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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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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.
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08.04.2024
George Gagnidze makes Bologna debut as Macbeth
On April 13 and 18, George Gagnidze reprises the title role of Verdi's Macbeth for his house debut at the Teatro Comunale of Bologna. The new production by Jacopo Gassmann is conducted by Daniel Oren and also features Ekaterina Semenchuk / Daniela Schillaci as Lady Macbeth, Riccardo Fassi as Banco, Antonio Poli / Paolo Antognetti as Macduff, Anna Cimmarrusti as Dama di Lady Macbeth, Marco Miglietta as Malcolm, Kwangisk Park as Il medico and Gabriele Ribis as Il sicaro, L'araldo and Un domestico di Macbeth.
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09.02.2024
George Gagnidze to bring Scarpia in “Tosca” to Las Palmas
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.
