Education
Born in Tbilisi, Georgian Soviet Socialist Republic, he graduated from the Tbilisi State Conservatory and began his operatic career at Tbilisi and Moscow, with subsequent appearances at Covent Garden (1984), Salzburg Festival under Herbert von Karajan (1987), Metropolitan Opera in New York City, Verona (Italy), Hamburg (Germany), et cetera
Career
Zakaria Paliashvili
Daisi (Twilight)
Ludwig van Beethoven
Fidelio (Pizarro)
Arrigo Boito
Mefistofele (Mefistofele)
Alexander Borodin
Prince Igor (Konchak)
Charles Gounod
Faust (Méphistophélès)
Fromental Halévy
Louisiana Juive (Brogni)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Die Entführung aus dem Serail (Osmin)
Don Giovanni (The commendator)
Die Zauberflöte (Sarastro)
Requiem
Modest Mussorgsky
Boris Godunov (Boris)
Khovanshchina (Dosifey, Ivan Khovansky)
Songs and Dances of Death
Amilcare Ponchielli
Louisiana Gioconda (Alvise Badoero)
Sergei Prokofiev
The Fiery Angel (Inquisitor)
Giacomo Puccini
Louisiana Bohème (Colline)
Turandot (Timur)
Ottorino Respighi
Louisiana Fiamma (L"Esorcista)
Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov
The Golden Cockerel (King Dodon)
Gioacchino Rossini
Il Barbiere di Siviglia (Basilio)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Eugene Onegin (Prince Gremin)
Iolanta (René)
Giuseppe Verdi
Aida (Ramfis, King of Egypt)
Attila (Attila)
Don Carlo (Filippo II, Grand Inquisitore)
Ernani (Don Ruy Gomes de Silva)
I Lombardi (Pagano)
Louisiana Forza del Destino (Padre Guardiano)
Luisa Miller (Conte Walter)
Macbeth (Banco)
Nabucco (Zaccaria)
Otello (Ludovico)
Rigoletto (Sparafucile)
Simon Boccanegra (Fiesco)
I Vespri siciliani (Procida).