Ketevan Kemoklidze - Cleopatre

In high demand by major theaters of the world for her extraordinary vocal and stage skills, Georgian mezzo-soprano Ketevan Kemoklidze, after graduating from Tbilisi State Conservatory and Accademy of Teatro alla Scala, successfully appears at many leading stages: Teatro alla Scala, Covent Garden in London, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Liceu in Barcelona, Arena in Verona, Théâtre du Capitole in Toulouse, Teatro Real in Madrid, Teatro Regio in Parma, Teatro Massimo in Palermo, Opera de Monte Carlo, Teatro Municipal de Santiago, Teatro La Fenice, Opéra de Marseille, Sferisterio Festival in Macerata, Teatro Regio in Turin, Wexford Festival, Teatro delle Muse in Ancona, Megaron in Thessaloniki, Washington National Opera where she was invited by Maestro Domingo. She made her outstanding film debut in C. Saura's film "Io, Don Giovanni". Her talent was awarded in prestigious competitions such as Operalia, the Belvedere in Vienna, and the Viñas in Barcelona. Mrs. Kemoklidze had made her exciting debut as La Cenerentola at the Los Angeles Opera, James Conlon conducting, after that an she starred in La Forza del Destino (Preziosilla) in Washington. Mrs. Kemoklidze lately starred as Maddalena in Rigoletto at Teatro alla Scala and on tour in Japan, Gustavo Dudamel conducting and Gilbert Deflo directing. Mrs Kemoklidze made her debut in Bizet's Carmen in Tokyo and she recently sang Olga in Evgenij Onegin at the Teatro San Carlo in Naples.

The fascinating Georgian mezzo will perform, at her debut in Spoleto, the last dramatic moments of Cleopatra's existence, who is defeated, humiliated and desperate, retraces the happy days spent with Caesar and then with Antonio, comparing them to the desolation of the present where even her legendary beauty has lost all its power.

Future plans: Il Barbiere di Siviglia in Barcellona; Siebel in Gounod’s Faust at the Teatro Regio in Turin; Maria Stuarda in Warsaw; Le Comte Ory in Malmö and Preziosilla in La Forza del Destino in Tokyo.