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Kate Robson

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About Asmik

“One of the fiercest dramatic talents in the field” (The New York Times), Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian’s “versatility is astounding” (The Times) with a “wild voice [that is] rich and dark” (Le Monde). Regularly engaged at the world’s leading opera houses, she has recently performed at the Wiener Staatsoper, Metropolitan Opera, the Salzburger Festspiele, the Royal Opera House, London and Teatro alla Scala.

Asmik works with many of the world's leading conductors including Franz Welser-Möst, Yves Abel, Vladimir Jurowski, Mikhail Tatarnikov, Alan Gilbert. She also frequently collaborates with top stage directors including Dmitri Tcherniakov, Romeo Castellucci, and Claus Guth.

She was a founding member of Vilnius City Opera, has twice been awarded the Golden Stage Cross (the highest award for singers in Lithuania), was named Best Female Lead in 2019 at the Austrian Music Theater Awards, and was named Female Opera Singer of the Year in 2022 by the Ópera XXI Association. She won Opus Klassik's 2023 Female Singer of the Year in recognition of her acclaimed debut album Dissonance with pianist Lukas Geniušas. In 2024, she received the Grand Jury Prize at the Austrian Music Theatre Awards, as well as the Theaterpreis DER FAUST Award for her performance as Salome at the Staatsoper Hamburg.

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Season Highlights

Sep 2024 - Oct 2024
Vienna State Opera
Verdi's Don Carlo (Elisabetta) Philippe Jordan (Conductor) Kirill Serebrennikov (Director)
Nov 2024 - Dec 2024
Teatro di San Carlo, Naples
Dvořák's Rusalka (title role) Dan Ettinger (Conductor) Dmitry Tcherniakov (Director) Orchestra and Chorus of the Teatro di San Carlo
Nov 2024
Teatro Real, Madrid
Concert featuring works by Glinka, Puccini and Verdi. Henrik Nánási (Conductor) Orchestra of the Teatro Real Madrid

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  • Asmik Grigorian sings Wiegenlied Lullaby from Berg's Wozzeck
    Credit: Concertgebouw Amsterdam

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Selected Repertoire

BartókBluebeard's Castle (Judith)
BelliniNorma (title role)
BergWozzeck (Marie)
CileaAdriana Lecouvreur (in preparation)
Dargomyzhsky Rusalka (title role)
DvořákRusalka (title role)
GiordanoFedora (title role)
JanáčekThe Makropoulos Case (Emilia Marty)   •   Jenufa   •   Cunning Little Vixen (title role)   •   Kátya Kabanová ( in preparation)
KorngoldDie tote Stadt
ProkofievThe Gambler
PucciniMadama Butterfly   •   Suor Angelica   •   La rondine   •   Manon Lescaut   •   
R. StraussElektra (Chrysothemis)   •   Salome
RubensteinThe Demon
TchaikovskyEugene Onegin (Tatiana)   •   The Enchantress   •   Mazeppa   •   Queen of Spades (Liza)
VerdiOtello (Desdemona)   •   Don Carlo (Elisabeth)   •   Il Trovatore (Leonora)

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  • Norma (Bellini)

    MusikTheater an der Wien
    Feb 2025

    • [Translated] Asmik Grigorian is a phenomenon on stage, both vocally and as a personality. She turns the strange druid-seer-priestess into a Medes and a modern woman. Her acting is impressive, deeply touching and ennobles an essentially bland production. And she sings like a goddess, not only, but literally also in "Casta Diva", which she performs so magnificently, tenderly, yet always expressively, that you don't need to long for great role models for a second. In some roles, Grigorian is the singer of our time who knows how to enchant the audience like no other.

    • Ihr kräftiger und höhensicherer Sopran überstrahlte alles. [Translated] Her powerful and high-pitched soprano outshone everything.

    • Grigorian sang the title role with great vocal finesse. ‘Casta diva’ was taken by conductor Francesco Lanzilotta at a measured tempo, allowing plenty of time for her to negotiate Bellini’s ornamental curlicues, and she effected a lovely pianissimo...Dramatically, Grigorian was incendiary, a Norma with attitude. Her response to Adalgisa’s confession was laced with sarcasm, finally exploding in Act 2. ‘In mia man alfin tu sei’, her duet with Pollione, is if anything a tougher challenge than ‘Casta diva’ but Grigorian dug into it tremendously

    • Sie ist zynisch, cool und immer gefasst und weiß doch in Nuancen ahnen zu lassen, was in ihr vorgeht. Man kann den Blick nicht von ihr wenden. [Translated] She is cynical, cool and always composed, and yet knows how to give a nuanced idea of what is going on inside her. You can't take your eyes off her

    • Žengti tėvų pėdomis – vienas sunkiausių kelių profesijoje ir Asmik tą žino puikiai. Būdama vienu metu ir operos solistų dukra, ir dviejų vaikų mama, ne kartą Geriausia operos soliste tituluota moteris kurdama Normos rolę prisipažįsta sulaukusi netikėto atsiminimų pliūpsnio [translated] Following in the footsteps of one's parents is one of the most difficult paths in the profession, and Asmik knows that very well. Being both the daughter of opera soloists and the mother of two children, the woman who has been awarded the title of Best Opera Soloist more than once admits that she experienced an unexpected flash of memories while performing the role of Norma

      • LRT
      • 17 February 2025

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