HrachuhíBassénz

In the 24/25 season, Hrachuhi will return to the Royal Opera House Covent Garden for Violetta in La Traviata, she will give her house debut as Cio-Cio San in Madama Butterfly at Las Palmas Opera and will give her role debuts as Tosca at Opéra de Limoges, Ariadne at Israeli Opera and Leonore in Fidelio at Busan Concert Hall, Korea. She will give a recital with Helmut Deutsch in Yerevan and will sing Strauss' Four Last Songs and the Brahms Requiem at the Meistersingerhalle Nürnberg.

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, Antonello Manacorda, Ivan Repusic, Daniele Rustioni, Omer Meir Wellber, Joana Mallwitz, Lorenzo Viotti, Renato Balsodonna, Speranza Scapucci 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.