The Tbilisi City Court has decided to extend Georgian bass Paata Burchuladze’s detention. The court decided to extend custody for ten people accused of organizing protests in Tbilisi during a rally on Oct. 4. The court argues that Burchuladze and the others organized violence against the ruling regime. In a statement during the court hearing the Georgian bass said, “What {…}
Paata Burchuladze has been arrested by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Georgia, accused of inciting violent actions during the Oct. 4 protest in Tbilisi. The bass was among several prominent opposition figures, including the United National Movement (UNM) Murtaz Zodelava and Irakli Nadiradze, Strategy Aghmashenebeli leader Paata Manjgaladze, and Colonel Lasha Beridze. Deputy Interior Minister Aleksandre Darakhvelidze announced the {…}
Paata Burchuladze was a famed bass before he became a famed politician. Born on Feb. 12, 1955, in then-Soviet Georgia, he studied music at the Tbilisi Conservatoire and made his student debut in 1976. He would then make his mark at a number of singing competitions and performed a number of roles at the Tbilisi Opera House. From 1978-1981 he {…}
Bass Paata Burchuladze, born on Feb. 12, enjoyed a tremendous operatic career. He made a student debut in 1976 and would go on to perform all around the world in a wide range of repertoire ranging from Verdi, to Tchaikovsky, to Mozart, to Mussorgsky, among many, many others. But the bass was always tied to his home country of Georgia, {…}
