Lusine Zakaryan
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Lusine Zakaryan, born Svetlana Zakaryan (1937, Akhaltsikhe, Georgian SSR - 1992), was an Armenian opera singer (soprano).
She grew up in the Samtskhe-Javakheti region of southern Georgia. In 1952 she moved with her family to Yerevan, where she attended a secondary music school. She entered the Yerevan State Musical Conservatory in 1957 and her singing talent soon became clear.
From 1970 to 1983 Zakaryan was a soloist with the symphony orchestra of Armenian TV and Radio. She also sang in the choir of the Armenian Apostolic Church's main church at Echmiadzin.
Zakaryan was known for singing the international opera repertoire as well as Armenian traditional and church music.