Celebrating themes of female strength, fortitude and grace, Latvian mezzo-soprano skates through gripping renditions of classic opera arias. Her “Va! Laisse couler mes larmes” from Massenet’s fateful Werther is pure despair, and yet her tremendous voice carries it ever towards hope.
Cilea: Adriana Lecouvreur
Acerba voluttà, dolce tortura ... O vagabonda stella d'Oriente
Berlioz: Les Troyens, H. 133
Ah! Ah! Je vais mourir ... Adieu, fière cité
G. Verdi: Don Carlo
Nel giardin del bello
Elīna Garanča, Roberto Abbado, Coro de la Comunitat Valenciana, Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, Jennifer O'Loughlin
Samson, recherchant ma présence ... Amour, viens aider ma faiblesse
Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov
Skučno, Marine ... Kak tomitel'no i vyalo
Ecco, respiro appena ... Io son l'umile ancella
Venge-moi d'une suprême offense! ... Ne me refuse pas
Ponchielli: La Gioconda, Op. 9
Ho il cuor gonfio di lagrime ... Stella del marinar!
Leoncavallo: La bohème
È destin, debbo andarmene ... Marcello mio
Saint-Saëns: Henry VIII, R. 291
Production
- Anna BarryProducer
- Justus BeyerAssistant Recording Engineer
- Natasha SimmondsAssistant Recording Engineer
- Stephan FlockRecording Engineer
- Nikolai Rimsky-KorsakovEditing Engineer
- Elīna GarančaLiner Notes