Misha Kiria Baritone

Biography

Georgian baritone Misha Kiria graduated from the Accademia Teatro alla Scala in Milan and Tbilisi State Conservatoire, and performs on the leading international operatic stages.

He made his Verdi Opera Festival debut in Teatro Regio di Parma in 2017, in the title role of Falstaff, and was Lord Sidney (Il Viaggio a Reims), Alfio (Cavalleria rusticana) and Tonio (Paillasse) at Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia, Blansac (La Scala di seta) at Teatro alla Scala in Milan, Cavaliere di Belfiore (Un giorno di regno) at Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, Don Magnifico (La Cenerentola) at the Frankfurt Opera, Zarete (Il Paria) at Barbican Hall in London, Fra Melitone (La forza del destino) in Berlin and Don Geronio (Il turco in Italia) in Madrid.

Highlights of these past seasons include his Salzburg Festival debut in a new production of the Triptych, as well as performances at Deutsche Oper as Fra Melitone, Lord Sidney and Don Alfonso (Così fan tutte). He regularly performs at the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, where he appeared in Il signor Bruschino, Il turco in Italia, and The Barber of Seville.

He made his debut at the Vienna Staatsoper in the role of Dulcamara (L'Elisir d'amore) and at the Teatro Real in Madrid in the title role of Falstaff. He has performed as Dulcamara at the Glyndebourne Festival, Michele and Gianni Schicchi (Il Trittico) at the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Michonnet (Adriana Lecouvreur) at the Opéra national de Lyon and the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, and the title role of Don Pasquale with the Canadian Opera Company in Toronto.

During the 2024-2025 season, he will portray, among others, Bartolo (Il Barbiere di Siviglia) in Verona and Dresden, Sulpice (La Fille du régiment) and Don Magnifico in Munich, and Taddeo (L'Italiana in Algeri) in Pesaro.

Paris Opera debut