KristinaMkhitaryan
Representation
About Kristina
Kristina Mkhitaryan is a graduate of the Galina Vishnevskaya Theatre Studio, Moscow. She has won first prize at the Queen Sonja International Competition in Oslo (2013), third prize at the Neue Stimmen Competition (2013) and the Viotti Competition in Vercelli (2014). Kristina won 2nd Prize at the 2017 Operalia Competition.
Career highlights include La traviata at the Royal Opera House, a role which she now sings to acclaim in major opera houses worldwide, Gilda in Rigoletto with Opera Australia and Hamburgische Staatsoper, as well as the title role in Alcina at Opéra National de Lorraine, and Armida in Rinaldo under the baton of Maxim Emelyanychev at the Glyndebourne Festival. She has also sung at the Grand Théâtre de Genève as Leila in Les pêcheurs de perles, the Wiener Staatsoper in productions including La Traviata, L'elisir d'amore and Turandot and the Metropolitan Opera in their productions of Gianni Schicchi and La bohème (Musetta).
Kristina's ongoing success has recently seen her make two major role debuts - one in Dutch National Opera's acclaimed production of Donizetti's Maria Stuarda, and then Tatiana in Eugene Onegin at Gran Teatre del Liceu, Barcelona.
An exciting 2024-25 season will see Kristina return to the role of Tatiana in Eugene Onegin at the Royal Opera House, London (new production by Ted Huffman) and Teatro Real Madrid. She will also make her role debut as Mimi in La Bohème at the Metropolitan Opera and will also feature in productions of La Traviata at Teatro Perez Galdos, Massenet’s Manon at Weiner Staatsoper and as the title role in a concert performance of Maria Padilla at the Teatro de la Maestranza.
Representation
Season Highlights
Video
Kristina Mkhitaryan sings the 'Letter Aria' from Eugene Onegin
Credit: Liceu Barcelona
PlayingKristina Mkhitaryan sings Maria's Aria from Donizetti's Maria Stuarda
Credit: Dutch National Opera
PlayingKristina Mkhitaryan sings ‘Tu che di gel sei cinta’ from Puccini's Turandot
Credit: Unitel
PlayingKristina Mkhitaryan sings ‘Signore, ascolta!’ from Puccini’s Turandot
Credit: Unitel
PlayingKristina Mkhitaryan sings Micaela's aria from Carmen
Credit: Kristina Mkhitaryan
PlayingKristina Mkhitaryan sings 'Sempre Libera' from Verdi's La traviata at the Liceu
Credit: Liceu Barcelona
PlayingKristina Mkhitaryan sings Violetta's "È strano... Ah fors'è lui" at the Royal Opera House Muscat, Oman
Credit: Royal Opera House Muscat, Oman
PlayingKristina Mkhitaryan sings 'O mio babbino caro' in her Metropolitan Opera debut
Credit: Metropolitan Opera
PlayingKristina Mkhitaryan sings 'Lassa, che far degg'io' from Cavalli's Il Giasone
Credit: Grand Théâtre de Genève
PlayingKristina Mkhitaryan sings the 'Finale' from Cavalli's Il Giasone
Credit: Grand Théâtre de Genève
PlayingKristina Mkhitaryan sings Medora in Verdi's Il Corsaro
Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia, Valencia. Directed by Nicola Raab and conducted by Fabio Biondi, 2018. Credit: Palau de les Arts
Playing
Audio
- Kristina Mkhitaryan sings Il Delirio Amoroso ("Ma fermati pensier" and "Per te lasciai la luce")Credit: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
- Kristina Mkhitaryan sings Il Delirio Amoroso ('Un pensiero voli in ciel')Credit: Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France
Selected Repertoire
| Bellini | I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Giulietta) • I Puritani (Elvira) • La Sonnambula (Amina) • |
|---|---|
| Bizet | Carmen (Michaëla) |
| Cavalli | Il giasone (Isifile) • Eliogabalo |
| Donizetti | L'elisir d'Amore (Adina) • Don Pasquale (Norina) • Lucia di Lammermoor • Maria Stuarda |
| Glinka | Ruslan y Lyudmila |
| Gluck | Orfeo ed Euridice (Euridice) |
| Gounod | Roméo et Juliette |
| Handel | Alcina • Rodelinda • Giulio Cesare (Cleopatra) • Ariodante (Ginevra) • Trionfo del Tempo e della Verita' (Bellezza) |
| Massenet | Manon |
| Monteverdi | L'incoronazione di Poppea (Poppea) |
| Mozart | Le nozze di Figaro (Contessa) • Don Giovanni (Donna Anna) |
| Offenbach | Tales of Hoffmann (Antonia) |
| Puccini | La Boheme (Musetta, Mimi) |
| Ravel | L'enfants et les sortilèges (Une pastourelle, La chouette, La chauve-souris) |
| Rimsky-Korsakov | Snowmaiden • The Tsar's Bride |
| Verdi | Il Corsaro (Medora) • I masnadieri *in preparation • La traviata (Violetta) • Luisa Miller *in preparation • Otello (Desdemona) *in preparation • Rigoletto (Gilda) • Simon Boccanegra (Amelia) *in preparation |
News
Press
Manon (Massenet)
Wiener StaatsoperNov 2024Im Flüsterton besticht diese Stimme jedoch durch Delikatesse und im Forte durch eine gepfefferte Eindringlichkeit und schlanke Kontur. Zudem: Dass Mkhitaryan darstellerisch zwischen Vamp und putzigem Herzbinkerl changiert, hebt ihre Manon-Eignung zusätzlich [translated] In a whisper, this voice impresses with its delicacy and in a forte with a peppery intensity and slim contour. In addition, the fact that Mkhitaryan alternates between a vamp and a cute little sweetheart further enhances her suitability for Manon.
- Der Standard
- 15 November 2024
Ein kraftvoll leuchtender Sopran mit leicht nachgedunkelter Mittellage und Höhe. Routiniert gestaltet sie die Wandlung des naiven, lebenshungrigen Mädchens zur mondänen Kurtisane. Ihr Kampf um den Geliebten Des Grieux in der Kirche Saint-Sulpice beeindruckt, Verhaftung, Elend, Tod berühren. [Translated] A powerfully luminous soprano with a slightly darkened middle range and treble. She expertly shapes the transformation of the naive, life-hungry girl into a sophisticated courtesan. Her fight for her lover Des Grieux in the church of Saint-Sulpice impresses, touching arrest, misery, death.
- Kronen Zeitung
- 15 November 2024
Adieu, notre petite table": Jene bekannte Arie, bei der Manon Lescaut vom winzigen Tischchen ihres Liebesnests in der kleinenvPariser Garconniere Abschied nimmt, gelingt Kristina Mkhytaryan sehr zartund berührend. Auch sonst kann sie an der Wiener Staatsoper bei der Wiederaufnahme von Jules Massenets Manon mit flexiblem und sauberem Sopran überzeugen und mit tadellosen Spitzentönen beeindrucken. [Translated] Kristina Mkhitaryan performs the well-known aria in which Manon Lescaut bids farewell to the tiny table of her small Parisian studio very tenderly and touchingly. She also impresses with her flexible and clean soprano voice and flawless top notes at the Wiener Staatsoper in the revival of Jules Massenet's Manon.
- Kurier
- 15 November 2024
Kristina Mkhitaryan, deren gesangliche Leistung mit ausgezeichnet aufblühenden Höhen mehr als lobenswert war [translated] Kristina Mkhitaryan, who performed with excellent, blossoming high notes, was more than praiseworthy
- Der Opernfreund
- 27 November 2024