Georgian tenor Irakli Kakhidze, alumnus of the conservatory of his hometown Batumi, was a member of the opera studio of the State Music Center of Batumi, the Centre National d'Artistes Lyriques (CNIPAL) in Marseille and Avignon, and attended master classes a.o. with Leo Nucci and Ruggero Raimondi.
His repertoire includes roles such as Ismaele in Verdi's "Nabucco" and Alfredo in "La Traviata", Cavaradossi in Puccini's "Tosca" and Rodolfo in "La Bohème", Edgardo in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" and Nemorino in "L'elisir d 'amore", Turridu in Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana", Don José in Bizet's "Carmen" and Nadir in "Les pêcheurs de perles".
He can also regularly be heard internationally as Pinkerton in Puccini's “Madama Butterfly” and in many Verdi roles such as Manrico (“Il trovatore”), Don Alvaro (“La forza del destino”) and the title role of “Don Carlo”.
Engagements have taken him a.o. to the Opéra National de Lorraine (Nancy), the Tallinn Opera Festival, Daegu International Opera Festival (South Korea), Theater Dortmund, Theater Kiel, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, the Latvian and Finnish National Operas, Wiesbaden State Opera, the Opera House in Tbilisi Taiwan and the Hong Kong Opera.
Irakli Kakhidze has been a member of the ensemble at the National Theater Mannheim since the 2017/2018 season.
In the 2023/24 season, Irakli Kakhidze can be seen a.o. as Turiddu at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein.
He is a winner of the Georgian Theater Society and the Lado Atanéli Competition and was a finalist at the Paris Opera Awards in 2014.
His repertoire includes roles such as Ismaele in Verdi's "Nabucco" and Alfredo in "La Traviata", Cavaradossi in Puccini's "Tosca" and Rodolfo in "La Bohème", Edgardo in Donizetti's "Lucia di Lammermoor" and Nemorino in "L'elisir d 'amore", Turridu in Mascagni's "Cavalleria rusticana", Don José in Bizet's "Carmen" and Nadir in "Les pêcheurs de perles".
He can also regularly be heard internationally as Pinkerton in Puccini's “Madama Butterfly” and in many Verdi roles such as Manrico (“Il trovatore”), Don Alvaro (“La forza del destino”) and the title role of “Don Carlo”.
Engagements have taken him a.o. to the Opéra National de Lorraine (Nancy), the Tallinn Opera Festival, Daegu International Opera Festival (South Korea), Theater Dortmund, Theater Kiel, Deutsche Oper am Rhein, the Latvian and Finnish National Operas, Wiesbaden State Opera, the Opera House in Tbilisi Taiwan and the Hong Kong Opera.
Irakli Kakhidze has been a member of the ensemble at the National Theater Mannheim since the 2017/2018 season.
In the 2023/24 season, Irakli Kakhidze can be seen a.o. as Turiddu at the Deutsche Oper am Rhein.
He is a winner of the Georgian Theater Society and the Lado Atanéli Competition and was a finalist at the Paris Opera Awards in 2014.