Tsisana Tatishvili
Tsisana Tatishvili (Georgian: ცისანა ტატიშვილი; 1939–2017) was a Georgian operatic soprano and educator who performed at the Tbilisi Opera from 1963 to 2000. People's Artist of the USSR. She also sang at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow and at the Komische Oper in Berlin. Her roles included Desdemona in Otello, Ortuda in Lohengrin and the title roles in Tosca and Salome. On retiring from the stage, she was active as a voice teacher.[1][2][3]
Biography
[edit]Born in Tbilisi on 30 December 1937, Tatishvili studied voice at the State Conservatory under Gulnara Kartvelishvili, graduating in 1963. Until 2000, she was a soloist at the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre but also performed abroad, especially in Moscow and Berlin. As a concert performer, she sang the Ode to Joy in Beethoven's 9th Symphony and Verdi's Requiem as well as works by the Georgian composers Otar Taktakishvili and Aleksandre Machavariani.[3]
Operatic roles included Maro in Zacharia Paliashvili's Daisi, Tamar in Taktakishvili's The Abduction of the Moon, Liza in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades, Desdemona in Otello, Ortuda in Lohengrin, Santuzza in Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana and the title roles in Tosca, Eboli (Don Carlo), Amneris (Aida) and Salome.[3][4] On retiring from the stage, she became a voice teacher and served on committees promoting opera in Georgia.[2]
Awards
[edit]A Fellow of the Georgian Academy, Tatishvili was honoured with many awards, including the Presidential Order of Excellence (1979) and the Georgian Order of Honour (2012).[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "The public will bid Tsisana Tatishvili a farewell at the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre". State Opera of Georgia. September 2017. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ a b Salazar, David (23 September 2017). "Famous Georgian Soprano Passes Away at 78". Opera Wire. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ a b c "ТАТИШВИЛИ Цисана Бежановна" (in Russian). persons-info.com. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
- ^ a b "TATISHVILI Tsisana Bezhanovna". World Who's Who. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
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- 1937 births
- 2017 deaths
- Burials at Didube Pantheon
- Actresses from Tbilisi
- Operatic sopranos from Georgia (country)
- Soviet sopranos
- 20th-century women opera singers from Georgia (country)
- Soviet music educators
- Recipients of the Order of Honor (Georgia)
- Recipients of the Presidential Order of Excellence
- People's Artists of the USSR
- Tbilisi State Conservatoire alumni
- Soviet classical musicians
- Classical musicians from Georgia (country)