Ivaniashvili, Natia
No. 28
Voice type: Soprano
Country: Georgia
Date of birth: 2 September, 1997
The soprano was born in 1997 in Tbilisi. Since 2016 she has been studying at the V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire, at the faculty of Solo Academic Singing, in the class of Maestra Guliko Kariauli. Having participated in a lot of contests, festivals, concerts in her homeland and abroad, she debuted on opera stage as Pamina of Mozart’s “Die Zauberflöte” in 2019 at the Opera Studio of V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire. She won 1st prize in the First International Contest of Performing Arts named after VAZHA CHACHAVA in 2017 and in the Otar Taktakishvili Open Competition in 2018, 3rd prize as well as a jury’s special prize at the 18th “OTTAVIO ZIINO” International Opera Competition in 2019. She earned the student scholarship at the V. Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire, and took master classes by Andrea Meláth, Ala Simoni and Iano Tamar.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Oh! quand je dors
Händel: Ah! crudel, il pianto mio – Armida’s aria from Rinaldo
Puccini: O mio babbino caro – Lauretta’s aria from Gianni Schicchi
Semi-final
Bellini: Eccomi in lieta vesta... Oh! quante volte – Giulietta’s recitative and aria from I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Puccini: In quelle trine morbide – Manon’s aria from Manon Lescaut
Final
Gounod: Les grands seigneurs... Ah! je ris de me voir si belle – Marguerite’s recitative and Jewel Song from Faust
Mozart: Ach, ich fühl’s, es ist verschwunden – Pamina’s aria from Die Zauberflöte
Mozart: Guinse alfin il momento... Deh, vieni, non tardar – Susanna’s recitative and aria from Le nozze di Figaro