ROSY ANOUSH SVAZLIAN

Rosy Anoush Svazlian, lyric soprano, is an artist of Armenian descent, originally from San Francisco, California. She completed her Masters studies in the Conservatory of “Giuseppe Verdi” in Milan, studying under the guidance of Maestro Gianni Mastino and Maestro Adalberto Tonini. She was involved in the preparatory program at Academy of La Scala, under the tutelage of Maestro Vincenzo Manno.

Rosy Anoush began her musical studies with violin at the age five under the guidance of her father, Gerard Svazlian, currently tenure violinist at the San Francisco Opera. She then continued her musical education with the studies of piano and voice. Her exposure of opera from a very young age, combined with her passion of theater and the arts led her to pursue a professional vocal career. She chose to study in the center of Italian Opera in Milan, Italy, which gave her the opportunity to learn the classical "belcanto" style of singing, including traditional Italian, French, and German repertory.

Rosy Anoush has been involved in various productions at the Conservatory of Milan, including The Beggar's Opera, (Jenny Diver and Lady Di) K. Weil, The Little Sweep (Rose) B. Britten, La Boheme (Musetta) G. Puccini, Il Signor Bruschino (Marianna) G. Rossini, L'elisir d'amore (Adina) G. Donizetti, Le Nozze di Figaro (Contessa), and La Voix Umaine, F.Poulenc. She has also performed in Teatro dal Verme in Milan as the lead protagonist in the opera Savitri, G. Holst. In 2010, Rosy gave her debut concert in Yerevan, Armenia, in concert with world renown tenor, Placido Domingo, who then chose her as one of the participants in the world leading international opera competition OPERALIA, Moscow 2011. 

She has debuted roles in various theaters in Italy, California, and held concerts in Italy, Moscow, Finland, Germany, and the US.  In 2013, she debuted as Anoush in the traditional Armenian opera “Anoush,” by Armen Tigranian in the Yerevan state opera. In 2015, She started a collaboration with Italian pianist and composer Andrea Manzoni called NUR revisiting traditional Armenian melodies fit for an international audience where they have performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall, St. Martin in-the-fields, and for the MITO festival in Milan and Bari jazz festival and continue to hold concerts all over Europe and America.