‘One of the fiercest dramatic talents in the field’ (The New York Times), Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian’s ‘versatility is astounding’ (The Times) with a ‘wild voice [that is] rich and dark’ (Le Monde). Regularly engaged at the world’s leading opera houses, she has recently performed at the Wiener Staatsoper, The Metropolitan Opera, the Salzburger Festspiele, and Teatro alla Scala. She was a founding member of Vilnius City Opera, she has twice received Lithuania’s Golden Stage Cross, was named Best Female Lead at the 2019 Austrian Music Theater Awards, Female Opera Singer of the Year in 2022 by the Ópera XXI Association, Female Singer of the Year at the 2023 Opus Klassik Awards, received the Österreichischer Musiktheaterpreis Special Jury Prize in 2024, and the Der Faust theatre prize in 2025 for her acclaimed performance of Salome at the Hamburgische Staatsoper.
Asmik’s international career began with a triumphant performance in Madama Butterfly at the Royal Swedish Opera. She then went on to conquer role after role including: Salome at the Salzburg Festival, Rusalka at the Royal Ballet and Opera and Teatro Real, Jenufa at the Royal Ballet and Opera and Wiener Staatsoper, and Tatiana (Eugene Onegine) at the Bayerische Staatsoper and Teatro alla Scala. Following her internationally acclaimed performance as Salome at the Salzburger Festspiele, she regularly returns, performing roles such as Chrysothemis (Elektra), Lady Macbeth in Macbeth, and Marie in Wozzeck, and Polina in The Gambler. As a regularly engaged performer at the Wiener Staatsoper, she has performed the title roles in Manon Lescaut and Turandot, as well as Elisabetta (Don Carlo), Nedda (Pagliacci), Jenufa, and Tatiana (Eugene Onegin). She has also performed Marietta in Korngold’s Die tote Stadt and Liza (Pique Dame) at Teatro alla Scala, Nastasya in Charodeika at Oper Frankfurt, Cio-Cio San at the Arena di Verona, Royal Opera House, Metropolitan Opera, and the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Mrs. Lovett in Sweeney Todd at Vilnius City Opera, and Senta in Der Fliegende Hollander at the Bayreuth Festspiele.
On the concert stage, she has performed Shostakovich 14 with the Orchestre de la Suisse Romande, Beethoven IX under Riccardo Muti at the Salzburg Festival, Verdi’s Requiem with the Gewandhausorchester, and R. Strauss’ Vier Letzte Lieder with major European orchestras including the Vienna Philharmonic under the baton of Maestro Gustavo Dudamel. Asmik also tours internationally with pianist Lukas Geniušas, performing a programme drawn from their album, Dissonance.
Find out more about Asmik Grigorian on her website: https://www.asmik-grigorian.com/
