Besides a magnificent voice, charisma and solid vocal training, he also had the stage record of seven seasons at the Tiflis Imperial Theater, where he performed a series of lead tenor roles.

His exceptionally beautiful voice, striking stage presence, and fiery temperament all immediately propelled Andjaparidze through the top ranks and made him into the sole and inimitable master of the tenor domain.

Bolshoi directors eagerly assigned him to the key repertoire productions that would make vocalists' dreams - Carmen, Aida, Rigoletto, La Traviata, Boris Godunov, Iolanthe.

His constant partners on the Moscow stage included such great Russian opera singers as Irina Arkhipova, Galina Vishnevskaya, Tamara Milashkina, Pavel Lisitsian and Ivan Petrov, among others.

A Bolshoi tour performance of this opera at the La Scala in 1964, left one Italian newspaper to remark: "Zurab Andjaparidze was a revelation for the Milanese public.