Kristina Mkhitaryan

A graduate of the Galina Vishnevskaya Theatre Studio, Moscow, Kristina went on to join the Young Artist Programme at the Bolshoi Theatre where she remains a studio artist. She has won first prize at the Queen Sonja International Competition in Oslo (2013), third prize at the Neue Stimmen Competition (2013) and the Viotti Competition in Vercelli (2014). Kristina won 2nd Prize at the 2017 Operalia Competition. Recent triumphs include a debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi, her debut at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden as Micaela Carmen and later Violetta La Traviata, Gilda Rigoletto with Opera Australia and Hamburgische Staatsoper, the title role in Alcina at Opéra National de Lorraine, and Armida Rinaldo at the Glyndebourne Festival. This season, Kristina deb