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'{{short description|Georgian mezzo-soprano (born 1977)}} '''Nino Surguladze''' ([[Georgian language|Georgian]]: ნინო სურგულაძე; born 12 October 1977 in [[Tbilisi]], Georgia)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/cardiffsinger/sites/2003/pages/georgia.shtml|title=Georgia: Nino Surguladze|website=BBC|date=1 July 2003}}</ref> is a Georgian [[mezzo-soprano]]. ==Biography== Born in Tbilisi, Surguladze studied singing with Guliko Kariauli at the [[Tbilisi State Conservatoire]].<ref name=nsm>{{Cite web |url=http://www.newstyle-mag.com/personalii/astralnye-miry-nino-surguladze.html |title=''New Style Magazine'' (2010-07-22), Астральные миры Нино Сургуладзе |access-date=2015-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601142429/http://www.newstyle-mag.com/personalii/astralnye-miry-nino-surguladze.html |archive-date=2017-06-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref> After winning a prize at the Francisco Viñas International Singing Contest in Barcelona, she earned her a scholarship at the Accademia of the {{Interlanguage link multi|Teatro alla Scala|it}},<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.liceubarcelona.cat/en/el-liceu/francisco-vinas/contests-pricewinners/from-2001-to-2010.html |title=''Gran Teatre del Liceu'', Francisco Viñas Contest: Contest's prizewinners (from 2001 to 2010) |access-date=2015-08-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121104211007/http://www.liceubarcelona.cat/en/el-liceu/francisco-vinas/contests-pricewinners/from-2001-to-2010.html |archive-date=2012-11-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name=nsm/><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej4nz3nwmLI ''YouTube.com'', Intervista a Nino Surguladze, Rigoletto al Teatro Carlo Felice di Genova, 13 Novembre 2013]</ref> where she studied with [[Leyla Gencer]] and [[Luciana Serra]].<ref name="archiviostorico.corriere.it">[http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2010/gennaio/15/altra_Carmen_della_Georgia_Canto_co_9_100115105.shtml ''Corriere della Sera'' (2010-01-15), L'altra Carmen della Georgia: "Canto la libertà delle donne"]</ref> She made her operatic debut as Cuniza in Verdi's ''[[Oberto (opera)|Oberto]]'' and Zulma in Rossini's ''[[L'italiana in Algeri]]'' in Milan in 2002,<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/cardiffsinger/sites/2003/pages/georgia.shtml ''BBC Cardiff Singer of the World'', 2003. Georgia: Nino Surguladze]</ref><ref>[http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2002/settembre/11/Verdi_Oberto_conte_San_Bonifacio_co_0_0209116028.shtml ''Corriere della Sera'' (2002-09-11), Verdi, "Oberto conte di San Bonifacio" torna mezzo secolo dopo con i giovani della Scala]</ref> and has since appeared in many opera houses around the world. She has appeared in the Italian television film ''Rigoletto a Mantova'' (2010) and in the Georgian films ''Valsi Pechoraze''<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0105723/ ''IMDb'' Valsi Pechoraze (1992)]</ref> and ''Metichara''.<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0279957/ ''IMDb'', Metichara (1988).]</ref> In 2010, she was awarded the Presidential Order of Excellence by [[Mikhail Saakashvili]].<ref>[http://www.georgianjournal.ge/arts-a-culture/86-n-surguladze-was-decorated-with-an-order.html ''Georgian Journal'' (2010-09-16), N. Surguladze was decorated with an order]</ref><ref>[http://www.ekhokavkaza.com/content/article/2151272.html ''ekhokavkaza.com'' (2010-09-08), Нино Сургуладзе награждена орденом "Сияние"]</ref> In 2018 she appeared in the title role of a video-recorded performance of Bizet's ''[[Carmen]]'' by the Opéra Royal de Liège. Surguladze is a founder of the charity foundation Desire Tree, which aims to provide assistance to children in need of medical care.<ref>[http://fsp.ge/en/news/charity-in-georgia/1021-nino-surguladze-pomozhet-5-tyazhelo-bolnym-malysham/ ''Social Partnership'', Nino Surguladze will assist 5 children with severe diseases]</ref><ref>[http://comunicazioneinform.it/questa-sera-a-tbilisi-un-concerto-della-fondazione-desire-tree/ ''Inform'' (2014-12-29), Questa sera a Tbilisi un concerto della Fondazione "Desire Tree"]</ref> ==Operatic repertoire== Bellini *Adalgisa (''[[Norma (opera)|Norma]]'')<ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/apr/11/al-bustan-classical-music-festival-beirut ''The Guardian'' (2015-04-11), Al Bustan - the classical music festival in Beirut that survives war and assassinations]</ref> Berlioz *Marguerite (''[[La Damnation de Faust]]'')<ref>[http://www.operaclick.com/recensioni/teatrale/parma-teatro-regio-la-damnation-de-faust-0 ''OperaClick'', Parma - Teatro Regio: La damnation de Faust]</ref> Bizet *Carmen (''[[Carmen]]'')<ref name="archiviostorico.corriere.it"/> Gounod *Siebel (''[[Faust (opera)|Faust]]'')<ref>[http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2010/giugno/19/Scala_Faust_con_protesta_co_9_100619141.shtml ''Corriere della Sera'' (2010--06-19), Scala, "Faust" con la protesta]</ref> Tchaikovsky *Olga (''[[Eugene Onegin (opera)|Eugene Onegin]]'')<ref>[http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2006/gennaio/17/Oneghin_Bovarista_co_9_060117111.shtml ''Corriere della Sera'' (2006-01-17), Ma Oneghin è un Bovarista]</ref> Mascagni *Santuzza (''[[Cavalleria rusticana]]'')<ref>[http://www.classiquenews.com/compte-rendu-opera-avignon-opera-le-20-mai-2014-mascagni-cavalleria-rusticana-leoncavallo-pagliacci/ ''Classique News'' (2014-05-27), Compte rendu, opéra. Avignon. Opéra, le 20 mai 2014. Mascagni : Cavalleria Rusticana. Leoncavallo : Pagliacci]</ref> Mozart *Dorabella (''[[Così fan tutte]]'')<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mundoclasico.com/ed/documentos/doc-ver.aspx?id=b6a79ca7-eb6a-4f42-8b34-279fb282e57b |title=''Mundoclasico.com'' (2010-03-10), Mozart through the looking-glass |access-date=2015-08-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927144514/http://www.mundoclasico.com/ed/documentos/doc-ver.aspx?id=b6a79ca7-eb6a-4f42-8b34-279fb282e57b |archive-date=2015-09-27 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Verdi *Amneris (''[[Aida]]'')<ref>[http://www.concertonet.com/scripts/review.php?ID_review=9741 ''ConcertoNet.com'', Aïda ou l'oeil de l'orchestre]</ref> *Fenena (''[[Nabucco]]'')<ref>[http://www.gbopera.it/2015/06/arena-di-verona-93-opera-festival-2015-nabucco/ ''GBopera'' (2015-06-21), Arena di Verona - 93° Opera Festival 2015]</ref> *Maddalena (''[[Rigoletto]]'')<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/04/arts/music/04rigoletto.html ''The New York Times'' (2010-10-03), Returning to realism and revisiting a tragedy]</ref> ==Discography== * ''Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto''. Arthaus, DVD, 2010 * ''Bizet: Carmen''. Dynamic, DVD, 2009 * ''Sergei Prokofiev: Betrothal in a monastery''. Glyndebourne, CD, 2006 * ''Giuseppe Verdi: Nabucco''. Arthaus, DVD, 2006 * ''Gioacchino Rossini: Moïse et Pharaon''. TDK, DVD, 2005 * ''Shostakovich: Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk''. EMI Classics, DVD, 2002 ==References== {{Reflist|30em}} ==External links== *{{Official website|http://ninosurguladze.com/bio/}} * [http://www.mcdomani.com/en/roster/surguladze-nino-2/ Nino Surguladze at MCdomani] (management agency) * [http://operabase.com/a/Nino_Surguladze/13231 Nino Surguladze at Operabase] (performance schedule) * {{IMDb name|0839620}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Surguladze, Nino}} [[Category:1977 births]] [[Category:Writers from Tbilisi]] [[Category:Operatic mezzo-sopranos]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:21st-century women opera singers from Georgia (country)]]'