
Tenor
Hovhannes Ayvazyan
…tremendous vocal and dramatic power
Represented by
…tremendous vocal and dramatic power
Represented by
Jacek Kaspszyk, Conductor
Ran Arthur Braun, Stage Director
Jacek Kaspszyk, Conductor
Ran Arthur Braun, Stage Director
Jacek Kaspszyk, Conductor
Ran Arthur Braun, Stage Director
Jacek Kaspszyk, Conductor
Ran Arthur Braun, Stage Director
Cavaradossi Tosca with Teatr Wielki Warsaw, Andrea Chenier at Gwangju Culture and Art Center, Manrico Il Trovatore with Daegu International Opera, Don Jose Carmen at Armenian National Opera, Teatr Wielki Warsaw, Bolshoi Theatre Moscow, Mariinsky Theatre, Calaf in a new production of Turandot at Poznan Opera (stage director Ran Arthur Braun), Riccardo Un Ballo in maschera and Rodolfo Luisa Miller at the Bolshoi Theatre, Otello at Poznan Opera, Hungarian State Opera, Wiesbaden and at Armenian National Opera, Pinkerton Madama Butterfly at Armenian National Opera, Radames Aida at the Dubai Opera, Arena di Verona, Oper im Steinbruch, Teatr Wielki Warsaw, Royal Danish Opera and Mariinsky Theatre, Manrico at Müpa Budapest, to name a few.
Hovhannes Ayvazyan as Calaf - Turandot
Hovhannes Ayvazyan as Calaf - Turandot
Hovhannes Ayvazyan as Otello
Hovhannes Ayvazyan as Otello
Hovhannes Ayvazyan as Don Jose
Hovhannes Ayvazyan as Don Jose
… it is one of the greatest tests of the role and of tenor literature. He won the part with tremendous vocal and dramatic power, almost making the audience fear how he would manage to carry it off so volcanically - but he did. Alongside this, he showed not only Otello's emotions, but also his inner torment, with a sincere, heartfelt performance. ... Béla Abody once wrote of Mario Del Monaco’s Otello: a great temperament, but not a great soul. Ayvaziyan's Otello is both a great temperament and a great soul. In him, the Opera House has found a great treasure