Aaron Tippin - Would You Lay With Me In A Field Of Stone

KRAVEISHVILI Batu (Bartholomew Iraklievich) [3 (16) XII 1914, Samtredia - 14 VI 1970, Tbilisi] - Soviet singer (baritone). Nar art.Cargo. SSR (1950). Ch. CPSU since 1946. In 1935 he graduated from the 1st Washington. Medical Institute, in 1937 - Tbilisi Conservatory at E. A. Vronsky. In 1937-39 and from 1941 the soloist Gruz. Opera and Ballet Theater, in 1939-41 - the Bolshoi Theater. Among the parties - Eugene Onegin, Yeletsky, Prince Igor, Rigoletto, Amonasro, Iago, Scarpia, Escamillo; Murman, Kiazo, Incubus (“Abesalom and Eteri”, “Daishi”, “Latavra” Paliashvili), Avtandil (“The Tale of Tariel” Mshvelidze), Gocha (“Darejan insidious” M. Balanchivadze), Griboedov (“Bride of the North” Toradze ), Kuchatneli (Arsen Bukin). He performed in concerts. Toured abroad. Since 1958 he taught at the Tbilisi Conservatory. Filmed in movies, including in the role of Kote (Keto and Kote, 1948). The author of the memoirs “Unforgettable” (1967, in the Georgian language; USA translation - “Unforgettable. Notes of the singer”, 1970).