Gocha Abuladze

Gocha Abuladze, Georgian opera singer was born in Kutaisi, Georgia. From childhood he was distinguished with his passion for music and singing, thanks to his mother who was his first teacher in music.

He graduated Tbilisi State Conservatoire and continued his studies in Italy with world-known masters. At different times he studied singing technique with Montserrat Caballé, Willian Mateuzzi, Lella Cuberli, Vazha Chachava and Nodar Andguladze.

Abuladze is a winner of more then ten international contests. One of the most distinguished competition he won was “Magda Olivero” in Milan. He also won the special prize of “Ettore Bastianini” for best baritone.

His successful career in Europe was connected to the opera theatres such as Arena di Verona, Teatro Regio di Parma, Teatro Giuseppe Verdi in Busseto, Cagliari Theatre, Grange Park Opera in London, Montpelier Capitol Theatre, Teatro Filarmonico in Verona etc. In all above-mentioned theatres he performed 27 leading roles. Was actively published in European and US press.

Gocha Abuladze has collaborated with many outstanding artists, such as Franco Zeffirelli, Hugo de Ana, Daniel Oren, Andrea Battistoni, Donato Renzetti, Marcus Bosch, Gustav Kuhn, Ferruccio Furlanetto, Michelangelo Mazza, Francesco Ivan Ciampa, Leo Nucci, Anita Ratchvelishvili and others.

In 2014 Gocha Abuladze was named as the best singer of the season in Germany. It must be mentioned separately about his cooperation with Stuttgart Philharmonic Orchestra with which his first CD was recorded - “Un giorno di regno” by Giuseppe Verdi, while it was aired live through the Germany Central Radio station. This recording is still being sold in famous music shops all over Europe.

In 2019 Abuladze made his successful American debut with Carnegie Hall in New York

He used the pandemic period to tour Italy and Georgia. He also made a very important CD (Abuli) with Georgian romances collaborating with Bravo Records.

In 2022 Gocha Abuladze moved to the US.

His most significant benefit concert in Carnegie Hall on 18th of May, 2022 on a stage Weill Recital Hall was to support displaced Ukrainian women and children, followed by the series of concerts during the year of 2022.

He has composed the songs and still works on various composition he creates.

Roles

Tonio I Pagliacci
Germont La Traviata
Figaro Le nozze di Figaro
Figaro Le nozze di Figaro
Mazetto Don Giovann
Tomsky The Queen of spades
Figaro Il Barbiere di Seviglia
Figaro Il Barbiere di Seviglia
Figaro Il Barbiere di Seviglia
Marcello La Boheme
Marcello La Boheme
Marcello La Boheme
Marcello La Boheme
Schaunard La Boheme
Rigoletto Rigoletto
Renato Un ballo in maschera
Guglielmo Cosi Fan Tutte
Belfiore Un giormo di Regno
Ondino La campana sommersa
Rodrigo Don Carlo
Germont La Traviata
Ping Turandot
Germont La Traviata
Barak Turandot
Monterone Rigoletto
Conte di Luna Il Trovatore
El Retablo Del Maese Pedro
Amonasro Aida
Jago Otello
Morales Carmen
Malatesta Don Pasquale
Escamillo Carmen
Escamillo Carmen
Tonio I Pagliacci

Teatro Filarmonico, Verona, Italy
Teatro Comunale di Ferrara, Italy Tiroler
Festspiele, Austria
Opernhaus Magdeburg, Germany
The Opéra National de Montpellier, France
Grange Park Opera, England, UK
Opernhaus Magdeburg, Germany
Opernfestspiele Heidenheim, Germany
Theater Winterthur, Switzerland
Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Italy
Opernfestspiele Heidenheim, Germany
Opernhaus Magdeburg, Germany
Opera & Ballet Theatre, Tirana, Albania
Opernfestspiele Heidenheim, Germany
Opera & Ballet Theatre, Tirana, Albania
Opernhaus Magdeburg, Germany
Opernhaus Magdeburg, Germany
Opernfestspiele Heidenheim, Germany
Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Italy
Teatro Regio di Parma, Italy
Teatro Giusepe Verdi, Busseto, Italy
Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Italy
Teatro lirico di Bolzano, Italy
Teatro Lirico di Cagliari, Italy
Forte Arena, Sardinia, Italy
Opera & Ballet Theatre, Tirana, Albania
Teatro Regio di Parma, Italy
Arena di Verona, Italy
Opernhaus Magdeburg, Germany
Arena di Verona, Italy
Opernhaus Magdeburg, Germany
Opera and Ballet Theatre of Tbilisi, Georgia
Arena di Verona, Italy
Teatro Marrucino di Chieti, Italy

Awards

Winner of the E. Chavchavadze and Al. Griboedov International Competition (2007 Tbilisi, Georgia)

Finalist and Laureate of the first international Baritone competition Pavel Lisitsiani (2007 Moscow,

Russia )

Winner of the special Prize in Lado Ataneli Competition (2009 Tbilisi, Georgia)

Winner of the International singing Competition Citta di Ferrara and also received the special prize of

Daniele Barioni (2011 Ferrara, Italy)

Winner of the 3 prize Olivero Vocal Competition (2011 Milan, Italy)

Winner of the special prize Tito Schipa (2011 Lecce, Italy)

Winner of the International vocal competition Magda Olivero (Milan) and also received the special

prize of Ettore Bastianini( 2012 Milan, Italy)

Winner of the 2 important prizes of Riccardo Zandonai (2012 Garda, Italy)

Coaches

Montserrat Caballé

Nodar Andguladze

William Matteuzzi

Raina Kabaivanska

Lela Cuberli

Conductors

Daniel Oren

Donato Renzetti

Gustav Kuhn

Andrea Battistoni

Francesco Ivan Ciampa

Julian Kovachev

Michelangelo Mazza

Markus Bosh

Michael Balke

Kimbo Ishii

Sebastiano Rolli

Alpesh Chauhan

Nikoloz Rachveli

Nir Cabaretti

Marco Boemi

Mirian Khukhunaishvili

Directors

Franco Zeffirelli

Ugo de Ana

Ugo Tessitore

Pier Francesco Maestrini

Cesare Lievi

Inva Mula

Denis Krief

Joseph Franconi Lee

Karen Stone

Christian Gotz

Gustav Kuhn

Jean-Paul Scarpitta

Andrea Bernardi

Damiano Micheletto

Olivia Fuchs

Antony McDonald

Mariano Bauduin

Collaborated Artists

Leo Nucci

Ferruccio Furlanetto

Michele Pertusi

Anita Rachvelishvili

Carl Tenner

Mariane Cornetti

George Gagnidze

Devid Bizik

Yusyf Eyvazov

Eleonora Buratto

Brian Jagde

Inva Mula

Ervin Shrot

Ambrogio Maestri

Gregory Kunde

Violeta Urmana

Anna Pirozzi