Tigran Martirossian

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Tigran Martirossian ( Armenian Տիգրան Մարտիրոսյան , Tigran Martirosjan ; born June 2, 1970 in Yerevan ) is an Armenian opera singer . The bass in the vocal category Basso Cantante singing since 2005 at the Hamburg State Opera .

Life

Tigran Martirossian completed his vocal studies at the Gnessin Institute in Moscow as a student of Artur Eisen and Pavel Lisitsian . While still a student he was engaged at the Moscow New Opera in 1993 and at the Bolshoi Theater in 1996 . Since 2005 he has been a permanent member of the ensemble at the Hamburg Opera . He also made guest appearances a. at the Met and at the Scala , in Vienna and in Salzburg . In 1995 he won second prize at the International Queen Sonja Music Competition in Norway, and in 1997 second prize at the “New Voices” singing competition in Gütersloh.

repertoire

Martirossian's repertoire so far includes roles in Verdi operas such as Ramphis in Aida , Philipp II in Don Carlos , Banquo in Macbeth and Fiesco in Simon Boccanegra , as well as in other classical Italian operas such as Timur in Turandot and Colline in La Bohème (Puccini). His other leading roles so far have included Figaro in Le nozze di Figaro and Mephistophélès in Gounod's Faust .

Russian roles in his repertoire include Pimen in Boris Godunow and Dossifei in Khovanshchina (Mussorgsky) and King René in the Tchaikovsky opera Jolanthe . Martirossian can also be heard on several radio recordings of Shostakovich , including Symphonies No. 13 and No. 14 , the suite based on words by Michelangelo and King Lear , the latter works with the London Symphony Orchestra conducted by Rostropovich .

His bel canto games include a. Rodolfo in La sonnambula and Raimondo in Lucia di Lammermoor . Martirossian can also be seen and heard in comic roles, such as Selim in Il turco in Italia , as Dulcamara in L'elisir d'amore or as Sulpice in La fille du régiment .

Discography

  • 2001: Panthée in Les Troyens , London Symphony Orchestra , conducted by Colin Davis . The recording won the 2002 Grammy Award for “Best Classical Album” and “Best Opera Recording”. (LSO Live LSO0010)
  • 2008: Fasolt in Das Rheingold , live recording of a production at the Hamburg State Opera . (Oehms Classics OC 925)
  • 2010: Pantheus in Les Troyens, live recording of a production at the Salzburg Festival in 2000. (Two thousand and one edition No. 899001)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Brief profile of Tigran Martirossian ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. for the Verdi Requiem on November 8, 2008 at the Philipp-Nicolai-Kantorei, Unna. (Retrieved April 9, 2010.) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / philipp-nicolai-kantorei.de
  2. ↑ a b Biography of Tigran Martirossian  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.hamburgische-staatsoper.de   on the website of the Hamburg State Opera . (Retrieved April 8, 2010.)
  3. ↑ Chronicle 1997 / 2nd price  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in the New Voices competition . (Retrieved April 8, 2010.)@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.neue-stimmen.de  
personal data
SURNAME Martirossian, Tigran
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Martirosjan, Tigran; Տիգրան Մարտիրոսյան (HyS)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Armenian opera singer (bass)
DATE OF BIRTH 2nd June 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH Yerevan