'‘Anita’ is Rachvelishvili’s debut album with Sony Classical. The Georgian mezzo-soprano rose to fame in 2009 when Daniel Barenboim selected the young singer to open the La Scala season and perform the main role of Carmen alongside Jonas Kaufmann as Don José. Since this time, Rachvelishvili has sung at prestigious venues including The Metropolitan Opera, the Deutsche Oper, the Bayerische Staatsoper, the Arena di Verona and London’s Royal Opera House. . ‘Anita’ features some of the most popular opera arias in the mezzo-soprano repertoire; it also includes a special addition of ‘Cavatina of King Tamar’, from Georgian composer Dmitry Arakishvili’s opera ‘The Legend of Shota Rustaveli’ – a nod to Rachvelishvili’s Georgian heritage.