This March, Elīna Garanča returns to Vienna to sing Santuzza in the Wiener Staatsoper double-bill of Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci, directed by Jean-Pierre Ponnelle. The Latvian mezzo-soprano stars in Cavalleria Rusticana opposite Yonghoon Lee (Turiddu) and Paolo Rumetz (Alfio). Giacomo Sagripanti conducts.
On February 17, Elīna performs a recital of art songs at Wigmore Hall alongside frequent collaborator, pianist Malcolm Martineau. The program includes selections from Schumann’s Myrthen, as well as Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder and Mahler’s Rückert Lieder.
Later, on February 25, the Latvian mezzo-soprano joins conductor Ion Marin in with the Hungarian State Opera Orchestra at Erkel Theater in Budapest.
On February 21, Ecowin releases a new edition of Elīna Garanča’s memoirs, Zwischen den Welten: Mein Weg auf die großen Opernbühnen for audiences in Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.
In the book, Elīna writes about her personal life and her extraordinary career, describing her great successes in the world’s leading opera houses and examining the difficult balance of the personal and professional.
