Anahit Mekhitarian
Anahit Mekhitarian Մխիթարյան ԱնահիտАнаит Мхитарян | |
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Echmiadzin, Armenia | |
Occupation(s) | Opera singer (soprano) |
Anahit Mekhitarian (also spelled Mkhitaryan or Mkhitarian) (
Life and career
Mekhitarian, was born in Echmiadzin, Armenia. She graduated with Honours from the
In 1990, at the 28th International Francesc Viñas International Singing Competition in Barcelona, Spain, with Magda Oliviero as the president of the judging panel, Mekhitarian won the First Prize.[1] Less than a year later, in 1991, she was awarded the First Prize at the 23rd Vincenzo Bellini International Competition in Sicily, with Dame Joan Sutherland as the president of the judging panel.[2] Her third victory came in 1996, when she won the First Prize at the 6th Julián Gayarre International Singing Contest in Pamplona, Spain, with José Carreras as the president of the jury.[3]
In the course of her career she has appeared throughout Europe as well as in North and South America, Australia, and the Middle East. Her opera appearances include the Gayarre Opera Theater (as Lucia in
She is a principal soloist at the National
Mekhitarian is married to Armen Hakobyan, a professor at the Armenian State University of Economics.
Repertoire
Mekhitarian's repertoire includes these significant roles:[6]
- Bellini: Norma (Norma)[4]
- Bellini: I puritani (Elvira)
- Bellini: La sonnambula (Amina)
- Donizetti: Don Pasquale(Norina)
- Donizetti: Linda di Chamounix (Linda)
- Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor (Lucia)
- Donizetti: Poliuto (Paolina)
- Leoncavallo: Pagliacci(Nedda)
- Meyerbeer:Dinorah(Dinorah)
- The Abduction from the Seraglio(Konstanze)
- Rossini: The Barber of Seville(Rosina)
- Tigranian: Anoush (Anoush)
- Tchouhadjian: Arshak II (Olympia)
- Tchouhadjian: Karine (Karine)
- Verdi: Otello(Desdemona)
- Verdi: Rigoletto (Gilda)
- Verdi: La traviata (Violetta)
References
- ^ Concurso Internacional de Canto Francisco Viñas. Winners: 1981–1990 Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 23 February 2013 (in Spanish)
- ^ Concorso Internazionale Vincenzo Bellini. Albo d'Oro dei Vincitori (Winners' List) Archived 3 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 23 February 2013 (in Italian)
- ABC (23 September 1996). "Carlos Moreno y Anahit Mekhitarian vencedores del Concurso Gayarre". Retrieved 23 February 2013 (in Spanish).
- ^ a b Kadiev, Arkady (13 January 2003). "Ереванская Норма" ("Norma from Yerevan"). Итоги. Retrieved 1 March 2013 (in Russian).
- Opera and Ballet Theater of Armenia. Soprano soloists Archived 5 November 2012 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
- ^ Opera and Ballet Theater of Armenia. Anahit Mekhitarian Archived 1 March 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 23 February 2013.
External links
- Official website Archived 26 May 2017 at the Wayback Machine
- Anahit Mekhitarian singing the aria "Casta diva"
- Part from opera Anoush on YouTube