Lithuanian soprano Asmik Grigorian makes belated Metropolitan Opera debut as Madame Butterfly [Video]

NEW YORK (AP) — Asmik Grigorian laughs when she recalls that she had been singing professionally for more than a decade when the International Opera Awards proclaimed her the “best young female singer” of 2016.

“So for 12 years I was nothing, and then I immediately became the best!” the Lithuanian soprano joked in an interview.