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Miss Gerzmava graduated from the Vocal Department of the Moscow Conservatory in 1994, and finished her post graduate course at the same Conservatory in 1996. Since 1995 she has been the soloist of the Stanislavsky&Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre in Moscow.
She has also performed at the stages of the Mariinsky (St.Petersburg), the Champs-Elysées and the Chatelet Theatres (Paris), Il Teatro Communale di Firenze and Royal Opera House Covent Garden.
The repertoire she sings at the Stanislavsky&Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre includes such parts as Ludmila (M.Glinka’s “Ruslan and Ludmila”), the Swan-Princess (Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Tale of Tsar Saltan”), the Shemakha Queen (Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Golden Cockerel”), Louisa (Prokofiev’s “The Betrothal in the Monastery”), Rosina (Rossini’s “Il barbiere di Siviglia”), Adina (“L’elisir d’amore” by Donizetti), Mimì and Musetta (“La bohème” by Puccini), la Nimphe (“Daphne” by Gagliano), Adele (“The Fledermaus” by J. Strauss), Violetta (“Traviata” by G.Verdi).
She has toured with recitals in Sweden, France, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Greece, the USA, Japan
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Miss Gerzmava graduated from the Vocal Department of the Moscow Conservatory in 1994, and finished her post graduate course at the same Conservatory in 1996. Since 1995 she has been the soloist of the Stanislavsky&Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre in Moscow.
She has also performed at the stages of the Mariinsky (St.Petersburg), the Champs-Elysées and the Chatelet Theatres (Paris), Il Teatro Communale di Firenze and Royal Opera House Covent Garden.
The repertoire she sings at the Stanislavsky&Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theatre includes such parts as Ludmila (M.Glinka’s “Ruslan and Ludmila”), the Swan-Princess (Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Tale of Tsar Saltan”), the Shemakha Queen (Rimsky-Korsakov’s “The Golden Cockerel”), Louisa (Prokofiev’s “The Betrothal in the Monastery”), Rosina (Rossini’s “Il barbiere di Siviglia”), Adina (“L’elisir d’amore” by Donizetti), Mimì and Musetta (“La bohème” by Puccini), la Nimphe (“Daphne” by Gagliano), Adele (“The Fledermaus” by J. Strauss), Violetta (“Traviata” by G.Verdi).
She has toured with recitals in Sweden, France, Netherlands, Austria, Belgium, Spain, Greece, the USA, Japan and Turkey. In 2002 and 2003 she took part in the Ludwigsburg Festival (Germany) where she sang Eva in “Die Schöpfung” by Haydn and the Angel in the “Rappresentazione di Anima et di Corpo” by E. de Cavalieri.
Miss Gerzmava is often invited to take part in oratorio concerts. She has sung soprano parts in Mozart’s Requiem, Mass C minor, Coronation Mass, Vesperae solennes de confessor, in Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony and Verdi’s Requiem.
During the 2009/2010 season, Hibla Gerzmava appeared as Mimì at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and made her debut at the Palau de Les Arts, Valencia as Violetta, at the Bayerische Staatsoper and the Rome Opera (La Bohème), and at the Paris Opera (“La Clemenza di Tito”). In the 2010/11 season, she made her debut as Antonia in “Les contes d’Hoffmann” at the Metropolitan Opera and returns this season as Mimi in “La Bohème”.
In upcoming seasons, she will return to the Covent Garden as Donna Anna (“Don Giovanni”) and will make her debut at the Vienna Staatsoper as Vitellia (“La Clemenza di Tito”).
She has recorded several CDs: “Ave Maria” Khibla Gerzmava. DICJ-25008; Khibla Gerzmava sings Russian Romances. DMCC — 26015; Oriental Romances Hibla Gerzmava. DICC — 28006; World Premiere. The Music of Aldo Finzi. Bel Air Music BAM 2029; Musical Assemblies at the Tretiakov’s House, Musica Viva, 2002.
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Reviews
"The sensational soprano Hibla Gerzmava is the most remarkable new talent encountered in many a year. "
Opera Today, James Sohre
"Abkhazian soprano Hibla Gerzmava is in full and generous voice as the conniving Vitellia."
The Wall Street Journal, Judy Fayard
"But it was during the third act that we were overwhelmed with emotion when Gerzmava and Pittas’ voices blended so perfectly in “Addio dolce svegliare,” the believability of the characters combined with a score deftly negotiated by Mr.Langrèe’s orchestra bringing The Observer to near tears. "
The New York Observer by Sarah Hucal
"The production is not without its highlights. The female leads, Hilba Gerzmava’s Donna Anna in particular, were all worthy of their considerable applause"
Tottenham & Wood Green Journal by David Ladds
"Hibla Gerzmava, as Donna Anna, was outstanding. She is a large women with an ever larger voice, and her relentless pursuit of vengeance against Don Giovanni brought a feeling of real drama to the performance."
Express by William Hartston
"On the plus side, we have Gerzmava, who sings with laser-like accuracy..."
The Guardian by Tim Ashley
Discography
Repertoire
Opera parts
Lyudmila M.Glinka Ruslan and Lyudmila
Swan-Princess N.Rimsky-Korsakov The Tale of Tsar Saltan
The Queen of Shemakha N.Rimsky-Korsakov The Golden Cockerel
Tatyana P.Tchaikovsky Eugene Onegin
Louise S.Prokofiev Betrothal in a Monastery
Parasha I.Stravinsky Mavra
Nymph M. da Gagliano Daphne
Donna Anna, Zerlina W.A.Mozart Don Giovanni
Rosina G.Rossini Il Barbiere di Siviglia
Adina G.Donizetti L’elisir d’amore
Lucia G.Donizetti Lucia di Lammermoor
Nametta G.Verdi Falstaff
Violetta Valéry G.Verdi La traviata
Mimi, Musetta G.Puccini La bohème
Adele J.Strauss Die Fledermaus
Olympia, Antonia, Giulietta J.Offenbach Les contes d’Hoffmann
Vitellia W.A.Mozart La clemenza di Tito
Liù G.Puccini Turandot
Symphonic works, song cycles, romances
L. van Beethoven Symphony No. 9
G.Verdi Requiem
O.Respighi Il Tramonto
E. de’ Cavalieri Rappresentatione di Anima, et di Corpo
G.F.Handel Judas Maccabaeus
J.S.Bach The Coffee Cantata
J.Haydn The Creation
J.Haydn The Seasons
W.A.Mozart Requiem
G.Mahler Symphony No. 4
R.Strauss Four Last Songs
M.Ravel Shéhérazade
R.Schumann A Woman’s Love and Life
N.Myaskovsky Madrigal, suite for voice and piano
L.Janáček Glagoloitic Mass
M.Ippolitov-Ivanov Four Poems (after R.Tagor)
S.Prokofiev Five poems by Anna Akhmatova
F.Schubert et al. Ave Maris
F.Poulenc Chamber music
C.Debussy Chamber music
M.Glinka Romances
P.Tchaikovsky Romances
N.Rimsky-Korsakov Romances
S.Rachmaninov Romances