Asmik Grigorian Named World’s Best Female Opera Singer

The winners of the International Opera Awards were presented at a gala ceremony in London’s Sadler’s Wells Theatre, on April 29. Asmik Grigorian, an Armenian opera singer, took the Female Singer of the Year award for her role as Salome at Salzburg festival, Asbarez reports.

Asmik is known as the daughter of world-renowned opera soloists Irena Milkevičiūtė and Geham Grigorian. She became a world opera sensation over the summer, and anchored her title at the London theatre—she is currently the best female opera soloist in the world.