On 26 October an absolute favourite of the Belarusian audience incomparable Teimuraz Gugushvili will perform at the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus.
The soloist of the Tbilisi Z.Paliashvili State Opera and Ballet Theatre will perform the role of Canio in the Ruggero Leoncavallo’s masterpiece Pagliacci. Teimuraz Gugushvili is ‘Golden Voice of Georgia’, the People's Artist of Georgia, laureate of the State Prize of The Republic of Georgia, Professor. He also received Zurab Anjapridze’s and Zakaria Paliashvili’s Prizes, the Order of Honour and the silver medal of Irina Arkhipova Foundation.
Teimuraz Gugushvili graduated from the Tbilisi V.Sarajishvili State Conservatoire. His entire career is associated with the Tbilisi Z.Paliashvili State Opera and Ballet Theatre. During the successful artistic career Teimuras Gugushvili performed almost all tenor parts of classical repertoire in operas written by Mozart, Donizetti, Rossini, Verdi, Puccini, Mascagni, Leoncavallo, Gounod, Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Prokofiev and Georgian composers. During his career Teimuraz Gugushvili toured throughout the USA, Japan, Israel, Turkey. He has worked in leading European theatres, as well as in Moscow (the Bolshoi Theatre), St. Petersburg (the Mariinsky Theatre), Kazan, Yekaterinburg, Kiev, Baku, Kishinev.
The Belarusian audience got acquainted with the Georgian tenor at the Gala of the Christmas Opera Forum 2012 and his performance sparked the great delight of audience. Later he appeared in the lead roles of Puccini’s Tosca and Verdi’s Aida. At the gala of the Christmas Opera Forum 2013 Teimuraz Gugushvili received a great ovation performing Mindia Aria from the eponymous work by Otar Taktakishvili. On April 2014 Teymuraz Gugushvili’s long-awaited recital took place at the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus.
Fans are looking forward to meeting the inimitable Georgian tenor and note that his voice fascinates with its brightness, strength and beauty of the timbre. And music critics repeat to each other: 'phenomenal tenor’s top notes are long, sonorous and full of fiery temperament. He has the excellent long breath, which allows sing long and gradual phrases and make them soft and fluid…’
An outstanding singer of our time will appear in the Bolshoi Theatre of Belarus on October 26. Lead roles in Pagliacci will be performed by Ekaterina Golovleva (Nedda), Stanislav Trifonov (Tonio), Vladimir Gromov (Silvio), Yuri Gorodetsky (Beppe). Ivan Kostyakhin will condact.