Armenian-Australian soprano Natalie Aroyan holds a Postgraduate Diploma of Opera from the Sydney Conservatorium of Music and a double-degree in Business and I.T. from the Australian Catholic University. She is a winner of the Opera Foundation New York Competition, Herald Sun Aria, and the Italian Opera Foundation Award, studying at Mannes College, New York and the Accademia di Bel Canto, Italy with Mirella Freni.
Natalie’s roles with Opera Australia include the title roles in Aida, Adrianna Lecouvreur, Rachel (La Juive), Elena (Mefistofele), Odabella (Attila), Mimì (La bohème), Elvira (Ernani), Amelia Grimaldi (Simon Boccanegra), Desdemona (Otello), Micaëla (Carmen), Eva (Die Meistersinger) and featuring at Opera in The Domain, Sydney Myer Music Bowl, New Year’s Eve Galas, Uluru and Great Opera Hits.
Natalie has also performed Mimì and Marguerite (Faust) for West Australian Opera; Mimi for Hanoi Opera, Vietnam, Micaela for Sugi Opera, Korea; Amelia Grimaldi in Bari; Aida in Busseto; Verdi Requiem in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne; and opera galas with QSO and MSO.
