Maya Kuliyeva (Turkmen: Maa Kulyewa) (May 1, 1920 April 27, 2018) was
a Turkmeni operatic soprano and actress of the Soviet era.Born Mamajan
Kuliyeva (Turkmen: Mamajan Kuliewa) in the city of Bzmein (annexed and
made part of the city Ashgabat in 2013), Kuliyeva was orphaned at age
8.[1]A lyric soprano, she studied at the Turkmenistan branch of the
Moscow Conservatory from 1938 until 1941.[2] Beginning in the latter
year she was a member of the company at the Turkmen Theater of Opera
and Ballet; she was the first to perform roles in Western operas on
the Turkmenistan stage.[3] She also created roles in numerous operas
by composers from the Turkmen SSR and other Central Asian republics;
among these were roles in Shasenem and Gharib, The Rose and the
Nightingale, and Zohre and Tahir by Adrian Shaposhnikov and Abadan by
Ashir Kuliev. Other roles in her repertoire included Marfa in The
Tsar's Bride by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Marguerite in Faust by
Charles Gounod, and the title role in Madama Butterfly by Giacomo
Puccini.[2] During her career she appeared in a handful of films as
well.[4] For her work she received multiple awards during her career;
she was named an Honored Artist of the Turkmen SSR in 1943, and became
a People's Artist of the Turkmen SSR in 1952. Three years later she
was awarded the title People's Artist of the USSR. In 2008 she was
named a Hero of Turkmenistan. During her career she also received the
Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner of Labour, and the Order
of the Badge of Honour.[3] She was a deputy of the Supreme Council of
the Turkmen SSR at its second and fourth sessions.[2][1]Kuliyeva, who
is said to have been a "[Communist] Party organiser" during the Soviet
era,[5] continued to receive recognition from the Government of
Turkmenistan after the breakup of the Soviet Union.[6] In 2010 it was
reported that she still had final say over all matters of opera
performance in Turkmenistan.[5] Kuliyeva died on April 27, 2018, four
days before what would have been her 98th birthday.[7]
a Turkmeni operatic soprano and actress of the Soviet era.Born Mamajan
Kuliyeva (Turkmen: Mamajan Kuliewa) in the city of Bzmein (annexed and
made part of the city Ashgabat in 2013), Kuliyeva was orphaned at age
8.[1]A lyric soprano, she studied at the Turkmenistan branch of the
Moscow Conservatory from 1938 until 1941.[2] Beginning in the latter
year she was a member of the company at the Turkmen Theater of Opera
and Ballet; she was the first to perform roles in Western operas on
the Turkmenistan stage.[3] She also created roles in numerous operas
by composers from the Turkmen SSR and other Central Asian republics;
among these were roles in Shasenem and Gharib, The Rose and the
Nightingale, and Zohre and Tahir by Adrian Shaposhnikov and Abadan by
Ashir Kuliev. Other roles in her repertoire included Marfa in The
Tsar's Bride by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Marguerite in Faust by
Charles Gounod, and the title role in Madama Butterfly by Giacomo
Puccini.[2] During her career she appeared in a handful of films as
well.[4] For her work she received multiple awards during her career;
she was named an Honored Artist of the Turkmen SSR in 1943, and became
a People's Artist of the Turkmen SSR in 1952. Three years later she
was awarded the title People's Artist of the USSR. In 2008 she was
named a Hero of Turkmenistan. During her career she also received the
Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner of Labour, and the Order
of the Badge of Honour.[3] She was a deputy of the Supreme Council of
the Turkmen SSR at its second and fourth sessions.[2][1]Kuliyeva, who
is said to have been a "[Communist] Party organiser" during the Soviet
era,[5] continued to receive recognition from the Government of
Turkmenistan after the breakup of the Soviet Union.[6] In 2010 it was
reported that she still had final say over all matters of opera
performance in Turkmenistan.[5] Kuliyeva died on April 27, 2018, four
days before what would have been her 98th birthday.[7]
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