George Andguladze

George Andguladze (born August 6, 1984) is a Georgian operatic bass.

Born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, he graduated from the Accademia delle voci Verdiane and began his operatic career in Italy at Festival Verdi singing Ferrando from Il Trovatore.

In 2000/2001 he won a scholarship offered by the President of the State of Georgia, Eduard Shevardnadze. In 1999 he finished his studies of piano at Zurab Andjaparidze music school. In 2002, he completed his studies at Meliton Balanchivadze in Tbilisi, where he graduated in Choral and Orchestral Conducting. In 2003 he graduated at the Accademia delle voci Verdiane in Busseto, where he also participated in some events organized by Fondazione Arturo Toscanini. Later he attended a master classes program with Renato Bruson and he graduated in lyrical singing at the Conservatory of Reggio nell’Emilia under the guidance of Mauro Trombetta.

In 2009 he debuted at the Teatro Comunale in Ferrara with an opera buffa by Franz Joseph Haydn, “Il mondo della luna”, playing the role of Buonafede. In 2011 he debuted in Parma with “The Servant Mistress” (La serva padrona), that was later performed on the stages of Emilia Romagna. In July 2011 he participated in the Bellagio Festival, Lake Como, once again with “The Servant Mistress”. In October of the same year he participated in “Il Trovatore”, as “Ferrando” performed as a concert directed by Michelle Mariotti at the Teatro Verdi in Busseto and Teatro Magniani in Fidenza, inside the season of the Festival Verdi.