Adrineh Simonian, mezzo-soprano
Born in Teheran of Armenian origin, Adrineh Simonian grew up in Vienna, where she studied violin, piano and voice at the university of music in her home town. She then entered the opera and operetta class at the Vienna Conservatory from where she graduated with distinction. In 1999 she was awarded the Price for Young Artists of the City of Vienna. In the Belvedere competition 2000, she won the 3rd price and various special prices.
That same year, the young mezzo made her debut at the Chamber Opera of Vienna in "A Night in Venice", one year later she was invited for "The Bat" there. She was then engaged by Mo. Martin Haselboeck and his Vienna Academy to sing in "La Contessina" at the Schauspielhaus in Vienna in 2001; as well as by the Festival Klangbogen Wien for "La Bohème" by Leoncovallo (Conductor: Marco Guidarini, Stage Directon: Guy Joosten), as well as by the Royal Opera Copenhagen for "Il re pastore" under the baton of Adam Fischer.
Since 2001, Andrineh Simonian is a member of the ensemble of the Volksoper Wien, where she has sung a big repertory including roles like: Cherubino ("Le Nozze di Figaro"), Zerlina ("Don Giovanni), 2. Dame ("The Magic Flute"), Héloise („Bluebeard“), Tisbe („La Cenerentola“), Henri („Der Opernball“), as well as Sandmännchen („Hänsel und Gretel“), Zaida („Il Turco in Italia“), Manja („Gräfin Mariza“), „A voice“ („West Side Story“), Kate Pinkerton („Madama Butterfly“), Mercedes ("Carmen).
During the current season, she has been singing: Isabella („Boccaccio“), Ciboletta („A NIght in Venice“), Zerlina („Don Giovanni“), Flora Bervoix („La Traviata“), Cenerentola („La Cenerentola“) and Annius in the revival of "La clemenza di Tito".
Adrineh Simonian made her debut at the Vienna State Opera in March 2005 in the role of Enrichetta di Francia in "I Puritani" by Bellini. Other roles at the Vienna State Opera were in "Fedora" and "The Walkyrie".
She also is a very demanded Lied and Concert singer: She preformed in Italy with the Clemencic Consort under the baton of René Clemencic ("Il nascimiento dell'Aurora"), with the Vienna Academy with Martin Haselböck conducting at the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein ("A Midsummernight's Dream by F. Mendelssohn-Bartholdy), at the Vienna Konzerthaus under Johannes Prinz "Sie sind Fremder ..." by H. Reiter. In 2004, she sang in a concert at the Great Festival Hall in Salzburg with the jazz legend Dave Brubeck and his quartett.
Future highlights include recitals at the Vienna Konzerhaus, as well as in Rome and Paris.
