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discipline = "Bass-baritone"
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Canadian-Armenian bass-baritone Vartan Gabrielian is a recent graduate of the Canadian Opera Company’s ensemble program and the Santa Fe Apprentice program. While still a student, he made his professional debut with the Opéra de Montréal performing the role of Sparafucile (_Rigoletto_).

Highlights in his upcoming 2022/23 season include his role and house debut as Nourabad (_Les pêcheurs de perles_) at Vancouver Opera. At the Canadian Opera Company, Gabrielian returns to perform Jailer (_Tosca_) and Dottore (_Macbeth_) in addition to covering Figaro (_Le nozze di Figaro_), Banquo (_Macbeth_), and First Nazarene (_Salome_). A sought-after concert performer, Gabrielian will also be performing Verdi’s _Requiem_ under the baton of Francis Choinière.

Recent appearances include performing the title role in _Le nozze di Figaro_ at the Trentino Music Festival; Betto (_Gianni Schicchi_), Armed Guard (_Die Zauberflöte_), and Dottore Grenvil (_La traviata_) at the Canadian Opera Company; the title role of _Sweeney Todd_ at Curtis Opera Theatre; and Leporello and Commendatore (_Don Giovanni_) at Opera Philadelphia. In prior seasons, he has performed the following roles at the Chautauqua Institute: King (_Ariodante_), Colline (_La Bohème_), Sparafucile (_Rigoletto_), Masetto (_Don Giovanni_), and Sarastro (_Die Zauberflöte_).

Gabrielian was a finalist at the 2022 Belvedere Competition and has been a recipient of awards from numerous organizations including the Metropolitan Opera National Council, Career Bridges Schuyler Foundation, Jacqueline Desmarais Foundation, Sylva Gelber Foundation, Gerda Lissner Foundation, and the George London Foundation. Gabrielian is a graduate of the prestigious Curtis Institute of Music, having earned a Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree of Vocal Performance under the tutelage of Marlena Malas and Armen Boyajian.