On April 14 and 20, Elīna Garanča performs in Giuseppe Verdi’s famous Messa di Requiem at Festspielhaus Baden-Baden. The Latvian mezzo-soprano is joined by soprano Vittoria Yeo, tenor Francesco Meli, and baritone Ildar Abdrazakov. Conductor Riccardo Muti leads the Berliner Philharmoniker and the Chor des Bayerischen Rundfunks.
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.
