On September 25, 2022, George Gagnidze will sing the role of Scarpia in Tosca at the Metropolitan Opera in a production by David McVicar and under the musical direction of Xian Zhang, alternating with Marco Armiliato. He will sing alongside Aleksandra Kurzak in the title role and SeokJong Baek as Cavaradossi. Additional performances will be on September 28, October 3, 6, 11.

The Georgian baritone has long made a specialty of the role of Puccini’s evil Baron, having interpreted it to constant high acclaim in virtually all the most prestigious international opera houses, such as the Teatro alla Scala Milan, the Vienna State Opera, the Teatro San Carlo Naples, the Berlin State Opera, and the Deutsche Oper Berlin, not to mention the Metropolitan Opera. Other roles he has interpreted at the Met include Nabucco, Rigoletto, Macbeth, Michele in Il tabarro, Šaklovityj (Khovanščina), Alfio in Cavalleria rusticana, Tonio in Pagliacci and Amonasro in Aida.