Asmik Grigorian

Asmik Grigorian
Asmik Grigorian in 2010
Background information
Born 1981
Vilnius, Lithuania, Soviet Union
Occupation(s) Opera singer (soprano)
Website Official website

Asmik Grigorian (born 1981) is a Lithuanian operatic soprano.

Life and career

Born in 1981 in Vilnius, Asmik Grigorian is the daughter of the Armenian tenor Gegham Grigoryan and the Lithuanian soprano Irena Milkevičiūtė. She studied music at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre graduating with a master's degree in 2006. Grigorian debuted in Lithuania, later performing at the Latvian National Opera and the Mariinsky Theater. She is the recipient of the highest Lithuanian theatre award, the Golden Stage Cross twice, in 2005 and 2010.[1][2]

Since 2011, Grigorian performed in various opera houses on the international stage. She was first noted in operas by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, performing leading roles, such as Nastasha in The Enchantress at the Theater an der Wien in September 2014 and as Tatiana in Eugene Onegin at the Komische Oper Berlin in 2016.[3][4][5]

In May 2016, Grigorian was honored at the International Opera Awards in London as the Best Newcomer ("Young Female Singer").[6] At the Royal Swedish Opera, she performed in December 2016 at the premiere of the opera Fedora by Umberto Giordano in the title role.[7][8] In her debut at the Salzburg Festival in August 2017, she sang the role of Marie in Alban Berg's opera Wozzeck to critical acclaim.[9][10] Grigorian was praised as a "superb musician, with deep understanding of Bergian vocal style".[11]

Discography

References

  1. ↑ "Asmik Griorian", Mariinsky Theater web site
  2. ↑ "Gegam Grigorian, opera singer - obituary", The Daily Telegraph
  3. ↑ Rezension zu Charodeyka am Theater an der Wien, Tiroler Tageszeitung, Mo, 15.09.2014
  4. ↑ Rezension zu Eugen Onegin an der Komischen Oper Berlin, Kieler Nachrichten, 3. Feb. 2016
  5. ↑ Premierenkritik Eugen Onegin an der Komischen Oper Berlin. In: Der Neue Merker, Wien
  6. ↑ Preisträgerliste der International Opera Awards 2016
  7. ↑ Laura Servidei (2016-12-12). "Asmik Grigorian a heartfelt lead in Fedora, framed by Christof Loy in Stockholm". Backtrack. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
  8. ↑ Jochen Rüth (2016-12-11). "Umberto Giordanos FEDORA - Premiere am 10.12.2016 - Packende Leidenschaft" (in German). Der Opernfreund (Zeitschrift). Retrieved 2016-12-13.
  9. ↑ Christoph Irrgeher (2017-08-09). "Unter Mörderpuppen - Salzburger Festspiele: Alban Bergs "Wozzeck" als Vorspiel zum Ersten Weltkrieg" (in German). Wiener Zeitung. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  10. ↑ "Salzburger Festspiele - Helle Begeisterung für düsteren "Wozzeck"" (in German). Kleine Zeitung. 2017-08-09. Retrieved 2017-08-09.
  11. ↑ "A stupendous, faith-restoring production - Wozzeck, Salzburg Festival, review", The Daily Telegraph
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