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Paata
Burchuladze
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Paata
Burchuladze, Bass, born in the Georgian capital Tbilisi on Feb.
12th 1955, he received his vocal education in his hometown with
Olimpi Khelashvili. He has been as member of the local opera company
since 1986.Together with fellow artists from the former USSR, he
was chosen to participate in finishing studies with Giulietta Simionato
and Edoardo Mueller at Milan's Teatro alla Scala.
In
1981 he emerged as winner from the international vocal competition
Voci Verdiane in Busseto and he won the gold medal and first
prize at the Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow the following
year. In 1985 he triumphed again at the International Luciano
Pavarotti Competition..
He
first caused a major sensation at London's Royal Opera House,
where he made his debut with Ramfis/AIDA alongside Katia Ricciarelli
and Luciano Pavarotti and conducted by Zubin Mehta.
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Boris
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From
then on, he conquered all the major opera houses around the globe.
To mention some of them: Teatro all Scala (NABUCCO, AIDA,
LUISA MILLER, SIMON BOCCANEGRA, MACBETH, I LOMBARDI, THE FIERY ANGEL),
the Vienna State Opera (LUISA MILLER, BORIS GODUNOV, KHOVANSHCHINA),
the Bavarian State Opera (BORIS GODUNOV, NABUCCO, MACBETH,
AIDA), the Hamburg State Opera (KHOVANSHCHINA, MACBETH, IL
BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA, LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, BORIS GODUNOV), the
Opéra National de Paris (BORIS GODUNOV, FAUST, NABUCCO),
the San Francisco Opera (PRINCE IGOR), Washington Opera
(DON CARLO) as well as the Metropolitan Opera New York (BORIS
GODUNOV, DON GIOVANNI, AIDA, KHOVANSHCHINA).
Invited
by Herbert von Karajan (who referred to him as the second Schaljapin)
he sang Commendatore in Mozart's DON GIOVANNI at Salzburg Festival
in 1987 and with this legendary conductor he starred in the Requiem
Masses by Verdi and Mozart as well. Paata Burchuladze will return
to Salzburg in summer 2002 for a new production of TURANDOT
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Paata
Burchuladze received special acclaim for this portrayal of Boris
Godunov he was invited to inaugurate the Met season 1990/91 with
that role which he sang at Covent Garden and the State Operas of
Vienna and Munich as well (the latter opera company saw him singing
his 100th performance of Boris in July 1995).
Apart
from his operatic fame, Paata Burchuladze is a celebrated and refined
concert and recital singer as well, performing regularily
with the most important festivals and producers worldwide (La Scala,
Musikverein and Konzerthaus Vienna, Salzburg Festival, Covent Garden,
the Deutsche Oper Berlin, the Bavarian State Opera, Stuttgart State
Opera, Tonhalle Zurich,La Monnaie in Brussels, La Bastille and Salle
Gaveau in Paris, Solothurn, the Palau in Barcelona, Sevilla, Warsaw
and Moscow etc.).
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I Lombardi/
Athens Concert Hall |
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Mr.
Burchuladze's discography comprises IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA,
SIMON BOCCANEGRA, AIDA and ERNANI for DECCA, Mozart's DON GIOVANNI
and MESSA DA REQUIEM, LA FORZA DEL DESTINO, EUGEGE ONEGIN and KHOVANSHCHINA
with Deutsche Grammophon, RIGOLETTO with EMI, LA BOHEME and NABUCCO
with Koch-Schwann as well as SAMSON ET DALILA for Philips.In February
1998, Paata Burchuladze became the first Georgian to be acclaimed
Prince by the russian orthodox church. The State Opera of Stuttgart
awarded his loyalty with the Kammersänger title in July
1998.
July
2001
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Paata BURCHULADZE, operatic repertory
Beethoven
FIDELIO Pizzaro (g)
Boito
MEFISTOFELE Mefistofele (i)
Borodin
PRINCE IGOR Konchak (r)
Gounod
FAUST Méphistophélès (f)
Halevy
LA JUIVE Brogni (f) *
Mozart
DON GIOVANNI Don Giovanni
(i) *
Commendatore (i)
DIE ENTFÜHRUNG AUS DEM
SERAIL Osmin (d) * Jan. 2003
DIE ZAUBERFLÖTE Sarastro (d)
Mussorgsky
BORIS GODUNOV Boris (r)
KHOVANSHCHINA Dosifey (r)
Ivan Khovansky (r)
SALAMMBÔ Mâtho (r)
Ponchielli
LA GIOCONDA Alvise Badoero (i) *
Puccini
LA BOHEME Colline (i)
TURANDOT Timur (i)
Prokofiev
THE FIERY ANGEL Inquisitor (r)
Respighi
LA FIAMMA l'Esorcista (i)
Rimsky-Korsakov
THE GOLDEN COCKEREL King Dodon (r)
Rossini
IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA Basilio (i)
Tschaikovsky
EUGENE ONEGIN Gremin (r)
YOLANTA René (r) *
Verdi
AIDA Ramfis (i)
ATTILA Attila (i)
DON CARLO Filippo II (i)
Grand Inquisitore (i)
ERNANI Silva (i)
LA FORZA DEL DESTINO Guardiano (i)
I LOMBARDI Pagano (i)
LUISA MILLER Conte Walter (i)
MACBETH Banco (i)
NABUCCO Zaccaria (i)
RIGOLETTO Sparafucile (i)
SIMON BOCCANEGRA Fiesco (i)
I VESPRI SICILIANI Procida (i) * Oct. 2003
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