Review
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13.01.2018
Cavalleria Rusticana / Pagliacci – New York 2018
“The brooding George Gagnidze sings compactly and well in both operas…”
Zachary Woolfe, NY Times
“George Gagnidze’s forthright, robust articulation of Alfio, and Rihab Chaieb’s shimmery-voiced Lola provide the apposite oppositional timbre.”
Xenia Hanusiak, Financial Times
“George Gagnidze was an ideal Alfio, with the sort of meaty baritone that can bark out the teamster song without sacrificing tone.”
Eric C. Simpson, New York Classical Review
“George Gagnidze was an ideal Alfio, with the sort of meaty baritone that can bark out the teamster song without sacrificing tone.”
Eric C. Simpson, New York Classical Review
“In the roles of Alfio and Tonio, George Gagnidze showed a potent baritone, singing with strength. Gagnidze’s grainy timbre works well with these two characters as they both show their ugly nature. It also helped that Gagnidze showed two different sides to each character. If his Alfio was imposing and confident, his Tonio seemed deformed in the way he moved about.”
Francisco Salazar, Operawire
“Gagnidze was more in his element as Tonio, suitably grim and menacing and singing with bite…”
Christopher Corwin, Parterre.com
“Also in both operas (as Alfio and Tonio) was George Gagnidze, far more impressive than in the past, singing with a shiny baritone which, maybe, could have used more weight but had everything else.”
Robert Levine, Bachtrack
Review
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01.12.2025
Press review “Khovanshchina” Staatsoper Berlin
Following the rave reviews for Claus Guth’s new production of Khovanshchina, featuring George Gagnidze as Boyar Shaklovity at the Staatsoper Unter den Linden in June 2024, the revival this November also received excellent notices internationally:
Review
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08.11.2025
Interview with Italian magazine Amadeus
For their November 2025 issue, Italian magazine Amadeus features an interview with George Gagnidze by Alessandro Cammarano. In the 2025/26 season, George Gagnidze takes on three major roles in Italy: after his acclaimed performances as Gianciotto in Francesca da Rimini at the Teatro Regio Turin, he will also appear in the title role of Macbeth at the Opera Carlo Felice in Genoa.
Review
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16.10.2025
Reviews “Francesca da Rimini” in Turin
“George Gagnidze as her husband Gianciotto was excellent...” Paolo Gallarati, La Stampa
Review
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10.10.2025
“L’Italia è la culla del mio repertorio”. L’intervista
di Giovanni Zambito - Il baritono George Gagnidze, tra le voci verdiane più autorevoli della scena lirica internazionale, si prepara a una nuova intensa stagione artistica che lo vedrà protagonista in Italia e all’estero. Dopo quasi 150 recite al Metropolitan di New York, Gagnidze tornerà nel Belpaese per tre appuntamenti di grande rilievo: Francesca da Rimini al Teatro Regio di Torino, Macbeth al Carlo Felice di Genova e Nabucco al Macerata Opera Festival. Parallelamente, sarà impegnato in importanti produzioni in Germania e Spagna, tra cui Der fliegende Holländer.
Interview
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04.07.2025
Interview for ORF TV
In the lead-up to the premiere of Der fliegende Holländer at the Oper im Steinbruch Festival, George Gagnidze spoke with ORF TV about his role and the production in St. Margarethen. The interview, along with rehearsal footage, can be viewed here:
