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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” 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). Sophie repeated Giovanna d’Arco at Teatru Astra in Gozo, Malta in 2024.

Season 2024/25 signed for Sophie role debuts such as Verdi Requiem in Herkulessaal in Munich (M.o Manuel Hartinger),  a baroque production at the Theater an der Wien – Marianna Martines’s “Isacco” (M.a Chiara Cattani) and 1st Lady on Mozart´s "Die Zaberflöte" at Opernfestspiele am Saarpolygon in Germany (M.o G. Montesano).

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, as Violetta Valéry in “La Traviata” to León in Mexico,  or Konzert Theater 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”), Gilda (“Rigoletto”),  Abigaille (“Nabucco”) and Berenice ("L´occasione fa il ladro"). 

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,  Diego Croveti, VJ. M. Curti, Rosetta Cucchi, Mike Donahue, Valerio Galli, Sascha Goetzel, Olivier Tambosi, Eva-Maria Höckmayer,  Gustav Kuhn, Florian Krumpöck, Gianluca Marciano, Rolando Panerai, Alexander Platt, Mario Venzago, Johannes Wildner, Alberto Zedda, and others.

Current and future engagements include Violetta in Verdi´s "La traviata" at Mainfranken Theater Würzburg (M.o Mark Rohde), Nedda in Leoncavallo´s "Pagliacci" at Mainfranken Theater Würzburg, Soprano part in Rossini´s Petite Messe Solennelle at Opernfestspiele Heidenheim (M.o Marcus Bosch) and an Opera Gala concert at Conertgebouw Amsterdam with M.o Frank Beermann. 

 

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