Biography | Paata Burchuladze (born February 12, 1955) is a Georgian operatic bass. Born in Tbilisi, Georgian SSR, he graduated from the Tbilisi State Conservatory and began his operatic career at Tbilisi and Moscow, with subsequent appearances at Covent Garden (1984), Salzburg Festival under Herbert von Karajan (1987), Metropolitan Opera in New York City, Verona (Italy), Hamburg (Germany), etc |