Tenor
Otar Jorjikia
Madama ButterflyBiography
This is Otar’s first performance with Irish National Opera. Recent and current engagements include appearances as Gabriele Adorno in Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra for Opernhaus Zürich; the title role in Verdi’s Don Carlo at Oper Frankfurt; Pinkerton in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly in Bregenzer Festspiele, Wrocław Opera and Teatr Wielki Warsaw; Mario Cavaradossi in Puccini’s Tosca at Opera Sassari; and as Alfredo in Verdi’s La traviata and Don José in Bizet’s Carmen at Tbilisi Opera. Recent highlights include his house debut as Cavaradossi in Puccini’s Tosca at Teatro alla Scala Milan; his debut with Opera Australia as Don José in Bizet’s Carmen; appearances as Riccardo in Verdi’s Un ballo in maschera at Teatro Regio di Parma; and the Duke in Verdi’s Rigoletto for Teatr Wielki Warsaw. He performed as Nemorino in Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore with Théâtre du Capitole de Toulouse, Ismaele in Verdi’s Nabucco for Opernhaus Zürich, and Adorno in Simon Boccanegra Opéra de Rouen Normandie. Otar has also appeared at the Mariinsky Theater St Petersburg as Rodolfo in Puccini’s La bohème, Alfredo in Verdi’s La traviata and as Adorno in Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra with Plácido Domingo, conducted by Valery Gergiev.
October 2025