Georgian mezzo soprano,Mzia Nioradze, made her Metropolitan Opera debut in War and Peace singing Elena, Matriosha and Mavra Kusminichna. She was also featured as Maddelena in Rigoletto.
Mzia sang the title role of Carmen at the San Francisco Opera.
She returned to Lyon as Marina in Boris Godunov and sang
Dalila in St.Petersburg conducted by Valery Gergiev. She was highly
praised for her performances of Azucena in Verdi’s Trovatore in
Marseilles.
Career highlights include: Azucena (Toulon), Fricka (Marinsky Theater) conductor- Valery Gergiev, Azucena (Santiago de Chile)
Adalgisa (Opera de Vichy) Ulrica, Azucena (MET) Amneris (Nice Opera) Azucena (Opera de Lausanne) La Zia Principessa (Florida Grand Opera) Azucena (Opera de Massy)
In 2010 Mzia recorded Azucena with Marcelo Alvarez at the Teatro Regio di Parma.
In 2004-2005 Mzia returned to the Metropolitan Opera as Marina Mnishek, Maddalena and Amneris. She sang Verdi’s Requiem and Amneris in Tbilisi.
In 2005, Mzia had great success as Federica in Luisa Miller (Dallas Opera). She also sang Azucena in Bologna and Modena.
She sang the mezzo solos in the Verdi Requiem, conducted by Valery Gergiev in Amsterdam. This requiem was broadcast on Amsterdam television
In 2001 Mzia Nioradze made her United States debut as Konchakovna in a new production of Prince Igor at Houston Grand Opera conducted by Alexander Anissimov directed by Francesca Zambello. Later she sang Eboli in Essen and St. Petersburg. Her debut at the San Francisco Opera as Paransema in Arshak II, opened the 2001-02 season. She was Jejibaba in Dvorak’s Rusalka in Opera de Lyon.
Mzia Nioradze was a finalist at the International Voice Competition Elena Obraztsova and Rimsky-Korsakov in St.Petersburg as well as at the International Belvedere Hans Gabor Competition in Vienna. Since 1996, Mzia Nioradze is a guest artist at the St.Petersburg Mariinsky Theatre, where she made her debut in the title role of Carmen. She has performed all the leading Verdi roles as well as the leading mezzo and contralto roles of the Russian repertoire. She went on tour with the Mariinsky Theater to Israel. In 2000 she took part in the new production War and Peace conducted by Gary Bertini at Opera National de Paris Bastille.
Mzia studied at the Conservatory of Tiblisi before she completed her studies at the Music Academy of Osimo in Italy.
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