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"Garanča’s talents would make her a star in any century, yet her voice and movie star good looks seem tailor-made for our 'Live in HD' era. But perhaps the mezzo’s greatest strength is her ability to render a cantabile line of such overwhelming beauty as to make time stop ... Garanča has already secured her place in opera history and she may just be getting started." - Opera News Latvian mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča unlocks the turbulent emotions of opera’s strong women and explores their emotional storms and destiny’s force on Revive. Accompanied by Roberto Abbado and the Orquestra de la Comunitat Valenciana, she channels her experience and insights into a collection of arias drawn from the great Romantic repertoire, complete with captivating rarities and genuine showstoppers. The breadth of works bears witness to Garanča’s vocal versatility and range; her programme choices amount to a projection of her personal passions and interests at the time of creating the recording. Garanča’s strikingly individual interpretations arise from her empathy for each character and are underpinned by her admiration for their desire always to stand tall, even in moments of despair or apparent defeat. "I feel confident that at this moment I can approach the women in the opera literature who are strong, whom I understand, with whom I can share my own life experience. This has been the guideline in everything I do: I go onstage when I am confident that I understand why I’m going to present a character. I hope that everyone listening to this recording can find something particular: it’s enough if they can relate to only one aria." - Elīna Garanča