Konstantine Kipiani was born in 1987 into a family of Georgian musicians
and artists. His grandfather Baadur Kipiani was a famous baritone, and
Givi Kipiani a member of the ensemble of the Mariinsky Theatre in St.
Petersburg. His grandmother Dudukhana Tserodze was a famous actress, very
popular in the USSR.
He began his vocal journey with traditional Georgian music and later
decided to expand the range of his abilities by studying opera singing
with the internationally renowned Maestro Badri Maisuradze: in 2018 he
entered the Tbilisi Conservatory and in 2019 he made his debut at the
Opera House of the same city, singing Macduff in Verdi's Macbeth.
In 2021, he took third place in the Montserrat Caballé International
Singing Competition in Barcelona and second place in the Opera Crown
International Voice Competition in Tbilisi.
His past engagements include: Don Alvaro in La forza del destino,
Ismaele in Nabucco, Renato in Manon Lescaut, Rodolfo in La
Bohéme, Andrea Chenier and Samson et Dalila in
Tbilisi, Turiddu in Cavalleria Rusticana in Bergen (Grieghallen),
Andrea Chenier and Boito's Nerone at the Teatro Lirico di
Cagliari.
Engagements in the 2024/25 season include: Manon Lescaut at the
Teatro Petruzzelli di Bari and Catalani' La Wally at the Teatro
Lirico in Cagliari.
November 2024