Zurab sotkilava biography of donald
•
I wonder if you have ever seen the 1939 drama romance film titled Golden Boy? Directed by Rouben Mamoulian, it featured Barbara Stanwyck and the film debut of William Holden. In fact, it was the role in this movie that made Holden a superstar. Holden plays a highly talented and promising violinist who receives an invitation to become a prizefighting boxer. The character is torn between the lure of big money and the distinct possibility of injuring his hands and thereby destroying his musical career. He eventually decides on becoming a boxer, but a tragedy in the ring forces him to reassess his choice.
In real life, it is of course possible to have dual careers in sports and in the arts. In a previous article I introduced you to Micheline Ostermeyer, the true embodiment of the Olympic Spirit. Ostermeyer not only won 3 medals at the 1948 London Olympics, she also played the Brahms D-minor concerto, César Franck’s Symphonic Variations and Liszt’s E-flat concerto in a single evening
•
MOSCOW — Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater has announced that renowned Soviet and Russian opera singer Zurab Sotkilava has died. He was 80.
The Bolshoi announced Mr. Sotkilava’s death in Moscow yesterday. Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent his condolences.
Mr. Sotkilava, born in then-Soviet Georgia, was a member of its leading soccer team before an injury put an end to his sports career. In 1965, he graduated from the Tbilisi Conservatory and later attended classes at Milan’s La Scala.
Ms. Sotkilava made his Bolshoi Theatre debut in 1973 as Jose in Bizet’s “Carmen.” He starred as Mario Cavaradossi in Puccini’s “Tosca,” Radames in Verdi’s “Aida” and Vaudemont in Tchaikovsky’s “Iolanta,” among other productions.
Mr. Sotkilava has performed at some of the world’s top stages and received numerous international awards.
He will be buried in his native Georgia.
Originally Published:
•
Georgian singer Badri Maysuradze was born in Tbilisi on November 13th, 1966. After graduating from Shota Rustaveli Theatre and Film Georgia State University and Vano Sarajishvili Tbilisi State Conservatoire (class of Professor Gocha Bejuashvili) in 1989 he continued studies in Milan and Moscow.
In 1989-1990 he did an internship at the Bolshoi Theatre under Zurab Sotkilava.
In 1989-1993 he was a soloist at the State musikdrama House of Georgia, where he made a debut in Mindia - an opera by Otar Taktakishvili.
Badri Maysuradze is the winner of multiple worldwide competitions. In 1994 he became the laureate at the Francisco Viñas International Singing Competition in Barcelona and at the International Jussi Bjorling Competition for tenors in Sweden.
He started his international career in 1993, singing the role of The person som utger sig för att vara någon annan in a production of Boris Godunov