Karine Babajanyan

In October 2015 Babajanyan made her debut as Elena in a new production of Mefistofele alongside Joseph Calleja and René Pape at the Bayerische Staatsoper .

At the Staatsoper Stuttgart she sang the role of Carmen. She also made excursions into the German repertory with Wagner and Strauss. At the end of September 2014 she had her premiere as Ariadne in Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein in Düsseldorf.

A highlight of her career in 2008 was her appearance as Puccini's Tosca at the Bregenz Festival in the James Bond film Quantum of Solace with Daniel Craig as James Bond.

From 1996 to 1999 Babajanyan was first engaged at the National Theatre in Yerevan. In 1999 she moved her professional focus to Germany, which has since become her second home. Her first engagements led her to the Theater Koblenz and the Bielefeld Opera, as a guest to the Komische Oper Berlin, the Staatsoper Hannover and the Aalto Theater Essen. From 2003 to 2011 she was a member of the ensemble Staatstheater Stuttgart. Since 2011 she has been working as a freelance artist.

Babajanyan was born in Yerevan. Her musical education began at the age of 6. She first learned to play the piano and in 1987 graduated from the Romanos Melikyan Music College in Yerevan as a piano teacher and piano accompanist. 6 years later a diploma as choirmaster followed at the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan. There she also studied singing with Tatevik Sazandaryan, and thus expanded her musical education to include a degree as an opera and concert singer as well as a singing teacher. In 1998 she completed her studies in solo singing with distinction. She completed her vocal training with Mirella Parutto and Dunja Vejzovic.

Karine Babajanyan (Armenian: Կարինե Բաբաջանյան) (born in 1972) is an Armenian operatic soprano.