"Bel Canto"
Elina Garanca, mezzo-soprano
Filarmonica del Teatro Cumunale di Bologna
Deatsche Grammophon, $16.98
There's nothing Latvian mezzo Elina Garanca can't do in the bel canto repertoire, as far as I can tell -- her hauntingly dark voice, her amazing range and vocal agility, as well as a musical intelligence that comes across blazingly clear in her interpretations, makes her ideal for just about anything Rossini, Donizetti and Bellini can throw at her. This album for Deutsche Grammophon digs deeper into the early 19th century repertoire for exquisitely lovely and unfamiliar pieces from Rossini's "Maometto II," where Garanca is joined in the superb trio by soprano Ekaterina Siurina and tenor Matthew Polenzani. The most heart-stopping track is the romanza from Bellini's "Adelson e Salvini," which the notes say was performed from the original manuscript. Roberto Abbado's conducting of the Bologna opera orchestra is exceptionally sensitive, to the point where it seems the singer is leading the orchestra with each breath and gesture.
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