Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Elīna Garanča, the early years


Tickets for the Elīna Garanča recital in Athens, on November the 18th,
are out and selling fast.

Parsi did some digging and here's what he came up with:

This is not gonna be Garanča's first appearance in Athens!

11 years ago, ie. on the 22nd of October 1998,
Elina, aged just 22 (!!), sang the part of Giovanna Seymour at the Athens Megaron in a semi-staged performance of Anna Bolena, starring Vasso Papantoniou, the veteran Greek diva as Bolena.

Any testimonies?

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I was there, I cannot remember her. It was not a very good night for Papantoniu

Ines said...

ohi den itan kai i kaliteri nihta tis Papandwniiou, afou den perimene pote, tin epitihia tis Elina. Otan anoixe to stoma tis ekeino to vradi, to Megaro epathe. Spoudaze akoma me tin daskala tis sti Vienni kai molis eihe figei apo tin poli tis, ti Riga tis Letonias. Kai omws, to hrwma tis fwnis itan haraktiristiko. Apo tote fainotan oti tha ginei spoudaia. Eihame idi kanei parastasi tis Bolena sto Voukouresti. Ekana ton Smeton. Einai toso eftihismeni pou tha xanaemfanistei sto Megaro kai tha erthei stin Athina, mias pou oi anamniseis tis einai poli poli thetikes apo ekeines tis meres.

Parsifal said...

Ms. Zikou, yparxei kanena documento apo ekeino to vrady? Audio or video???

Parsifal said...

Ms. Zikou, yparxei kanena documento apo ekeino to vrady? Audio or video???