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Anahit Mekhitarian (also spelled Mkhitaryan or Mkhitarian) (Armenian: Մխիթարյան Անահիտ; Russian: Анаит Мхитарян) (born March 6, 1969) is an Armenian operatic soprano. A leading soloist of the National Theater of Opera and Ballet of Armenia, she was conferred the title of Honored Artist of the Republic of Armenia in 2003. In 2013 on the occasion of Republic day, she was awarded medal "For Merit to the Fatherland" . She has won First Prize at three international singing competitions: the Francesc Viñas International Singing Competition (Spain, 1990), the Vincenzo Bellini International Competition (Italy, 1991), and the Julian Gayarre International Singing Competition (Spain, 1996) ==Life and career== Mekhitarian, was born in Echmiadzin, Armenia. She graduated with Honours from the Yerevan Conservatory, first in the piano department and then in the voice department. In 1990, at the 28th International Francesc Viñas International Singing Competition in Barcelona, Spain, with Magda Oliviero as the president of the judging panel, Mekhitarian won the First Prize.〔Concurso Internacional de Canto Francisco Viñas. (Winners: 1981–1990 ). Retrieved 23 February 2013 〕 Less than a year later, in 1991, she was awarded the First Prize at the 23rd Vincenzo Bellini International Competition in Sicily, with Dame Joan Sutherland as the president of the judging panel.〔Concorso Internazionale Vincenzo Bellini. (Albo d'Oro dei Vincitori (Winners' List) ). Retrieved 23 February 2013 〕 Her third victory came in 1996, when she won the First Prize at the 6th Julian Gayarre International Singing Contest in Pamplona, Spain, with José Carreras as the president of the jury.〔''ABC'' (23 September 1996). ("Carlos Moreno y Anahit Mekhitarian vencedores del Concurso Gayarre" ). Retrieved 23 February 2013 .〕 In the course of her career she has appeared throughout Europe as well as in North and South America, Australia, and the Middle East. Her opera appearances include the Gayarre Opera Theater (as Lucia in ''Lucia di Lammermoor''), the Roman Theater in Mérida "Festival de Teatro Clasico" (as Paolina in ''Poliuto'') in Seville and the Teatro Colón in A Coruña (as Desdemona in ''Otello''), at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles (as Anush in ''Anush''), and the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow (as Norma in ''Norma''),.〔Kadiev, Arkady (13 January 2003). ("Ереванская Норма" ) ("Norma from Yerevan"). Итоги. Retrieved 1 March 2013 .〕 She has performed concerts at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Palau de la Música Catalana, Salle Gaveau, St John's, Smith Square, Malmo Concert Hall, Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid, Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg and Kolonni Zalin Moscow, amongst others. She is a principal soloist at the National Opera and Ballet Theater of Armenia in Yerevan.〔Opera and Ballet Theater of Armenia. (Soprano soloists ). Retrieved 23 February 2013.〕 In 2003 she was conferred the title of Honored Artist of the Republic of Armenia. In 2009 she gave a gala concert conducted by Miquel Ortega in celebration of the 75th anniversary of National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet in Yerevan. Mekhitarian is married to Armen Hakobyan, a professor at the Armenian State University of Economics. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Anahit Mekhitarian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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