Armenian soprano Juliana Grigoryan is among the most promising talents of her generation.
Winner of the First Prize and Audience Prize at the Operalia Competition in 2022, she has graced prestigious stages such as Teatro alla Scala, the Metropolitan Opera, Dutch National Opera, Teatro dell’Opera di Roma, Teatro Massimo di Palermo and Arena di Verona.
In Yerevan, her hometown, in October 2024 she shared the stage of the Aram Khachaturian Concert Hall with Plácido Domingo during a wonderful concert with an extraordinary public success.
Juliana holds a degree from Yerevan State Conservatory. She was a member of Young Artist Opera Programme in Yerevan. Juliana was named the grand prize winner at the International Stanislaw Moniuszko Vocal Competition, where she also received the Marcella Sembrich-Kochańska and the Katowice City of Gardens – Krystyna Bochenek Cultural Institution Prize.
The 2022/23 season included various house and role debuts as she performed at the Dutch National Opera as Liù in Turandot and as Mimì in La bohème at the Ravenna Festival. Concert highlights have included performances in Basel, Budapest and Venice, and Verdi’s Requiem with Riccardo Muti in Ravenna, Rimini and Bologna.
In 2024, she was awarded the prestigious Hilde Behrens Prize, in celebration of the 87th anniversary of Behrens’ birthday and she was honored to become a stage partner of Andrea Bocelli during his European concert tour. Recently she has also participated in Andrea Bocelli’s American concert tour and made her debut as Violetta in La Traviata at the Royal Opera House Muscat.
Her future commitments include, among others, La Beheme at the Metropolitan Opera, at the Teatro Comunale Pavarotti-Freni in Modena, at Liceu Barcelona and at Munich Staatsoper; Liù in Turandot at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, at The Metropolitan Opera and in Seoul; L’elisir d’amore in Hamburg; I Capuleti e Montecchi in Berlin, The Tzar bride in Berlin. She will perform in various concerts with incredible artists such as Placido Domingo, Amartuvshin Enkhbat, Andrea Bocelli and many others.
