnahme)Léo Delibes, Lily Pons, Irra Petina, Annamary Dickey, Lucielle Browning, Helen Olheim, Armand Tokatyan, Ezio Pinza, George Cehanovsky, Nicholas Massue, Ludovico Oliviero, Lamberto Belleri, Wilfred Engelman, Wilfrid PelletierAlbum
Armand Tokatyan - Edoardo Ferrari-FontanaArmand Tokatyan - Edoardo Ferrari-FontanaCompil.
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