#elina garanca

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Ugh, I know the context behind the characters but I'm going to push it aside in the meantime

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Sapphic Ode / Sapphische Ode - Elīna Garanča / Anna Lucia Richter

Elīna Garanča, mezzo-soprano Anna Lucia Richter, mezzo-soprano

"And the scent of kisses enthralled me as never before, Those I plucked by night from the rose-bush of your lips; But you too, stirred in your soul like the branches, Shed tears like dew."

"Auch der Küsse Duft mich wie nie berückte, Die ich nachts vom Strauch deiner Lippen pflückte; Doch auch dir, bewegt im Gemüt gleich jenen, Tauten die Tränen."

"Ainsi le parfum des baisers m’enivra comme jamais, Ceux que je cueillis la nuit sur le buisson de tes lèvres ; Mais toi aussi, émue comme les branches, Tu versas des larmes."

Johannes Brahms / Hans Schmidt: Sapphische Ode

A Personal Note from Anna Lucia Richter on “Brahms Lieder”:

"Dedicating my first solo recording as a mezzo-soprano to Johannes Brahms’s songs for voice and piano was an easy decision. No other composer of his time seems to have enjoyed and explored the velvety, middle voice register as much as Brahms. Works such as Von ewiger Liebe, Sapphische Ode or Auf dem Kirchhofe will always be favourites of any mezzo-soprano. His handling of what at first appear to be “simple” texts is also particularly exciting for a Lied singer. Brahms penetrates so deeply into the words with his music, turns the poems into his own thoughts to such an extent that the listener can literally taste the mixture of word and sound."

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How do i be funny

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Nicole Car and Elina Garanca in Don Carlo. Wiener Staatsoper, 2025. (Photo: Frol Podlesnyi / WSO)

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10/10 photo choice from Ms. Morley here for her Otto Schenk tribute

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ELĪNA GARANČA as Amneris in VERDI: AIDA Bavarian State Opera, 2024