San Diego Opera debut. Georgian mezzo soprano Nino Surguladze made her professional debut as Marguerite in La damnation de Faust in Parma. Recent engagements include Siebel in Faust at La Scala, the title role of Carmen in Bologna, Dorabella in Così fan tutte at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Maddalena in Rigoletto at Teatro Real in Madrid, Magdalene in Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg at Grand Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona, Nicklausse and the muse in The Tales of Hoffmann for Teatro Regio and Olga in Eugene Onegin for the Lyric Opera of Chicago. In 2001 she joined the Academy Studio of La Scala and has performed roles there in productions of Salome, Boris Godunov, Donizetti’s Ugo, conte di Parigi, Verdi’s Oberto, Conte di San Bonifacio and The Italian Girl in Algiers. She makes her Metropolitan Opera debut in Fall 2010 as Maddalena in Rigoletto.