Gegam Grigorian

Gegham Grigorian (also written Grigoryan, Armenian: Գեղամ Գրիգորյան; Russian: Гегам Григорян; 29 January 1951 – 23 March 2016) was an Armenian operatic tenor. Gegham Grigorian was born in Yerevan and graduated from Yerevan Komitas State Conservatory. He was a student of Professor Sergei Danielyan. Grigorian made his first appearance on the big stage in 1971 at age 20. In 1972 he went to West Berlin to perform in solo concerts. In 1975 he made his debut at the National Theater of Opera and Ballet of Armenia in the role of Edgardo in Lucia di Lammermoor by Donizetti. After this, he played Saro in Armen Tigranian's Anoush, Tirit in Tigran Chukhajian's Arshak II, Sayat Nova in Alexander Arutiunian's Sayat Nova, Count Almaviva in Gioachino Rossini's Il Barbiere di Siviglia, and the titular role in Charles Gounod's Faust. By the 1970s, he was already a famous singer in the Soviet Union. In 1978, he took part in the competition of La Scala Theatre Academy in Milan and was one of the four w...