AsmikGrigorian
Representation
Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt
About Asmik
“One of the fiercest dramatic talents in the field” (The New York Times), Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian’s “versatility is astounding” (The Times) with a “wild voice [that is] rich and dark” (Le Monde). Regularly engaged at the world’s 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 Ópera XXI Association. She won Opus Klassik's 2023 Female Singer of the Year in recognition of her acclaimed debut album Dissonance with pianist Lukas Geniušas and, in 2024, received the Grand Jury Prize at the Austrian Music Theatre Awards.
Representation
Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt
Season Highlights
Video
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 Dvořák.
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 l’Orchestre 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 l’Orchestre 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
Bartók | Bluebeard's Castle (Judith) |
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Bellini | Norma (title role) |
Berg | Wozzeck (Marie) |
Cilea | Adriana Lecouvreur (in preparation) |
Dargomyzhsky | Rusalka (title role) |
Dvořák | Rusalka (title role) |
Giordano | Fedora (title role) |
Janáček | The Makropoulos Case (Emilia Marty) • Jenufa • Cunning Little Vixen (title role) • Kátya Kabanová ( in preparation) |
Korngold | Die tote Stadt |
Prokofiev | The Gambler |
Puccini | Madama Butterfly • Suor Angelica • La rondine • Manon Lescaut • |
R. Strauss | Elektra (Chrysothemis) • Salome |
Rubenstein | The Demon |
Tchaikovsky | Eugene Onegin (Tatiana) • The Enchantress • Mazeppa • Queen of Spades (Liza) |
Verdi | Otello (Desdemona) • Don Carlo (Elisabeth) • Il Trovatore (Leonora) |
News
Press
Don Carlo (Verdi)
Vienna StaatsoperSep 2024Staatsoper darling Asmik Grigorian made her role debut as Elisabetta... able to ride the long phrases that Verdi gives her with ease, particularly in ensembles. Her taxing Act 4 aria 'Tu che le vanità' was ten minutes of impassioned singing to crown an impressive evening.
- Gramophone
- 27 September 2024
Asmik Grigorian spielt für ihre Elisabetta eine Mischung aus jugendlichem Charme und Reife aus, die überzeugt, und sich zudem für ihre letzte große Arie nochmal in der Intensität steigert [translated] Asmik Grigorian 's Elisabetta was a convincing mixture of youthful charm and maturity, and the intensity increased again for her last great aria.
- Concerti
- 28 September 2024
Dabei gibt Asmik Grigorian eine bemerkenswerte Elisabetta, die zwar Reife kennt, aber durchaus auch jugendliche Zerbrechlichkeit durchschimmern lässt. In ihrer letzten große Arie „Tu che le vanità“ kann sie mit großer Intensität, zwischen Schmerzenstal und tiefer Resignation, selbst noch die hintersten Ränge berühren. [translated] Asmik Grigorian gives a remarkable performance as Elisabetta, who knows maturity but also allows youthful fragility to shine through. In her last great aria, "Tu che le vanità," she is able to touch even the lowest ranks with great intensity, between the valley of pain and deep resignation.
- Backtrack
- 30 September 2024
Ihre an sich emotional imposante Darstellung lebt von vokaler Differenzierungskunst und Kontrasten [translated] Her emotionally impressive performance thrives on vocal differentiation and contrasts.
- Der Standard
- 27 September 2024