Serine-Lyuba Tatevosyan

biography

French diction coach Serine-Lyuba Tatevosyan resides in Paris.
She holds a Master’s degree in Linguistics from Moscow State Linguistic University and a Master’s degree in Opera Singing from Moscow State Tchaikovsky Conservatory. She completed her academic studies with a series of postgraduate courses in both fields across France, Italy and Spain.

Her French language coach career began at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow (B. Pokrovsky Hall), where she coached soloists and chorus members in French diction for Ch.-W. Gluck’s «Orphée et Eurydice» opera under the button of Mo Gennady Rozhdestvensky .
At the invitation of the Elena Obraztsova International Foundation, Serine coached singers for a concert version of G. Donizetti’s «La Fille du Régiment» at the Great Hall of the Tchaikovsky Conservatory.
Since 2017, at the invitation of Mo Constantine Orbelian, Serine has worked as a French diction coach at the Armenian National Opera and Ballet Theatre. The premiere of J. Massenet’s “Manon”, directed by Andrejs Zagars (Latvia) and conducted by Mo Christopher Ocasek (USA), took place in 2018 in the framework of the Francophonie Summit in Armenia.The premiere of G. Bizet’s “Carmen” starring Liparit Avetisyan as Don José took place at the Dubai Opera (UAE). The premiere of F. Poulenc’s mono-opera “La Voix Humaine”, performed by mezzo-soprano Varsenik Avanyan with the theatre’s symphonic orchestra under the baton of Mo Karen Durgaryan, took place in 2026.
Over the years working at the opera house, in collaboration with soloists, concertmasters, symphony orchestra, choir and the Young Artists Opera Program’s singers, Serine has prepared a series of concerts dedicated to masterpieces of the French repertoire.
Since 2019, Serine has trained students of the Komitas State Conservatory of Yerevan. In partnership with the Armenian State Philharmonia and with the support of the French Embassy in Armenia, Serine created her annual festival, “La Francophonie Chantée.”
Serine has also worked at the D.A. Hvorostovsky Krasnoyarsk State Opera and Ballet Theatre, where she coached soloists and chorus members in French diction for the operas «Manon» by J. Massenet and «Carmen» by G. Bizet.
For over 15 years Serine has been coaching opera singers individually around the world, including:
Kristina Mkhitaryan (soprano):
  • Manon, «Manon» by J. Massenet; Leïla, «Les Pêcheurs de perles» by G. Bizet – Wiener Staatsoper
Victoria Karkacheva (mezzo-soprano): 
  • Pénélope, «Pénélope» by G. Fauré – Bayerische Staatsoper; 
  • Nicklausse, «Les Contes d’Hoffmann» by J. Offenbach – Opéra National de Lyon;
  • Marguerite, «La Damnation de Faust» by H. Berlioz – Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris;
  • Carmen, «Carmen» by G. Bizet – Opéra national de Paris;
  • The narrator, lyric poem «The Blessed Damozel» by C. Debussy – The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, Portugal
Liparit Avetisyan (tenor):
  • Chevalier des Grieux, «Manon» by J. Massenet – Armenian National Opera; Opera de Tenerife;
  • Faust, «Faust» by Ch. Gounod – Teatro Colón, Buenos Aires;
  • Don José, «Carmen» by G. Bizet – Armenian National Opera, Dubai Opera; 
  • Roméo, «Roméo et Juliette» by Ch. Gounod – Opernhaus Zürich
Albina Shagimuratova (soprano):
  • «The Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian» by C. Debussy – The Moscow State Philharmonic, P. I. Tchaikovsky Concert Hall
Lévy Sekgapane (tenor):
  • French music recital – Münchner Philharmoniker
Juliana Grigoryan (soprano):
  • Juliette, «Roméo et Juliette» by Ch. Gounod – Opernhaus Zürich;
  • Iphigénie, «Iphigénie en Tauride» by Ch.-W. Gluck – Festspielhaus Baden-Baden
Gayané Babadjanyan (mezzo-soprano):
  • Carmen, «Carmen» by G. Bizet – Armenian National Opera ; E. Kolobov Novaya Opera Theater

Kariné Babadjanyan (mezzo-soprano):

  • Carmen, «Carmen» by G. Bizet – Leipzig Opera