Hrachuhi Bassenz (Soprano)
Hrachuhi Bassenz was born in Yerevan. She has sung many
of the important roles in the operatic repertoire –
from the Queen of the Night to Desdemona. Since 2008 she has been
a member of the Nuremberg State Opera. Currently an ensemble
member at the State Theater of Nuremberg, Ms. Bassenz enjoys
an international career as well, having performed in concerts
and operas in North Korea, Moscow, Cypress, Lebanon, Turkey, Austria
and the United States. Highlights of the season 2011/12
include the leading roles in three grand Verdi operas: Violetta
in ”La Traviata”, Gulnara in ”Il Corsaro”, and Leonora
in ”Il Trovatore”. In 1996 she won the First Prize
at the Fifth Voice Competition of the Republic
of Armenia. Subsequent awards include the Hildegard Pabelick-Jentsch
Preis for Armenian church music (2000), the Belvedere Singing
Competition, Vienna (2005) and the Gelsenkirchener Theaterpreis
(2006). In 2013 Hrachuhi Bassenz won the Second Prize
of the “Voci Verdiane” International Competition in Busseto
(Italy).
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