Medea Amiranashvili

Medea Amiranashvili
Medea Amiranashvili
მედეა ამირანაშვილი
	Amiranashvili c. 1983
Born	10 October 1930; Shorapani, Transcaucasian SFSR, Soviet Union
Died	2 December 2023 (aged 93); Georgia
Education	Tbilisi State Conservatoire
Occupations	Operatic soprano; Academic teacher;
Organizations	Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre; Tbilisi State Conservatoire;
Awards	People's Artist of the USSR; Order of Queen Tamara;

Medea Amiranashvili (Georgian: მედეა ამირანაშვილი; 10 October 1930 – 2 December 2023) was a Georgian operatic soprano and academic teacher. She appeared in leading roles of both Georgian and international operas, such as Revaz Lagidze's Lela, Verdi's Leonora in Il trovatore and Puccini's Madama Butterfly, credited with portraying them with "fierce inner expression". She was honoured as a People's Artist of the USSR in 1976 and the Order of Queen Tamara in 2021.