Medea Amiranashvili

Medea Amiranashvili
მედეა ამირანაშვილი
Amiranashvili c. 1983
Background information
Born(1930-10-10)10 October 1930
Shorapani, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union (present-day Georgia)
Died2 December 2023(2023-12-02) (aged 93)
Tbilisi, Georgia
Occupations

Medea Petres asuli Amiranashvili (10 October 1930 – 2 December 2023) was a Georgian operatic soprano and academic teacher. She appeared in leading roles of both Georgian and international operas, such as Revaz Lagidze's Lela, Verdi's Leonora in Il trovatore and Puccini's Madama Butterfly, credited with portraying them with "fierce inner expression". She was honoured as a People's Artist of the USSR in 1976 and the Order of Queen Tamara in 2021.