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Varduhi Abrahamyan

Mezzo-soprano Varduhi Abrahamyan has been active in her native Armenia, in France, and beyond, specializing in bel canto roles and in the role of Bizet's Carmen. She made her recording debut in 2021 with the operatic recital Rhapsody. Abrahamyan was born in the Armenian capital of Yerevan into a musical family. She attended the Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory and then went on for further studies in Marseilles, France, where she won the Marseilles Conservatoire Prize. Her career began in Armenia with an appearance as Olga in Tchaikovsky's Pique Dame at the Yerevan Opera. She continued to sing that role in France, first in Toulouse and then at the Opéra National de Paris. Abrahamyan appeared mostly in France during the first part of her career, often specializing in bel canto roles such as that of Rossini's Semiramide at the Marseille Opera in 2015 and as Isabella in Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri at the Opéra National de Paris. Another major specialty was the role of Carmen, which she sang multiple times both in France and elsewhere. Abrahamyan has, unusually, pursued roles in both modern and historically oriented performances, the latter including the title role in Handel's Rinaldo and the role of Néris in Cherubini's Médée at the Théâtre du Châtelet under conductor Marc Minkowski. Abrahamyan has also performed on the concert stage, often singing Verdi's Requiem and such works as the Wesendonck-Lieder of Wagner. In 2011, she appeared in the world premiere of Bruno Mantovani's opera Akhmatova at the Opéra Bastille, but she has otherwise not performed often in contemporary opera. Abrahamyan made a major step beyond her mostly French and Armenian reputation with a debut as Carmen at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in the 2020-2021 season. She also performed with the company as Fenena in Verdi's Nabucco during that season, in a production that was recorded for distribution in the Met's network of movie theater showings. Signed to the Decca label, Abrahamyan released her debut album, Rhapsody, in 2021.
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