Veshapidze, Heorhii
No. 76
Voice type: Baritone
Country: Ukraine
Date of birth: 25 November, 1994
The Ukrainian baritone started his studies in 2002, at the specialized secondary boarding school MV Lysenko (MV Lysenko KMSSh, Kyiv) in the Conducting and Choir Department, then continued from 2012 until now at the College of the Kiev Institute of Music RM Glier. His awards include the Grand Prix of the International Vocal and Choral Competition “Victoria in Croatia” in Zagreb in 2019, that of the 10th International Spiritual Sources Children and Youth Contest in Kyiv in 2015, 1st prize of the 20th Anniversary International Student Competition of Lydia Abramova’s vocalists “Bella voce” in Moscow, Russia in 2014, and that of the 5th Governor International Youth Competition named after Valery Gavrilin in Vologda, Russia in 2013.
Competition Repertoire
Preliminary
Liszt: Freudvoll und leidvoll
Verdi: Alzati! là tuo figlio… Eri tu che macchiavi quell’anima – Renato’s recitative and aria from Un ballo in maschera
Händel: Ombra mai fù – Serse’s aria from Serse
Semi-final
Lysenko: Khto vbyv iogo – Ostap’s aria from Taras Bulba
Mozart: Hai già vinta la causa!... Vedrò mentre io sospiro – Count Almaviva’s recitative and aria from Le nozze di Figaro
Final
Verdi: Son io mio Carlo... Per me giunto... Io morrò – Rodrigo’s recitative and aria from Don Carlo
Tchaikovsky: Vy mne pisali… Kogda by zhizn domashnim krugom – Onegin’s aria from Eugene Onegin
Giordano: Nemico della Patria?!... Un dì m’era di gioia – Gérard’s recitative and aria from Andrea Chénier