Armenian soprano Marianna Hovanisyan is a former Jette Parker Artist (2024–26), where her roles included Barbarina (The Marriage of Figaro), Iris (Semele), Frasquita (Carmen), Papagena (The Magic Flute) and Soprano in The Royal Ballet’s Woolf Works. She is a graduate of the Yerevan State Conservatory and Mascarade Opera Studio in Florence. Awards include the Audience Prize, Eva Kleinitz Award and Beckwith Foundation Award at the 2023 CLIP Portofino Competition and Armenia’s Presidential Prize (2020). In 2021 she was also honoured by the Mayor of Yerevan. Her roles in opera scenes include Giulietta (I Capuleti e i Montecchi), Hanna (Die lustige Witwe) and Susanna (The Marriage of Figaro) for The Royal Opera as well as Pamina, Adina and Norina for La Fenice, Venice. In addition to her opera career, she is also a dancer, drummer and model, and a former principal singer at the Armenian State Musical Comedy Theatre. Engagements for 2026/27 include Blumenmädchen (Parsifal).