Bass
Goderji Janelidze
"Goderdzi Janelidze sounded brightest of all... He sang the most difficult aria of Konchak. For a young bass it is very difficult."
Larisa Gergieva
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Soloist of the Bolshoi Theater of Russia

  • First Prize and Audience Award at the XI International Elena Obraztsova Competition for Young Opera Singers, St. Petersburg, 2016.
  • Grand Prix and Audience Award at the XVI International Chaliapin Opera Festival, Ufa, 2017.
  • Grand Prix, Special Prize for Artistry and Audience Award at the XI International Rimsky-Korsakov Competition for Young Opera Singers, St. Petersburg, 2018.
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Musical education
Graduated from Batumi Music School No. 2 in piano and trumpet classes.
In 2000-04 studied at the Batumi State Music School named after Z. Paliashvili in the class of conducting. Z. Paliashvili in the class of conducting.
In 2014 he took part in master classes of Renato Bruson and Brigitte Fassbender.
In 2015 he graduated from the Vano Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatory's vocal faculty (teacher - Professor Eldar Getsadze). During his studies he performed the roles of Zarastro (Mozart's The Magic Flute), Sparafucile (Verdi's Rigoletto) and Don Basilio (Rossini's The Barber of Seville).

 

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Creative biography
In 2003-2010 worked in the Adjara Song and Dance Ensemble.
In 2007-2010 was a soloist at the Batumi Opera Studio, where he performed the following roles: Dr. Grenville ("La Traviata" by G. Verdi), Tsangala ("Daisi" by Z. Paliashvili).
In 2010-2015 he worked at the State Academic Folk Song and Dance Ensemble of Georgia "Rustavi".
In 2015-2016. - Artist of the Youth Opera Program of the Bolshoi Theatre
In 2017-2018. - Soloist of the Bolshoi Opera Company (during this time performed the following roles: Collin (La Bohème by G. Puccini), Konchak (Prince Igor by A.P. Borodin), Monk (The Stone Guest by A.S. Dargomyzhsky), Brander (The Condemnation of Faust by G. Berlioz).

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Tours
In 2016, as part of the Christmas Opera Forum, performed as Banquo (Macbeth by G. Verdi) at the Bolshoi Opera and Ballet Theater of the Republic of Belarus (Minsk).
At the Al-Bustan International Festival (Beirut, Lebanon) he took part in the performance of Stabat Mater by J. Rossini and Medea by L. Cherubini (Creonte).
In July 2017 he made his debut as Zaretsky and Rotny in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin as part of the Bolshoi Theatre's tour at the Aix-en-Provence and Savonlinna festivals (concert performance, conducted by Tugan Sokhiev).

In 2017, he performed the role of Sparafucile in the opera Rigoletto in Toronto, Canada, and in 2020. - the role of Ramfis in the opera Aida

In 2018, he performed J. Verdi's Requiem (conducted by Miguel Martinez) in Buenos Aires, Argentina and in Berlin, Germany.

In 2018, he performed the role of Prince Gremin in the opera Eugene Onegin in Vancouver, Canada.

In 2019 he performed the role of Sparafucile (J. Verdi's Rigoletto, conducted by Enrique Mazzola) as part of the Bregenz Festival in Austria; the role of Don Quixote in J. Massenet's opera of the same name in Ireland.

In 2020 he performed the role of Vodianny (Rusalka by A. Dvořák, conducted by Giedre Slekite) in Belgium.

In 2021 he performed the role of Collina (La bohème by G. Puccini, conducted by Giampaolo Bizanti) in Barcelona (Spain); the role of Sparafucile (Rigoletto by G. Verdi, conducted by Giacomo Sagripanti).

In 2022 he performed the role of the Old Jew in the opera Samson et Dalila by C. Saint-Saëns at Covent Garden, UK; the role of Guglielmo Ruthven in a concert performance of the opera Il Proscritto by S. Mercadante at the Barbican Hall, UK, conducted by Carlo Rizzi; the role of Pimen in the opera Boris Godunov by M. Mussorgsky at the New National Theatre Tokyo, UK; the role of Pimen in the opera Boris Godunov by M. Mussorgsky at the New National Theatre Tokyo, UK. The role of Guglielmo Ruthven in a concert performance of the opera Il Proscritto by S. Mercadante at the Barbican Hall, UK, conducted by Carlo Rizzi; the role of Pimen in the opera Boris Godunov by M. Mussorgsky at the New National Theatre Tokyo, conducted by Kazushi Ono and directed by Mariusz Treliński.

Repertoire

Banquo ("Macbeth," J. Verdi)
Brander ("The Condemnation of Faust", G. Berlioz)
Varangian guest ("Sadko" by N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Guglielmo Ruthven (Il Proscritto, S. Mercadante)
Townsman, Unter ("Katerina Izmailova", D.D. Shostakovich)
Gremin ("Eugene Onegin" by P.I. Tchaikovsky)
Father Frost ("The Snow Maiden", N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov)
Giovanni Procida ("Sicilian Vespers" by G. Verdi)
Dr. Granville ("La Traviata" by G. Verdi)
Don Basilio ("The Barber of Seville" by G. Rossini)
Zarastro ("The Magic Flute" by W. A. Mozart)
Collin ("La Bohème" by G. Puccini)
Konchak ("Prince Igor" by A.P. Borodin)
Creonte (Medea, L. Cherubini)
Monk, Laura's Guest ("The Stone Guest" by A.S. Dargomyzhsky)
Pagano ("The Lombards in the First Crusade", G. Verdi)
Solo bass part in Stabat Mater by G. Rossini.
Pimen ("Boris Godunov" by M. P. Mussorgsky)
Sparafucile ("Rigoletto" by G. Verdi)
Old Man ("Aleko", S.V. Rachmaninoff)
Philip II ("Don Carlos" by G. Verdi)
Tsangala ("Daisi", Z.P. Paliashvili)
Tsuniga ("Carmen" by J. Bizet)

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