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Victoria Avetisyan, Mezzo-soprano  Soon after her dazzling débuts with the Caramoor International Music Festival as Gluck's Orfeo and as soloist at the Washington’s Kennedy Center with Bobby McFerrin, Victoria Avetisyan has been honored with Caramoor's Young Vocal Artist of the Year. A native of Yerevan, Armenia, she completed her academic training at the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory , Armenia (1990-96) graduating with a Master's Degree in Vocal Performance from the studio of Professor Svetlana Kolosaryan. She began her singing career as a principal artist at the National Opera Theater of Armenia in 1996, where she sang numerous roles including Paranzem and Shoushan in Choukhajian's operas Arshak II and Karine, the Mother in Armen Tigranian's beloved Anoush, Azucena and Emilia in Verdi's Il Trovatore and Otello, respectively, and Rossini's Cenerentola and Rosina. In 1999 Ms. Avetisyan was selected to join Boston University's internationally recognized Opera Institute where she received her Artist’s Diploma following two years of intensive studies. Ms. Avetisyan returned to Caramoor last season to sing Fedora in the highly touted world premiere of Donizetti's Élisabeth. The very versatile mezzo made her company début with the Boston Lyric Opera as Princess Sophia Korchagin in the Boston premiere of Tod Machover's Resurrection, and her Boston Symphony Hall début as soloist in Verdi's Requiem. Other recent engagements have included recital and concert performances as guest soloist on both coasts: Operatic roles include: A recipient of numerous distinctions, Victoria Avetisyan is winner of the Andrew & Anne Pinto Award at Connecticut's Opera Guild Scholarship Competition. She has also earned the Gerda Lissner Foundation Award and second prize in the Liederkranz Vocal Competition. AWARDS 2003 2002 2001 ACADEMIC TRAINING Artist Diploma . Boston University Opera Institute Master's Degree . (Vocal Performance)Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory,Armenia |