Tbilisi’s Fall Opera Schedule Hits a High Note

Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre has renewed its season, hosting stunning productions in the fall. Whether you’re an opera enthusiast or you’re looking for an introduction to this world, you’ll be sure to find opera shows in Tbilisi to suit you. 

Opera tickets in Tbilisi aren’t always expensive either, so you’ll be able to experience a delightful opera at a great price. 

Carmen- October 15-16 

Stage conductor - Zaza Azmaifarashvili

Stage director - Levan Tsuladze

Scenographer - Irakli Avaliani

Costume designer - Polina Rudchik

Choreographer - Gia Margania

Carmen is a half-wild, fascinating creature, a gypsy by birth, and living with a band of smugglers in the mountains near the coast of Spain. The smugglers are foiled in their attempt to get their illegal goods into the little town by Don Jose, an officer in the regiment stationed there.

Carmina Burana- Premiere October 28-30

Carl Orff

Carmina Burana

One-Act Ballet

Scenic Cantata

With the participation of the Ballet Company, Opera Soloists, Chorus and Orchestra

Directed by choreographer: Ilya Jivoy

Staging Conductor: Zaza Azmaiparashvili

Costume Designer: Sonia Vartanian

Lighting Designer: Konstantin Binkin

Set design: Ilya Jivoy

Set designer assistant: Aleksey Tantsyrev

Director of the Ballet Company Nina Ananiashvili

Carmina Burana is a theatre piece based on a collection of 13th century songs and poems composed by minstrels and monks who had freed themselves of monastic discipline. The ballet is an abstract landscape of movement, bemoaning and celebrating the ever-changing fate of man.

Giselle - November 4-6

Adolphe Adam

Ballet in Two Acts

Choreography by Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa

Libretto by Theophile Gautier and J. Saint-Georges

Choreographic version by Alexei Fadeyechev

Staiging Conductor: Zaza Kalmakhelidze

Production Designer: Viacheslav Okunev

Lighting Designer: Paul Vidar Saevarang

Assistant to the Choreographer: Tatiana Rastorgueva

Orchestra of Tbilisi Opera and Ballet State Theatre

Conductor: Papuna Ghvaberidze

Director of the Ballet Company Nina Ananiashvili

The story of Giselle is a romantic tale of innocent love and betrayal; of philandering Count Albrecht and a trusting peasant maid, Giselle. Although she has a weak heart, Giselle loves to dance. Her beauty has enchanted Albrecht.

Macbeth- November 26-30

Giuseppe Verdi Macbeth

Music Director of the production and Conductor Zaza Azmaiparashvili

Director Daniele Abbado

Associate Stage Director Boris Stetka

Scenographer Graziano Gregori

Costume Designer Carla Teti

Three witches tell the Scottish general Macbeth that he will be King of Scotland. Encouraged by his wife, Macbeth kills the king, becomes the new king, and kills more people out of paranoia. A civil war erupts to overthrow Macbeth, resulting in more death.

This is all you can enjoy in the fall so far. Stay tuned to see what Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theater has in store for the Christmas programme.