Navasard Hakobyan

Armenian baritone Navasard Hakobyan is a 2022-23 Butler Studio Artist with Houston Grand Opera, where he has performed the roles of Second Nazarene in R. Strauss' Salome, Antonio in Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro, and Douphol in Verdi's La Traviata. Navasard received several awards in 2022, including the Sullivan Award, First Place in the Eleanor McCollum Competition, and First Prize in the Premiere Opera Foundation International Vocal Competition. He studies with Stephen King.