LilitDavtyan

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About Lilit

Armenian soprano Lilit Davtyan has been a member of the Deutsche Oper Berlin ensemble since the 2023/24 season and continues with the company through the 2025/26 season. Her repertoire there has included Gilda in Rigoletto, Papagena and Pamina in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Corinna in Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, Suor Genovieffa in Suor Angelica, Marzellina in Beethoven's Fidelio, Susanna in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, and Hirt in Wagner's Tannhäuser.

In the 2026/27 season, she returns to Deutsche Oper Berlin as Frasquita in Carmen, Pamina in Die Zauberflöte, Susanna in Le nozze di Figaro and Gilda in Rigoletto, and appears as Pamina at the Festival de Sanxay, Morgana in Handel's Alcina at Opéra de Lille under Emmanuelle Haïm, soprano soloist in Handel's Messiah with Orchestra Sinfonica di Milano, and in Bach's St Matthew Passion at Deutsche Oper Berlin.

Recent highlights include Cleopatra in Handel's Giulio Cesare at Teatro Petruzzelli Bari, appearances at the Salzburg Festival in Prokofiev's The Gambler and in concert performances of Mozart's Lucio Silla, soprano soloist with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in Mahler's Symphony No. 4, and performances at Musikfest Berlin in Nono's Canti di vita e d'amore.

A graduate of the Yerevan State Conservatory and former participant of the Bolshoi Theatre Young Artists Opera Programme (2021–2023), Davtyan also took part in the Salzburg Festival Young Singers Project in 2023, performing Der Lehnstuhl, Die Prinzessin and Die Fledermaus in Ravel's L'enfant et les sortilèges, and appearing as a soloist in the Herbert von Karajan Young Conductors Award under first prize winner Hankyeol Yoon.

Lilit is based in Berlin, Germany

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Season Highlights

Aug 2026
Sanxay Festival, France
Mozart Die Zauberflöte (Pamina) Moritz Gnann (Conductor)
Aug 2026
Salzburg Festival, Austria
Mozart Lucio Silla (Celia) Adam Fischer (Conductor)
Sep 2026
Kulturpalast Dresden, Germany
Orff Carmina Burana Sir Donald Runnicles (Conductor)
Oct 2026
Opera de Lille, France
Handel Alcina (Morgana) Emmanuelle Haïm (Director)
Dec 2026
Stadtcasino Basel, Dresden
Advent Concert with Basel Symphony Orchestra

Selected Repertoire

Beethoven

Fidelio (Marzellina)

Bellini

I Capuleti e i Montecchi (Giulietta)   •   La Sonnambula (Amina)

Donizetti

Don Pasquale (Norina)   •   Elisir d'Amore

Gluck

Orfeo ed Euridice (Euridice)

Handel

Giulio Cesare (Cleopatra)   •   Ariodante (Ginevra)   •   Alcina (Morgana)   •   Orlando (Dorinda)   •   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)   •   Lucio Silla (Celia)   •   Clemenza di Tito (Servilla)   •   Idomeneo (Ilia)   •   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.