Yeghishe Manucharyan
Tenor
New England Finalist, 2002                                                                   photo

Admired for his outstanding musical intelligence and for the purity, power, and flexibility of his voice, tenor Yeghishe Manucharyan is quickly becoming one of the most sought after young tenors singing today. Making his Carnegie Hall début in December 2003 as Percy in Donizetti's Anna Bolena with the Opera Orchestra of New York, New York Newsday reported:

“Armenian tenor Yeghishe Manucharyan offered a winsome portrayal of Percy, his elegant and affecting voice possessing a gorgeous, veiled tone a bit reminiscent of renowned Italian tenor Giuseppe di Stefano. If this outing is any indication, Manucharyan is definitely worth keeping an eye on.”

Mr. Manucharyan opened the 2005-2006 season with his role début as Riccardo in Maria di Rohan by Donizetti at the Wexford Festival, followed by the tenor solo in Verdi’s Messa da Requiem with the Boston Cantata Singers, Rodolfo in La bohème in Salerno, Gerald in Lakmé with the Opera Orchestra of New York at Carnegie Hall, and Don Ottavio in Don Giovanni at the New York City Opera. Mr. Manucharyan will end this season as Argirio in Rossini’s Tancredi at the Caramoor Festival. He opens the 2006-2007 season of the Minnesota Opera as Rodrigo in Rossini’s La donna del lago, makes his début at the San Diego Opera in 2008, continuing the expansion of his bel canto roles, as Leicester in Donizetti’s Maria Stuarda, and will also be heard as Nadir in Pearl Fishers in Boston.

In 2004-2005 Mr. Manucharyan made his New York City Opera début as Nadir in Les pêcheurs de perles. Early in the season he débuted the role of Lenski in Eugene Onegin at the Tulsa Opera, and the role of Count Almaviva in Rossini’s Il barbiere di Siviglia with Toledo Opera. He was tenor soloist in Verdi’s Messa da Requiem with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, and returns to Carnegie Hall for Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis with the New York Choral Society, and performed the same opus with the Eugene Symphony.

Mr. Manucharyan opened the 2003-2004 season as Alfredo in La traviata at the Tulsa Opera, made a dazzling début as Nadir in Les pêcheurs de perles with the Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de Mexico, returned to Baltimore Opera to sing the Duke in Rigoletto and to the Orquesta Sinfónica del Estado de Mexico as Rodolfo in La bohème, was guest soloist in a gala concert in Boston celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the birth of composer Aram Khachaturian, and sang his first Alfredo in La traviata with the Boston Concert Opera. He closed the season at the Caramoor International Music Festival in the role of Potoski in the world premiere of Donizetti's long lost opera Élisabeth.

Other recent performances have included the Dvorak Stabat Mater with the Masterworks Chorale, Lukas Foss' Griffelkin with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, which was performed both in Boston and at the Tanglewood Festival, his début with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, the role of Saro in Tigranian's Anoush at the Michigan Opera Theater, and Tamino in Die Zauberflöte at the Baltimore Opera as Tamino.

A native of Yerevan, Armenia, in 1995 Mr. Manucharyan was engaged by the Armenian National Opera as a principal artist, and sang leading roles including Belmonte in Die Entführung aus dem Serail, Cassio in Otello, Count Almaviva in Il barbiere di Siviglia, Don Ramiro in La cenerentola, Beppe/Arlecchino in I pagliacci and Saro in Anoush. As featured soloist with the State Philharmonic Orchestra from 1995 to 1998, Mr. Manucharyan performed in various repertoire including Verdi's Messa da Requiem, Bruckner's Te Deum, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, and the Berlioz Requiem. While a graduate student at Boston University's Opera Institute, he sang the title role in Mozart's La clemenza di Tito, Rinuccio in Gianni Schicchi, and Rodolfo in La bohème.

Yegishe Manucharyan graduated from the Tchaikovsky Central Music School in 1988, earning a Bachelor of Music in French Horn Performance. He continued his studies at the Komitas State Conservatory, earning a Master of Music in French Horn Performance (1993) and in Vocal Performance (1995).

Mr. Manucharyan is represented by Robert Lombardo.

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