LilitDavtyan
- 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
Contact

Fabiana Dalpiaz
Representation
Worldwide general management with Askonas Holt
Season Highlights
Video
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Lilit Davtyan, Soprano - Giulio Cesare in Egitto (excerpts)
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Lilit Davtyan - "Se pietà di me non senti", Giulio Cesare in Egitto
Credit: Lilit Davtyan
Lilit Davtyan sings 'All'ombra amena del Giglio d'Or' from Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims
Credit: Lilit Davtyan
Lilit Davtyan sings Susanna's Recitative and Aria from Le Nozze di Figaro
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Lilit Davtyan - 'Qui la voce' from Bellini's I Puritani
Credit: Operalia
Lilit Davtyan - Scene from Prokofiev’s The Gambler
Credit: Unitel
Lilit Davtyan - 'Djamila Boupacha' from Canti di vita e d'amore by Luigi Nono
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Lilit Davtyan performs 'Marfa's Aria' from The Tsar's Bride by Rimsky-Korsakov
Credit: Russia K
Lilit Davtyan - 'Sing not to me, fair maiden' by Rachmaninov
Credit: Orfeo Music Festival
Lilit Davtyan performs 'Da tempeste il legno infranto' from Giulio Cesare
Credit: Russia K
Audio
- Lilit Davtyan sings the final movement of Mahler's Fourth Symphony with the Pittsburgh SymphonyCredit: Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra Recorded: 08 June 2025
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 BerlinFeb 2026Her 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 PetruzzelliSep 2025Lilit 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.
- In Città Giovinazzo
- 26 September 2025
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 BerlinJul 2025Armenian 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.
- GB Opera
- 26 July 2025
Aix-en-Provence 2024 Voice Residency
Aix-en-ProvenceJun 2024 - Jul 2024La 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.
- Florence Lethurgez, Olyrix
- 29 June 2024








