When last we met Elina Garanca, she was opening the Metropolitan Opera season as Delilah, in the Saint-Saëns opera. (There is a Samson too, let’s not forget. And others.) I reviewed that evening here.

If there are golden voices, the instrument of Elina Garanca isn't among them. Dusky like a claret, the mezzo-soprano's pervasive, pure timbre emerges with the strength of a tree bark; equally, the ...

On Sunday afternoon, Elina Garanca, the Latvian mezzo-soprano, gave a recital in Carnegie Hall. She began with Brahms—indeed, the first half of the program was all-Brahms, comprising fourteen songs. I ...