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RENOWNED SOPRANO HASMIK PAPIAN TO PERFORM IN BEIRUT
PanARMENIAN.Net
March 31, 2012 - 13:16 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 12, Beirut audiences will have a rare
opportunity to enjoy the artistry of soprano Hasmik Papian, as she
will appear in a major concert at the Emile Lahoud Hall.
According to Asbarez, Papian will be accompanied by the Lebanese
Philharmonic Orchestra, led by celebrated conductor Harout Fazlian.
The concert is organized jointly by the Armenian General Benevolent
Union and Hamazkayin Educational and Cultural Society of Lebanon, with
proceeds from the event to benefit core programs of both organizations.
Hasmik Papian is widely recognized as one of the world's foremost
sopranos. Following her debut with the Armenian National Opera, she
signed on with the Opera of Bonn, Germany, in 1993. Her extraordinary
performances there quickly earned her critical acclaim, subsequently
catapulting her to international stardom.
In the past two decades, Papian has appeared at many of the world's
most prestigious music halls, including the Metropolitan Opera and
Carnegie Hall, San Francisco Opera, La Scala Milan, Liceu Barcelona,
Opera Bastille, Salle Pleyel and Salle Gaveau Paris, London Wigmore
Hall, Vienna State Opera and Musikverein, Zurich Opera, Mariinsky
Theatre St. Petersburg, and the state operas of Munich, Stuttgart,
Hamburg, Dresden, and Berlin, among others.
PanARMENIAN.Net
March 31, 2012 - 13:16 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - On April 12, Beirut audiences will have a rare
opportunity to enjoy the artistry of soprano Hasmik Papian, as she
will appear in a major concert at the Emile Lahoud Hall.
According to Asbarez, Papian will be accompanied by the Lebanese
Philharmonic Orchestra, led by celebrated conductor Harout Fazlian.
The concert is organized jointly by the Armenian General Benevolent
Union and Hamazkayin Educational and Cultural Society of Lebanon, with
proceeds from the event to benefit core programs of both organizations.
Hasmik Papian is widely recognized as one of the world's foremost
sopranos. Following her debut with the Armenian National Opera, she
signed on with the Opera of Bonn, Germany, in 1993. Her extraordinary
performances there quickly earned her critical acclaim, subsequently
catapulting her to international stardom.
In the past two decades, Papian has appeared at many of the world's
most prestigious music halls, including the Metropolitan Opera and
Carnegie Hall, San Francisco Opera, La Scala Milan, Liceu Barcelona,
Opera Bastille, Salle Pleyel and Salle Gaveau Paris, London Wigmore
Hall, Vienna State Opera and Musikverein, Zurich Opera, Mariinsky
Theatre St. Petersburg, and the state operas of Munich, Stuttgart,
Hamburg, Dresden, and Berlin, among others.