Tsisana Tatishvili

Tsisana Tatishvili (; 1939–2017) was a Georgian operatic soprano and educator who performed at the Tbilisi Opera from 1963 to 2000. People's Artist of the USSR. She also sang at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow and at the Komische Oper in Berlin. Her roles included Desdemona in Otello, Ortuda in Lohengrin and the title roles in Tosca and Salome. On retiring from the stage, she was active as a voice teacher.

Biography Born in Tbilisi on 30 December 1937, Tatishvili studied voice at the State Conservatory under Gulnara Kartvelishvili, graduating in 1963. Until 2000, she was a soloist at the Tbilisi Opera and Ballet Theatre but also performed abroad, especially in Moscow and Berlin. As a concert performer, she sang the Ode to Joy in Beethoven's 9th Symphony and Verdi's Requiem as well as works by the Georgian composers Otar Taktakishvili and Aleksandre Machavariani. On retiring from the stage, she became a voice teacher and served on committees promoting opera in Georgia. the Shota Rustaveli Prize in 1987, the Presidential Order of Excellence (1979) and the Georgian Order of Honour (2012).