Asmik Grigoryan blessed the audience with six arias and one encore during her concert at the Sofia Opera conducted by Daniel Oren.
After the arias she performed (from “McBeth”, “Madama Butterfly”, “Eugene Onegin”, “Tosca”, “Manon Lescaut” and “Rusalka”) were met with huge applause, she sung the Armenian song “Zherav” by Komitas which deeply thrilled the viewers. They applauded the singer, maestro Oren and the Sofia Opera orchestra and choir for a long time.
The previous evening, the 13th of November, during the 2025 International opera awards grand ceremony at the Athens Opera, Asmik Grigoryan won the “Singer of the year” award for the third time, in the “Female singer” category.
After the concert ended, there was a surprise for the audience. On a special screen, a video of the singer winning said award and her thank-you speech were shown.
Acad. Plamen Kartaloff, director of the Sofia Opera, presented an honorary diploma to miss Grigoryan.
The overfilled hall witnessed the world-famous opera star’s art who absolutely deserved to win the “Singer of the year” award because of her brilliant technique, performance, music taste and style.