LilitDavtyan

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  • Soprano

About Lilit

Armenian Soprano Lilit Davtyan is a graduate of the Yerevan State Conservatory. Upon graduation, she took part in the Bolshoi Theatre Young Artists Opera Programme from 2021-2023.

Lilit has partecipated in the Salzburg Festspiele’s Young Singers Project for their 2023 season. With them, she performed the roles Der Lehnstuhl, Die Prinzessin and Die Fledermaus in Ravel’s L’enfant et les sortileges. She was also invited to sing in a new production of The Gambler and this coming summer in a concert version of Lucio Silla.

Past highlights have included Cleopatra in Giulio Cesare at the Teatro Petruzzelli, Bari, her debut as Gilda in Rigoletto at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, upcoming Pamina in Zauberflote at the Sanxay Festival and Morgana in Alcina at the Opera de Lille conducted by Emmanuelle Haim

Lilit is based in Berlin, Germany

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Season Highlights

Sep 2024
Musikfest Berlin Concert, Berlin
Luigi Nono: Canti di Vita e d’Amore (Soprano) Sir Donald Runnicles (Conductor) Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Oct 2024
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Fidelio (Marzelline) Stephan Zilias (Composer) David Hermann (Director) Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Dec 2024 - Feb 2025
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Die Zauberflote (Pamina) Friedrich Praetorius (Conductor) Günter Krämer (Director) Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Dec 2024 - Jan 2025
Deutsche Oper Berlin
The Cunning Little Vixen (Grasshopper) Marko Letonja (Conductor) Katharina Thalbach (Director) Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
Dec 2024 - Jan 2025
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Il Viaggio a Riems (Corinna) Giulio Cilona (Composer) Jan Bosse (Direction) Orchestra of the Deutsche Oper Berlin
Jan 2025 - Feb 2025
Deutsche Oper Berlin
Die Frau ohne Schatten (Voices of an Unborn) Sir Donald Runnicles (Conductor) Tobias Kratzer (Director) Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin

Selected Repertoire

Beethoven

Fidelio (Marzellina)

Bellini

I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Giulietta)

Bellini

La Sonnambula (Amina)

Donizetti

Don Pasquale (Norina)

Donizetti

Elisir d'amore

Gluck

Orfeo ed Euridice (Euridice)

Handel

Giulio Cesare (Cleopatra)

Handel

Ariodante (Ginevra)

Handel

Alcina (Morgana)

Handel

Orlando (Dorinda)

Handel

Incoronazione di Poppea

J. Strauss

Die Fledermaus (Adele)

Massenet

Werther (Sophie)

Mozart

Die Zauberflöte (Pamina, Papagena)   •   Don Giovanni (Zerlina)   •   Le Nozze di Figaro (Susanna, Barbarina)   •   

Mozart

Lucio Silla (Celia)

Mozart

Clemenza di Tito (Servilla)

Mozart

Idomeneo (Ilia)

Mozart

Il Re Pastore (Elisa)

Puccini

Gianni Schicchi (Lauretta)   •   Suor Angelica (Suor Genovieffa)

Rossini

Il viaggio a Reims (Corinna)

Verdi

Falstaff (Nanetta)

Wagner

Tannhäuser (Hirt)

News

Press

  • Rigoletto

    Deutsche Oper Berlin
    Feb 2026
    • Her Gilda in Berlin shone with crystalline technical ease in “Caro nome” and a musical sensitivity that shaped the entire evening. Most moving of all was the final scene, where she revealed a deeply touching dramatic presence. A performance marked by rare purity and expressive maturity.

      • Berliner Morgenpost
      • 23 February 2026
  • Giulio Cesare in Egitto

    Fondazione Teatro Petruzzelli
    Sep 2025
    • Lilit Davtyan, la giovane artista, ha unito technica impeccabile e carisma scenico, dando vita a una Cleopatra intensa e moderna. la facilità con cui ha dominato le celebri arie 'V'adoro pupile' e 'Se pietà di me non senti' ha dimostrato un controllo vocale fuori dal comune. Gli applusi a scena aperta e la standing ovation finale hanno suggellato una vera e propria consacrazione. [Transalted] Lilit Davtyan, the young artist, combined impeccable technique with stage presence, bringing to life an intense and modern Cleopatra. The ease with which she mastered the famous arias ‘V’adoro pupile’ and ‘Se pietà di me non senti’ demonstrated her extraordinary vocal control. The spontaneous applause and the final standing ovation sealed her triumph.

      • La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno
      • 23 September 2025
    • Ma è stata indubbiamente la ventiseienne cantante armena Lilit Davtyan la vera protagonista della serata. La soprano che attualmente vive e lavora prevalentemente a Berlino – che nelle recite si alterna nel ruolo di Cleopatra con Sandrine Piau, ha offerto un’interpretazione di rara bellezza e completezza artistica. La sua voce, caratterizzata da un timbro luminoso e da una tecnica impeccabile, si è rivelata ideale per le arie händeliane. La Davtyan ha saputo cogliere tutte le sfaccettature della regina egizia disegnata da maestro di Halle: dalla seduttrice e sensuale della prima parte all’amante appassionata, fino alla sovrana che lotta con determinazione per il proprio regno. Le arie più virtuosistiche, come le celeberrime “V’adoro pupille”, “Se pietà di me non senti” e “Piangerò la sorte mia” sono state eseguite con facilità tecnica disarmante, mentre nei momenti più intimi la cantante ha dimostrato una maturità espressiva notevole. [Translated] But it was undoubtedly the 26-year-old Armenian singer Lilit Davtyan who was the true star of the evening. The soprano, who currently lives and works mainly in Berlin – and who shares the role of Cleopatra with Sandrine Piau in the performances – delivered a performance of rare beauty and artistic completeness. Her voice, characterised by a luminous timbre and impeccable technique, proved ideal for Handel’s arias. Davtyan captured every facet of the Egyptian queen portrayed by the Halle maestro: from the seductive and sensual figure of the first act to the passionate lover, right through to the sovereign who fights with determination for her kingdom. The most virtuosic arias, such as the famous ‘V’adoro pupille’, ‘Se pietà di me non senti’ and ‘Piangerò la sorte mia’, were performed with disarming technical ease, whilst in the more intimate moments the singer demonstrated remarkable expressive maturity.

    • Nelle recite di Giulio Cesare di Händel al Teatro Petruzzelli, il soprano armeno Lilit Davtyan ha conquistato il pubblico con una Cleopatra di sorprendente maturità. La sua voce, luminosa e agile, ha saputo affrontare con disarmante facilità le acrobazie vocali delle arie virtuosistiche, senza mai rinunciare all’intensità espressiva. Nei momenti più lirici, Davtyan ha offerto un canto di rara delicatezza, incantando la platea con la celebre “Piangerò la sorte mia”. [Translated] In the performances of Handel’s Julius Caesar at the Teatro Petruzzelli, the Armenian soprano Lilit Davtyan won over the audience with a Cleopatra of surprising maturity. Her luminous and agile voice tackled the vocal acrobatics of the virtuosic arias with disarming ease, without ever sacrificing expressive intensity. In the more lyrical moments, Davtyan offered singing of rare delicacy, enchanting the audience with the famous ‘Piangerò la sorte mia’.

      • Il Giornale della Musica
      • 23 September 2025
  • Werther in Concert

    Deutsche Oper Berlin
    Jul 2025
    • Armenian singer Lilit Davtyan has a beautiful, crystal-clear coloratura soprano, which she uses to great effect for Charlotte’s sister Sophie and excels particularly in her two arias.

  • Aix-en-Provence 2024 Voice Residency

    Aix-en-Provence
    Jun 2024 - Jul 2024
    • La soprano Lilit Davtyan met de côté ses vocalises flamboyantes de diva belcantiste pour entrer à pas discrets dans la nuit silencieuse. Elle place le moteur de l’émission vocale en arrière-gorge, comme dans cet arrière-monde qu’est la mort selon George Crumb : « La nuit silencieuse sous un ciel étoilé - Le rivage et la vague au murmure assourdi. », tandis que le piano préparé enrobe la partie chantée d’une harpe d’ondine. Sa voix se fait sinueuse, insinueuse, dans la chair vocale, se glisse comme à l’intérieur du son, la matière micro-polyphonique propre à l’écriture de Ligeti. [translated] Soprano Lilit Davtyan puts aside her flamboyant bel canto diva vocalises to enter discreetly into the silent night. She places the engine of the vocal emission in the back of the throat, as in that afterworld that is death according to George Crumb : "The silent night under a starry sky - The shore and the wave with a muffled murmur.", while the prepared piano envelops the sung part with an undine's harp. Her voice becomes sinuous, insinuating, in the vocal flesh, slipping as if into the sound, the micro-polyphonic material specific to Ligeti 's writing.