Ruggero Leoncavallo:
Pagliacci - Prologo “Si puo? Signore! Signori” (Tonio)

Umberto Giordano:
Andrea Chénier - Scene and Aria “Nemico della patria?” (Gérard, Act 3)

Guiseppe Verdi:
La traviata - Aria “Di Provenza il mar, il suol” (Germont, Act 2)
Macbeth - Scene and Aria “Perfidi! All‘anglo contro me v‘unite” (Macbeth, Act 4)
Nabucco - Scene and Aria “Ah, prigioniero io sono! – Dio di Giuda” (Nabucco, Act 4)
Il trovatore - Scene and Aria “Tutto e deserto – Il balen del suo sorriso” (ll Conte di Luna, Act 2)
Un ballo in maschera - Aria “Alzati, la tuo figlio – Eri tu che macchiavi quell’anima” (Renato, Act 3)
Don Carlo - Aria “O Carlo, ascolta” (Rodrigo, Act 3)

Richard Wagner:
Tannhäuser - “Wie Todesahnung – O du mein holder Abendstern” (Wolfram, Act 3)

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart:
Don Giovanni - Aria “Finch’han dal vino” (Don Giovanni, Act 1)

Georgian baritone George Gagnidze, described by the American 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.

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Recording: Weimar, Weimarhalle 2013