Navasard Hakobyan

Navasard Hakobyan – baryton
Ahmad Hedar – piano

Armenian baritone Navasard Hakobyan took third place at the Plácido Domingo’s Operalia 2023 and he also won the Zarzuela category. He is currently a studio member of the Houston Grand Opera and is slowly making his way into the world. In the 2022/23 season, he appeared at the Houston Grand Opera in La traviata as Baron Douphol, in Le nozze di Figaro as Antonio and in Salome as the Second Nazarene; in the 2023/24 season he will add the role of Sharpless (Madama Butterfly) on this stage.

In March 2024, he will make his Dallas Opera debut as Gregorio (Roméo et Juliette). Navasard Hakobyan graduated from the Conservatory and the program for young artists at the National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Yerevan. In Prague, he will perform with the excellent pianist Ahmad Hedar.

The concert is held under the auspices of Dr. Ashot Hovakimian, Ambassador of the Republic of Armenia.

VINCENZO BELLINI (1801–1835)
Ah, per sempre io te perdei... Bel sogno beato (Riccardo Forth)
I puritani, Act I

Gaetano DONIZETTI (1797–1848)
Come Paride vezzoso (Belcore)
L’elisir d’amore, Act I

ERICH WOLFGANG KORNGOLD (1897–1957)
Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen (Fritz)
Die tote Stadt, Act II

PYOTR ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840–1893)
I love you (Prince Yeletsky)
The Queen of Spades, Act II

FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN (1810–1849)
Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
piano solo

FRANCESCO PAOLO TOSTI (1846–1916)
Ideale
L’ultima canzone

STANISLAO GASTALDON (1861–1939)
Musica proibita, op. 5

BEDŘICH SMETANA (1824–1884)
Hulán
From the cycle České tance II, op. 21
piano solo

JACINTO GUERRERO (1895–1951)
Mi aldea (Juan)
Los Gavilanes, Act I

REVERIANO OTERO (1880–1932) & JUAN VERT (1890–1931)
Ya mis horas felices (German)
La del Soto del Parral, Act I

FEDERICO MORENO TORROBA (1891–1982)
Amor, vida de mi vida (Rafael)
Maravilla, Act III

Concert is without an interval.

Program is subject to change