Nino Surguladze (; born 12 October 1977, Tbilisi) is a Georgian operatic mezzo-soprano.
Biography Born in Tbilisi, Surguladze studied singing with Guliko Kariauli at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire. After winning a prize at the Francisco Viñas International Singing Contest in Barcelona, she earned her a scholarship at the Accademia of the , YouTube.com, Intervista a Nino Surguladze, Rigoletto al Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova, 13 Novembre 2013 where she studied with Leyla Gencer and Luciana Serra.Corriere della Sera (2010-01-15), L'altra Carmen della Georgia: "Canto la libertà delle donne" She made her operatic debut as Cuniza in Verdi's Oberto and Zulma in Rossini's L'italiana in Algeri in Milan in 2002,BBC Cardiff Singer of the World, 2003. Georgia: Nino SurguladzeCorriere della Sera (2002-09-11), Verdi, "Oberto conte di San Bonifacio" torna mezzo secolo dopo con i giovani della Scala and has since appeared in many opera houses around the world.
She has appeared in the Italian television film Rigoletto a Mantova (2010) and in the Georgian films Valsi PechorazeIMDb Valsi Pechoraze (1992) and Metichara.IMDb, Metichara (1988). In 2010, she was awarded the Presidential Order of Excellence by Mikhail Saakashvili.ekhokavkaza.com (2010-09-08), Нино Сургуладзе награждена орденом "Сияние" In 2018 she appeared in the title role of a video-recorded performance of Bizet's Carmen by the Opéra Royal de Liège.
Surguladze is a founder of the charity foundation Desire Tree, which aims to provide assistance to children in need of medical care.Social Partnership, Nino Surguladze will assist 5 children with severe diseasesInform (2014-12-29), Questa sera a Tbilisi un concerto della Fondazione "Desire Tree"
Operatic repertoire Bellini Adalgisa (Norma)The Guardian (2015-04-11), Al Bustan - the classical music festival in Beirut that survives war and assassinations
Berlioz Marguerite (La Damnation de Faust)OperaClick, Parma - Teatro Regio: La damnation de Faust
Bizet Carmen (Carmen)
Gounod Siebel (Faust)Corriere della Sera (2010--06-19), Scala, "Faust" con la protesta
Tchaikovsky Olga (Eugene Onegin)Corriere della Sera (2006-01-17), Ma Oneghin è un Bovarista
Mascagni Santuzza (Cavalleria rusticana)Classique News (2014-05-27), Compte rendu, opéra. Avignon. Opéra, le 20 mai 2014. Mascagni : Cavalleria Rusticana. Leoncavallo : Pagliacci
Mozart Dorabella (Così fan tutte)
Verdi Amneris (Aida)ConcertoNet.com, Aïda ou l'oeil de l'orchestre Fenena (Nabucco) Maddalena (Rigoletto)The New York Times (2010-10-03), Returning to realism and revisiting a tragedy
Discography Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto. Arthaus, DVD, 2010 Bizet: Carmen. Dynamic, DVD, 2009 Sergei Prokofiev: Betrothal in a monastery. Glyndebourne, CD, 2006 Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco. Arthaus, DVD, 2006 Gioacchino Rossini: Moïse et Pharaon. TDK, DVD, 2005 Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk. EMI Classics, DVD, 2002
References
External links
Nino Surguladze at MCdomani (management agency) Nino Surguladze at Operabase (performance schedule)