Armenian-German bass Vazgen Gazaryan started his operatic career as Basilio in Il barbiere di Siviglia at the Yerevan Opera Studio in 2004/05, and in 2017/18 season he joined the Metropolitan Opera roster debuting in the role of Oroveso in Norma.
A frequent performer in major European houses and a decade-long principal bass at Theater Erfurt, Mr Gazaryan is an extremely versatile singer, whose impressive repertoire covers more than 60 roles, including the most demanding bass roles such as the title role Mefistofele (Boito), Mefistofele in Faust (Gounod), Philippe and the Grand Inquisitor in Don Carlos, Leporello and Commendatore in Don Giovanni, Veit Pogner in Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Doctor in Wozzeck, King René in Iolanta and more. Since 2018 he is an ensemble member at Badisches Staatstheater Karlsruhe.
Mr Gazaryan sung on the most prestigious stages in Europe and the USA, performing under the baton of Carlo Rizzi, Gianandrea Noseda, Kent Nagano, Oliver von Dohnani, Donato Renzetti, Ricardo Frizza, Danielе Rustioni and others.
Mr Gazaryan graduated from the Yerevan State Conservatory as a singer and a percussionist in 2005. He is the 2nd Prize winner of the T. Sazandaryan Armenian National Singing Competition 2010, of the Best Bass special prize at the Gian Battista Viotti International Music Competition 2011 (Italy) and a finalist at BBC Cardiff Singer of the World 2011.
Vazgen Gazaryan has been nominated by British Opera Now Magazine as one of the Most promising singer of the Year 2020 for Boito’s Mefistofele concert performance at the Queen Elisabeth Hall in London with the Chelsea Opera Group.