Who is Elina Garanca | Mezzo-Soprano
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Mezzo-Soprano Wows in Bizet's Carmen
What fun to watch the gorgeous Garanca accompany her dustpan with such a beautiful voice! Check out the video clip below and enjoy the final aria of that performance.
Elina Garanca
Born September 16, 1975
Riga, Latvia
Elina Garanca
Elina Garanca sings Habanera
From Carmen at Therme di Caracalla (July 2009)
"Carmen is defined by her unwillingness to settle," Garnaca said. "She is constantly searching for something and never satisfied. It may be sex, or more broadly, approval by men. It could also just be zest for life. And in that she is uncompromising."
Of course, given that this Carmen happens in our opera world, the back story keeps on giving. Garanca performed because Angela Gheorghiu canceled. This production had been designed for Gheorghiu but apparently the diva decided to limit her stage time with Roberto Alagna, her estranged husband, who sings the role of Don Jose in Carmen.
Garanca & Alagna Talk about Carmen
BBC Interview
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- Gheorghiu Pulls Out of ‘Carmen’ Completely | ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
- The Metropolitan Opera said on Friday that she had withdrawn from her two remaining performances of the production, which was created for her.
- Dance - Dancing in the Met's "Carmen" Sometimes Makes Little Sense | NYTimes.com
- Sex and death abound as themes in Christopher Wheeldon’s choreography, part of the Metropolitan Opera’s staging of Bizet’s “Carmen.”
- Barreling Through Rossini With a 'Noises Off' Rhythm | The New York Times
- Ms. Garanca is the real thing. Svelte, graceful and with a sense of humor, she flits around her decidedly portlier colleagues. Modern singing techniques adapt with difficulty to Rossini's early-19th-century emphasis on speed, lightness and athletic articulation, and Ms. Garanca was the only one onstage sounding completely comfortable. The lyric passages sang out; the episodes of racecourse delivery were fully in hand.
Final rondo Act II: "Naqui all'affanno ... Non più mesta"
Gioacchino Rossini: La Cenerentola
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Garanca sings with the Latvian National Symphony Orchestra conducted by Alexander Vilumanis.
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Elina Garanca in the News
- Spirited singing fails to enliven Mozart opera
- In her role as Sesto, Elina Garanca's big mezzo voice easily powered into effortless crescendos that rode atop the orchestra before throttling down with equal aplomb to perform delicate passages allowing solo woodwinds to shine through.
- Spirited singing fails to enliven Mozart opera
- Photo: Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Poehn / AP In this photo taken Monday, May 7, 2012, Elina Garanca in the role of Sesto and Michael Schade as Tito, from left, perform during a dress rehearsal for the opera "La Clemenza di Tito" by Wolfgang Amadeus ...
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- In her role as Sesto, Elina Garanca's big mezzo voice easily powered into effortless crescendos that rode atop the orchestra before throttling down with equal aplomb to perform delicate passages allowing solo woodwinds to shine through.
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- In her role as Sesto, Elina Garanca's big mezzo voice easily powered into effortless crescendos that rode atop the orchestra before throttling down with equal aplomb to perform delicate passages allowing solo woodwinds to shine through.
Garanca & Netrebko Sing Bellini
I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi
Recorded 2008 & Released May 5, 2009
Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi
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I Capuleti e i Montecchi is one of the loveliest and most moving of bel canto operas, though not among the more frequently performed. When Anna Netrebko and Elina Garanca sang Giulietta and Romeo in Vienna last year at the performances documented in this recording, critics were enthusiastic.
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Blog Posts about Elina Garanca
- Spirited singing fails to enliven Mozart opera
- In her role as Sesto, Elina Garanca's big mezzo voice easily powered into effortless crescendos that rode atop the orchestra before throttling down with equal aplomb to perform delicate passages allowing solo woodwinds to shine through.
- Spirited singing fails to enliven Mozart opera
- Photo: Wiener Staatsoper/Michael Poehn / AP In this photo taken Monday, May 7, 2012, Elina Garanca in the role of Sesto and Michael Schade as Tito, from left, perform during a dress rehearsal for the opera "La Clemenza di Tito" by Wolfgang Amadeus ...
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- In her role as Sesto, Elina Garanca's big mezzo voice easily powered into effortless crescendos that rode atop the orchestra before throttling down with equal aplomb to perform delicate passages allowing solo woodwinds to shine through.
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- In her role as Sesto, Elina Garanca's big mezzo voice easily powered into effortless crescendos that rode atop the orchestra before throttling down with equal aplomb to perform delicate passages allowing solo woodwinds to shine through.
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La Cenerentola (Metropolitan Opera) (2010)
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Rossini: La Cenerentola - Metropolitan Opera
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Rossini's classic take on the "Cinderella" story is a comic opera full of thrilling arias, beautiful melodies and lots of laughs. The Metropolitan's charming production was revived in 2009 for star mezzo, El%u0131na Garanca. The mezzo triumphs in the role and dispatches vocal fireworks throughout. She is joined by American tenor Lawrence Brownlee and a cast of bel canto singers. BONUS FEATURE: Interviews by Thomas Hampson
Bel Canto
Bel Canto
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Elina Garanca follows her exceptional debut splash, Aria Cantilena, with bel canto solos and ensembles featuring guest luminaries like Ildebrando d'Arcangelo. Flawless coloratura and a 'one-in-a-million' mezzo (The Independent) make this exciting young artist ideal for this repertoire. Balancing familiar numbers and ensembles with little known treasures by Bellini, Donizetti and Rossini, Elina rides bel canto's vocal acrobatics and spun out melodies through an emotional spectrum to unforgettable effect Universal
The Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden (2008)
The Opera Gala: Live from Baden-Baden
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The Festival Theatre at the German spa town of Baden-Baden is a spanking modern concert hall behind the façade of a handsome 19th-century railroad station. In July 2007, it hosted an evening of wonderful singing by a quartet of leading operatic stars in a program that could have been titled "Opera's Greatest Hits." After a brief orchestral piece from Bellini's Norma the fireworks begin with the duet Mira, o Norma featuring soprano Anna Netrebko and mezzo Elina Garanca, their voices blending beautifully.
