Satenik Aghababian

Satenik Aghababian (Persian: ساتنیک آقابابیان, Armenian: Սաթենիկ Աղաբաբյան) (1900–1979), also known as Satnik, Sato Peri and Pari Aghababian^[1] was an Iranian opera singer, theatre actress and playwright. She was of Armenian descent, and was one of the first Iranian opera singers.^[2]^[3] She was one of the first women to receive a formal academic education in singing.^[4] She founded a cinema for women in Tehran, called Pari for Women.^[1]

References

1 2 Zivaralam, Ehsan; Khajehi, Yassaman (31 December 2024). "Feminine "Ta'zieh": breaking the strict masculine wall by Iranian women in the Qajar Dynasty". AOQU (Achilles Orlando Quixote Ulysses). Rivista di epica. 5 (2). Department of Literary, Philological and Linguistic Studies, University of Milan: 283. doi:10.54103/2724-3346/27697. ISSN 2724-3346. Archived from the original on 24 January 2026. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
↑ "Знаменитые армянки мира" [World famous Armenian women]. Центр поддержки русско-армянских стратегических и общественных инициатив [Centre for support of Russian-Armenian Strategic and Public Initiatives] (in Russian). 14 August 2013. Archived from the original on 30 November 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2026. ["Sato Aghababyan is the first Iranian opera and operetta singer (mezzo-soprano)."]
↑ Mahvash Shirazi (27 July 2021). "ساتنیک آقابابیان، خواننده اپرا و بازیگر ارمنی ایرانی" [Satnik Aghababian, Iranian-Armenian opera singer and actor]. IranWire (in Persian). Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2026.
↑ محجوب, نیکی; Niki Mahjoob (13 October 2013). "۱۰۰ زن نخست ایران در حوزه‌های مختلف" [Iran's top 100 women in various fields]. BBC News (in Persian). Archived from the original on 11 January 2026. Retrieved 24 January 2026.

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[AOQU-1] 1 2 Zivaralam, Ehsan; Khajehi, Yassaman (31 December 2024). "Feminine "Ta'zieh": breaking the strict masculine wall by Iranian women in the Qajar Dynasty". AOQU (Achilles Orlando Quixote Ulysses). Rivista di epica. 5 (2). Department of Literary, Philological and Linguistic Studies, University of Milan: 283. doi:10.54103/2724-3346/27697. ISSN 2724-3346. Archived from the original on 24 January 2026. Retrieved 24 January 2026.

[RUInfo-2] "Знаменитые армянки мира" [World famous Armenian women]. Центр поддержки русско-армянских стратегических и общественных инициатив [Centre for support of Russian-Armenian Strategic and Public Initiatives] (in Russian). 14 August 2013. Archived from the original on 30 November 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2026. ["Sato Aghababyan is the first Iranian opera and operetta singer (mezzo-soprano)."]

[IRWire-3] Mahvash Shirazi (27 July 2021). "ساتنیک آقابابیان، خواننده اپرا و بازیگر ارمنی ایرانی" [Satnik Aghababian, Iranian-Armenian opera singer and actor]. IranWire (in Persian). Archived from the original on 3 December 2024. Retrieved 24 January 2026.

[BBC-4] محجوب, نیکی; Niki Mahjoob (13 October 2013). "۱۰۰ زن نخست ایران در حوزه‌های مختلف" [Iran's top 100 women in various fields]. BBC News (in Persian). Archived from the original on 11 January 2026. Retrieved 24 January 2026.

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