There are singers of good voice, with a less surprising voice, but with a plus of expressiveness, and also there are great artists that we like more or less, but that have incredible power and artistic passion. In this latter group we have to classify the great Georgian mezzo Anita Rachvelishvili. It is a vocal and musical phenomenon that leaves no one indifferent to its surprising artistic qualities.

His presence on the stage of the Euskalduna Palace was strong and solid, and he undoubtedly announced the power of his artistic message full of nuances and strength. Little woman!

What makes the most sense of this surprising Georgian mezzosoprano is, without a doubt, the power of his voice, full of resonance and bright colors in his cleared record, fine and clean – but strong –, deep, very fleshy, hard sometimes and with an almost dry timbre in the engravings.

He felt comfortable in the Russian repertoire, especially in Rachmaninov's songs, but perhaps he lacked some delicacy in Tchaikovsky's sensitive songs. However, the seven well-executed Spanish popular songs by Manuel de Falla were rare for our ears. Now, the vocal perfection of Rachvelishvili's voice, the appealing resounding and daring, maybe they were left in some way, and we didn't even see intentions, grace or expressiveness, as these songs demand.

Before entering the opera, Rachvelishvili gave us two songs by Tosti: Non t’amo più and Tristezza, full of expressiveness and delicious lyricism.

And the opera came. With this voice, in general very beautiful, full of power and with a line of singing without defects, he elegantly sang the Stride la vampa of Il Trovatore, electrically, and it was no less Nel giardin del bello, by Don Carlo, in saracin ostello. The public applauded with the enthusiasm deserved by the two interpretations. And after a short piano interlude, Rachvelishvili offered Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix from the opera Samson et Dalila de Saint-Säens, more forceful, more expressive, spreading a truly fascinating voice. He was the best of the recital, rewarded with applause and enthusiasm.