Georgian bass Goderdzi Janelidze is a member of the ensemble at the Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow, where his roles have so far included The Monk Don Carlo, Brander La damnation de Faust and Colline La Bohème.
Janelidze studied at the Paliashvili State Musical College in Batumi, the Batumi Opera Studio and the Tbilissi State Conservatory, before joining the Young Artists Programme at the Bolshoi Theatre, where his roles so far have included Banco Macbeth, the Mill-hand and Officer in a new production of Shostakovich’s Katerina Izmailova, the Monk and Laura's guest in a new production of Dargomyzhsky’s The Stone Guest, the Innkeeper in Puccini’s Manon Lescaut, and the roles of Actor/Robber in a new production of Banevich’s opera for children The Story of Kai and Gerda.
Roles performed elsewhere include Sarastro Die Zauberflöte, Sparafucile Rigoletto, Don Basilio Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Zangal in Paliashvili’s Daisi, Doctor Grenvil La traviata and Zuniga Carmen. Additional roles in his repertoire include Gremin Eugene Onegin and Konchak Prince Igor.
Engagements in the 2017-18 season include Sparafucile Rigoletto (Canadian Opera Company) and Konchak Prince Igor (Bolshoi Theatre).
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Rigoletto, Canadian Opera Company
21 January 2018
Goderdzi Janelidze also impressed as Sparafucile; singing with solidity and power while exuding a quiet menace.
John Gilks, Bachtrack
