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Kate Robson

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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.

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Season Highlights

Sep 2024 - Oct 2024
Vienna State Opera
Verdi's Don Carlo (Elisabetta) Philippe Jordan (Conductor) Kirill Serebrennikov (Director)
Nov 2024 - Dec 2024
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples
Dvořák's Rusalka (title role) Dan Ettinger (Conductor) Dmitry Tcherniakov (Director) Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro di San Carlo
Nov 2024
Teatro Real, Madrid
Concert featuring works by Glinka, Puccini and Verdi. Henrik Nánási (Conductor) Orchestra of the Teatro Real Madrid

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  • Asmik Grigorian sings Wiegenlied Lullaby from Berg's Wozzeck
    Credit: Concertgebouw Amsterdam

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Selected Repertoire

BartókBluebeard's Castle (Judith)
BelliniNorma (title role)
BergWozzeck (Marie)
CileaAdriana Lecouvreur (in preparation)
Dargomyzhsky Rusalka (title role)
DvořákRusalka (title role)
GiordanoFedora (title role)
JanáčekThe Makropoulos Case (Emilia Marty)   •   Jenufa   •   Cunning Little Vixen (title role)   •   Kátya Kabanová ( in preparation)
KorngoldDie tote Stadt
ProkofievThe Gambler
PucciniMadama Butterfly   •   Suor Angelica   •   La rondine   •   Manon Lescaut   •   
R. StraussElektra (Chrysothemis)   •   Salome
RubensteinThe Demon
TchaikovskyEugene Onegin (Tatiana)   •   The Enchantress   •   Mazeppa   •   Queen of Spades (Liza)
VerdiOtello (Desdemona)   •   Don Carlo (Elisabeth)   •   Il Trovatore (Leonora)

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  • Don Carlo (Verdi)

    Vienna Staatsoper
    Sep 2024

    • Staatsoper 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.

    • 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.

    • 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.

    • Ihre an sich emotional imposante Darstellung lebt von vokaler Differenzierungskunst und Kontrasten [translated] Her emotionally impressive performance thrives on vocal differentiation and contrasts.

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