Elina Garanca

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Anna Netrebko's recording of I Capuleti e I Montecchi in Wien will be released by DG

Anna Netrebko (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008

The recording of I Capuleti e I Montecchi made during the live performances on 22., 25. and 28. April 2008 at the Wiener Konzerthaus in Wien, with Anna Netrebko as Giulietta, Elina Garanca as Roméo, Joseph Calleja as Tebaldo, Robert Gleadow as Lorenzo and Tiziano Bracci as Capellio, will be released by Deutsche Grammophone to coincide with Anna and Elina's London appearances on...

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Anna Netrebko as Micaela at the Wiener Staatsoper

Anna Netrebko (Free subscription) | 08/11/2008

On a 24. March 2008 post we anounced that Bizet's Carmen performances with Elina Garanca in the title role, Rolando Villazón as Don José and Anna Netrebko as Micaela, would be scheduled at the Wiener Staatsoper in 2010. The conductor would be Mariss Jansons . Anna Netrebko has previously sung the role of Micaela in Tokyo on 14. November 1996, Mikkeli on 6. July 1997 and Sigulda on 5....

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2008 Recap: It's Anna's Year to Shine as She Drops Her Fourth Solo DG Recording

Opera Chic (Free subscription) | 29/10/2008

... include Polish tenor Piotr Beczala (for Richard Heuberger's Der Opernball "Im chambre séparée"), Elina Garanca (for Offenbach's Les Contes d'Hoffmann Barcarolle), and wee little choirboy Andrew Swait (for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem "Pie Jesu"). Out of all the tracks, we're looking forward to Anna's take on the traditional Jewish song "Schlof sche, mein Vögele", sung in Yiddish....

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Es ist kein Laut zu vernehmen

Prima la musica, poi le parole (Free subscription) | 28/10/2008

... I am curious to see Anthony Minghella's production. La Cenerentola will be fun, though. I like Elina Garanca (although I'd be even more excited by Glorious Joyce in the role) but more importantly, Clorinda will be sung by Our Own Rachelle Durkin. But all that's in the future. First things first: we had Salome this weekend. I switched cinematic allegiances and saw it at the Cremorne...

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