Nino Surguladze – CV

Referred to as “Penélope Cruz of the opera” by the media and compared at various times to Audrey Hepburn and Anna Magnani, Nino Surguladze is one of the leading mezzo-sopranos of modern generation, admired for her warm and velvety voice, incisive musicianship, excellent acting abilities, notable stage presence, and physical beauty.

Early Life and Career

Ms Surguladze was born in Tbilisi, Georgia. In a family of scientists. Ms Surguladze’s exposure to opera dates from a very young age through the influence of her parents, both of are avid music lovers. Ms. Surguladze joined Riccardo Muti for the opening of the 2003/04 La Scala season as Marie in a production of Rossini’s Moïse et Pharaon

Leading Opera Star

Ms. Surguladze is widely recognized as the world leading singer of Carmen. She performed this at various places all over the world.
For her performance at Nabucco at the Arena di Verona she was rewarded 2016 with the GBOSCAR.
Also her performance as Maddalena in Rigoletto was outstanding. She played it at Metropolitan Opera conducted by Paolo Arrivabeni. Same with in the worldwide broadcasted RAI – Production with Placido Domingo conducted by Zubin Mehta at the original location in Mantowa.
Best reviewed was her Romeo in I Capuleti e i Montecchi she did as example in Arena di Verona by Daniel Oren and one year ago at Bergen National Opera conducted by Biondi.
She also took the part Dorabella in Mozart’s Cosi Fan Tutte.
Guiseppe Verdi is a big part of her repertoire. So she had several times Federica – Luisa Miller and Fenena – Nabucco, often at the Arena di Verona. She performed rare operas like Moise et Pharaon where she sang Mari at Teatro alla Scala opening of the season conducted by Ricardo Muti as well as Sinaïde at Salzburg Festival also by Ricardo Muti.

Recent Projects

End of 2017 she sang Amneris from Aida in Bologna, Opera Hong Kong and Bari.
During spring and summer she gave Carmen on a tour through New Zealand
March of this year she did her debut at: Alceste – Alceste at Opera di Firenze by Lorenzo Fratini

Next Projects

She will play Maddalena in Rigoletto at Teatro di San Carlo di Napoli and Azucena in Il trovatore at Teatro Regio di Parma.
Guest Star at the Tribute Concert to Dmitri Hvorostovsky at the Carnegie Hall and host for a Masterclass for Opera singers.

Social Engagement

Ms. Surguladze’s affair of the heart is the Fund “Desire Tree”, that she established in 2014. It aims to provide assistance to Georgian children (up to 20 years old) in need of acute medical treatment abroad, and to raise awareness of the society of the children’s sufferings.