Carmen - ANITA RACHVELISHVILI

Anita Rachvelishvili is born in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. She learns piano with Mahavarian in Mukhran school and after that she sings in Vano-Sarajishvili conservatory with Manana Egadze. Soon after she recieves scholarship by the president of Georgia Michail Saakashvili and in 2007 she wins the Burchuladze award.

As a student in Tbilisi she makes her debut on stage at the city opera as Magdalena in Rigoletto and after that as Olga in Eugen Onegin. 

She became an opera superstar in 2009, when in the season opening evening she sings as Carmen at La Scala. She also sings the role at Metropoliten Opera in New York, and Deutsche Opera Berlin.

In the fall of 2011 Anita makes a debut at Carnegie Hall, along with Angela Gheorghiu and Jonas Kaufmann. 

This fall, the opera fans at Plovdiv will have the unique chance to listen to her live at "Kolodrum Plovdiv". The event starts at 19:00.