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                                Nino Surguladze - Carmen
 
                                Georgian born Nino Surguladze is one of the most interesting artist of her 
                                generation. After attending Accademia alla Scala, she has already sung in 
                                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; Dorabella in Così fan Tutte andCarmen (title role) in 
                                Tokyo; Carmen in San Diego and St. Petersburg; Olga in Evgenij Onegin in 
                                Chicago. Mrs. 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. Nino Surguladze also starred 
                                as Maddalena in the opera movie Rigoletto, beside Placido Domingo in the 
                                title role. After her great success as Amneris in Aida at the Opéra Royal 
                                de Wallonie in Liège, Nino Surguladze recently made her debut in the verismo’s 
                                repertoire in Mascagni Cavalleria Rusticana as Santuzza in Avignon. 
                                
                                Plans include: Carmen in 
                                Sassari; Aida in Bergen; Rigoletto at the Festival Internacional 
                                de musica de Bogotà; Luisa Miller at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples; La 
                                Damnation de Faust at the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège; Aids Gala 
                                Concert in Bonn, Rani Calderon conducting. 
                               
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                                Gezim Myshketa - Escamillo
 
                                
                                Young Albanian baritone Gezim Myshketa is one of the most promising artists of 
                                his generation. After his debut as Figaro in Le Nozze di Figaro, he won 
                                the AsLiCo competition in 2006 (making his role debut as both Don Giovanni and 
                                Leporello in Don Giovanni) and the "Francesco Paolo Tosti" Competition in 
                                Ortona in 2008. Interesting collaborations have followed with prestigious 
                                theaters and festivals, such as: Teatro Comunale in Bologna, Palm Beach Opera, 
                                Abao Olbe in Bilbao, Opéra de Montpellier, Filarmonico in Verona, Verdi in 
                                Trieste, Regio in Parma, Withsun Festival in Salzburg and Macerata Opera 
                                Festival. 
                                Mr. Myshketa 
                                added important roles to his repertoire: Rolando in La Battaglia di Legnano at 
                                the Festival Verdi in Parma and Figaro in Il Barbiere di Siviglia in 
                                Treviso and Ferrara. He also sang: Cléopâtre at the Salzburg Festival; Le 
                                Convenienze e inconvenienze teatrali (Biscroma) and I Pazzi per Progetto (Venanzio) 
                                in Zurich, Paolo Carignani conducting; Alì Pascha von Janina in Tirana; L’Elisir 
                                d’Amore (Belcore) and Maria Stuarda besides Mariella Devia at the 
                                Teatro Filarmonico in Verona; Lucia di Lammermoor in Marseille. 
                                
                                Mr. Myshketa just enjoyed great success as Ford in Falstaff in Stuttgart, 
                                thus starting a prolific collaboration with the Staatstheater Stuttgart where he 
                                will sing, as a returning guest, in La Traviata, Falstaff, La Bohème, Carmen and I 
                                Puritani. Among other future plans: Turandot in Toulouse and 
                                Cagliari; Don Giovanni (title role) in a new production by Graham Vick 
                                for the AsLiCo circuit and on tour also in Jesi, Fermo, Parma and Bolzano; Simon 
                                Boccanegra (Paolo Albiani) in Antwerp; La Traviata in Hamburg; 
                                concerts and recording of Il Viaggio a Reims (Don Alvaro) at the 
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