After discs for Ondine and Virgin, Latvian mezzo soprano Elina Garanca made her Deutsche Grammophon debut in late 2006 with this disc called Aria Cantilena after the first movement of Villa-Lobos' Bachianas brasileiras No. 5. For the most part, the then-30-year-old Garanca stuck with the lighter end of the French and Italian repertoire -- Massenet ...
Imagine Le nozze di Figaro with the Countess played as the heroine, the Count played as a fool, and Figaro played as Cherubino and you have some idea of what to expect from the plot of Der Rosenkavalier. Now imagine Le nozze di Figaro with the graceful melodies of Mozart and the sensual harmonies of Wagner coupled with the glowing colors of Mahler ...
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