Annagul Annakuliyeva
Annagul Annamyradovna Annaguliyeva (31 December 192418 July 2009) was a Turkmen soprano opera singer and film actress of the Soviet era. Annakuliyeva was the first internationally known opera singer to emerge from Turkmenistan. Annakuliyeva first began singing at the Turkmen Opera and Ballet Theater in Ashkhabad, Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union in 1941.
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Annagul Annakuliyeva
- Name
- Annagul Annakuliyeva
- Born
- 31 December 1924
- Birthplace
- Gasan-Kuliysky rayon, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union (now Esenguly District, Turkmenistan)
- Died
- 18 July 2009
- Place of death
- Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
- Occupation
- Opera singer, actress
- Nationality
- Turkmenistan · Soviet Union
- Fields
- opera
- Honours
- Order of Lenin · Order of the Badge of Honour · People's Artist of the USSR · Order of Friendship of Peoples
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Annagul Annamyradovna Annaguliyeva (31 December 192418 July 2009) was a Turkmen soprano opera singer and film actress of the Soviet era. Annakuliyeva was the first internationally known opera singer to emerge from Turkmenistan. Annakuliyeva first began singing at the Turkmen Opera and Ballet Theater in Ashkhabad, Turkmen Soviet Socialist Republic of the Soviet Union in 1941.
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She starred as the lead role in the opera, Zohre and Tahyr, at the theater. Annakuliyeva performed throughout the Soviet Union during her theater and opera career. She also appeared in a number of Soviet films, some of which were directed by her husband, director Alty Garliyev. Annakuliyeva was named a People's Artist of the USSR by the Soviet government in recognition of her professional accomplishments in the arts, especially opera. The President of Turkmenistan Saparmurat Niyazov officially banned opera in the country in 2001. However, Niyazov's successor, Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, lifted the ban in 2008, making opera legal in Turkmenistan again. Annakuliyeva died on 18 July 2009, in Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, at the age of 84 after a long illness.
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• Name — Annagul Annakuliyeva • Native Name — Annagül Annagulyýewa • Born — 31 December 1924 • Birthplace — Gasan-Kuliysky rayon, Turkmen SSR, Soviet Union (now Esenguly District, Turkmenistan) • Died — 18 July 2009 • Place of death — Ashgabat, Turkmenistan • Occupation — Opera singer, actress
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