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Armenian singer featured in Rakhmaninov opera
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/05/15/nerkaryan/
09:05 - 15.05.13
In celebration of the 140th anniversary of composer Sergei
Rachmaninoff, the Commonwealth Lyric Theater will perform his opera,
`Aleko: The Gypsies' June 9-13 at Center Makor.
Appearing in the lead female role will be popular Armenian soprano
Knarik Nerkararyan, who has performed frequently throughout Greater
Boston and the North Shore, the Armenian Mirror Spectator reported.
The soloist will appear twice in the challenging role of Zemphira,
Sunday, June 9, at 3 p.m. and again on Thursday, June 13, at 8 pm.
The theater is located at 1845 Commonwealth Ave., site of the former
Boston Vocal Arts Studio.
A month ago, Nerkararyan electrified a Merrimack Valley audience
during the 98th anniversary commemoration concert of The
Armenian Genocide. She was joined there by mezzo-soprano Victoria
Avetisyan and tenor Yeghishe Manucharyan.
Nerkararyan is the winner of American Educators of Italian Origin
United 41st Opera Auditions and was runner-up in the Los Angeles
International Liszt Competition for Vocalists. She also won first
place in both the 2007 and 2010 Concerto Competition at Azusa Pacific
University.
Highlights of her operatic roles are Mimi in `La Boheme' and more
recently as Kupava in the American premier of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera,
`The Snow Maiden,' with the Lowell House Opera Society where she
gained rave reviews. She has also appeared with Opera Boston and
Boston Lyric Opera.
Nerkararyan currently serves as choir director for St. Gregory Church
in North Andover.
The libretto itself is an exciting story about gypsies: love,
betrayal, jealousy and a crime of passion. Written in 1892 when
Rachmaninoff was still a teenager, `Aleko' became his most-performed
opera in Europe. The last time it was performed publically was in
1916.
http://www.tert.am/en/news/2013/05/15/nerkaryan/
09:05 - 15.05.13
In celebration of the 140th anniversary of composer Sergei
Rachmaninoff, the Commonwealth Lyric Theater will perform his opera,
`Aleko: The Gypsies' June 9-13 at Center Makor.
Appearing in the lead female role will be popular Armenian soprano
Knarik Nerkararyan, who has performed frequently throughout Greater
Boston and the North Shore, the Armenian Mirror Spectator reported.
The soloist will appear twice in the challenging role of Zemphira,
Sunday, June 9, at 3 p.m. and again on Thursday, June 13, at 8 pm.
The theater is located at 1845 Commonwealth Ave., site of the former
Boston Vocal Arts Studio.
A month ago, Nerkararyan electrified a Merrimack Valley audience
during the 98th anniversary commemoration concert of The
Armenian Genocide. She was joined there by mezzo-soprano Victoria
Avetisyan and tenor Yeghishe Manucharyan.
Nerkararyan is the winner of American Educators of Italian Origin
United 41st Opera Auditions and was runner-up in the Los Angeles
International Liszt Competition for Vocalists. She also won first
place in both the 2007 and 2010 Concerto Competition at Azusa Pacific
University.
Highlights of her operatic roles are Mimi in `La Boheme' and more
recently as Kupava in the American premier of Rimsky-Korsakov's opera,
`The Snow Maiden,' with the Lowell House Opera Society where she
gained rave reviews. She has also appeared with Opera Boston and
Boston Lyric Opera.
Nerkararyan currently serves as choir director for St. Gregory Church
in North Andover.
The libretto itself is an exciting story about gypsies: love,
betrayal, jealousy and a crime of passion. Written in 1892 when
Rachmaninoff was still a teenager, `Aleko' became his most-performed
opera in Europe. The last time it was performed publically was in
1916.