- Vienna State Opera, Jonas Kaufmann, Philippe Jordan, Elīna Garanča, Georg Zeppenfeld, Ludovic Tézier, Vienna State Opera Choir, Wolfgang Koch
Elīna Garanča
Biography
Mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča had a meteoric rise following the 2003 Salzburg Festival, where she appeared to acclaim in Mozart's La Clemenza di Tito. As critics and admirers attest, her vocal talent is immense. She has appeared on several chart-topping recordings with Anna Netrebko and on the Grammy-winning Vivaldi opera album Bajazet with soprano Patrizia Ciofi. Garanča was chosen for those successful efforts because of the beauty of her creamy, powerful voice and her extraordinary dramatic skills. Garanča possesses a large repertory of operatic roles, and her concert and recital repertory is also broad. She made her Bayreuth Festival debut in 2023, and in 2024, she issued the album When Night Falls....