Nino Surguladze
Nino Surguladze (Georgian: ნინო სურგულაძე; born in Tbilisi, Georgia) is a Georgian mezzo-soprano.
Biography
Born in Tbilisi, Nino Surguladze studied singing with Guliko Kariauli at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire.[1] After winning a prize at the Francisco Viñas International Singing Contest in Barcelona, she earned her a scholarship at Accademia Teatro alla Scala,[2][1][3] where she studied with Leyla Gencer and Luciana Serra.[4] She made her operatic debut as Cuniza in Verdi's Oberto and Zulma in Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri in Milan in 2002,[5][6] and since appeared in many opera houses around the world
She has appeared in the Italian film Rigoletto a Mantova and the Georgian films Valsi Pechoraze[7] and Metichara.[8] In 2010, she was awarded the Presidential Order of Excellence by Mikhail Saakashvili.[9][10]
Nino Surguladze is a founder of the charity foundation Desire Tree, which aims to provide assistance to children in need of medical care.[11][12]
Operatic repertoire
Bellini
Berlioz
- Marguerite (La Damnation de Faust)[14]
Bizet
Gounod
Tchaikovsky
- Olga (Eugene Onegin)[17]
Mascagni
- Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana)[18]
Mozart
- Dorabella (Così fan tutte)[19]
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 2 New Style Magazine (2010-07-22), Астральные миры Нино Сургуладзе
- ↑ Gran Teatre del Liceu, Francisco Viñas Contest: Contest's prizewinners (from 2001 to 2010)
- ↑ YouTube.com, Intervista a Nino Surguladze, Rigoletto al Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova, 13 Novembre 2013
- ↑ Corriere della Sera (2010-01-15), L'altra Carmen della Georgia: "Canto la libertà delle donne"
- ↑ BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, 2003. Georgia: Nino Surguladze
- ↑ Corriere della Sera (2002-09-11), Verdi, "Oberto conte di San Bonifacio" torna mezzo secolo dopo con i giovani della Scala
- ↑ IMDb Valsi Pechoraze (1992)
- ↑ IMDb, Metichara (1988).
- ↑ Georgian Journal (2010-09-16), N. Surguladze was decorated with an order
- ↑ ekhokavkaza.com (2010-09-08), Нино Сургуладзе награждена орденом "Сияние"
- ↑ Social Partnership, Nino Surguladze will assist 5 children with severe diseases
- ↑ Inform (2014-12-29), Questa sera a Tbilisi un concerto della Fondazione "Desire Tree"
- ↑ The Guardian (2015-04-11), Al Bustan - the classical music festival in Beirut that survives war and assassinations
- ↑ OperaClick, Parma - Teatro Regio: La damnation de Faust
- ↑ Corriere della Sera (2010-01-15), L'altra Carmen della Georgia: "Canto la libertà delle donne"
- ↑ Corriere della Sera (2010--06-19), Scala, "Faust" con la protesta
- ↑ Corriere della Sera (2006-01-17), Ma Oneghin è un Bovarista
- ↑ Classique News (2014-05-27), Compte rendu, opéra. Avignon. Opéra, le 20 mai 2014. Mascagni : Cavalleria Rusticana. Leoncavallo : Pagliacci
- ↑ Mundoclasico.com (2010-03-10), Mozart through the looking-glass
- ↑ ConcertoNet.com, Aïda ou l'oeil de l'orchestre
- ↑ GBopera (2015-06-21), Arena di Verona - 93° Opera Festival 2015
- ↑ The New York Times (2010-10-03), Returning to realism and revisiting a tragedy
External links
- Nino Surguladze at Stage Door (management agency)
- Nino Surguladze at Operabase (performance schedule)
- Nino Surguladze on IMDb