George Gagnidze |

George Gagnidze

"I-baritone yaseGeorgia uGeorgy Gagnidze ubonakale eyi-Scarpia esabekayo, ephethe amandla abalulekile kanye nezingoma eziyengayo ekuculeni kwakhe, leyo zwi edalula yonke imvelo yakhe yokuthakatha kulowo muntu," ngala mazwi uGeorgy Gagnidze wahlangana naye. New York Timesngenkathi ngo-2008 edlala ku-Puccini's Tosca esiteji I-Avery Fisher Hall i-New York Isikhungo seLincoln. Ngemva konyaka, bonke eNew York efanayo esiteji yaseshashalazini I-Metropolitan opera lo mculi wenza iculo lokuqala elivusa amadlingozi endimeni yesihloko se-opera ka-Verdi ethi Rigoletto - kusukela lapho ubelokhu ngokuzethemba phakathi kwabadlali abahamba phambili emhlabeni endimeni ebabazekayo ye-baritone.

Lo mculi njalo uthola izimemo ezivela ezingosini ze-opera zamazwe ngamazwe ezihlonishwayo futhi ukuhlanganyela kwakhe okuzayo kwesizini ka-2021/2022 kufaka phakathi i-Scarpia in Tosca in. I-Metropolitan opera, Amonasro in «Aide» Verdi in Los Angeles Opera kanye nendima yesihloko ku-Verdi's Nabucco eMadrid I-Royal Theatre. Ngesizini ka-2020/2021, lo mculi ubonakale esiteji endimeni eyisimangaliso ye-baritone njengo-Barnaba ku-Gioconda kaPonchielli (I-Deutsche Oper Berlin), Germont in “La Traviata” (I-Great Theatre ye-Liceu eBarcelona nase ISan Carlo Theatre eNaples) kanye noMacbeth ku-opera kaVerdi enegama elifanayo (I-Opera yaseLas Palmas de Gran Canaria). Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwakudingeka acule uRigoletto (I-San Francisco Opera), u-Amonasro noNabucco (I-Metropolitan opera), kanye no-Iago ku-Otello ka-Verdi ne-Dallas Symphony Orchestra, kodwa ngenxa yobhadane lwe-COVID-19, le miklamo ayizange yenzeke.

Phakathi kokuzibandakanya kwabaculi ngesizini ka-2019/2020 wumdlalo wokuqala eLondon Royal Opera House Covent Garden (Germont), eNabucco (I-Deutsche Oper BerlinI-Scarpia (ISan Carlo Theatre) kanye no-Iago (ingxenye eyaqala eWashington National Opera). Ngaleso sikhathi, ngenxa yalolu bhubhane, ukudlala komculi njengo-Iago eMannheim naseScarpia e. I-Metropolitan opera.

Ezinye izikhathi adlale ngazo lo mculi kumasizini adlule zihlanganisa uRigoletto noMacbeth, Scarpia noMichele kwekaPuccini ethi The Cloak, Tonio kuPagliacci kaLeoncavallo no-Alfio kuMascagni's Rustic Honor, Shakovlity kuKhovanshchina kaMussorgsky neka-Amonasro (I-Metropolitan opera); i-Nabucco ne-Scarpia (i-Vienna State Opera); I-Rigoletto ne-Germont, i-Scarpia ne-Amonasro (I-Teatro alla Scala); Iago, Germont, Scarpia, Amonasro and Gianciotto in Zandonai's Francesca da Rimini (I-National Opera yaseParis); U-Amonasro, uScarpia kanye nendima yesihloko ku-Verdi ethi "Simon Boccanegre" (I-Royal Theatre); UGerard ku-“André Chénier” ka-Giordano no-Amonasro (I-San Francisco Opera); Rigoletto emcimbini we-Aix-en-Provence; U-Tonio e-Pagliacci nase-Alfio (I-Great Theatre ye-Liceu); U-Rigoletto no-Tonio (Los Angeles Opera); U-Rigoletto, uGerard no-Scarpia (I-Deutsche Oper Berlin); UMiller eVerdi kaLouise Miller (I-Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia eValencia); I-Nabucco ne-Germont (I-Arena di Verona); I-Shaklovity (I-BBC Proms eLondon); Iago (I-Deutsche Oper Berlin, i-Greek National Opera e-Athens, i-Hamburg State Opera). E-Hamburg, umculi uphinde wacula e-Rural Honor nase-Pagliacci.

UGiorgi Gagnidze wazalelwa eTbilisi futhi waphothula e-State Conservatory edolobheni lakubo. Lapha, ngo-1996, wenza i-debut yakhe njengoRenato ku-Verdi's Un ballo e-maschera esiteji se-Georgian State Opera ne-Ballet Theatre ebizwa ngokuthi i-Paliashvili. Ngo-2005, wangenela Umncintiswano Wamazwe Ngamazwe "I-Verdi Voices" e-Busseto (Concorso Voci verdiane) njengomnqobi we-Leila Gencher International Competition for Vocalists kanye nomncintiswano we-II International for Young Opera Singers ka-Elena Obraztsova (umklomelo we-III, 2001). Emqhudelwaneni othi “Verdi Voices”, lapho uJose Carreras noKatya Ricciarelli babesenkantolo, uGeorgy Gagnidze waklonyeliswa ngomklomelo wesi-XNUMX ngokutolika okuvelele kwezwi. Ngemva kokuqala umsebenzi wakhe womhlaba wonke njengomculi eJalimane, ezinye izindlu eziningi ezidumile ze-opera emhlabeni jikelele ngokushesha zaqala ukummema.

Enkambweni yokwakhiwa nokuthuthukiswa komsebenzi wakhe wokudlala, uGeorgi Gagnidze, manje ogxile kakhulu endimeni ye-baritone yamaqhawe, wasebenza nabaqhubi abaningi abadumile. Phakathi kwabo kukhona uJames Conlon, Semyon Bychkov, Placido Domingo, Gustavo Dudamel, Mikko Frank, Jesus Lopez Cobos, James Levine, Fabio Luisi, Nicola Luisotti, Lorin Maazel, Zubin Meta, Gianandrea Noseda, Daniel Oren, Yuri Temirkanov noKirill Petrenko. Phakathi kwabaqondisi aseke wabamba iqhaza ezinhlelweni zabo kukhona amagama aziwayo afana noLuke Bondy, Henning Brockhaus, Liliana Cavani, Robert Carsen, Giancarlo del Monaco, Michael Mayer, David McVicar, Peter Stein, Robert Strua noFrancesca Zambello.

Okurekhodiwe kwabaculi ku-DVD (Blu-Ray) kufaka phakathi i-“Tosca” yasetiyetha I-Metropolitan opera, "Aida" kusuka I-Teatro alla Scala kanye noNabucco I-Arena di Verona. NgoSepthemba 2021, kwakhululwa i-CD yokuqala yomculo eyedwa yomdlali erekhodiwe nge-opera arias, ungqimba oluyinhloko okwakuyi-arias evela kuma-opera ka-Verdi.

Isithombe: Dario Acosta