Tenor
2021 joining the Armenian National Opera as soloist
2022 European debut as Cassio at the Czech National Theatre in Brno
2023 Rodolfo at Malmö Opera and Theater Kiel
2023 Lensky at Finnish National Opera Helsinki
2025 Turiddu at Theater Erfurt
Young Armenian tenor Tigran Hakobyan graduated with excellence from the Komitas State Conservatory in Yerevan in 2015, where he studied with distinguished soprano Svetlana Kolosaryan. Tigran has participated in the masterclasses of Dolora Zaijick, Gegham Grigoryan, Suren Shakhijanyan and Dale Fundling.
After his military service Tigran joined the Young Artist Opera Program of the State Opera of Yerevan (2018-2021) during which time he sang already lead tenor roles, such as Nemorino in "L'Elisir d’Amore", conducted by Maestro Alessandro Bonato.
In 2021 Tigran Hakobyan became a permanent guest soloist of the Armenian State Opera and took part in concert tours to Italy. In following season he performed among others the role of Mario Cavaradossi in the National Opera as well as Rodolfo in a semi-staged production of La Bohème. In the spring of 2022 Tigran debuted in the role Alfredo (La Traviata) and started his international career as Cassio (Otello) at National Theatre of Brno in the Czech Republic. In the following summer that production toured at the distinguished ”Thurn und Taxis Festival” in Regensburg, Germany.
In fall 2022 Tigran was engaged to sing Rodolfo in a touring production of La Bohème in Sweden and Denmark (in all 25 performances) with the Malmö Opera Company. Highlights of the following season included the same role (in Italian) in a new production of the Kiel opera house and Vladimir Lensky (Eugen Onegin) at the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki. In season 2024-25 followed his debut as Turiddu (Cavalleria Rusticana) at the Erfurt Opera and the title role of Verdi’s Don Carlo in the French version in 5 acts in Kiel. After that he continued there with the role of Alfredo at the Kiel Opernsommer festival.
The fall 2025 Tigran started with his role debut as Don José in Carmen (September 2025) at the Armenian National Opera under Maestro Karen Durganyan and a month after he debuted successfully as Radames at the same opera house.
Tigran’s upcoming engagements include Don Carlo in the Tampere Opera Company’s 80 years jubilee production alongside with Mika Kares and Marjukka Tepponen, but now the Italian version.
In addition to operatic repertoire, Tigran has been a tenor soloist in Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and Mozart’s Requiem with the Armenian State Philharmonic Orchestra under the baton of Eduard Topchian.
