Armenian bass Gosh Sargsyan joins the Dutch National Opera Studio in Amsterdam for the 2026/27 season, led by Artistic Director Rosemary Joshua.

Recent highlights include appearing as the bass soloist in a staged version of Verdi’s Requiem at the Hungarian State Opera in Budapest, portraying Timur in a new production of Turandot at Teatr Wielki in Poznań, and performing in concerts across Italy, including appearances at the Teatro Lirico di Cagliari and Teatro Politeama Garibaldi.

Since 2022, Sargsyan has been a principal soloist at the Armenian National Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Yerevan. His growing repertoire there encompasses a wide range of roles, including Colline in La bohème, Escamillo in Carmen, Timur in Turandot, Il Bonzo in Madama Butterfly, Dulcamara in L’elisir d’amore, Il Commendatore in Don Giovanni, and Nerses in Chukhajian’s Armenian national opera Arshak II.

Sargsyan has also received recognition at a number of major international singing competitions. Most recently, in 2026, he was a finalist at the 63rd Tenor Viñas Competition. In 2025, he was a finalist at the International Hans Gabor Belvedere Singing Competition, where he received the Royal Opera House Covent Garden Engagement Award. In 2023, he reached the finals of the 35th Eleanor McCollum Competition and won both First Prize and the Special Verdi Prize at the Concorso Lirico Internazionale “SOI Fiorenza Cedolins.” In 2022, he was a finalist at the Concorso Lirico Internazionale “Ottavio Ziino.