Nino Surguladze - Carmen
Georgian
born Nino Surguladze is one of the most interesting artist of her generation,
winner in a number of prestigious international voice competitions including the
Concours International de Chant de la Ville de Toulouse, the Francisco Viñas
Competition of Barcelona, and the BBC Cardiff Singer of the World. Nino
Surguladze’s whirlwind advance from Accademia alla Scala has already brought her
to sing in the world’s premier opera stages such as Teatro alla Scala,
Royal Opera House Covent Garden in London, Metropolitan Opera in New York,
Arena in Verona, Gran Teatre de Liceu in Barcelona, Glyndebourne Festival,
Salzburg Festival, Teatro Real in Madrid, Palau de les Arts in Valencia, Teatro
dell'Opera in Rome, Teatro San Carlo in Naples, Teatro Regio in Turin and in
Parma, collaborating with such conductors as Muti, Plasson, Harding, Gergiev.
Ms.
Surguladze lately sang Sinaïde in Moïse et Pharaon (cond. Muti) at the
Salzburg Festival and in Rome; Suzuki in Madama Butterfly; Dorabella in Così
fan Tutte and Carmen (title role) in Tokyo; Carmen in San
Diego and Olga in Evgenij Onegin in Chicago. Ms Surguladze just starred
as Maddalena in Rigoletto in Cologne and Genoa under Fabio Luisi; Fenena
in Nabucco at La Scala in Milan and Olga in Evgenij Onegin at the
Teatro Regio in Turin, Stéphano in Roméo et Juliette at the Arena in
Verona.
Among her future plans it is worth mentioning her debut as
Amneris in Aida at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège, Carmen at
the Sugi Opera Company in Seoul and Rigoletto at the Festival
Internacional de Musica de Bogotà. Ms. Surguladze will be engaged in various
concerts in United Kingdom and Germany.
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