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The young mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca has quickly established
herself as one of the music world's newest stars through her
performances with leading opera theaters and symphony orchestras
around the world. She has captured critical and popular accl
for her beautiful voice, intelligent musicianship, and compelling
stage portrayals. For her debut on Deutsche Grammophon,
Aria Cantilena, Elina Garanca has selected some of her favorite
arias and scenes from current and future stage roles--ranging
from the coloratura tour-de-force of Rossini's Cenerentola to the
sparkling wit of Offenbach's Grande-Duchesse to the emotional
intensity of Charlotte's "Letter Scene" from Massenet's Werther.
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Latvian mezzo-soprano Elina Garanča has quickly reached the top
rank internationally. Her debut album for Deutsche Grammophon
covers an unusually varied repertoire, sung in five languages.
Besides the operatic material, Garanča includes a zarzuela aria,
a Spanish song, and Villa-Lobos's ever-popular "Aria (Cantilena)"
from Bachianas Basileiras no. 5 (hence the album's title). At any
speed or dynamic level through a wide range, Garanča negotiates
everything effortlessly. Such complete technical command is
impressive, especially in such a young singer. It would have been
even more exciting, however, to have that technique serve a truly
individual vocal timbre and a specific, meaningful delivery of
the words. Where are fervent Nicklausse, anguished Charlotte,
sexy Isabella, and warm-hearted Cenerentola? These very different
personalities come to life only intermittently in their arias.
The Villa-Lobos (where Garanča isn't portraying a character and
sings frequently on just "Ah") registers most strongly. DG gives
Garanča terrific colleagues for the Rosenkavalier trio (sopranos
Adrianne Pieczonka and Diana Damrau), magnificent support from
the Staatskapelle Dresden under Fabio Luisi, and a CD booklet
with eight photos of the glamorous young star. Promising she
certainly is, but she still has some distance to travel
artistically to deserve this kind of attention. --Roger Pines
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Exceptional debut from a singer surely destined to join the
greats. -- Gramophone Magazine
We always knew she was good; no one ever thought she was this
good. -- Opera News Online
About the Artist
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ELINA GARANCA mezzo-soprano The young mezzo-soprano Elina
Garanca has quickly established herself as one of the music
world's newest stars through her performances with leading opera
theaters and symphony orchestras around the world. She has
captured critical and popular accl for her beautiful voice,
intelligent musicianship, and compelling stage portrayals. Elina
Garanca begins the 2006-07 season with a return to the Opera de
Paris in performances as Sesto in La clemenza di Tito. She then
returns to her home in Vienna for performances as Dorabella in
Cosi fan tutte and Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier with the Vienna
Staatsoper. She appears again as Mozart's Sesto in her debut
performances with the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin before
concluding the season with another debut at Royal Opera House,
Covent Garden in performances as Dorabella. Highlights of Ms.
Garanca's performances in concert and recital this season include
a European concert tour with the Orchestra of the Concertgebouw
Amsterdam under the direction of Mariss Jansons, her recital
debut at the Vienna Musikverein, and a solo concert tour of seven
cities in Germany with the Munich Symphony Orchestra. Elina
Garanca has appeared frequently with the Vienna Staatsoper
including recent performances as Charlotte in a new production of
Werther site Marcelo Alvarez, Dorabella, Octavian, Cherubino
in Le nozze di Figaro under the direction of Riccardo Muti,
Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia, and Meg Page in a new
production of Falstaff. Her first performances as Sesto in La
clemenza di Tito were with the Theater an der Wien. She has
appeared as Dorabella with the Vienna Festwochen,and this role
was also the vehicle for her return to the Salzburg Festival in a
new production of Cosi fan tutte led by Philippe Jordan after her
successful debut there as Annio in a new production of La
clemenza di Tito under the direction of Nikolaus Harnoncourt.
Audiences in Paris saw the mezzo-soprano for the first time when
she made her debut in the title role of La cenerentola with the
Theatre Champs-Elysees, and she soon returned for performances as
Dorabella in a Patrice Chereau production of Cosi fan tutte which
she premiered at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence. She counts among
her other recent successes her first performances as Adalgisa
site the Norma of Edita Gruberova in concert performances in
Baden-Baden and performances as Nicklausse for her debut in Japan
with the New National Theater. She has appeared frequently in
Finland including performances as Rosina and Giovanna Seymour in
Anna Bolena with the Finnish National Opera and Maddalena in
Rigoletto with the Savonlinna Festival. In her native Latvia, she
has appeared as Rosina with the National Opera and as Giovanna
Seymour on tour with the National Opera to Romania and Greece.
Elina Garanca is a frequent guest with leading symphony
orchestras throughout Europe. She has appeared with the Vienna
Philharmonic in performances of Berg's Sieben frühe Lieder, and
with the Bayerische Rundfunk in Dvorak's Requiem. She performedde
Falla's Der Dreispitz at Vienna's Musikverein led by Bertrand de
Billy and recently appeared in Beethoven's Missa Solemnis with
the Orchestre National de France led by Kurt Masur. In 2006, she
returned to the Salzburg Festival for concerts of Mozart sacred
music conducted by Riccardo Muti. She is a frequent guest in
Finland where she has appeared as soloist in Rossini's Stabat
Mater and in a concert of Mozart arias, both with the Helsinki
Philharmonic. She has also appeared in concert with the RAI
Orchestra in Turin and with the Belgian National Orchestra. Ms.
Garanca has a varied recital repertoire and has given solo
recitals at the Helsinki Festival and the Turku Festival. Elina
Garanca began her professional career as a resident artist with
the Sudthuringischer Staatstheater in Meiningen where she
appeared in a number of leading roles. Later, as a resident
artist with the Frankfurt Opera, she appeared as Rosina,
Dorabella, and Hänsel in Hansel und Gretel. Elina Garanca's
appearances on television include performances of arias and songs
on programs including `Klassisch!' and `Eine Grosses Nachtmusik.'
In October 2006, the Foundation Europäischer Kulturpreis will
award Elina Garanca a prize for her artistic achievements during
a gala at the Semper Opera Dresden. The gala, including a
performance by Ms. Garanca, will be broadcast on German
television. Ms. Garanca's solo debut was a program of
opera arias released by Ondine in 2001. In 2004 the mezzo-soprano
recorded Vivaldi's Les Bazaget for Virgin Classics, and in 2005
she completed a solo of Mozart arias with the same
label. Also in 2005, she recorded Rossini's Il barbiere di
Siviglia with the Münchener Rundfunkorchester for Sony. Her
performance as Charlotte in Massenet's Werther at the Vienna
State Opera site Marcelo Alvarez was released on DVD on the
TDK label. The same label also released a DVD of the Salzburg
Festival's 2003 production ofLa clemenza di Tito which featured
Elīna Garanča as Annio under the direction of Harnoncourt. In
September 2005 Elina Garanca became an exclusive artist
with Deutsche Grammophon. She participated in DG's all-star
compilation `The Mozart Album', which was released in August 2006
to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Mozart's birth. Her first
solo is slated for release in early 2007. Ms. Garanca
was born into a musical family in Riga, Latvia. In 1996 she
entered the Latvian Academy of Music, and since 1998 she has
studied with Irina Gavrilovici in Vienna and Virginia Zeani in
the United States. She won the Mirjam Helin Singing Competition
in 1999 and was a finalist in the 2001 BBC Cardiff Singer of the
World Competition.
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