- Elīna Garanča
Elīna Garanča (born
September 16 ,1976 ) is aLatvia nmezzo-soprano .Biography
Born into a musical family in
Riga , Garanča entered the Latvian Academy of Music in 1996 to study singing with Sergej Martinov. She continued her studies inVienna with Irina Gavrilović and in theUnited States withVirginia Zeani . Garanča began her professional career at the "Südthüringisches Staatstheater" inMeiningen and later worked at the Frankfurt Opera. In 1999 she won the Mirjam Helin Singing Competition inHelsinki ,Finland Garanča's international breakthrough came in 2003 at the Salzburger Festspiele when she sang Annio in a production of Mozart's "
La clemenza di Tito ", conducted byNikolaus Harnoncourt . Major engagements followed quickly, such as Charlotte in "Werther ", Dorabella in "Così fan tutte " at the Vienna State Opera (2004) and Dorabella in a Paris production directed byPatrice Chéreau (2005). In 2006 she returned to "La clemenza di Tito", this time singing the part of Sesto. On January 12, 2008, Garanča made her company and house debut at theMetropolitan Opera inNew York , in the role of Rosina in Rossini's "Il barbiere di Siviglia". Of her debut, Bernard Holland wrote in "The New York Times ": "Ms. Garanca is the real thing (...) 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." [cite web |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/14/arts/music/14barb.html?ref=music |title=Barreling Through Rossini With a ‘Noises Off’ Rhythm |accessdate=2008-01-14 |author=Holland, Bernard |date=2008-01-14 |work=The New York Times ]Recordings
Her recordings include the
Grammy Award winning "Bajazet" conducted byFabio Biondi , in which she sang the role of Andronico. In 2005 Garanča signed an exclusive contract withDeutsche Grammophon .Listen
To hear Elīna Garanča sing the role of Rosina from
Rossini 'sIl barbiere di Siviglia click on this link: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=od368OEUZ_8 Watch Here]References
External links
* [http://elinagaranca.com elinagaranca.com] , official site
* [http://odb-opera.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=79/Elina Elīna Garanča] at the Opera Database
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