Nino Machaidze

In January 2018, she debuted as Mathilde in William Tell at the Teatro Massimo and Nedda in Pagliacci at the Grand Théâtre de Genève. She debuted at the Zürich Opera House singing Luisa Miller in April. She performed the Georgian national anthem "Tavisupleba" on the parade for the centenary of the Democratic Republic of Georgia.

In 2017, she continued to sing lighter roles: Fiorilla at the Bergen National Opera, Folleville at the Royal Danish Theatre, and her last Gilda at the San Francisco Opera, in addition to performances as Thaïs at the Liceu and Leïla at the Los Angeles Opera. She returned to the Rossini Opera Festival, debuting as Pamira in Le siège de Corinthe.

In 2014, Machaidze debuted at the Vienna State Opera in Otto Schenk's production of L'elisir d'amore, and then performed Leïla at the Teatro Regio di Parma and the Teatro Comunale Modena. She returned to the Los Angeles Opera in Thaïs and performed her first Violetta in La traviata, a role which she later reprised at the Hamburg State Opera and the Verona Arena. In November, she debuted as Luisa in Luisa Miller at the Hamburg State Opera, a production to which she would return in 2016 and 2018. In 2015, she debuted as Folleville in Il viaggio a Reims at the Dutch National Opera, Micaëla in Carmen at La Scala, Ninetta in La gazza ladra at the Rossini Opera Festival, and Inès in L'Africaine at the Deutsche Oper Berlin. She also performed Fiorilla at the Teatro Regio di Torino and Gilda at the Théâtre du Capitole. In 2016, she debuted as Desdemona in Rossini's Otello at the Theater an der Wien and as Mimì in La bohème at the Los Angeles Opera, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel. In December, she reprised both roles respectively at the Teatro di San Carlo and the Grand Théâtre de Genève, with the former marked 200 years since the opera's world premiere in the city. She also performed in Opéra de Monte-Carlo's production of Roméo et Juliette at the Royal Opera House Muscat.

The year 2011 saw her debut at the Metropolitan Opera as Gilda in January. She returned to the house in May to replace Diana Damrau in the same role, and in December to perform Marie again in Pelly's production. She returned to the Los Angeles Opera to perform in Fiorilla and Juliette, a role which she also delivered at La Scala, the Verona Arena, and the BOZAR. In April, she debuted as Leïla in Les pêcheurs de perles at the Teatro Filarmonico in Verona, and later at the Salle Pleyel in Paris. In September, she made house debut at the Hamburg State Opera singing Gilda and Lucia. She resumed in role of Gilda at the Paris Opera, Teatro Pérez Galdós in Las Palmas, and the Teatro Carlo Felice. In 2012, she returned to the Salzburg Festival, performing Musetta in La bohème. She debuted as the title role in Thaïs, alongside Plácido Domingo, at the Teatro de la Maestranza and then opened a concert performance of La fille du régiment at the Teatro Municipal in Rio de Janeiro. In 2013, she returned to Spain, performing in Il turco in Italia at the Liceu and L'elisir d'amore at the Teatro Real in Madrid.

Machaidze has been residing in Milan, Italy since 2005. She married baritone Guido Loconsolo on 26 September 2011. Their son, Alessandro, was born on 9 August 2013. She enjoys swimming but not jogging. She is active on social media and has over 100,000 followers on Facebook.

Machaidze has been a Sony artist since January 2011.

In January 2009, Machaidze portrayed Elvira in I puritani opposite Juan Diego Flórez at the Teatro Comunale di Bologna. In April she performed Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor at La Monnaie and subsequently reprised the role at the Teatro Municipale Giuseppe Verdi in Salerno next month. She joined the cast as Donna Fiorilla in a new production of Il turco in Italia at the Theater an der Wien in July. In September she debuted at the Los Angeles Opera as Adina in L'elisir d'amore, and in December premiered David Bösch's production of the same opera at the Bavarian State Opera, to which she frequently returned in the following seasons. She continued to deliver performances as Adina at the Berlin State Opera and La Scala. In 2010, she performed Lucia at the Palau de les Arts Reina Sofia in Valencia and debuted at the Liceu in Pelly's production of La fille du régiment. She also returned to the Salzburg Festival, sharing Juliette with Netrebko, and debuted at the London Royal Opera House in the same role.

Being spotted by artistic director Jürgen Flimm as Lauretta led to her opportunity to play Juliette in the new production of Gounod's Roméo et Juliette opposite Rolando Villazón at the Salzburg Festival in 2008 when Anna Netrebko dropped out due to pregnancy. After one month's preparation, the performance turned out to be successful, therefore propelled her to international fame. She was nicknamed "The Angelina Jolie of Opera" by the press. She went on to reprise Juliette at the Concertgebouw and La Fenice. In October 2008, she debuted at the Teatro Regio di Parma as Gilda in Rigoletto.

In 2005, she was among the 9 applicants accepted into the Accademia del Teatro alla Scala after an intense competition. At the academy, she studied with Luciana Serra, Leyla Gencer, and Luigi Alva and also attended masterclasses of Renato Bruson and Mirella Freni. In 2006 she debuted at the theater as Najade in Ariadne auf Naxos and won first prize in the Leyla Gencer Voice Competition in Istanbul.

Nino Machaidze was born to a Georgian language teacher mother and an economist father and raised in Tbilisi. At the age of six she began piano and vocal lessons at a school affiliated with the Tbilisi State Conservatoire, which she later also attended. At 17, she also attended flute lessons, hoping to strengthen the diaphragm. Between 2000 and 2005, she had role engagements as Zerlina in Don Giovanni, Gilda in Rigoletto, Rosina in The Barber of Seville, and Norina in Don Pasquale at the Georgian National Opera Theater.

Nino Machaidze (Georgian: ნინო მაჩაიძე ; born 8 March 1983) is a Georgian operatic soprano. She gained international attention after being cast as Juliette in Roméo et Juliette at the 2008 Salzburg Festival. She is also notable for bel canto roles such as Fiorilla in Il turco in Italia, Adina in L'elisir d'amore, and Violetta in La traviata.