Opera Arias
Georg Gagnidze’s long-awaited debut album
Georgian baritone George Gagnidze, described by the
British opera magazine Opera Now as a ‘gentle
bear of a man’, has been singing around the world for
many years and in numerous renowned roles. On his
long-awaited debut album he presents celebrated
and diverse opera characters: Verdi’s murderous Count
di Luna (Il trovatore), the vengeful Renato (Un ballo in
maschera), the loyal friend Posa (Don Carlos), the great
king Nebuchadnezzar (Nabucco) and – outside the
Verdi canon – Andrea Chénier’s revolutionary colleague
Gérard, Mozart’s notorious seducer Don Giovanni and
Wolfram (Tannhäuser), who pines for the love of Elisabeth.
He is accompanied by the Staatskapelle Weimar under
the direction of Stefan Solyom.