In recent years, the Georgian soprano Sophie Gordeladze has developed a very broad repertoire from the title role in Haendel’s “Alcina” passing by Mozart (Elettra in “Idomeneo”, Contessa in “Le nozze di Figaro”, Donna Anna in “Don Giovanni”) and Rossini (Mathilde in “Guillaume Tell”) to Verdi roles such as the title role in “Giovanna d’Arco” or Lucrezia Contarini “I due foscari” (both available in a live recording of the Heidenheim Opera Festival under Marcus Bosch).
Future engagements include the 1st Lady in Mozart’s “The Magic Flute” at the Saarpolygon Opera Festival, Giovanna d’Arco in Malta, and a baroque production at the Theater an der Wien.
Sophie Gordeladze has also repeatedly devoted herself to opera rarities, such as Othmar Schöck’s “Schloss Dürande” in Bern (released on CD by Claves) and at the Staatstheater Meiningen, Emma in Schubert’s “Fierabras” at the Konzert Theater Bern, Hermione in Goldmark’s “A Winter’s Tale” at the Wexford Festival 2021.
Guest engagements have taken her, among others to the Teatro São Carlos in Lisbon (Elettra in “Idomeneo”, Rossini “Stabat Mater”), with Brahms’ “German Requiem” to Parma, as Rosalinde in “The Bat” to Lyon, as Liusia in Shostakovich’s “Moscow, Cheriomushki” to the Chicago Opera Theatre and with “Il viaggio a Reims” to the Rossini Festival in Pesaro or as Violetta Valéry in “La Traviata” to León in Mexico.
In 2016/17 she was a member of the ensemble at Bühnen Bern, where she sang Contessa (“Le nozze di Figaro”), 1st Lady (“The Magic Flute”) and Marguerite (“Faust”), among others.
She was a regular guest at the Tyrolean Festival in Erl as Susanna in Mozart’s “Le nozze di Figaro”, Zerlina (“Don Giovanni”), Despina (“Così fan tutte”), Pamina (“The Magic Flute”), Violetta (“La Traviata”), Gilda (“Rigoletto”) and Abigaille (“Nabucco”).
Sophie appeared at the Grand Théâtre de Genève as Gilda (“Rigoletto”) and Musetta (“La bohème”) and sang Gilda and Lauretta (“Gianni Schicchi”) at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa (Italy).
She made her operatic debut in Tbilisi as Norina (“Don Pasquale”). She has returned there for roles such as Polissena in Haendel’s “Radamisto”, Ismene (“Mitridate, re di Ponto”), Gilda (“Rigoletto”) or Violeta Valéry (“La Traviata”).
Among the conductors and directors with whom Sophie Gordeladze has worked are Daniele Abbado, Marcus Bosch, Volker Boehm, Diego Croveti, VJ. M. Curti, Rosetta Cucchi, Mike Donahue, Valerio Galli, Sascha Goetzel, Ivo Guerra, Gustav Kuhn, Florian Krumpöck, V. Machavariani, Gianluca Marciano, Rolando Panerai, Alexander Platt, Whithney Reader, Mario Venzago, Johannes Wildner, Alberto Zedda, and others.
Sophie Gordeladze has also made a name for herself as a concert singer, including Handel’s “Alexander’s Feast” in Vilnius, Beethoven’s 9th Symphony at the Grosses Festspielhaus in Salzburg and most recently in Guadalajara (Mexico), Mahler’s Rückert Lieder in Acapulco (Mexico), “Carmina Burana” and the St. John Passion in Lübeck.
Born in Tbilisi, Sophie Gordeladze studied piano and singing at the V. Sarajishvili State Conservatory in her home city. By the age of 18, she had already won several national competitions and also won around 10 international competitions, including the Bellini Singing Competition, Buil-Buil, Aragall, Magda Olivero, F. Labo, Giacomotti and Tagliavini.
After master classes with Mirella Freni and Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Sophie Gordeladze continued her studies with Mirella Freni at CUBEC (Vignola, Italy) from 2007-2009. She received further artistic impulses in master classes with Grace Bumbry, Francisco Araiza, Lella Cuberli, Maria Luisa Cioni, Mariella Devia and Bianca Maria Casoni.
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08/2024