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Makvala Kasrashviliმაყვალა ქასრაშვილი
Background information
Born	(1942-03-13) 13 March 1942 (age 82) Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, Soviet Union
Genres	Classical
Occupation	Opera singer
Instrument	Singing

Makvala Kasrashvili (born 13 March 1942) is a Georgian opera singer (soprano).

Born 13 March 1942 (not 15 March 1948, as some sources incorrectly state) in Kutaisi, Georgian SSR, she graduated from Tbilisi State Conservatory in 1966. Since 1968, she has been a soloist with Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow. Beginning with her international debut at Metropolitan Opera, New York City, in 1979, she has also performed at Royal Opera House and Covent Garden, London. She was awarded State Prizes of Georgia in 1983 and of Russia in 1998, and the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1986. Since 2000, she has been the Director of Opera at the Bolshoi Theatre.

Notes

1. • Georgian: მაყვალა ქასრაშვილი, romanized: Maq’vala Kasrashvili
   • Russian: Маквала Филимоновна Касрашвили, romanized: Makvala Filimonovna Kasrashvili

References

• (in Russian) Маквала Филимоновна Касрашвили. Belcanto.ru. Accessed on August 17, 2007.
• Makvala Kasrashvili Soprano Director of Opera. bolshoi.ru. Accessed on May 24, 2011.

• 1942 births
• Living people
• 20th-century women opera singers from Georgia (country)
• Russian people of Georgian descent
• Operatic sopranos from Georgia (country)
• People's Artists of the USSR
• People from Kutaisi
• Russian operatic sopranos
• Soviet women singers