Elīna Garanča

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Elīna Garanča 2012 in Paris

Elīna Garanča (born September 16, 1976 in Riga , then Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic ) is a Latvian opera singer ( mezzo-soprano ).

Life

Elīna Garanča comes from a family of musicians, the father is a choir conductor, the mother Anita Garanča was a professor of singing at the Music Academy in Riga and vocal teacher at the Latvian National Opera in Riga. Garanča was originally interested in musicals , but after finishing school she decided to study opera (model: Joan Sutherland ). Garanča studied singing at the Latvian Music Academy with her mother and Sergej Martinov , then in the USA, in Amsterdam and in Vienna (with Irina Gavrilovici ). She has two children with her husband Karel Mark Chichon . Elīna Garanča speaks excellent German since she started her studies at the State Theater in Meiningen in 1998 .

Career

Garanča had her first engagements in Bucharest and Athens at the age of 21 . She came to the Vienna State Opera via the opera houses in Meiningen and Frankfurt am Main and made her debut as Lola in Cavalleria rusticana . When she won the International Mirjam Helin Singing Competition in Finland in 1999, the opera world became aware of the mezzo-soprano. Joan Sutherland, who was a member of the jury, spoke of a "brilliant voice" and the "appearance of a born diva". The international breakthrough came with the otherwise little-noticed part of Annio in Mozart's La clemenza di Tito at the Salzburg Festival in 2003 (conductor: Nikolaus Harnoncourt , director: Martin Kušej ). In 2004 she made her debut at the Vienna State Opera as Charlotte in Werther and as Dorabella in Così fan tutte . She could also be heard as Dorabella in 2005 at the Paris Opéra Bastille in the production of Patrice Chéreau . She made her debut at Covent Garden Opera in London with Così fan tutte in July 2007. In October 2007 she appeared on stage for the first time as Carmen in Riga, with her husband Karel Mark Chichon conducting . In January 2008 the debut followed and at the Metropolitan Opera in New York with Rosina in The Barber of Seville . There she took over the role of Sesto in La clemenza di Tito in the 2012/13 season . Her repertoire includes songs by Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, de Falla, Berg, Sibelius and Strauss as well as sacred works by u. a. Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Vivaldi and Rossini. In March 2011, at the opening of the Vienna Opera Ball , she sang the aria Mon cœur s'ouvre à ta voix from the opera Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saëns . Her involvement with Klassik unter Sternen in front of the Göttweig Abbey in Lower Austria , which takes place every year at the beginning of July as an open-air concert, has been traditional since 2008 .

Music recordings and media

In 2005 Garanča released a CD of arias with works by Mozart with Virgin Classics , which was awarded the Editor's choice in Gramophone . She has been under contract with Deutsche Grammophon since 2006 . Garanča has hosted the late night show Arte Lounge at ARTE since November 2010 .

Awards

Engagements

Discography

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Aria Cantilena
  AT 47 01/26/2007 (3 weeks)
Bel Canto
  DE 60 01/30/2009 (4 weeks)
  AT 47 01/30/2009 (3 weeks)
Habanera
  DE 81 09/03/2010 (1 week)
  AT 12 09/03/2010 (8 weeks)
Romantique
  AT 25th 08/31/2012 (5 weeks)
The Best of Elīna Garanča
  AT 69 December 20, 2013 (1 week)
meditation
  DE 37 09/26/2014 (1 week)
  AT 13 09/26/2014 (6 weeks)
Revive
  AT 59 11/18/2016 (4 weeks)
Sol y vida
  AT 31 05/24/2019 (2 weeks)

Complete CD recordings

  • 2000 Ieskacies acīs ; Marija Naumova, Niks Matvejevs, Elīna Garanča / Baltic Records Group
  • 2001 Aria Favorite ; Latvian National Symphony Orchestra, Alexandrs Vilumanis / Ondine
  • 2003 Anna : Opera Arias / Deutsche Grammophon
  • 2005 Mozart : Opera & Concert Arias ; Camerata Salzburg, Louis Langree / Virgin
  • 2005 Andronico in Bajazet by ( Antonio Vivaldi ) - 2 CDs; Europa Galante, Fabio Biondi / Virgin
  • 2005 Adalgisa in Norma by (Bellini) - 2 CDs; State Philharmonic of Rhineland-Palatinate, Friedrich Haider / Nightingale
  • 2006 Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia by Rossini - 2 CDs; Munich Radio Orchestra, M. Gómez-Martínez / Sony
  • 2006 Aria Cantilena ; Staatskapelle Dresden; Fabio Luisi / Deutsche Grammophon
  • 2006 The Mozart Album (with Netrebko , Quasthoff , Terfel , Pape and others) / Deutsche Grammophon
  • 2007 The Opera Gala - live from Baden Baden (with Netrebko, Vargas , Tezier; Marco Armiliato ) / Deutsche Grammophon
  • 2008 Anna Netrebko: Souvenirs (Barcarolle from Les Contes d'Hoffmann ) / Deutsche Grammophon
  • 2009 Bel Canto (under Roberto Abbado ) / Deutsche Grammophon
  • 2009 Romeo in I Capuleti ei Montecchi by Bellini - 2 CDs / Deutsche Grammophon
  • 2012 Romantique (Yves Abel & Filarmínica del Teatro Comunale de Bolonia) / Deutsche Grammophon
  • 2013 Elina - The Best of Elina Garanca / Deutsche Grammophon
  • 2014 Meditation ( Karel Mark Cichon & Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern + Latvian Radio Chorus) / Deutsche Grammophon
  • 2016 Revive (Elina Garanca, Roberto Abbado Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana) / Deutsche Grammophon

CD selection recordings

  • 2010 Habanera (with Karel Mark Chichon & Orchestra Sinfonica Nazionale Della Rai) / Deutsche Grammophon

Complete DVD recordings

  • 2005 Charlotte in Massenets Werther (Vienna State Opera 2005) - TDK
  • 2006 Annio in Mozart's La clemenza di Tito (Salzburg Festival 2003) - TDK
  • 2006 Dorabella in Mozart's Così fan tutte (Festival Aix-en-Provence 2005) - Virgin
  • 2010 Angelina in Rossini's La Cenerentola (Metropolitan Opera 2009) - Deutsche Grammophon
  • 2010 title role in Bizet's Carmen (Metropolitan Opera 2009 with Roberto Alagna as Don José)
  • 2011 Jane Seymour in Donizetti's Anna Bolena (Vienna State Opera 2011 with Anna Netrebko) - Deutsche Grammophon

DVD selection recordings

  • 2002 Operdziedataja uz skritulslidam ( Prima donna on Rollerskates) - Documentary feature / Rigas kinostudija
  • 2007 The Opera Gala - live from Baden Baden (with Netrebko, Vargas, Tezier; M. Armiliato) / Deutsche Grammophon

Fonts

  • Elīna Garanča: The shoes are really important. Autobiography. Verlag Ecowin, Salzburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-7110-0045-3 .
  • Elīna Garanča: Between the Worlds: My way to the big opera stages. Autobiography. Verlag Ecowin, Salzburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-7110-0233-4 .

literature

Web links

Commons : Elīna Garanča  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Garanca on baby break soon. On: ORF.at. August 11, 2013. Retrieved August 11, 2013.
  2. ↑ Click clack. On: BR.de. December 19, 2013, accessed December 20, 2013.
  3. ↑ Werner Theurich: Soprano Elina Garanca: Cool diva, cheeky charm. In: Spiegel Online . April 3, 2007, accessed January 9, 2014 .
  4. ↑ Elīna Garanča's appearances at the Vienna State Opera
  5. ↑ Classical music under the stars. Retrieved January 8, 2014.
  6. ↑ Petra Schwegler: Arte starts light night show with opera singer Garanca. In: Advertise & Sell . September 8, 2010, accessed January 9, 2014 .
  7. ↑ a b Awarded the title “Austrian Chamber Singer” to Elīna Garanča. ( Memento from January 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) At: der-neue-merker.eu. May 18, 2013, accessed January 9, 2014.
  8. ↑ Chart sources: Germany. ( Memento from October 15, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Austria.
personal data
SURNAME Garanča, Elīna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Latvian opera singer (mezzo-soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH September 16, 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Riga , Soviet Union