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Zurab Sotkilava
12+ albums
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Zurab Lavrentievich Sotkilava (Russian: Зураб Лаврентьевич Соткилава, Georgian: ზურაბ სოტკილავა; 12 March 1937 – 18 September 2017) was a Georgian opera singer and football player, and People's Artist of the USSR recipient who was born in Sukhumi, Georgia (SSR) and was a 1960 graduate of the Tbilisi State Polytechnical Institute. In 1965 he graduated from the Tbilisi Conservatory where he was under guidance from David Andguladze and from 1965 to 1974 he was a soloist of the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre named after Zakaria Paliashvili. From 1966 to 1968 he was a student at La Scala where his teacher was Dinaro Barra and after that, he became a teacher at the Moscow Conservatory where he remained untill 1988. Six years later he became chairman of the International Tchaikovsky Competition and was a member of the Bologna Academy of Music, He became known for his singing of Giuseppe Verdi's works. By 2000 he became Kinoshok chairman of the Anapa Film Festival which was hosted throughout the CIS and Baltic States. Since childhood, he played football, was in Dynamo Sukhumi at age 16. In 1956 he became captain from Georgia national team, under the age of 20 years. Two years later, he played for Dynamo Tbilisi. Injuries in 1958 and 1959 ended his football career. Bolshoi Theatre Il Trovatore — Manrico Tosca — Mario Cavaradossi Iolanta — Vaudemont Aida — Radames Sadko — Indian merchant The Abduction of the Moon — Arzakan Un ballo in maschera — Riccardo Cavalleria rusticana — Tur
top songs
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Tosca, Act 1: Recondita armonia
8412Tosca, Act III: Cavaradossi - E lucevan le stelle
2303Eugene Onegin - Aria: Lensky
1814Tosca, Act 1: "Recondita armonia"
1555Boris Godunov - Duet: Marina and Dmitry
1496Tosca, Act III: E lucevan le stelle
1457Sadko - The Song of the Indian Merchant
1308Tosca, Act 3: "E lucevan le stelle"
769Tosca, Act I: Cavaradossi - Recondita armonia
3010Sadko: The Song of the Indian Merchant
28albums
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The 50 Most Essential Opera Classics
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50 Greatest Hits Of Opera!
Zurab Sotkilava Sings Famous Russian Tenor Arias & Folksongs
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The 50 Most Essential Romantic Classics
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The Top Ten Opera Classics
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A Classical Encyclopedia: O as in Opera
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Russian Vocal School (Russian Folk and Georgian Songs): Zurab Sotkilava
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The Beginners Guide To Opera
Russian Vocal School. Zurab Sotkilava - vol.1
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The Most Essential Classical Music from Russia
Russian Vocal School. Zurab Sotkilava - vol.3
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The 100 Best Classical Masterworks: Great Opera Moments