Hovhannes Karapetyan

Hovhannes Karapetyan

Inspiring the next generation

MASCARADE OPERA SEASON 2023/24

2024, Giovani Voci all’opera, Teatro della Pergola, Florence

2024, Orchestral concert Giovani voci alla Fenice, Teatro la Fenice, Venice

2024, recital Il poeta e il libertino: due facce di un’era, Fondazione Mascarade Opera, Florence

2023, Christmas Recital, Fondazione Mascarade Opera, Florence

2023, recital Tributo a Maria Callas, Circolo dell’Unione, Florence

PREVIOUS ENGAGEMENTS

2023, Hitman, Macbeth, Festival of Salzburg, Salzburg

2023, Figaro, Le nozze di Figaro, Royal Academy Opera, London

2022, Father Trulove, The Rake’s Progress, Royal Academy Opera, London

2022, Leporello, Don Giovanni, Yerevan Opera Studio, Yerevan

2022, Argenio, Imeneo, Royal Academy Opera, London

2022, Inquisitore 1, Witch, Royal Academy Opera, London

2021, title role in Don Pasquale, Yerevan Opera Studio, Yerevan

COMPETITIONS AND AWARDS

2023, Operalia Competition, Capetown, semifinalist

EDUCATION

2021-2023 Royal Academy of Music of London, Opera diploma

2014-2018 Komitas State Conservatory, BA, Yerevan

The Florence Choral Course as an annual summer course, which thanks to our supporters is made entirely free for participants and dedicated to the study, performance and promotion of Italian choral music. Up to 25 singers from all over the world have the unique opportunity to come to Florence for in immersive period of daily rehearsals, choral technique workshops, individual singing lessons, archival tours, history lectures and masterclasses with world famous practitioners, including soprano Dame Emma Kirkby and director of Milan Cathedral Choir Maestro Massimo Palombella.
The week culminates in concert and ecclesiastical performances in some of Florence’s most iconic buildings, including Palazzo Tornabuoni, Santissima Annunciata and Santa Maria Novella, as well as a sung mass in the great cathedral of Milan.

In addition, the programme’s advanced choral course for aspiring professional singers provides students a unique opportunity to come to Florence for an intensive programme of study, rehearsals, masterclasses and performances, as well as historical lectures and tours in the heart of the most important city of Renaissance. 

In addition, the programme’s advanced choral course for aspiring professional singers provides students a unique opportunity to come to Florence for an intensive programme of study, rehearsals, masterclasses and performances, as well as historical lectures and tours in the heart of the most important city of Renaissance. 

HOW TO APPLY

Applications for the Florence Choral Course July 2024 will open on 1 January 2024.

To apply please send two recordings and your CV to thesacredmusicprogramme@mascaradeopera.com