Armenian-Australian Lyric Soprano Natalie Aroyan holds a Postgraduate Diploma of Opera from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and a double-degree in Business and I.T. from the Australian Catholic University, Sydney.
Natalie Aroyan returns to Opera Australia this year, adding the roles of the Dutchess/Foreign Princess (Rusalka) and the title role of Rusalka to her extensive repertoire with the company. She will also feature as guest artist at the inaugural Handa Opera at Millthorpe festival at Easter.
Most recently Natalie performed the title roles in Tosca and Adriana Lecouvreur for Opera Australia and reprised her portrayal of the title role in Aida in Opera Australia’s Sydney and Brisbane seasons. She also performed the role of Ortlinde (Die Walküre) with the Sydney Symphony Orchestra, under chief conductor Simone Young, the title role of Tosca for the Armenian National Opera in Yerevan, Armenia and featured in the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra’s Puccini Gala at the Sidney Myer Music Bowl.
A principal artist with Opera Australia since 2013, Natalie’s roles have included the title role of Rachel (La Juive), Elena (Mefistofele in concert), Odabella (Attila), Elvira (Ernani), Mimì (La Bohème), Desdemona (Otello), Micaëla (Carmen), Amelia Grimaldi (Simon Boccanegra), and Eva (Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Helpmann Award nomination). She has also performed the roles of Mimì and Marguerite (Faust) for West Australian Opera, Micaëla for Sugi Opera Company, Korea, Mimì for Hanoi Opera, Vietnam and created, directed and performed the classically theatrical event “An Armenian Journey” at The Concourse, Chatswood, to mark the 100th Anniversary of the Armenian Genocide.
Natalie was awarded first place in both The Opera Foundation New York Competition and the Herald Sun Aria Competition. She participated in the International Institute of Vocal Arts program in Tel Aviv, after which she undertook her Professional Studies Diploma at Mannes College, New York, studying with Soprano Ruth Falcon, where she performed the role of Fiordiligi (Così fan tutte), Annina (The Saint of Bleecker Street) and Alice Ford (Falstaff) conducted by Maestro Joseph Colaneri.
As well as attending the “Solti Te Kanawa Accademia” program in Tuscany, Italy, where she worked with both Maestro Richard Bonynge and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa, Natalie has worked with Renata Scotto in her Tampa Masterclass, participated in The American Institute of Music (AIMS) program in Graz, Austria, and studied with Mirella Freni at the Accademia of Bel Canto in Modena, Italy.
Natalie has also made soloist guest appearances with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, Queensland Symphony Orchestra and given numerous performances of Verdi’s Requiem.
Her European engagements have included her debut in Italy, in the role of Amelia Grimaldi at the Petruzelli Teatro di Bari and in the title role of Aida at the Teatro G. Verdi di Busseto, during the Verdi Festival.