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17.09.2024

Scarpia in “Tosca” at the Metropolitan Opera

George Gagnidze is back at the Metropolitan Opera in one of his most important roles, Scarpia in Tosca. The star baritone will appear in five performances from September 25 to October 11, with Aleksandra Kurzak in the title role and SeokJong Baek as Cavaradossi. Xian Zhang and Marco Armiliato (October 6) will conduct, the staging is by David McVicar.

The performances on October 6 and 11 will be broadcast on SiriusXM and will be audio streamed on the website of the Metropolitan Opera.

George Gagnidze’s Scarpia has enjoyed a significant relationship with New York City. The Georgian singer made his Big Apple debut as the villainous Roman chief of police in a 2008 concert performance at Avery Fisher Hall conducted by the late Lorin Maazel. This was followed by the premiere of Luc Bondy’s new staging of Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera in the 2009/10 season, where he starred in 25 performances until 2013. In 2021, he first appeared in the David McVicar production. During this run, he will reach his 45th performance as Scarpia at the Metropolitan Opera, ranking among the top five singers who appeared most often in the role in the history of the new Met.

Photo: Ken Howard / MetOpera

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24.11.2024

“Luisa Miller” in Hamburg

On November 24, George Gagnidze will return to the Staatsoper Hamburg as Miller in an Andreas Homoki production of Luisa Miller under the musical direction of Lorenzo Passerini. He will share the stage with Narea Son in the title role, Giorgio Berrugi as Rodolfo, Adam Palka as Conte di Walter, Kristina Stanek as Federica, and Brindley Sherrat as Wurm. Other performances will occur on November 28 and 30 as well as on December 4.

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29.10.2024

“Rigoletto” at Teatro Massimo Bellini of Catania

George Gagnidze will debut at the Teatro Massimo Bellini in Catania on October 29, 2024, with his signature role Rigoletto in the first cast of a new production by Leo Nucci and under the musical direction of Jordi Bernàcer. He will sing alongside Enkeleda Kamani as Gilda, Ivan Magrì as Duca di Mantova, Ramaz Chikviladze (Sparafucile), and Elena Belfiore (Maddalena). An additional performance will be on October 31.

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04.08.2024

Recital at the Festival lírico Ópera Benicàssim

George Gagnidze will perform a recital at the XVI Festival lírico Ópera Benicàssim in Spain on August 4. Accompanied by pianist José Manuel Frasquet, George will sing Neapolitan songs, art songs by Tchaikovsky as well as arias from some of his most important roles such as Macbeth, Nabucco, Tonio (Pagliacci) and Carlo Gérard (Andrea Chénier). The concert will take place at 21:00h at the Teatre Municipal Francesc Tàrrega.

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15.05.2024

New production of “Khovanshchina” at Staatsoper Berlin

In June 2024, George Gagnidze will return to the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in Berlin, this time as Shaklovity in a new production of Mussorgsky's Khovanshchina.

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01.05.2024

Opera Gala with Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra

On May 10, George Gagnidze stars in an Italian Opera Gala with the Kaunas City Symphony Orchestra led by Constantine Orbelian. He will be performing “Di Provenza” from Verdi's La traviata, “Pietà, rispetto, onore” from Macbeth, “Nemico della patria” from Giordano's Andrea Chénier and the “Te Deum” from Puccini's Tosca together with the Kaunas State Choir. Soprano Gabrielè Bukiné and tenor Arsen Soghomonyan will share the stage with him.