Anita Rachvelishvili

Thanks in part to the support of conductor Daniel Barenboim, mezzo-soprano Anita Rachvelishvili found places on the world's top operatic stages unusually quickly after finishing her studies. She has proven equally adept at French, Italian, and Russian opera. Rachvelishvili was born in Tbilisi, Georgia, then in the Soviet Union on September 28, 1984. Her musical education began with piano studies, but she switched to singing at the Tbilisi State Conservatory, where she studied with Manana Egadze and was supported by a scholarship from the office of the President of Georgia. Al...