Marianna Hovanisyan

Armenian soprano Marianna Hovanisyan graduated from the Yerevan State Conservatory and Mascarade Opera Studio in Florence. She is a former principal singer of the State Musical Comedy Theatre in Armenia and was honoured with the Mayor of Yerevan Award in recognition of her achievements in the field of theatre. Additional awards include the Audience Prize, Eva Kleinitz and The Beckwith Foundations special prizes at the Portofino International Competition (CLIP) in 2022 and First Prize in the Gohar Gasparyan National Singing Competition and the 2020 Presidential Prize for young opera singers in her native Armenia.

She has performed in opera scenes as Pamina (Die Zauberflöte), Adina (L’elisir d’amore) and Norina (Don Pasquale) at La Fenice, Venice and has sung Nella and Lauretta (Gianni Schicchi) and Clorinda (La Cenerentola) at the Yerevan Opera Studio. She covered the role of Susanna (Le nozze di Figaro) at the New Generation Festival in Florence in 2018.