Tamta Tarieli

Taking part in the gala that closed Raina Kabaivanska's master class in Sofia on 29 September 2005, Tamta Tarieli appeared with the Sofia Philharmonic on a bill shared with Anna Gemedjieva, Ina Kancheva, Eugenia Brainova and Delyan Slavov. Born in Tbilisi, she studied at the Accademia Lirica di Osimo with Alva, Cuberli, Gonzales, Juvarra, Matteuzzi and Segalini and at the Rossini Conservatory in Pesaro, which sent her on a scholarship to the Royal Scottish Academy; she went on to work with Raina Kabaivanska at the Accademia Chigiana in Siena and with Renata Scotto at the opera studio of Santa Cecilia. She took first prize at the Bellini competition in Catania in 2010, and in 2013 was chosen at the Voci Verdiane competition for Federica in Luisa Miller beside Leo Nucci under Donato Renzetti. She sang Emilia in Otello at the Macerata Opera Festival, issued on DVD, and a Priestess in Aida at the Arena di Verona, and in 2021 joined the ensemble of the Meiningen State Theatre, where her roles include Ortrud, Venus, Eboli, Herodias and Erda.