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Elīna Garanča

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Elina Garanca is a mezzo soprano opera singer from Latvia described in the Daily Telegraph newspaper as "a rare and exotic creature" whose performances are "a throwback to another musical age when style was grand and voices were plush". Statuesque and imposing, she has won acclaim for her singing in concert and on a series of well-received recordings and video releases. In 2016-17, she appeared at the Bayerische Staatsoper Munich, Paris Opera, the Metropolitan Opera in New York and with the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Born into a musical family in Riga, then part of the Soviet Union, she studied with her father, a choral conductor, and her mother, a singer, and then in her home city, Vienna and the United States. She established herself quickly as a major presence in world opera with prizes and performances and sang with the Meiningen Opera and the Frankfurt Opera. Her recording debut came in 2001 and she broke through in 2003 when she sang in a production of Mozart's 'La Clemenza di Tito' at the Salzburger Festspiele. Her 2005 release, 'Vivaldi: Bajazet' won her a Grammy Award nomination for Best Opera Recording. 'Bel Canto' (2009) with Filarmonica Del Teatro Comunale Di Bologna went to number 23 on the Billboard Classical Albums Chart, 'Habanera' with Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Della Rai reached number ten, 'Meditation' with the Latvian Radio Choir and the Deutsche Radio Philharmonic peaked at number 12 and 'Revive' with Orquestra de La Comunitat Valeneiana hit number 17. In January 2018, she made a three-city concert tour of Mexico and then headed to perform 'Carmen' at Bayerische Staatsoper.
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  2.   Bizet: Agnus Dei by Karel Mark Chichon
  3.   Adam: Cantique de Noel featuring Latvian Radio Choir
  4.   Allegri: Miserere Mei, Deus featuring Latvian Radio Choir
  5.   Caccini: Ave Maria by Karel Mark Chichon
  6.   Wagner: Parsifal, Act II: Gelobter Held! Entflieh dem Wahn! featuring Pablo Heras-Casado
  7.   Wagner: Parsifal, Act II: Nun such ich ihn von Welt zu Welt featuring Pablo Heras-Casado
  8.   Wagner: Parsifal, Act II: Vergeh, unseliges Weib! featuring Pablo Heras-Casado
  9.   Wagner: Parsifal, Act III: Von dorther kam das Stöhnen featuring Pablo Heras-Casado
  10.   Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Eccomi in lieta vesta / Act 2 - O tu, mia sola speme featuring ElÄ«na Garanča
  11.   Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Eccomi in lieta vesta / Act 2 - Ah! crudel! che mai facesti featuring ElÄ«na Garanča
  12.   Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Eccomi in lieta vesta / Act 2 - Ecco la tomba featuring ElÄ«na Garanča
  13.   Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Eccomi in lieta vesta / Act 2 - Deh! tu, deh! tu, bell'anima featuring ElÄ«na Garanča
  14.   de Falla: Siete canciones populares españolas - arranged by José Maria Gallardo del Rey - 4. Jota by ElÄ«na Garanča
  15.   de Falla: Siete canciones populares españolas - Arranged By José Maria Gallardo del Rey - 5. Nana by ElÄ«na Garanča
  16.   Gounod: Sapho, CG 1 / Act III: O ma lyre immortelle featuring Yves Abel
  17.   Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Eccomi in lieta vesta / Act 1 - Tace il fragor silenzio featuring ElÄ«na Garanča
  18.   Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Eccomi in lieta vesta / Act 1 - Io te lo chiedo featuring ElÄ«na Garanča
  19.   Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Eccomi in lieta vesta / Act 1 - Deh! per pietà t'arresta featuring ElÄ«na Garanča
  20.   Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Eccomi in lieta vesta / Act 1 - Accoriam Romeo! featuring Joseph Calleja
  21.   Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Eccomi in lieta vesta / Act 1 - Se ogni speme featuring Joseph Calleja
  22.   Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Eccomi in lieta vesta / Act 1 - Che miro? Il perfido nemico ambasciator! featuring Joseph Calleja
  23.   Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Eccomi in lieta vesta / Act 1 - Soccorso, sostegno accordagli featuring Joseph Calleja
  24.   Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Eccomi in lieta vesta / Act 1 - Proprizia è l'ora featuring ElÄ«na Garanča
  25.   Bellini: I Capuleti e i Montecchi: Eccomi in lieta vesta / Act 1 - La tremenda ultrice spada featuring Joseph Calleja
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