AsmikGrigorian
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Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt
About Asmik
âOne of the fiercest dramatic talents in the fieldâ (The New York Times), Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorianâs âversatility is astoundingâ (The Times) with a âwild voice [that is] rich and darkâ (Le Monde). Regularly engaged at the worldâs leading opera houses, she has recently performed at the Wiener Staatsoper, Metropolitan Opera, the Salzburger Festspiele, the Royal Opera House, London and Teatro alla Scala.
Asmik works with many of the world's leading conductors including Franz Welser-Möst, Yves Abel, Vladimir Jurowski, Mikhail Tatarnikov, Alan Gilbert. Asmik frequently collaborates with top stage directors including Dmitri Tcherniakov, Romeo Castellucci, and Claus Guth.
She was a founding member of Vilnius City Opera, has twice been awarded the Golden Stage Cross (the highest award for singers in Lithuania), was named Best Female Lead in 2019 at the Austrian Music Theater Awards, and was named Female Opera Singer of the Year in 2022 by the Ăpera XXI Association. She won Opus Klassik's 2023 Female Singer of the Year in recognition of her acclaimed debut album Dissonance with pianist Lukas GeniuĆĄas and, in 2024, received the Grand Jury Prize at the Austrian Music Theatre Awards.
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Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt
Season Highlights
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Asmik Grigorian performs Lisa's Aria, Act 1 from Pique Dame by Tchaikovsky
Performed at the Bayerische Staatsoper Credit: Medici TV
PlayingAsmik Grigorian performs Lisa's Aria, Act 3 from Pique Dame by Tchaikovsky
Performed at the Bayerische Staatsoper Credit: Medici TV
PlayingAsmik Grigorian sings 'Song to the Moon' from Rusalka by DvoĆĂĄk.
Performed with Yutaka Sado and the Tonkunstler Orchestra for the Midsummer Night's Gala at Grafenegg Festival, June 2023. Credit: 3SAT
PlayingAsmik Grigorian sings 'Sola, perduta, abbandonata' from Manon Lescaut by Puccini
Performed with Yutaka Sado and the Tonkunstler Orchestra for the Midsummer Night's Gala at Grafenegg Festival, June 2023. Credit: 3SAT
PlayingAsmik Grigorian performs Chrysothemis Monologue from Elektra by Strauss
Fabien Gabel and lâOrchestre Philharmonique de Radio France at the Philharmonie de Paris. Credit: Asmik Grigorian
PlayingAsmik Grigorian performs the final scene from Salome by Strauss
Fabien Gabel and lâOrchestre Philharmonique de Radio France at the Philharmonie de Paris. Credit: Asmik Grigorian
Playing
Audio
- Asmik Grigorian sings Wiegenlied Lullaby from Berg's WozzeckCredit: Concertgebouw Amsterdam
Selected Repertoire
BartĂłk | Bluebeard's Castle (Judith) |
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Bellini | Norma (title role) |
Berg | Wozzeck (Marie) |
Cilea | Adriana Lecouvreur (in preparation) |
Dargomyzhsky | Rusalka (title role) |
DvoĆĂĄk | Rusalka (title role) |
Giordano | Fedora (title role) |
JanĂĄÄek | The Makropoulos Case (Emilia Marty)   âąÂ   Jenufa   âąÂ   Cunning Little Vixen (title role)   âąÂ   KĂĄtya KabanovĂĄ ( in preparation) |
Korngold | Die tote Stadt |
Prokofiev | The Gambler |
Puccini | Madama Butterfly   âąÂ   Suor Angelica   âąÂ   La rondine   âąÂ   Manon Lescaut   âąÂ   |
R. Strauss | Elektra (Chrysothemis)   âąÂ   Salome |
Rubenstein | The Demon |
Tchaikovsky | Eugene Onegin (Tatiana)   âąÂ   The Enchantress   âąÂ   Mazeppa   âąÂ   Queen of Spades (Liza) |
Verdi | Otello (Desdemona)   âąÂ   Don Carlo (Elisabeth)   âąÂ   Il Trovatore (Leonora) |
News
Press
Rusalka
Teatro di San CarloNov 2024Ă spigliata, capricciosa, vibrante, tenerissima e dolente,come in quella sua delicatissima invocazione alla luna (MÄsĂÄku na nebi hlubokĂ©m) che rivela in lei il corpo unico,potente e morbido al contempo, di parola e musica, lafluiditĂ impressionante con cui trasforma in emissione divelluto difficoltĂ e passaggi lungo lâintera, ampiaestensione, lâamalgama speciale di colore ed espressione,le espansioni luminosissime allâacuto [ translated] She is lively, capricious, vibrant, very tender and sorrowful, as in her very delicate invocation to the moon (MÄsĂÄku na nebihlubokĂ©m) which reveals in her the unique body, powerful and soft at the same time, of word and music, the impressive fluidity with which she transforms into velvet emission difficulties and passages along the entire, wide extension, the special amalgam of colour and expression, the very luminous expansions in the high notes.
- Connessi all'Opera
- 21 November 2024
La parte musicale ha riscosso un grande, meritato successo: Asmik Grigorian ha offerto unâinterpretazione luminosa ed emotivamente profonda di Rusalka, combinando brillantezza tecnica e vulnerabilitĂ piena di pathos. La sua esecuzione della Canzone alla Luna Ăš stata uno dei momenti salienti, dimostrando la sua capacitĂ di incantare con la voce e una presenza magnetica, anche se immobile come le era richiesto nel riquadro che la ospitava. [Translated] The musical part was a great, deserved success: Asmik Grigorian offered a luminous and emotionally deep interpretation of Rusalka, combining technical brilliance and pathos-filled vulnerability. Her performance of the Song to the Moon was one of the highlights, demonstrating her ability to enchant with her voice and a magnetic presence, even if immobile as was required in the frame that hosted her.
- Rivista Musica
- 20 November 2024
Il soprano Asmik Grigorian risolve la parte di Rusalka con un linguaggio melodico intriso di drammatica maturitĂ . Voce teatralmente «accogliente» e morbida, soprattutto quando sfocia in un seducente e romantico sentimentalismo e in un lirismo carico dâaffetto (come accade nellâaria lunare dellâAtto I). Vanta, dunque, una voce cromaticamente variegata â caratterizzata da unâinteressante polivalenza drammatica, che garantisce allâattrice-cantante di restituire appropriatamente anche la disperazione dâuna creatura acquatica costretta in un non-corpo che detesta. Un mirabile dinamismo vocale, determinato da omogeneitĂ dâemissione e purezza stilistica. [Translated] Asmik Grigorian solves the part of Rusalka with a melodic language imbued with dramatic maturity. A theatrically "welcoming" and soft voice, especially when it flows into a seductive and romantic sentimentality and a lyricism full of affection (as happens in the lunar aria of Act I). She boasts, therefore, a chromatically varied voice - characterized by an interesting dramatic versatility, which allows the actress-singer to appropriately convey even the desperation of an aquatic creature forced into a non-body that she detests. A wonderful vocal dynamism, determined by homogeneity of emission and stylistic purity.
- Gbopera
- 23 November 2024
Asmik Grigorian, come si usa dire nel gergo calcistico per definire un top player, âfa reparto da solaâ: Ăš unâartista dallâintenso carisma scenico; fa teatro anche con il piĂč misurato e apparentemente insignificante gesto o postura, perfino quando - come in gran parte dellâatto II - Ăš muta: a parlare sono gli sguardi, i silenzi, lâaccartocciarsi in se stessa. E fa teatro, e soprattutto emana fascino e voluttĂ , quando nel corso del canto alla luna, magnificamente interpretato, si accarezza sinuosamente e lentamente i capelli. Cantante-attrice/attrice-cantante, Asmik Grigorian: impossibile nel suo caso scindere i due aspetti, comprendere quanto il canto benefici del magnetismo della presenza scenica e quanto lâinterpretazione musicale, lâuso raffinatissimo della tecnica di emissione piegata alle piĂč minuziose intenzioni espressive, sia derivante dal carisma di attrice. La vocalitĂ di Grigorian - che si giova di un timbro ambrato, di acuti affilati e precisi - Ăš un florilegio di inflessioni, espressioni di un fraseggio profondo e analitico. [Translated] Asmik Grigorian, as they say in football jargon to define a top player, âdoes the department all by herselfâ: she is an artist with intense stage charisma; she creates theatre even with the most measured and apparently insignificant gesture or posture, even when - as in much of Act II - she is silent: what speaks are the looks, the silences, the curling up into herself. And she creates theatre, and above all she emanates charm and voluptuousness, when during the magnificently interpreted song to the moon, she sinuously and slowly caresses her hair. Singer-actress/actress-singer, Asmik Grigorian: in her case it is impossible to separate the two aspects, to understand how much the singing benefits from the magnetism of the stage presence and how much the musical interpretation, the extremely refined use of the emission technique bent to the most minute expressive intentions, derives from the charisma of the actress. Grigorian's vocals - which benefit from an amber timbre, sharp and precise high notes - are an anthology of inflections, expressions of a deep and analytical phrasing.
- L'ape Musicale
- 24 November 2024
Asmik Grigorian delivered a luminous and emotionally profound portrayal of Rusalka, combining technical brilliance with heartfelt vulnerability. Her rendition of the Song to the Moon was a highlight, showcasing her ability to captivate with both voice and magnetic presence.
- Bachtrack
- 24 November 2024