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PROFILES Mikhail Kolelishvili
Ron Long
The King
Mikhail Kolelishvili vaulted on to the international opera stage as a finalist in the 2005 International BBC Cardiff Singer of the World Competition. In June 2008, he was the grand prix recipient of the Prince Renee III Monte-Carlo World Voice competition. Mikhail has been a soloist of the world-renowned Mariinsky Theatre since 2009. The bass singer was recently heard as Varlaam in Boris Godunov with Dallas Opera, Isaac Mendoza in Betrothal in Monastery, King Rene in Iolanta and Prince Gremin in Eugene Onegin with Opera Toulouse and Opéra Comique Paris, and Il Re in Aida in Orange, France. Future contracts include Leporello in Don Giovanni with Den Nye Opera and Varlaam in Boris Godunov with Israeli Opera. In 2014, Mikhail will make his Metropolitan Opera debut as Priest in Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk.
Messenger
Ron has performed such roles as Beadle Bamford and Anthony in Sweeney Todd, First Officer Murdoch in Titanic the Musical, Papageno in The Magic Flute, the Witch in Hansel and Gretel, Kaspar in Amahl and the Night Visitors, Mars in Orphée aux enfers, Aeneas in Dido and Aeneas as well as various comprimario roles for Edmonton Opera. Ron is also a member of the musical comedy group Il Duo which regularly performs at various venues and Fringe Festivals around Western Canada. He has been a soloist in various recitals including CBC’s Wednesdays at Winspear concert series which was recorded for CBC Radio 2. He has also directed many student musicals and operas including numerous Gilbert and Sullivan operettas. He currently is a private voice instructor at MacEwan University’s Alberta College Conservatory of Music and at MacEwan’s Theatre Arts Program.
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