Navasard Hakobyan
Navasard Hakobyan began his career in his native Armenia. He graduated from the vocal studio of the Armenian State Song Theater, completed a master’s degree at the Yerevan Conservatory, and was a soloist in the Young Opera Singers Program at the Yerevan Opera Theater. In 2019, he was named Best Student of the Year by Armenia’s Ministry of Education, Science, Culture and Sport.
Navasard was named winner of both the Metropolitan Opera’s Laffont Competition and The Dallas Opera’s National Vocal Competition in 2024. The year prior, he was awarded third prize at the Operalia World Opera Competition, where he also received the prestigious Don Plácido Domingo Ferrer Prize for Zarzuela.
Navasard has also been part of several leading young artist programs. He was a studio artist at Houston Grand Opera from 2022 to 2025 and a member of the Young Singers Project at the Salzburger Festspiele in 2024. He also joined the Académie of the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence in 2025.
In the 25/26 Season, Navasard becomes a member of the ensemble at Deutsche Oper Berlin, where his roles include De Siriex in Fedora, Morales in Carmen, and the Marquis d’Obigny in La traviata, among others. He also makes his house debut at Seattle Opera as El Dancaïro in Carmen.
Navasard recently made his European operatic debut as Marcello in La bohème at Semperoper Dresden, a role he reprised at Houston Grand Opera. On the concert stage, he appeared as the baritone soloist in Brahms’ Requiem with the Santa Barbara Symphony and performed Escamillo in a concert version of Carmen with the Corpus Christi Symphony Orchestra.
Previous engagements include: Sharpless Madam Butterfly (role debut, Houston Grand Opera); Gregorio Romeo and Juliet (The Dallas Opera); Silvio Pagliacci, Germont La traviata (Yerevan Opera Theater). As a recitalist, Navasard gave his European debut in 2024 in Prague with pianist Ahmad Hedar, followed by a recital at Hahn Hall in Santa Barbara. On the concert stage, he has performed in a concert version of Il viaggio a Reims with the Armenian State Symphony Orchestra.
