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09.02.2024
On February 20, 22 and 24, George Gagnidze will bring one of his most celebrated roles to Las Palmas: Scarpia in Tosca. With more than 100 performances under his belt as the evil chief of police at venues such as the Metropolitan Opera, Teatro alla Scala, Paris Opera, Teatro Real Madrid or Wiener Staatsoper, George Gagnidze appears in Gran Canaria under the baton of Ramón Tebar and in a staging by Daniele Piscopo. Erika Grimaldi and Piotr Beczala will share the stage with him in the other leading roles.
George Gagnidze celebrated his 100th performance as Scarpia last year the the Gran Teatre del Liceu of Barcelona and will reprise it later this year at the Metropolitan Opera, where he has appeared in the character more than 40 times and in two different productions: in the premiere of the 2009 Luc Bondy staging and in the last few years in David McVicar’s production.
The Georgian German dramatic baritone returns to the Ópera Las Palmas following acclaimed performances in the title role of Macbeth in 2021.
More information and tickets: https://www.operalaspalmas.com/eventos/tosca/
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24.11.2024
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
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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17.09.2024
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.
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04.08.2024
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
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.