Arias & Scenes Nino Machaidze

• Giuseppe Verdi (1813–1901): La Traviata
• 1La Traviata, Act I: È strano! - Ah, forsè lui - Sempre libera10:38
• 2La Traviata, Act III: Teneste la promessa - Addio del passato07:49
• Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896): Hamlet
• 3Hamlet, Act IV: Mad Scene: À vos jeux' to 'Écoutez ma chanson13:54
• Georges Bizet (1838-1875): Les Pêcheurs de Perles
• 4Les Pêcheurs de Perles, Act II: Me voilà seule dans la nuit07:49
• Jules Massenet (1842–1912): Thais
• 5Thais, Act II: Dis-moi que je suis belle07:24
• Manon
• 6Manon, Act III: Saint-Sulpice07:40
• Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924): La Bohème
• 7La Bohème, Act II: Quando me n vò02:41
• Gianni Schicchi
• 8Gianni Schicchi: O mio babbino caro02:24
• Total Runtime01:00:19

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Nino Machaidze’s new recording for Sony Classical, “Arias & Scenes”, looks further ahead to the new roles she will sing in the future. Machaidze is joined by Orchestre national de France and their resident Maestro Daniele Gatti.

French repertoire has become a major part of Machaidze’s career and is represented in this recital with arias by Massenet, Bizet and Ambroise Thomas. Machaidze debuted the role of Thaïs last year alongside Plácido Domingo in the lead role of Athanaël in Seville. She will debut at the Vienna State Opera this June in the role of Juliette with Plácido Domingo conducting and Piotr Beczala as Roméo.

Since her momentous breakthrough replacing Anna Netrebko as Juliette alongside Rolando Villazon’s Roméo in Salzburg’s 2008 production of Roméo et Juliette (Gounod), Nino’s career has taken off.

In an astonishingly short amount of time she debuted at many of the world’s major opera houses, in the lead heroine-roles alongside some of the greatest singers of our time, including Plácido Domingo (Thaïs) , Vittorio Grigolo (Roméo et Juliette at both La Scala and LA Opera) and Juan-Diego Flórez (I Puritani) among others.

“Machaidze is already an exciting if slightly shrill young coloratura” (BBC Music Magazine)

“The voice accommodates a range of expression that encompasses the cynicism of Violetta's Act 1 scene in La traviata and the naivety in 'O mio babbiino caro' from Gianni Schicchi. Her vocal accuracy is considerably more assured than in her first arias disc...Technique rules her singing; dramatic concept is revealed only in intermittent flashes.” (Gramophone)

Nino Machaidze, soprano
Orchestre National de France
Daniele Gatti, conductor

Nino Machaidze
was born in Tbilisi in Georgia in 1983 and is a graduate of the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala in Milan. In 2007 she appeared at La Scala as Marie in Donizetti’s La Fille du Regiment. These performances, plus her debut at the Teatro dell’ Opera di Roma in the same role, launched her international career. In the summer of 2008 Machaidze made a sensational debut at the Salzburg Festival as Juliette in the new production of Romeo et Juliette starring Rolando Villazon. She has since been invited for significant debuts all over the world.

Nino Machaidze completed her vocal studies in Tbilsi, Goergia and appeared at the Paliashvili Theater as Gilda, Norina in Don Pasquale and Zerlina in Don Giovanni. First Prize Winner in the Leyla Gencer Vocal Competition in Istanbul, she entered the Accademia of the Scala in 2005. Her roles in the 2007/2008 season at La Scala included Despina in Cosi Fan Tutte, Silvia in Ascanio in Alba, Lauretta in Gianni Schicchi under Riccardo Chailly and Musetta in La Boheme. She made her first appearances as first Amina in La Sonnambula at the Teatro Carlo Felice in Genoa under Daniel.

In the fall of 2008 Machaidze debuted at the Teatro Regio in Parma as Gilda in Rigoletto. She sang her first Elvira in I Puritani at the Teatro Comunale of Bologna in January of 2009 opposite Juan Diego Florez ,followed by her her debut at the Teatro la Fenice in Romeo et Juliette. In April of 2009 was Machaidze's first Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor at the Theatre Royale de la Monnaie in Brussels. In July of 2009 Vienna debut as Fiorilla in Rossini’s Il Turco in Italia at the Theater an der Wien. In September of 2008 North American debut at the Los Angeles Opera as Adina in L’Elisir D’Amore opposite Rolando Villazon. These performances will mark her debut in the role. after new production of L’Elisir D’Amore at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich , to be followed by her debuts at the Gran Teatro del Liceu in Barcelona in La Fille du Regiment and at the El Palau de la Reina Sofia in Valencia as Lucia. Machaidze will debut at the Berlin State Opera as Adina and in the spring of 2010 Machaidze will embark on her first solo tour of concerts in Germany Future projects include her debut at the Royal Opera House, Coivent Garden in Romeo et Juliette and La Fille du Regiment at the and her debuts at both the Metropolitan Opera in Rigoletto, Le Comte Ory and La Fille du Regiment. in Opera Bastille in Rigoletto. She will return to the Teatro Alla Scala for L’Elisir D’Amore, Romeo et Juliette and Rigoletto. at the Gran Teatro del Liceu in Turco in Italia.

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