What fascinates me about my job is the opportunity to slip into the skin and soul of various protagonists and to be part of a great musical event that enchants me again and again. Ketevan Chuntishvili

Ketevan Chuntishvili made her debut at Stadttheater Klagenfurt in 2020 singing Fifth Maid in a new production of Strauss’ Elektra. Since 2021, the soprano has been a member of the ensemble at Staatstheater Cottbus, where her repertoire includes Micaela in Bizet’s Carmen, Susanna in Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro and Roksana in Szymanowski’s Król Roger.

In 2019, Ketevan Chuntishvili performed Gretel in Humperdinck’s Hänsel und Gretel at the Oper auf dem Lande near Hanover. At Hanover Hochschule für Musik, Theater und Medien, the soprano performed Echo in Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos (2019) and Bird Seller in Martinů’s Juliette (2020). At Hamburger Sprechwerk, she was acclaimed as Bubikopf in Ullmann’s Der Kaiser von Atlantis in 2019. Ketevan Chuntishvili has worked with directors such as Barbora Horáková and Cesare Lievi.

A dedicated recitalist, the Georgian soprano was a scholarship holder of Thomas Hampson’s Lied Academy in 2020 and 2021 at the Heidelberg Spring International Music Festival and Pierre Boulez-Saal in Berlin.

Ketevan Chuntishvili has performed under the baton of conductors including Nicholas Carter and Yannis Pouspourikas and appeared with orchestras such as Georgisches Kammerorchester Ingolstadt, Kärntner Sinfonieorchester and Philharmonisches Orchester Erfurt. Her concert repertoire includes the soprano solos in Dvořák’s: Stabat Mater, Haydn’s Stabat Mater and The Seasons, Mendelssohn’s Paulus and Mozart’s Requiem.

Mozart Prize, Second Prize: XIX. Międzynarodowy Konkurs Sztuki Wokalnej im. Ady Sari, Nowy Sącz, 2021

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