HrachuhíBassénz

In the 2023/24 season, Hrachuhi will return to Semperoper Dresden as Mimì in La bohème and Antonia (Les contes d’Hoffmann) as well as Desdemona in Otello. She will return to the Royal Opera House Covent Garden for Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly and sing Mimì in La bohème in Gran Canaria.

Conductors with whom she has worked include Antonio Pappano, Johannes Wildner, Alexander Shelley, Marc Tardue, Daniel Oren, Antonino Fogliani, John Fiore, Henrik Nanasi, Marc Minkowski, Ivan Repušić, Daniele Rustioni, Omer Meir Wellber, Joana Mallwitz, and Giampaolo Bisanti and she enjoys collaborative relationships with stage directors including Laura Scozzi, Calixto Bieito, Mariame Clément, Dieter Kaegi, David McVicar, Elijah Moshinsky and Bruno Ravella.

Hrachuhi Bassenz was born to a musical family in Yerevan, Armenia. After completing her violin studies, she graduated with distinction from singing at the State Komitas Conservatory in her hometown with Professor Gayane Geghamyan. She has been awarded numerous prizes, including Singer of the Year and Audience Award from the Musiktheater Gelsenkirchen; the Bavarian Art Prize; the 2nd prize of the Voci Verdiane International Singing Competition as well as the Gold Medal from the Ministry of Culture, and the Komitas Medal from the Diaspora Ministry of the Republic of Armenia. She regularly performs in recital with Helmut Deutsch.