Nino Surguladze (Georgian: ნინო სურგულაძე; born 12 October 1977 in Tbilisi, Georgia)[1] is a Georgian mezzo-soprano.

Biography

Born in Tbilisi, Surguladze studied singing with Guliko Kariauli at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire.[2] After winning a prize at the Francisco Viñas International Singing Contest in Barcelona, she earned her a scholarship at the Accademia of the Teatro alla Scala,[3][2][4] where she studied with Leyla Gencer and Luciana Serra.[5] She made her operatic debut as Cuniza in Verdi's Oberto and Zulma in Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri in Milan in 2002,[6][7] and has since appeared in many opera houses around the world.

She has appeared in the Italian television film Rigoletto a Mantova (2010) and in the Georgian films Valsi Pechoraze[8] and Metichara.[9] In 2010, she was awarded the Presidential Order of Excellence by Mikhail Saakashvili.[10][11] In 2018 she appeared in the title role of a video-recorded performance of Bizet's Carmen by the Opéra Royal de Liège.

Surguladze is a founder of the charity foundation Desire Tree, which aims to provide assistance to children in need of medical care.[12][13]

Operatic repertoire

Bellini

Berlioz

Bizet

Gounod

Tchaikovsky

Mascagni

Mozart

Verdi

Discography

  • Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto. Arthaus, DVD, 2010
  • Bizet: Carmen. Dynamic, DVD, 2009
  • Sergei Prokofiev: Betrothal in a monastery. Glyndebourne, CD, 2006
  • Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco. Arthaus, DVD, 2006
  • Gioacchino Rossini: Moïse et Pharaon. TDK, DVD, 2005
  • Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. EMI Classics, DVD, 2002

References

  1. ↑ "Georgia: Nino Surguladze". BBC. 1 July 2003.
  2. 1 2 "New Style Magazine (2010-07-22), Астральные миры Нино Сургуладзе". Archived from the original on 2017-06-01. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
  3. ↑ "Gran Teatre del Liceu, Francisco Viñas Contest: Contest's prizewinners (from 2001 to 2010)". Archived from the original on 2012-11-04. Retrieved 2015-08-04.
  4. ↑ YouTube.com, Intervista a Nino Surguladze, Rigoletto al Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova, 13 Novembre 2013
  5. 1 2 Corriere della Sera (2010-01-15), L'altra Carmen della Georgia: "Canto la libertà delle donne"
  6. ↑ BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, 2003. Georgia: Nino Surguladze
  7. ↑ Corriere della Sera (2002-09-11), Verdi, "Oberto conte di San Bonifacio" torna mezzo secolo dopo con i giovani della Scala
  8. ↑ IMDb Valsi Pechoraze (1992)
  9. ↑ IMDb, Metichara (1988).
  10. ↑ Georgian Journal (2010-09-16), N. Surguladze was decorated with an order
  11. ↑ ekhokavkaza.com (2010-09-08), Нино Сургуладзе награждена орденом "Сияние"
  12. ↑ Social Partnership, Nino Surguladze will assist 5 children with severe diseases
  13. ↑ Inform (2014-12-29), Questa sera a Tbilisi un concerto della Fondazione "Desire Tree"
  14. ↑ The Guardian (2015-04-11), Al Bustan - the classical music festival in Beirut that survives war and assassinations
  15. ↑ OperaClick, Parma - Teatro Regio: La damnation de Faust
  16. ↑ Corriere della Sera (2010--06-19), Scala, "Faust" con la protesta
  17. ↑ Corriere della Sera (2006-01-17), Ma Oneghin è un Bovarista
  18. ↑ Classique News (2014-05-27), Compte rendu, opéra. Avignon. Opéra, le 20 mai 2014. Mascagni : Cavalleria Rusticana. Leoncavallo : Pagliacci
  19. ↑ "Mundoclasico.com (2010-03-10), Mozart through the looking-glass". Archived from the original on 2015-09-27. Retrieved 2015-08-03.
  20. ↑ ConcertoNet.com, Aïda ou l'oeil de l'orchestre
  21. ↑ GBopera (2015-06-21), Arena di Verona - 93° Opera Festival 2015
  22. ↑ The New York Times (2010-10-03), Returning to realism and revisiting a tragedy
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