Biography
Baritone Gurgen Baveyan is swiftly establishing himself as a specialist in Italian bel canto repertoire making an impressive series of debuts in major European houses to great acclaim.
Recent highlights include a series of debuts as Don Giovanni Don Giovanni at Opera Carlo Felice Genova, Haly L’italiana in Algeri at Rossini Opera Festival, Marcello La Bohème at Armenian National Opera, Eisenstein Die Fledermaus at Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Figaro Il Barbiere di Siviglia at Opéra Nice Côte d’Azur, Harlekin Ariadne auf Naxos at Teatro Verdi in Trieste, Spoleto Festival dei Due Mondi and
Vicenza Opera Festival with Budapest Festival Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Iván Fischer.
Nominated as the ‘most sought after singer’ of the year by the OpernWelt magazine in 2018,
his wider engagements include the roles of FigaroIl Barbiere di Siviglia at Norwegian National Opera & Ballet, Opéra National de Lorraine, Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Teatro Verdi in Pisa, Teatro Verdi Trieste, Theater Basel, Gran Teatro Nacional of Lima, Staatstheater Hannover, Papageno Magic Fluteat Teatro Regio Torino, Poeta Il Turco in Italia at the Festival della Valle d’Itria in Martina Franca, Schaunard La Bohème Teatro Petruzzelli in Bari, Armenian National Philharmonic Orchestra, Stadttheater Klagenfurt. Series of concerts with Maestro Riccardo Muti at the Ravenna Festival, Teatro Filarmonico di Verona and Maggio Musicale Fiorentino. Don Alvaro Il Viaggio a Reims at Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona and in the golden hall of Musikverein as part of Juan Diego Florez & Friends Rossini Gala concert, Dandini La Cenerentola for the New Generation Festival at the Boboli Gardens Florence, Conte Le Nozze di Figaro at Opera Franfurt, Michelotto Cibo Die Gezeichneten at the Concertgebouw Amsterdam with the Netherlands Radio Philharmonic Orchestra and a guest performance at the Festival of White Nights with the Mariinsky Theatre in St Petersburg.
Gurgen was a member of the Accademia Rossiniana at ROF Pesaro. He studied voice at the Armenian State Conservatory and Hochschule für Musik und Darstellende Kunst in Frankfurt am Main, under the tutelage of Hedwig Fassbender.
In his early career, he was a member of the ensemble at the Armenian National Theatre, a guest artist at the Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra and at Yerevan Opera Studio, a member at the Opera Studio and later on a guest artist at Oper Frankfurt, where he performed a variety of roles.
Awards include the 2nd prize at the Pavel Lisitsian Competition in Moscow, 2013 and the Young Singer of the Year Award 2010 from the President of the Republic of Armenia.
