Gomidas Songs

Manoogneroo Hayr mer/Children's Prayer

Dzirani Dzar / Apricot Tree

Shooshigi / Dance of Shooshig

Oror / Lullaby

Chem grna khagha / I Cannot Dance

Chinar es / Tall as the Poplar Tree

Tsayn door ov dzovag / Call to the Sea

Keler tsoler / Striding, Beaming

Groong / The Crane

Andooni / Without a Home

“A soprano voice that combines lyricism with remarkable dramatic instincts” ─ Time
 
Isabel Bayrakdarian burst onto the international opera scene after winning first prize in the 2000 Operalia competition founded by Plácido Domingo.  Since then she has performed in many of the world’s major opera houses, most recently endearing herself to London’s audiences in her Royal Opera House debut as Susanna in Mozart’s Nozze di Figaro. The young Armenian-Canadian is admired as much for her stunning stage presence as for her exceptional musicality, and has followed a career path completely her own. Her most famous roles are in Mozart operas, which she has sung continuously during the composer’s 250th birthday year: Susanna, Zerlina in Don Giovanni and Pamina in The Magic Flute have been her calling cards, along with Marzelline in Fidelio, Adina in L’elisir d’amore and Rosina in The Barber of Seville.  But these are only a few of the roles in her rocketing career. Ms. Bayrakdarian sang Euridice in Gluck’s Orfeo to signature success at Lyric Opera of Chicago – and Cleopatra (Giulio Cesare), Romilda (Xerxes), and Emilia (Flavio) demonstrate her tremendous skills as a Handelian. 

Isabel Bayrakdarian

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