Liparit Avetisyan

Armenian tenor Liparit Avetisyan was born in Yerevan, and studied at the Tchaikovsky Moscow State Conservatory from 2008 to 2011. Later he was transferred to the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan to study under the leadership of professor Rafayel Hakobyants. During his studies, Avetisyan won Second Prize in both the Maria Biesu International Singing Competition and the III Muslim Magomaev International Vocalists Contest.

In 2017 he was awarded the prestigious National Theatre Award "Golden Mask" as the Best Opera Actor for the role of Des Grieux in Massenet’s Manon, and he has received several other awards.

Liparit Avetisyan made his European debut in the autumn of 2016 as Fenton in a new production of Falstaff at the Cologne Opera. Other international debuts followed in rapid succession at such leading theaters as the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Berlin State Opera, Zürich Opera, Opera Australia, Bayerische Staatsoper, Semperoper Dresden, Hamburg State Opera and Den Norske Opera in Oslo, Opera du Rhin in Strasbourg and Seattle Opera.

His roles have included Alfredo in La traviata, Rodolfo in La Bohème, Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto, Des Grieux in Manon, Don José in Carmen, Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni, Count Almaviva in The Barber of Seville, Vaudémont in Iolanta and Lensky in Eugene Onegin.

Avetisyan’s recent highlights include Alfredo and Duke of Mantua at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, and Vaudémont in Iolanta with the Berlin Philharmonic. Avetisyan made his house debut at the Easter Festival Baden-Baden as Vaudémont and at the The Norwegian Opera (Den Norske Opera) in Oslo as Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto (spring 2022).

Avetisyan recorded the role of Cassio in Verdi’s Otello for Sony Classical (2020) with Jonas Kaufmann in the title role, starring Carlos Alvarez as Iago, Federica Lombardi as Desdemona. Music Director: Sir Antonio Pappano, Orchestra e Choro dell‘Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. The album was the Opus Klassik winner for 2021.

Spring 2025 he is singing Alfredo Germont in La traviata both at The Metropolitan Opera in New York, as well as Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, and also at Wiener Opernsommer in July. He is also singing Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto at Opernhaus Zürich, and Roméo in Roméo et Juliette by Gounod at Semper Oper Dresden.

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Published April 2025