Aluda Todua

Baritone

Born in Martvili (Georgia).
In 2006 Aluda Todua began his studies at the Tbilisi State Conservatoire after V.Sarajishvili (teacher Professor Eldar Getsadze), where he graduated with a master’s degree in 2012. Even during his time as a student he was able to gain experience on stage during the Conservatoire’s student productions. In these, he performed the roles of Germont in La Traviata, of Silvio in I Pagliacci, and of Fiorello and the Officer in Il barbiere di Siviglia. He was engaged in master classes with such teachers as Renato Bruson, Brigitte Fassbaender, John Norris, Verena Keller.
Aluda Todua has won prizes in a variety of competitions, including the International Byulbyul Competition of Vocalists in Azerbaijan (2012) and the Elena Obraztsova International Competition of Young Opera Singers in Russia (2013), the International Singing Competition Neue Stimmen (Gütersloh, 2015), Stanisław Moniuszko International Vocal Competition (Warsaw, 2016).

In 2016 he joined the Bolshoi Theatre Opera Company.

Repertoire

Kiazo (Z.Paliashvili`s Daisi)
Tarash (O.Taktakishvili`s The Abduction of the Moon)
Giorgio Germont (G.Verdi`s La Traviata)

At the Bolshoi:

Marcello (Puccini`s La Boheme)
Flemish deputy/ Flemish deputies (Verdi`s Don Carlo)
Laura`s guest/ Laura`s gests (Dargomyzhsky`s The Stone Guest)

Awards

In 2010 he was awarded the Gold Medal at the VI International Delphic Games (Yerevan).
In 2012 he was awarded the prize for the "Best Performance of Folk Song" at the VI Byul-Byul Competition (Baku 2012).
Diploma of the Elena Obraztsova International Competition for Young Opera Singers (St. Petersburg, 2013).