SERGEY BARSEGHYAN - bass

Born in 1968 in Lvov, Ukraine. Studied at Music School in Lvov. In 1975 entered the Sayat-Nova Music School, piano department, in Yerevan, Armenia. In the period of 1986-1993 studied at the Yerevan State Conservatory, vocal department. Performed with Chamber, Radio and TV orchestras, Armenian Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 1996 he was a Prize-winner of a prestigeous international vocal competition "Concurso Internacional de Canto Francisco Viñas" in Spain.

In 1998 he was the soloist of the Juilliard Opera Center, USA. In 1998 and 1999 as a soloist of the Juilliard he got the Schumann Fund Award and Edward Nobel Heritage Foundation Award.

In April 2001 he performed at Los Angeles Philharmonic Hall, Oscar Hall, the Verdi's Reguiem with Maestro Ohan Durian and Pacific Symphony Orchestra

2002-2005 auditions include those with Maestro Ricardo Mutti in La Scala, the Metropoliten Opera and Nantes Anger Opera and Le Chatelet, Paris.

Mr. Barseghyan appeared with concerts in Paris, Barcelona, Valencia, New York and Los Angeles.

In July 2005 he performed at the Gala Concert of Stars of Armenian Opera dedicated to the 80th Anniversary of renown singer Cathy Berberian.

REPERTOIRE

OPERA PROGRAM

GIOACCHINO ANTONIO ROSSINI (1792-1868)
“Il Barbiere di Siviglia” - Basilio
GIESEPPE VERDI (1813-1901)
“Don Carlos” - Filippo
“Il Trovatore” - Ferrando
PETER ILYCH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
“Eugene Onegin” - Prince Gremin
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)
“Don Giovanni” - Leporello
RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)
‘Tannhauser” - Wolfram

ARIAS

ANTONIO CALDARA (1670-1736)
“Come raggio di sol”
JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH (1685-1750)
“Mathaus Passion” “Mache dich mein Herze rein”
“Magnificat” “Quia fecit mihi magna”
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759)
“Dignare”
“Judas Maccabaeus” arie des Simon “Mit frommer brust”
JOSEPH HAYDN (1732-1809)
“The Seasons” arie des Simon “Schon eilet froh der
Akkersmann”
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)
“Don Giovanni” aria di Leporello “Madamina”
“Don Giovanni” aria di Don Giovanni “Fin ch’han dal
vino”
“Don Giovanni” kanzonette “Deh vieni alla finestra”
GIOACCHINO ANTONIO ROSSINI (1792-1868)
”L’Italiana in Algeri” aria di Mustafa “Gia d’insolito
ardore”
GAETANO DONIZETTI (1797-1848)
“Don Sebastien” aria di Don Sebastien “O
Lisbona”
VINCENZO BELLINI (1801-1835)
“La Sonnambula” cavatina di Rodolfo “Vi ravviso”
GIUSEPPE VERDI (1813-1901)
“Simon Boccanegra” “Il Lacerato spirito
“I Vespri Siciliani” aria di Procida “O tu Palermo”
“Nabucco” aria di Zacaria “Vieni, o Levita!”
“Ernani” aria di conte di Silva “Che mai vegg’io?”
“Macbeth” aria di Banco “Come dal ciel precipita”
“Il Trovatore” aria di Ferrando “Abbieta zingara”
RICHARD WAGNER (1813-1883)
‘Tannhauser” romanza di Wolfram “O du, mein
molder”
CHARLES GOUNOD (1818-1893)
“Faust” aria di Mefistofele “Le veau d’or”
CESAR FRANCK (1822-1890)
“Panis Angelicus” aria “Panis Angelicus”

ANTON RUBINSHTEIN (1829-1894)
“Demon” romance of Demon 2“
“Demon” romance of Demon 3“

KARLUS ANTONIU GOMES (1836-1896)
“Salvator Rosa” aria of D’Arcos “Di sposo…di Padre”
MODESTE MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881)
“Khovantschina” monologue of Dosifei“
PETER ILYCH TCHAIKOVSKY (1840-1893)
“Iolonthe” aria of king Rene“
ARRIGO BOITO (1842-1918)
“Mefistofele” aria di Mefistofele “Ecco il mondo”
SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
“Aleko” kavatino di Aleko”
GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937)
“Porgy and Bess “Song of Porgy “Oh I got plenty o’nuttin”

REQUIEMS
WOLFGANG AMADEUS MOZART (1756-1791)
Requiem
GIESEPPE VERDI (1813-1901)
Requiem

ROMANCES AND SONGS

J. P. MARTINI (1741-1816)
“Plaisir d’amour”
FRANZ SCHUBERT (1797-1828)
“An den Tod”
MODESTE MUSSORGSKY (1839-1881)
“Song about a flea”
PETER ILYCH TCHAIKOVSKY(1840-1893)
“O, if you could”
“No, just that who knew”
“Don Jiovanni’s serenade”
“Again, as before I’m alone”
“A tear is trembling”
“Bless you, woods”
JULES MASSENET (1842-1912)
“Elegie”
FALVO
“Diciten ciela”
S.GASTALDON (1861-1939)
“Musica Proibita”
J. M. LACALLE
“Amapola”
AUGUSTIN LARA
“Granada”
CLAUDE DEBUSSY (1862-1918)
“Beau Soir”
“Nuit d’etoiles”
H. HADLEY (1871-1937)
“The time of parting”
SERGEI RACHMANINOV (1873-1943)
“Slumber”
“At the gates of a holy tenement”
“Bereft me all”
“Jesus resurrected”
“I was with her”
“I do tell you nothing”
“Do not leave me, pray!”
“In silence of a miraculous night”
“At the recent grave”
J. PADILLA (1889-1960)
“Valencia”
E. CHARLES
“And so, Goodbye”
R. HAGEMAN
“Do not go, my Love”
GEORGE GERSHWIN (1898-1937)
“Embraceable you”
DMITRY KABALEVSKY (1904-1987)
“When, at the jury of silent, secret thoughts”

His repertoire includes works of Armenian composers:
R. Melikian,
Komitas, E. Abrahamian, B. Kanachian.