Gerzmava Khibla is a famous domestic opera singer originally from Abkhazia. She sings soprano. Currently she is a soloist of the Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater located in Moscow. She has the title of People's Artist of Abkhazia and People's Artist of Russia. It is well known not only in our country, but all over the world. She has performed at the Mariinsky Theatre, the Metropolitan Opera, the Rome Opera, the Royal Opera House "Covent Garden" in London, the largest and most popular stage venues in the world.
Biography of the singer
Gerzmava Khibla was born in 1970. She was born in the resort Abkhazian town of Pitsunda. Translated from the local language, her name means "golden-eyed".
Caring father brought another three-year-old Khible Gerzmava a piano from Germany. From childhood, she began to sing, and eventually to play the piano. The childhood of the heroine of our article passed under the walls of an Orthodox church in Pitsunda, she constantly listened to organ music coming from there. Even at school age, she began performing in pop groups. She achieved her first success in the song and dance ensemble "Sharatyn" in Pitsunda.
Her youth was tragic. By the age of 18, her father and mother had died. This had a profound effect on herworldview.
To receive a musical education, she went to a music school in Gagra. In Sukhumi, she became a graduate of the music school in the piano class. Since childhood, she dreamed of becoming an organist, impressed by what she heard in childhood in the cathedral.
In 1989, Khibla Gerzmava, whose photo is in this article, went to conquer Moscow. She entered the Moscow Conservatory, which she successfully graduated in 1994.
Professional career
Gerzmava Khibla not only successfully graduated from the vocal faculty, but also attended elective classes for three years to learn how to play the organ.
Caught the close attention of foreign experts when she took third place at a competition in Italian Busseto, and then second at the prestigious vocal festival in Spain in Vinyasa and the Rimsky-Korsakov competition, which took place in St. Petersburg.
In her student years, the heroine of our article achieved a major victory at the international Tchaikovsky competition, which took place in the Russian capital in 1994. She sang the arias of the Snow Maiden and Rosina, deservedly winning the Grand Prix.
In 1995, she began performing at the Nemirovich-Danchenko Musical Theater. Until now remains his soloist. Even despite the fact that in 1998 she received an invitation to perform at the Bolshoi Theater, she was forced to refuse due to a busy tour schedule.
Creativity of the singer
During her career, singer Khibla Gerzmava performeddozens of roles in famous productions of the capital's musical theater.
Among the most successful experts note Lyudmila in the opera "Ruslan and Lyudmila" by Glinka, the Swan Princess in "The Tale of Tsar S altan" by Rimsky-Korsakov, Rosina in "The Barber of Seville" by Rossini, Adele in "The Bat" by Strauss, Medea in Cherubini's opera of the same name.
Participation in festivals and competitions
Gerzmava Khibla has many victories in prestigious competitions. For example, in 2008 she triumphantly performed at the Crescendo music festival. In the same year, she performed the part of Tatiana in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin at Covent Garden in London. During her career, she visited the most famous theater venues in the world.
In 2010 she made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera in New York. There she got the incredibly difficult part of Antonia in an opera written by Jacques Offenbach called The Tales of Hoffmann. Few of the world's opera stars dare to perform it, because this is the only performance on the world opera stage in which, within the framework of one work, a soprano has to be performed in four different voices at once. The heroine of our article succeeded brilliantly, after which she earned the title of one of the greatest opera singers in the world. Today, only one more opera performer, the German Diana Damrau, successfully implements such experiments.
Since 2011, Gerzmava has been performing at the Rome Opera. There she sings the role of Mimi in Puccini's opera."La Boheme", as well as the part of Liu in another Puccini opera called "Turandot".
In 2012, Hibla returned to the Covent Garden stage as Donna Anna. "Don Giovanni" by Mozart in that season was held in London with a bang. In parallel, the singer performed the part of Liu from "Turandot" at the Metropolitan Opera.
Then her experiments with a unique voice continued. She appeared on the stage of the Vienna Opera in "The Mercy of Titus" with the complex role of Vitelia, which today, in general, few people undertake to perform. In this piece by Mozart, she introduced her characteristic recitatives as well as lengthy arias with a varied vocal range. She performed the same role that season at the French Grand Opera.
Participation in contemporary productions
It is noteworthy that the heroine of our article regularly takes part not only in classical, but also in modern experimental productions. But he always emphasizes that he agrees to sing only in operas with taste, in which the creators do not cross the line of theatrical conventionality.
During foreign performances, he successfully popularizes the Abkhaz culture. Her songs in this language are always asked to be repeated for an encore. According to her own estimates, the most demanding and experienced audience gathers for opera performances in New York and Moscow.
For many years, Gerzmava has been fruitfully collaborating with Vladimir Spivakov, implementing a project with director Alexander Titel. Repeatedly performed on the same stage withDenis Matsuev, Valery Gergiev, Russian National Philharmonic Orchestra.
Private life
The singer does not like to talk about her personal life. It is understandable. The husband of Khibla Gerzmava has long been living separately from the family. They are divorced. Detailed information about who this person was was not obtained by journalists.
It is known that in 1999 they had a son, soon after that they parted ways. Now Sandro, as the boy was called, is being raised by Khibla herself. She actively involves him in creativity. Her son performs in the children's choir of the Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Musical Theatre.
Interestingly, after the birth of her son, the singer's voice changed. According to experts, it has become much softer and more lyrical. The tremolation, which used to often prevent her from performing, disappeared. The romantic overtones that she had longed for since the beginning of her career have intensified.
