Asmik Grigorian

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Asmik Grigorian (2010)

Asmik Grigorian (born May 12, 1981 in Vilnius ) is a Lithuanian opera singer ( soprano ).

Life

In 1999 Asmik Grigorian graduated from the National MK Čiurlionis Art High School in Vilnius. There she learned the piano and choral conducting. From September 1999 to 2003 Asmik completed her bachelor's degree and in 2006 her master's degree in singing at the Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theater in her hometown Vilnius. In numerous appearances at the music theaters of Lithuania, the Latvian National Opera and the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg , she played major roles in the youth-dramatic field a. a. in operas by Giuseppe Verdi , Giacomo Puccini and also by Russian and French composers.

Since 2011 Asmik Grigorian has been engaged more often at opera houses in German-speaking countries. Special attention she found as the lead actress in operas by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky , for example, as Nastasya in The Enchantress at the Theater an der Wien in September 2014 and as Tatyana in Eugene Onegin at the Komische Oper Berlin in January 2016. At the Hessian State Theater in Wiesbaden she put 2016 Judit in Bluebeard's castle by Béla Bartók and Tatjana in March / April 2017.

At the International Opera Awards in London in 2016 she was named best young singer ("Young Female Singer") and in 2019 she was named best female singer ("Female Singer"). In December 2016 she played the title role in the premiere of the opera Fedora by Umberto Giordano at the Royal Swedish Opera (Stockholm) . She made her debut at the Salzburg Festival in August 2017 as Marie in Alban Berg's Wozzeck and received great recognition from the reviewers. As Polina in Prokofiev's The Player , she was seen at Theater Basel from March 2018. In July 2018 she was able to convince critics and audiences alike at the Salzburg Festival with her vocal and acting interpretation of the title role in Salome by Richard Strauss and repeat this success in 2019, which has meanwhile been awarded two prizes. She made her debut at La Scala in Milan in May 2019 as Marietta in Korngold's Die tote Stadt .

family

Asmik Grigorian is the daughter of the Armenian tenor Gegam Grigorjan (1951–2016) and the Lithuanian soprano Irena Milkevičiūtė (* 1947), LMTA professor.

From 2000 to 2007 she was married to the opera soloist Giedrius Žalys (* 1969) (they had a son in 2002). In July 2015 she married the Russian director Wasilij Barchatow (* 1983). A daughter was born in 2016.

repertoire

Asmik Grigorian joined a. a. in the following roles at major opera houses:

Awards

Discography

  • Dmitri Hvorostovsky sings of War, Peace, Love and Sorrow with Asmik Grigorian as duet partner in Scenes from War and Peace by Sergei Prokofjew and The Demon by Anton Rubinstein . CD released by Delos, August 2016
  • Alban Berg: Wozzeck with Asmik Grigorian as Marie, Salzburg Festival 2017. Vienna State Opera Choir, Vienna Philharmonic, Vladimir Jurowski. DVD / Blu-ray published by Harmonia Mundi , 2018
  • Richard Strauss: Salome with Asmik Grigorian in the title role, Salzburg Festival 2018. Vienna Philharmonic, Franz Welser-Möst. DVD / Blu-ray published by Unitel, 2019

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Asmik Grigorian at Operabase (engagements and dates).
  2. ^ Asmik Grigorian (artist portrait). Ruhrtriennale 2012, accessed on December 15, 2016 .
  3. ↑ reviews to CHARODEYKA at the Theater an der Wien, Tiroler Tageszeitung, September 15, 2014 Mon.
  4. ^ Review of Eugene Onegin at the Komische Oper Berlin, Kieler Nachrichten, Feb. 3, 2016
  5. ^ Premiere review by Eugen Onegin at the Komische Oper Berlin. In: Der Neue Merker, Vienna
  6. ↑ Asmik Grigorian, soprano. Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, accessed on August 12, 2017 .
  7. ↑ List of winners of the International Opera Awards 2016
  8. ^ Francisco Salazar: Charles Castronovo & Asmik Grigorian Win Big At The International Opera Awards. In: OperaWire. Retrieved April 30, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Laura Servidei: Asmik Grigorian a heartfelt lead in Fedora, framed by Christof Loy in Stockholm. Backtrack, December 12, 2016, accessed January 31, 2017 .
  10. ↑ Jochen Rüth: Umberto Giordano's FEDORA - Premiere on December 10th, 2016 - Gripping passion. Der Opernfreund (magazine), December 11, 2016, accessed on December 13, 2016 .
  11. ↑ Christoph Irrgeher: Among killer dolls - Salzburg Festival: Alban Berg's "Wozzeck" as a prelude to the First World War. In: Wiener Zeitung. August 9, 2017, accessed June 30, 2019 .
  12. ↑ Michael Tschida: Salzburg / premiere review - Hopp, hopp, hopp towards the abyss. In: Small newspaper. August 11, 2017, accessed June 30, 2019 .
  13. ^ Siegbert Kopp: Bad luck in the game, luck in the theater. In: Südkurier. March 11, 2018, accessed June 30, 2019 .
  14. ↑ Stephan Hilpold: "Head of the day": Asmik Grigorian: Acclaimed Salzburger Salome. In: The Standard. July 29, 2018, accessed June 30, 2019 .
  15. ↑ Gerald Heidegger: "Salome": shock and enthusiasm. In: news ORF.at. July 29, 2018. Retrieved July 29, 2018 .
  16. ^ CF Pichler: Salzburg Festival: "Salome" triumphs again. In: stol.it. August 26, 2019, accessed September 2, 2019 .
  17. ^ Sophia Felbermair: "Salome": The return of a triumph. In: orf.at. August 26, 2019, accessed September 2, 2019 .
  18. ↑ Christian Wildhagen: A century too late, but as gripping as rarely. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung. May 31, 2019, accessed June 30, 2019 .
  19. ↑ A. Grigorian ir V. Barchatovas susilaukė kūdikio
  20. ↑ see also video examples on Youtube
  21. ^ Austrian Music Theater Awards to Grigorian and Petrov. Retrieved June 23, 2019 .
  22. ^ Poll among critics - "Opera house of the year" is in Alsace. In: zdf.de. September 18, 2019, accessed September 19, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Grigorian, Asmik
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Lithuanian opera singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH May 12, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Vilnius