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Paata Burchaladze (Bass) 
Born in the Georgian capital of Tbilisi, he received his vocal education in his hometown under Olimpi Khelashvili. He has been a member of the local opera company there since 1986. Together with fellow artists from the former U.S.S.R., he was selected for finishing studies under Giulietta Simionato and Edoardo Mueller at the Teatro alla Scala in Milan.
In 1981, he emerged as the winner of the Voci Verdiane international vocal competition in Busseto, going on to win 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 proceeded to cause a major sensation at London’s Royal Opera House, where he made his debut with Ramfis/AIDA, alongside Katia Ricciarelli and Luciano Pavarotti, conducted by Zubin Mehta.
From 1982 he was studying in Odessa with Evgeny Ivanov and after he was giving his concerts all over the world together with concertmaster Ludmila Ivanova.
Mr. Burchuladze first appeared with the New Israeli Opera in 1994 and has since sung the majority of his repertory with the company, to which he has very close bonds. His most recent successes have been LA GIOCONDA, MEFISTOFELE, and FAUST. Beyond his operatic fame, Mr. Burchuladze is also a celebrated and refined concert and recital singer, regularly performing with the most important festivals and producers worldwide, including 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, Moscow, etc.
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, EUGENE ONEGIN and KHOVANSHCHINA with Deutsche Grammophon, RIGOLETTO with EMI, LA BOHEME and NABUCCO with Koch-Schwann as well as SAMSON ET DALILA for Philips.
His 2010-12 seasons included appearances at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden (THE TSAR’S BRIDE), at the Liceu in Barcelona and the Palau de la Musicá in Valencia, in Verdis AIDA with Masada Festival in Israel, also MACBETH with Deutsche Oper Berlin, IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA at the Metropolitan Opera, MAZEPPA with Monte Carlo Opera, DON GIOVANNI with Opéra National de Paris – RIGOLETTO at the Palau de la Musicá Valencia, PRINCE IGOR at the Bolshoj Theatre, BORIS GODUNOV with Israeli Opera, DON CARLO with Teatro Regio di Torio, TURANDOT with Masada Festival were the highlights for the 2012/13 season with AIDA and NABUCCO with Arena di Verona, DON CARLO at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, PRINCE IGOR at Hamburg’s State Opera, Verdi’s MESSA DA REQUIEM in Madrid and IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA at the Metropolitan Opera to follow in the coming seasons.
In February 1998, Mr. Burchuladze was named a prince by the Russian Orthodox Church. The State Opera of Stuttgart awarded his loyalty with the Kammersänger title in July 1998. He was appointed Goodwill Ambassador of the United Nations in 2006 and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador in 2010, in the same year he got Presidential Order of Excellence of Georgia and Honor of Commender by the President of Italian Republic. In 2014 year the President of Republic of Austria awarded him with the Cross of Honor, First Class, for Science and Arts.
MAIN REPERTOIRE
V. Dolidze
Makar (Keto and Kote)
G. Kancheli
Napoleon (And Be Music)
O. Taktakishvili
Tariel (Th e Abduction of Moon)
W.A. Mozart
Osmin (The Abduction from the Seraglio)
Commandor, Leporello (Don Giovanni)
Sarastro (The Magic Flute)
G. Verdi
Zaccaria (Nabucco)
Pagano (I Lombardi)
De Silva (Ernani)
Attila (Attila)
Banco (Macbeth)
Walter (Luisa Miller)
Sparafucile (Rigoletto)
Procida (Les vêpres siciliennes)
Fiesco (Simon Bocanegra)
Padre Guardiano (La Forza del Destino)
Filippo, the Grand Inquisitor (Don Carlos)
Ramfi s (Aida)
Ferrando (Il Trovatore)
G. Puccini
Colline (La Boheme)
Timur (Turandot)
A. Ponchielli
Alvise Badoero (La Gioconda)
A. Boito
Mefi stofele (Mefi stofele)
O. Respighi
Il Vescovo (Il Vescovo – La Fiamma)
L.V. Beethoven
Pizarro (Fidelio)
C. Gounod
Méphistophélès (Faust)
J.F. Halevy
Brogni (La Juive)
C. Saint-Saens
Abimélech (Samson and Delilah)
G. Rossini
Don Basilio (The Barber of Seville)
M. Mussorgsky
Boris (Boris Godunov)
Dosifey, Prince Khovansky (Khovanshchina)
Mato (Salambo)
P. Tchaikovsky
Gremin (Evgeny Onegin)
Rene (Iolata)
A. Borodin
Konchak (Prince Igor)
N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov
King Dodon (The Golden Cockerel)
S. Prokofyev
Inquisitor (The Fiery Angel)
Solo Parties
Requiem, W. A. Mozart
Requiem, G. Verdi
Stabat Mater, A. Dvorak
Chamber
Romances by M. Glinka, A. Dargomishsky, M. Mussorgsky, P. Tchaikovsky, S. Rakhmaninov, A. Aretsky
Italian and Georgian songs and romances
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