Aksel Daveyan

Introduction

Aksel Daveyan is an Armenian baritone born in 1995. He studied at the Yerevan State Conservatory and Arno Babajanyan Musical Pedagogical College. He is currently a member of the International Opera Studio of the Zürich Opera House. His performances include Donizetti’s Viva la Mamma in 2023, and Puccini’s Tosca, 2022–23, at the Zürich Opera House, and the world premiere of Mansurian’s Hymnus in Brno, in 2022. He has performed in concerts in Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Italy, Germany, Poland, Russia, Belgium, and Switzerland. In 2023, he won second prize in the Queen Sonja Singing Competition.

Information

  • Voice type: Baritone
  • Year of birth: 1995
  • Nationality: Armenian
  • Year of participation: 2024
  • Awards: Fifth prize

Repertoire

Preliminary round

  • G.F. Händel
    • The Messiah: ”Why do the nations so furiously rage together”
  • E. Grieg
    • Ein Traum (Bodenstedt)
  • P. I. Tšaikovski
    • Podvig (Homjakov)
  • G. Rossini
    • Il barbiere di Siviglia: “Largo al factotum” (Figaro)

Semifinals

  • J. Sibelius
    • Kom nu hit, död (Shakespeare/Hagberg)
  • J. Brahms
    • Romanzen aus L. Tiecks Schöne Magelone:
    • Wie soll ich die Freude
    • Ruhe, Süssliebchen
    • Muß es eine Trennung geben
  • S. Rahmaninov
    • Hristos voskres (Merežkovski))
  • P. I. Tšaikovski
    • Pikovaja dama (Pique Dame): “Ja vas ljublju” (Jeletski)

Final

  • P. I. Tšaikovski
    • Iolanta: “Kto možet” (Robert)
  • G. Bizet
    • Les pêcheurs de perles: “L’orage s’est calmé…O Nadir,
      tendre ami” (Zurga)