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Lamara Chkonia ((グルジア語:ლამარა ჭყონია), born December 27, 1930) is a prominent Georgian soprano. Belonging to a circle of opera singers who made significant contributions to the vocal culture of Georgia and the former Soviet Union, Lamara was one of the few women to break through the Iron Curtain and present her talent to the world’s cultural community. ==Early years== Lamara was born in Georgia, then part of the Soviet Union, to a family of theater and musical traditions. Her uncle Akaki Chkonia, a known writer and a director of the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre, was executed in 1937 during Greate Purge. At Tbilisi State Conservatoire, Lamara studied with Valerian Cashelli, who for years performed at Milan's La Scala and other Opera Houses in Italy. Under his tutelage, her art from the beginning was infused with the influence of the Italian school of opera. After much success at home in Georgia's Tbilisi Opera (), she was accepted a leading soloist of the Kiev National Opera and Ballet Theatre. During the same time she debuted in productions of other famous theaters such as the Kirov Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. Lamara Chkonia became laureate of many national and international vocal competitions, among which the Glinka Competition in Moscow, Sofia Competition in Bulgaria, the "Prague Spring" in Czechoslovakia and the famous Madama Butterfly Competition in Japan, where she won the Grand Prix, the Award for the Best Madame Butterfly and the Audience Appreciation's Gold Cup. She was the first female singer from Georgia to became a laureate of the international vocal competition and from this time her art belonged not to Georgia and Ukraine only, it has become international. "The most beautiful voice, good looks and brilliant acting put Lamara Chkonia on a par with the world's best Cio-Cio-San," wrote one of the Japanese newspapers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lamara Chkonia」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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