Tamar Iveri
Tamar Iveri (Georgian: თამარ ივერი; born Tamar Javakhishvili; 8 September 1971)[1] is a Georgian opera soprano. She was born in Tbilisi, the daughter of the baritone Avtandil Javakhishvili who was also her teacher.
Career
Iveri made her operatic debut in 1998 as Desdemona in Verdi's
She made her debut at La Scala in Milan in December 2011 as Donna Anna in Don Giovanni under Daniel Barenboim. She has since performed with the Vienna State Opera, the Metropolitan Opera, the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Opéra Bastille, and at the Salzburg Festival. She has sung the roles of Fiordiligi in Così fan tutte, Vitellia in La clemenza di Tito, Elettra in Idomeneo, Mimì in La bohème, and Tatyana in Eugene Onegin.[3]
Controversy
Iveri has been the centre of controversy over statements she allegedly made concerning the
Following the appearance of this letter, the Georgian gay rights organisation Identoba wrote to the Paris Opera demanding that Iveri's upcoming concert be cancelled. Their letter said: "We would like to bring your attention to homophobic and hate inspiring activity by one of your opera singers, Ms Tamar Iveri, resulting in death threats and physical injuries to many Georgians." Iveri then apologised, but did not at that time deny authorship of the letter.[4]
In June 2014, controversy broke out again while Iveri was in Sydney rehearsing Otello with
References
- ^ თამარ ივერი, profile at National Parliamentary Library of Georgia (in Georgian)
- ^ "Iveri". Oper Graz. Retrieved 9 December 2017.
- ^ "Tamar Iveri". Opera Australia. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ^ a b Tan, Sylvia (22 June 2014). "Opera singer calls gay people 'fecal masses' in homophobic rant encouraging violence". Gay Star News. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ^ Koziol, Michael (21 June 2014). "Opera singer accused of homophobia blames husband". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ^ Collins, Antonette (23 June 2014). "Soprano Tamar Iveri terminated from Opera Australia production Otello over homophobic comments". Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 27 June 2014.
- ^ Debbie Cuthbertson (June 23, 2014). "Opera Australia sacks soprano Tamar Iveri over gay slurs". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 25 June 2014.