Zara Aleksandrovna Dolukhanova (Armenian: Զարուհի Դոլուխանյան, Russian: Зара Александровна Долуханова; 15 March 1918[1] – 4 December 2007) was a Soviet Armenian mezzo-soprano who achieved fame performing on many lauded radio broadcasts of operas and works from the concert repertoire during the 1940s through the 1960s.

Considered one of the great singers of the Soviet era, Dolukhanova was notable for her championing of the operas of Gioachino Rossini, drawing particular acclaim for her Isabella in L'italiana in Algeri and Angelina in La Cenerentola.

She continued to perform with minor opera houses in Armenia until she and her husband relocated to Moscow in 1944, when she was appointed as a soloist with the USSR All-Union Radio Symphony Orchestra.

[2] Outside of Russia, Dolukhanova maintained an unusually active concert and recital schedule for a Soviet-era artist.

[2] In 1970, Dolukhanova retired from singing and joined the voice faculty at the Gnessin Institute, where she taught for more than twenty-five years.