Background
Mekhitarian, was born in Echmiadzin, Armenia.
Mekhitarian, was born in Echmiadzin, Armenia.
She graduated with Honours from the Yerevan Conservatory, first in the piano department and then in the voice department.
A leading soloist of the National Theater of Opera and Ballet of Armenia, she was conferred the title of Honored Artist of the Republic of Armenia in 2003. In the course of her career she has appeared throughout Europe as well as in North and South America, Australia, and the Middle East. Her opera appearances include the Gayarre Opera Theater (as Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor), the Roman Theater in Mérida "Festival de Teatro Clasico" (as Paolina in Poliuto) in Seville and the Teatro Colón in A Coruña (as Desdemona in Otello), at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles (as Anush in Anush), and the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow (as Norma in Norma).
She has performed concerts at the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Palau de la Música Catalana, Salle Gaveau, Street John"s, Smith Square, Malmo Concert Hall, Auditorio Nacional de Música, Madrid, Mariinsky Theatre in Saint St. Petersburg and Kolonni Zalin Moscow, amongst others
She is a principal soloist at the National Opera and Ballet Theater of Armenia in Yerevan. In 2003 she was conferred the title of Honored Artist of the Republic of Armenia.
In 2009 she gave a gala concert conducted by Miquel Ortega in celebration of the 75th anniversary of National Academic Theater of Opera and Ballet in Yerevan. Mekhitarian is married to Armen Hakobyan, a professor at the Armenian State University of Economics.
In 2013 on the occasion of Republic day, she was awarded medal "Foreign Merit to the Fatherland".