ditogam's video: Zurab Anjaparidze - Abesalom s Aria

The name of the legendary Georgian tenor Zurab Andjaparidze (April 12, 1928 - April 12, 1997) has been etched in gold into the history of opera. His great artistry embraced his native Georgia, a land whose musical culture flourished with the help of his creative energy. There is little doubt that for the artist himself as well as for the musical culture of the former Soviet Union, his most illustrious, productive and important period of work came during the time he spent at the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow. Andjaparidze's most lasting work during his Moscow period, one that won him international acclaim, came in the role of Hermann in Tchaikovsky's "The Queen of Spades". A Bolshoi tour performance of this opera at the La Scala in 1964 left one Italian newspaper to remark, "Zurab Andjaparidze was a revelation for the Milanese public. This singer has a strong, sonorous, and even voice that concedes nothing to the most revered singers of the Italian opera stage." The memory of the "Soviet Franco Corelli", as he was once dubbed by the Italian press, today lives on in the memories of his colleagues, enthusiastic admirers of his great talent, and, perhaps few in number but remarkable in artistic value, recordings of Russian, Italian and Georgian operas. Zakharia Paliashvili Abesalom and Eteri Abesalom - Zurab Anjaparidze (Actor - Archil Metonidze) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zurab_Andjaparidze http://www.classicalconnect.com/user/472