Bryden Thomson, Halle Orchestra & Stephen Hough - Piano Concerto No. 21 In C Elvira Madigan K467: II. Andante (excer

BELAKNELI Nikolay Nikolaevich [24 XI (6 XII) 1897, Kutaisi - 14 VII 1978, Tbilisi] - Soviet singer (dram. Tenor). Nar art. Cargo. SSR (1950). In 1930 he graduated from the Tbilisi Conservatory with E. A. Vronsky, and in the same year Gruz made his debut on stage. Theater of Opera and Ballet. From 1934 he worked in the opera houses of Baku, Leningrad, Khabarovsk, Voroshilovgrad, Dnepropetrovsk, in 1939-59 the soloist Gruz. Theater of Opera and Ballet. Among the parties - Herman, Radames, Othello, Manrico, Cavaradossi, Jose, Samson; Grigory Melekhov (“Quiet Don”), Nico (“Darejan the insidious” Balanchivadze), Abesalom; Tariel (“The Legend of Tariel” Mshvelidze), Gela (“Homeland” of Tuskiy), Lexo (“Lado Ketskhoveli” Kiladze). He taught at the 4th Tbilisi Muses. technical school (1964-78).