Since his 2010 stage debut, Hovhannes Ayvazyan has frequently performed at various opera houses and concert halls, including Opera Belcanto of South Simcoe in Toronto, Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg, Mariinsky Concert Hall, Tatar State Opera in Kazan, Big Hall of the Moscow State Conservatoire, Musikverein Vienna, Novaya Opera, and Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow.
The young Armenian tenor, critically acclaimed as “the whole package of a true dramatic tenor” and “outstanding Don Carlo”, has often performed under the baton of Maestro Valery Gergiev, and had the pleasure to work frequently with such legends as Maria Guleghina, Anna Netrebko, Olga Borodina, Lyudmila Monastirskaya, Ekaterina Semenchuk, Tatyana Serjan, Hui He, and many others.
His most recent successes included a performance of Mozart’s Requiem at the Musikverein in Vienna, a concert at Geneva’s Victoria Hall, performances at the Yerevan Opera House as Canio, Turiddu, Don Jose, Radames and Pinkerton, as well as many title roles at the Mariinsky Theatre, including Don Carlo, Manrico, and Cavaradossi. He was on tour with the Berliner Symphoniker under Maestro Lior Shambadal, for which he received outstanding reviews, and performed Don Jose in Carmen with the Moscow State Opera at the BGE Theatre in Dublin.
This summer he successfully performed Manrico in Il Trovatore under the Baton of Placido Domingo at the Mariinsky Theatre. He also made a critically acclaimed stage debut as Radames opposite Hui He at the Arena di Verona. In November he made a terrific role debut as Don Alvaro in the Mariinsky original version of Verdi’s La forza del destino as well as Canio in I Pagliacci. Some future debuts include Herman in Pique Dame, Riccardo in Un ballo in maschera and Calaf in Turandot.
