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FULL Elina Garanca and Raimonds Pauls Riga 2021
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Information on the Performance
- Work Title: Elina Garanca and Raimonds Pauls
- Composer: various
- Libretto: various
- Venue & Opera Company: Latvian National Theater, Riga, Latvia
- Recorded: July 2021
- Type: Concert Live
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ON THIS PERFORMANCE
The maestro has invited the outstanding opera singer Elīna Garanča, dedicating two cycles of songs to her – with poetry by Vizma Belševica and Ojārs Vācietis. “Meeting with Elīna Garanča is very welcome, it is like a holiday. The first part will feature the premiere of several songs written especially for Elīna. We were looking for the works of outstanding Latvian poets together, but there are also some that I had already meant for myself, thinking about Elīna’s voice, ”revealed Raimonds Pauls.
The second part of the concert includes songs from movies and theater performances with music by Raimonds Pauls, for which new arrangements have been made by composers Lolita Ritmane, Rihards Dubra, Jēkabs Jančevskis and Raimonds Macats.
“I can call the second part of the concert the fulfillment of my dreams – theater and cinema music, which I once dreamed of singing, which I listened to at home when I was a little jerk, or where I used to fall asleep in my mother’s wardrobe while waiting for the show to end. It’s time to go back to the beginnings, “said Elīna Garanča.