| George Andguladze | |
| Birth Name: | George Andguladze |
| Birth Date: | 6 August 1984 |
| Birth Place: | Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Occupation: | operatic bass |
George Andguladze (born August 6, 1984) is a Georgian operatic bass.
Born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, he graduated from the Accademia delle voci Verdiane and began his operatic career in Italy at Festival Verdi singing Ferrando from Il Trovatore.
In 2000/2001 Andguladze won a scholarship offered by the President of the State of Georgia, Eduard Shevardnadze. In 1999 he finished his studies of piano at Zurab Andjaparidze music school. In 2002, he completed his studies at Meliton Balanchivadze in Tbilisi, where he graduated in Choral and Orchestral Conducting. In 2003 he graduated at the Accademia delle voci Verdiane in Busseto, where he also participated in some events organized by Fondazione Arturo Toscanini. Later he attended a master classes program with Renato Bruson and he graduated in lyrical singing at the conservatory of Reggio nell'Emilia with Mauro Trombetta.[1] [2]
In 2009 Andguladze debuted at the Teatro Comunale in Ferrara as Buonafede in Haydn's Il mondo della luna. In 2011 he appeared in Parma in Pergolesi's La serva padrona, that was later performed on the stages of Emilia Romagna. In July 2011 he participated in the Bellagio Festival, Lake Como, once again with La serva padrona. In October of the same year he participated in as Ferrando in Verdi's Il Trovatore, performed as a concert conducted by Michelle Mariotti at the Teatro Verdi in Busseto and Teatro Magniani in Fidenza, inside the season of the Festival Verdi.[3] [4] [5] [6]
Some of his subsequent appearances include:
| Role | Opera | Composer | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oroveso | Norma | Bellini | |
| Escamillo | Carmen | Bizet | |
| Dulcamara | L'elisir d'amore | Donizetti | |
| Bass | Messa di Requiem | Donizetti | |
| Buonafede | Il mondo della luna | Haydn | |
| Don Giovanni | Don Giovanni | Mozart | |
| Bass | Mozart | ||
| Uberto | La serva padrona | Pergolesi | |
| Timur | Turandot | Puccini | |
| Bass | Petite messe solennelle | Rossini | |
| Bass | Rossini | ||
| Haushofmeister | Capriccio | Strauss | |
| Il Re | Aida | Verdi | |
| Ramfis | Aida | Verdi | |
| Filippo II | Don Carlo | Verdi | |
| Ferrando | Il trovatore | Verdi | |
| Massimiliano | I masnadieri | Verdi | |
| Zaccaria | Nabucco | Verdi | |
| Bass | Verdi | ||
| Sparafucile | Rigoletto | Verdi | |
| Fiesco | Simon Boccanegra | Verdi | |
| Jorg | Stiffelio | Verdi |
| Year | Opera | Role | Cast | Conductor | Director | Orchestra and chorus | Discography | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | Aida | Ramfis | Carlo Malinverno, Mariana Pentcheva, Susanna Branchini, Walter Fraccaro, Alberto Gazale, Guanqun Yu | Antonio Fogliani | Joseph Franconi Lee | Orchestra and Chorus Teatro Regio di Parma | Naxos | |
| 2012 | Stiffelio | Jorg | Roberto Aronica, Guanqun Yu, Roberto Frontali, Gabriele Mangione, Cosimo Vassallo, Lorelay Solis | Andrea Battistoni | Guy Montavon | Orchestra and ChorusTeatro Regio di Parma | Naxos | |
| 2017 | Turandot | Timur | Martina Serafin, Amadi Lagha, George Andguladze, Angela De Lucia, Andrea Zaupa, Ugo Tarquini, Tiziano Barontini | Alberto Veronesi | Alfonso Signorini | Orchestra e Coro del Festival Puccini | Mondadori |