Georgian
baritone
Lado Ataneli studied at the State Academy
of Music in his hometown of Tiflis. In 1989, he made his debut
in Un Ballo in Maschera (Renato) at the NATIONAL THEATRE TIFLIS.
In 1991, he won the first prize and the Grand Prix at the international
Francisco-Vinas-competition in Barcelona. He repeated this success
at other singing competitions all over Europe, such as the international
event "I Cestelli" of the Italian opera in Cologne in
1996, and the 15th Belvedere competition in Vienna, at both of
which he came first.
In 1996, the artist began his international guest performance
career at the FINNISH NATIONAL OPERA HELSINKI in Tosca (Scarpia),
followed by debuts at the DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN with Tosca (Scarpia)
and at the KLANGBOGEN WIEN in Shakespeare in der Musik (Macbeth
and Falstaff) with the Orchestra Royal Opera Covent Garden. The
highlight of his guest performances was the title part in Macbeth
at the TEATRO ALLA SCALA DI MILANO. After his debut at the WIENER
STAATSOPER in Tosca (Scarpia); Lado Ataneli also made his debut
at the HAMBURGISCHE STAATSOPER in Otello (Jago) and at the STADTTHEATER
BERN, also in Otello (Jago). In 1998 he returned to the HAMBURGISCHE
STAATSOPER with the productions of Cavalleria Rusticana (Alfio)/I
Pagliacci(Tonio) and La Forza del Destino (Carlo) NEW PRODUCTION.
He also appeared at the BREGENZER FESTSPIELE in Un Ballo in Maschera
(Renato).
In the season of 1999-2000,
Lado Ataneli sang
at the following opera houses: DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN: La Traviata
(Padre Germont) NEW PRODUCTION, Tosca (Scarpia), Lucia di Lammermoor
(Enrico), Macbeth (title part) REVIVAL, Un Ballo in Maschera (Renato),
Madama Butterfly (Sharpless), Aida (Amonasro); HAMBURGISCHE STAATSOPER:
La Forza del Destino (Don Carlo), Otello (Jago); GRAN TEATRE LISSABON:
Un Ballo in Maschera (Renato) NEW PRODUCTION, OPÉRA NATIONAL
DE PARIS: Nabucco (title part); GRAND TEATRO DEL LICEO BARCELONA:
Un Ballo in Maschera (Renato) NEW PRODUCTION.
Lado Ataneli spent the season of
2000-2001
at the BAYERISCHE STAATSOPER: Tosca (Scarpia); WIENER STAATSOPER:
Cavalleria Rusticana (Alfio) & I Pagliacci(Tonio); GRAND THEATRE
DE GENEVE: Tosca (Scarpia) NEW PRODUCTION; DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN:
La Traviata (Padre Germont), Aida (Amonasro); CINCINNATI: Nabucco
(title part), NEW PRODUCTION.
In the season of
2001-2002,
Lado Ataneli
returned to the following opera houses: WIENER STAATSOPER; Un
Ballo in Maschera (Renato), Aida (Amonasro); OPÉRA NATIONAL
DE PARIS; Rigoletto (title part); TEATRO CARLO FELICE DI GENOA;
Samson et Dalila (Grand Prêtre de Dagon) NEW PRODUCTION;
OPÉRA NATIONAL DE PARIS; Tosca (Scarpia); THEATRE ROYAL
DE LA MONNAIE BRÜXELLES; Cavalleria Rusticana (Alfio) &
I Pagliacci (Tonio) NEW PRODUCTION;
In
2002-2003, he returned to the WIENER STAATSOPER:
Un Ballo in Maschera (Renato), Cavalleria Rusticana (Alfio) &
I Pagliacci (Tonio) and Andrea Chenier (Carlo Gérard).
Furthermore he made his debut at the METROPOLITAN OPERA NEW YORK;
La Traviata (Padre Germont) and at the ROYAL OPERA HOUSE COVENT
GARDEN LONDON: I Pagliacci (Tonio).
Lado Ataneli has worked with several international
conductors, such as Riccardo Muti, Giuseppe Sinopoli, Marcello
Viotti, Fabio Luisi, Ingo Metzmacher, Philippe Auguin, Leif Segerstam,
Stefan Soltesz, Jan Latham König, Jiri Kout, Carlo Rizzi,
James Conlon, Bertrand de Billy, Oleg Caetani...
2003-2004: WIENER STAATSOPER: Nabucco (title
part), OPÉRA NATIONAL DE PARIS: Il Trovatore/NP (Conte
di Luna), TEATRO COMUNALE GIUSEPPE VERDI TRIEST: Tosca (Scarpia),
HAMBURGISCHE STAATSOPER: Nabucco/NP (title part), DEUTSCHE OPER
BERLIN: La Fanciulla del West/NP (Jack Rance), HAMBURGISCHE STAATSOPER:
Otello (Iago)
2004-2005: BILBAO: Nabucco (title part), WIENER
STAATSOPER: Andrea Chenier (Carlo Gérard), LOS ANGELES
OPERA: Aida (Amonasro), SAN DIEGO OPERA: Simon Boccanegra/NP (title
part), MDR MUSIKSOMMER: Verdi Gala
2005-2006: WASHINGTON OPERA: I Vespri Siciliani
(Guido di Montforte), METROPOLITAN OPERA: Aida (Amonasro), DEUTSCHE
OPER BERLIN: Andrea Chenier (Carlo Gérard), La Traviata
(Giorgio Germont), GRAN TEATRE DEL LICEU BARCELONA: Otello/NP
(Iago), TOKYO OPERA NOMORI: Otello (Iago), BAYERISCHE STAATSOPER
MÜNCHEN: Tosca (Scarpia), DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN: Ernani (Don
Carlo), NATIONALTHEATER MANNHEIM: Gala/Un Ballo in Maschera (Renato)
2006-2007: LOS ANGELES OPERA: Don Carlo (Posa),
METROPOLITAN OPERA: I Pagliacci (Tonio), DEUTSCHE OPER BERLIN:
La Forza del Destino (Carlo), WIENER STAATSOPER: Tosca (Scarpia),
WASHINGTON OPERA: Macbeth (title part)
2007-2008: WIENER STAATSOPER: Un Ballo in Maschera
(Renato), TEATRO ROYAL MADRID: La Gioconda (Barnaba), DEUTSCHE
OPER BERLIN: La Gioconda (Barnaba), I Pagliacci (Tonio)
2008-2009: TEATRO REGIO TORINO: Otello (Iago),
SAN DIEGO OPERA: Rigoletto (titelpart)