Not so surprising Mrs Garanca speaks German. After all, she is in line with countless other opera singers. To name a few of the most famous: Marylin Horne, Jessey Norman, Grace Bumbry, Margarete Price. The reason is simple: Because more than half of the opera stages worldwide are located in Germany / the German-speaking area, first engagements in Germany at so-called provincial theaters are quite common. Like Elena Garanca at the Meiningen Opera House. (Whereby Meiningen already belongs to the upscale group of opera houses.) - Heinz
@@pega17pl ......also she studied in Vienna. That helps. But absolutely, for top opera singers is a necessity to speak German at least a little. Not only because of the repertoire but also because of the number of opera houses. Take the late Slovak opera singers Edita Gruberova or Lucia Popp - German practically became their main language for a big part of their lives. Also the brain works differently in people who actively practice classical music. It feels more natural for them to speak in other languages. And opera singers need also French and Italian pronunciation btw. It's not an easy trade. But it's heavenly gorgeous 💕😍 and Elina Garanca is marvelous 👍 Wishing you both a great evening 🌻
Von heute Ich weiss, dass Elina ist eine wunderbare saengerin, wirklich eine SEHR schoene Frau, und sie spricht Lettisch, Russisch, Englisch und Deutsch. Das bedeutet, sie ist ein echter Uebermensch.
ENGLISH TRANSLATION: ELINA GARANCA in conversation with Peter Fässlacher Peter: Ladies and gentlemen, I warmly welcome you to ORF3 Artist talks, today with opera star Elina Garanca. Nice evening, hello. Elina: Hello. Peter: Ms. Garanca, we are here in Salzburg at the Salzburg Festival and in one Corona situation that has actually never existed before. And for you is, believe I, the day after tomorrow will also be a special day. They will be there for the first time since Lockdown, standing in front of an audience again, singing in front of an audience. How are you doing with that? Elina: To be completely honest, I don't know how I feel. So I think being away from the stage is a bit familiar. As the children came into the world, I was there for a few months, that's where I got it Took time off. But what I'm a little afraid of is just this feeling in this one limited number of people who will probably be standing in front of me. I can also Really live quite well with the mask, just this incredible caution, this... I'm just missing a hug, I'm missing touch, I'm just missing a certain kind Closeness of contact that you actually want to build. Then somehow it's missing. I think it will be a success, as it will be judged very much by the crowds auditorium. So sold out hall, wow, cool, really well loved and liked and wanted. And then you can somehow use it a little bit measure. I don't know what it's like when you go on stage and then you just have a half-empty room. I don't know what that's like. So I'm probably too been spoiled. And sometimes the concert or some concerts were better or less good somehow sold, but that's just the way it is now. Nevertheless, I am of course happy because we Some of us are narcissists, we need attention. And I have so many now Practicing alone at home for months. I finally want to have living people in front of me who aren't my husband or... are my children. Peter: How do you keep up in a phase like this when you're not performing? actually the voice in form? Is it the same as always? Is that similar or was that? somehow different? How did you deal with that? Elina: At the beginning I did tried to actually continue doing this every day for the first two weeks because I thought, now things will move on somehow. Then I have almost a month not sung. It was such a forced holiday, which was sometimes very nice. Then I have I felt very guilty and brought my teacher to me, who was in Spain was. And then I worked properly with him. And then at some point I thought to myself, okay, this is actually enough for now Rottinn. Because one hopes, of course, that some sort of normality will return from autumn onwards is. And they say, if not this fall, then next fall. And the parts that will then be sung in two years have to be rehearsed become. And then you just learn that. But I also noticed that at home Learning something is much slower than somewhere on a plane or in a hotel. I don't know why, but it's probably just the attitude where you say, I'm alone now, all the attention is just mine. And now in these two I have to learn these two songs for hours. And then you sit in a completely different position the piano reduction, probably. Peter: There is this saying that applause is the artist's bread and butter. And I agree with this one Sentence always so uncertain. Is it really like that? Is that the reason why you have an opera sings why one lives an artist's life, for the applause? Elina: No. So I'm always looking for that magical moment when I'm performing, where everything comes together is connected and creates an incredible style where this, so to speak, this small Moment that it is heard or connected. And if I do that then one a few times or several times in concert, the applause is, I wouldn't say a minor matter, but it is no longer so primary. For me, that's just the feeling of incredible solidarity, where no one really moves, no one looks where, no one looks for what is moving. And it's a magical moment that actually just speaks to you there or in speaks to such depth where applause cannot reach. But of course you're happy when people jump up at the end and cheer and say, what is he? Bread? So partly we sing because we just have so much fun singing. And if someone is still watching and clapping, it's twice as much Fun. But of course we live when our concerts, as you can see now, when we don't occur, then we don't get any money. But we still have to go to school pay off or pay off the loan or pay off the car. So yes, we are Peter: Now it wasn't that long ago that an opera singer... was above all an artist who sang an opera in an opera. And if you look at their repertoire, you find operas, there are open-air concerts, there are television broadcasts, cinema broadcasts, there are CDs, DVDs, they make Advertising for a natural cosmetics line. Which of these many business branches is? actually the most lucrative? Because in my naivety I think to myself, it's the opera, but then I was kind of unsure, is that even the case anymore? Elina: That’s what multitasking means these days. Oh, that's what they call it. I think it's about the part of the audience that is with each of Wants to be addressed differently in these places, can or feels understood. And it But a lot of things go together. I mean, natural cosmetics are important to me because I have my face covered present and people want to look at me. Nature is incredibly important to me, Because you can somehow see in everyday life that everything we do wrong to nature pays them back to us somehow. And then we put on the brakes and say, no, those Nature needs to be loved and supported a little more. The fact that I'm an opera singer, yes, I always wanted to do that again, but man You also have to keep in mind that after a seventh or eighth production of the same show, at some point it's not that exciting anymore because you repeats itself again and again. And I don't like repeating things like that. Open Gala, how to Sees, part of the audience is reaching or being accessible in some way Support because we don't have the open houses in Europe that attract 5,000 people can bring in once. This is also how the open air comes into being. I mean, nowadays, you can see that Somehow Corona isn't best served at Open Air because we're in the You can go outdoors and from place to place in this room of 5000 people, you have a lot more people sitting there than in a closed room. Recital is something I've always liked. And I say I always come from a song recital tradition because my mother I was a song singer and I knew a lot about it even as a small child. And the rest somehow comes or drags along somehow. I mean, the interviews are done by What demands to me is not that I call the TV and say, here you go, I want to Talk to you now, but you asked me. That's correct. And since I'm here in SalzburgPartnership between colleagues, that is the story, that is the character you play and then it just becomes an opera premiere, it becomes international reported an incredible amount about it. And nowadays, such as Metropolitan too Opera or in Europe, the live broadcast is done. So you have these really big, theatrical close-ups right there in front of you See the couch up close, so to speak. And I think that's the guiding force after all, I think everything else can be connected to it. Because I have me asked, with all the things you do, you probably can't do more alone. (continued in the next post)
Peter: So Elina Garanca, is that a company? So these are employees who are there for you work? Elina: I have my secretary, who of course helps me incredibly much. I have an agency, just like almost every other singer. Of course there are at certain concerts a company, which is not mine, but I am from the company So basically asked to do a concert, for example Garanca & Friends is already a very big collaboration, from many aspects. Yes, of course we are also supported by our sponsors and everyone involved have joined. That I'm a brand, probably. That I have one I am a businesswoman, probably. But I don't have to be able to sell for the gala evening, yes. And I believe, If I were just a product, that wouldn't be enough in the long run. Yes. I believe that I am a personality who knows how to use a lot. Still, but If the voice wasn't there, the audience would probably pay attention too not aligned with me. Or would I also through my acting or my singing skills probably don't get the attention either, also from the television. And since I can probably speak several languages, that is probably also interesting because even if your German isn't 100%, people actually understand what I'm trying to say. With my slightly Latvian accent, maybe it's a bit charming. Peter: Yes, that's right. Did you actually where you started singing was actually the The idea of the job that you do now is what you had back then Did you think that the job would be like what you do now? Elina: A lot is a lot better. Peter: Really? Elina: Yes, and a lot of things aren't that much better. You know, I believe that a young artist who has just left the academy and wants to conquer the world sees A lot of things are completely different than what actually happens when you're on this high horse. And as a very, very good friend of mine said, on Mount Everest, if you has also reached the top, the air is very, very thin. And sometimes you can sliding down Everest very, very quickly, much faster than on a flat one Berglein. But we are very poor in Latvia with mountains. Our highest mountain is 711 meters high only. And I actually don't care much about that dizzy to say I climbed pretty high too. Yes, because me I'm connected to the earth. And I think that's precisely because I come from a relatively small place Country and, as I say, had to or should fight my way to the top, I know what it's worth. And of course I enjoy what has become now, but I I also pay my price for being away from home so much in recent years, that I never saw the first writing with my first daughter. I would have one Video sent that I often go alone on birthdays or family celebrations I'm somewhere and can't be with my family. Or when my children tell me, you can't sleep only one night instead of five sleep and then be home again? And that feeling of guilt is what is the price I pay for this incredible, glamorous lifestyle that you supposedly... supposedly. Partly no, you have to be honest. Partially, of course will enjoy it too. But not everything is as they say, not everything that glitters is gold. Peter: When did you actually realize in your career that now I've made it? Is there this moment or, I don't know, a production maybe or an event? Elina: What does done mean? So... In your eyes at least it's done. I have not yet done, no. Because I don't think I've reached my full potential yet There are some parts that I haven't sung yet because I believe that my voice has not yet sung all that I still have to sing. And there, for example, with a game like Amneris, which is still ahead of me, or with one Game like Kundry, which is still in front of me, has not yet reached the full top. That I probably did the maximum in what I sang before shouted out, it may be that you still remember the intonation or one Phrase can fall. Yes, but for me in certain shows I said everything I wanted to say and what I, I think, could say. And that's why in certain shows, like for example Octavia or Barbiere di Seville or Sesto or something similar have been eliminated because I for myself, for myself, have exhausted myself. And I don't want to repeat, I I don't want the routine over and over again because it's just not interesting to me anymore. And if I didn't just appear on stage with these parts as a must, I would lie to the audience because I'm not 100 percent behind it. Because I say I don't and won't do it because I'm passionate about it, but rather with an encounter I say, oh, I sing that loosely, as they say, with my left vocal cord and I'm on fire no more for it. And that's why I want, that's why I just want to move on now develop and say, I can still use my pedal, accelerator, a little more press on the ground and then we'll see what happens. Peter: Because my feeling is that this is also a factor in your great success, so it is My impression is that you always do a lot of things with a certain distance. So that's yes something that saves a lot of energy. So if you... Do you want me to move closer to you? Yes, exactly, we just work together. But can you do something with the idea? Or say, I even understand that Not sure what you mean by that? No, I understand that, but I I think that's a certain, that's a certain, how should I put it, a trademark maybe from me too, because I'm shy. People don't believe it, but I am shy and I need time until I can fully open up to people trust, because I have to be honest, my mother was an incredibly tough one Critic and I have appeared on stages with doubt for years and say, whether I'm even good enough. And I think it's somehow in the background still, this uncertainty. And I'm also one of those artists where I think we divide it into two anyway. So are part of the artist, they bring the audience to them. So you go on stage and Open your arms like this and say, now I'm going to take you all and bring you to you me. Or maybe it's another artist who says, now I'm jumping like I do in rock'n'roll or with Rolling Stones, you jump in like this and you're now wearing me on your sleeve, so back up again. And I think I'm group 1 and I like if I then go on stage and I sometimes fight for their attention People and say, well he's leaving now, I still have to get him to me. Or he's looking for something the bag, I still have to get it with me. And somehow, slowly, slowly, I just want to hug people too. And Maybe that's a certain impression as to why I'm being distanced sees. But you also have to be very careful that I'm almost 1.82 meters tall, when I perform on stage, with my high heels. And if the robe is still very long and very pompous, it is also a being who is like that on stage and not a little turn-on-on, as it should be. And I have a very large forehead and am prominent in my face and shoulders. So I am no little girl who would now appear so shy on stage. And maybe for some people it's just, I would say, aristocratically elegant Distance. I think that's a very nice formulation. How to do that on stage brings with you. Peter: Finally, can I ask you something very, very uncharming? I'm canceling this already very sophisticated. You actually notice when you start to like puzzles Are you interested in the fact that you really slowly get older? Elina: Yes. Yes, but I believe that It doesn't have to do with age, because my older daughter, who is now eight, almost nine years old old, she loves puzzles. And that actually works for me for a really long time because we talk to each other. I I think that's something very, very meditative, something that enriches meditation for me. Meditative, that's the right word, meditative. And it's easy when I'm on the road a lot with concerts Promotions and interviews and this and that, I need my own bubble where I say, now it's all about me. And it's very monotonous. And what myself very much was surprised, I actually have an incredibly short patience, so it works for me up pretty quickly. But that incredible feeling of happiness you get when you're in 4,500 pieces Failure has found exactly this one and it slips in like this, it goes in like this right point. So that's kind of like a King Kong, I have that now because there are so many and sometimes you see them all so similar. And if you do it like that raps and then stands and then I forget that I was there for hours have worked. For me that is what simply transports me into some world that is perfect actually is passive. Although there's a Star Wars track running up here, so to speak. And I have I also noticed that it helps me a lot to memorize. In winter times I like to knit or do cross stitch and so on. And very often lay I listen to the music next to me and learn the lyrics. And at the same time I do something. So I've always done it that way. But also this feeling that you have 9 pieces or 18,000 pieces or now 33,600 pieces when I've finished it all and say, I did that, that's how it is. But I'm also getting older. Sorry, I mean, you don't have to search for a long time now. You go to Google, in Wikipedia, they know exactly how old I am. So I have nothing to do with that hide. Peter: Dear Ms. Gerantscher, what do I wish for you? Health. That of everyone. Elina: I believe, that in this crisis situation you really don't just focus on the negative, but also I can always dig up something positive And that I can still reach my Everest for a few more years. Peter: Then wish I wish you good health and that you will achieve what you want in a few years want. And that you still have a lot of fun with the 33,600 piece puzzle
Ich frage mich, ob Elina Garanca Linkshänderin ist? Manchmal ist es ja ein Zeichen, wenn jemand die Uhr rechts trägt ... ;) Ganz tolle künstlerische Einstellung dieser grossartigen Sängerin! :D
Danke fürs Zeigen. Das ist eine kluge , selbstkritische und sympathische Künstlerin. In Corona Zeiten auch Vorbild. 🌹
Sehr schönes, sympathisches Interview. Tolle Frau, tolle Stimme. Wünsche Frau Garancia alles Gute weiterhin.
A wonderful interview, thanks for sharing!
Wow!! She speaks german fluently, practically native. She has such a nice speaking voice. Very good interviewer as well.
Not so surprising Mrs Garanca speaks German. After all, she is in line with countless other opera singers. To name a few of the most famous: Marylin Horne, Jessey Norman, Grace Bumbry, Margarete Price. The reason is simple: Because more than half of the opera stages worldwide are located in Germany / the German-speaking area, first engagements in Germany at so-called provincial theaters are quite common. Like Elena Garanca at the Meiningen Opera House. (Whereby Meiningen already belongs to the upscale group of opera houses.) - Heinz
@@pega17pl ......also she studied in Vienna. That helps. But absolutely, for top opera singers is a necessity to speak German at least a little. Not only because of the repertoire but also because of the number of opera houses. Take the late Slovak opera singers Edita Gruberova or Lucia Popp - German practically became their main language for a big part of their lives. Also the brain works differently in people who actively practice classical music. It feels more natural for them to speak in other languages. And opera singers need also French and Italian pronunciation btw. It's not an easy trade. But it's heavenly gorgeous 💕😍 and Elina Garanca is marvelous 👍
Wishing you both a great evening 🌻
Elina didn't learn German until she was in her early 20s according to her autobiography.
Eine sehr sympathische, talentierte Frau~ ☀️
Schönes Interview; Ich freue mich, Elina Granca bald bei einem Konzert in einer Dorf-Kirche in Sachsen live zu erleben
So eine kluge und reflektierte Frau! Sehr inspirierend.
Eine sehr sympathische Frau. 🌹🐨🌹
Von heute Ich weiss, dass Elina ist eine wunderbare saengerin, wirklich eine SEHR schoene Frau, und sie spricht Lettisch, Russisch, Englisch und Deutsch. Das bedeutet, sie ist ein echter Uebermensch.
was glaubt elina was mir fehlt.. ein wunderbarer mensch🌈
zusatz gesegneter mensch
Tolle bodenständige Frau. Von Diva Getue keine Spur.
ENGLISH TRANSLATION: ELINA GARANCA in conversation with Peter Fässlacher
Peter: Ladies and gentlemen, I warmly welcome you to ORF3
Artist talks, today with opera star Elina Garanca. Nice evening, hello.
Elina: Hello.
Peter: Ms. Garanca, we are here in Salzburg at the Salzburg Festival and in one
Corona situation that has actually never existed before. And for you is, believe
I, the day after tomorrow will also be a special day. They will be there for the first time since
Lockdown, standing in front of an audience again, singing in front of an audience.
How are you doing with that?
Elina: To be completely honest, I don't know how I feel.
So I think being away from the stage is a bit familiar. As the children
came into the world, I was there for a few months, that's where I got it
Took time off.
But what I'm a little afraid of is just this feeling in this one
limited number of people who will probably be standing in front of me. I can also
Really live quite well with the mask, just this incredible caution, this...
I'm just missing a hug, I'm missing touch, I'm just missing a certain kind
Closeness of contact that you actually want to build. Then somehow it's missing.
I think it will be a success, as it will be judged very much by the crowds
auditorium. So sold out hall, wow, cool, really well loved and
liked and wanted. And then you can somehow use it a little bit
measure.
I don't know what it's like when you go on stage and then you just have
a half-empty room. I don't know what that's like. So I'm probably too
been spoiled.
And sometimes the concert or some concerts were better or less good somehow
sold, but that's just the way it is now. Nevertheless, I am of course happy because we
Some of us are narcissists, we need attention. And I have so many now
Practicing alone at home for months.
I finally want to have living people in front of me who aren't my husband or...
are my children.
Peter: How do you keep up in a phase like this when you're not performing?
actually the voice in form? Is it the same as always? Is that similar or was that?
somehow different? How did you deal with that?
Elina: At the beginning I did
tried to actually continue doing this every day for the first two weeks because
I thought, now things will move on somehow. Then I have almost a month
not sung.
It was such a forced holiday, which was sometimes very nice. Then I have
I felt very guilty and brought my teacher to me, who was in Spain
was. And then I worked properly with him.
And then at some point I thought to myself, okay, this is actually enough for now
Rottinn. Because one hopes, of course, that some sort of normality will return from autumn onwards
is. And they say, if not this fall, then next fall.
And the parts that will then be sung in two years have to be rehearsed
become. And then you just learn that. But I also noticed that at home
Learning something is much slower than somewhere on a plane or in a hotel.
I don't know why, but it's probably just the attitude where you say,
I'm alone now, all the attention is just mine. And now in these two
I have to learn these two songs for hours. And then you sit in a completely different position
the piano reduction, probably.
Peter: There is this saying that applause is the artist's bread and butter. And I agree with this one
Sentence always so uncertain. Is it really like that? Is that the reason why you have an opera
sings why one lives an artist's life, for the applause?
Elina: No.
So I'm always looking for that magical moment when I'm performing, where everything comes together
is connected and creates an incredible style where this, so to speak, this small
Moment that it is heard or connected. And if I do that then one
a few times or several times in concert, the applause is, I wouldn't say
a minor matter, but it is no longer so primary. For me, that's just the feeling
of incredible solidarity, where no one really moves, no one looks where, no one looks for what
is moving.
And it's a magical moment that actually just speaks to you there or in
speaks to such depth where applause cannot reach. But of course you're happy
when people jump up at the end and cheer and say, what is he?
Bread? So partly we sing because we just have so much fun singing.
And if someone is still watching and clapping, it's twice as much
Fun.
But of course we live when our concerts, as you can see now, when we don't
occur, then we don't get any money. But we still have to go to school
pay off or pay off the loan or pay off the car. So yes, we are
Peter: Now it wasn't that long ago that an opera singer...
was above all an artist who sang an opera in an opera.
And if you look at their repertoire, you find operas, there are open-air concerts,
there are television broadcasts, cinema broadcasts, there are CDs, DVDs, they make
Advertising for a natural cosmetics line. Which of these many business branches is?
actually the most lucrative? Because in my naivety I think to myself,
it's the opera, but then I was kind of unsure, is that even the case anymore?
Elina: That’s what multitasking means these days.
Oh, that's what they call it. I think it's about the part of the audience that is with each of
Wants to be addressed differently in these places, can or feels understood. And it
But a lot of things go together.
I mean, natural cosmetics are important to me because I have my face covered
present and people want to look at me. Nature is incredibly important to me,
Because you can somehow see in everyday life that everything we do wrong to nature pays
them back to us somehow. And then we put on the brakes and say, no, those
Nature needs to be loved and supported a little more.
The fact that I'm an opera singer, yes, I always wanted to do that again, but man
You also have to keep in mind that after a seventh or eighth production of the
same show, at some point it's not that exciting anymore because you
repeats itself again and again. And I don't like repeating things like that. Open Gala, how to
Sees, part of the audience is reaching or being accessible in some way
Support because we don't have the open houses in Europe that attract 5,000 people
can bring in once.
This is also how the open air comes into being. I mean, nowadays, you can see that
Somehow Corona isn't best served at Open Air because we're in the
You can go outdoors and from place to place in this room of 5000 people, you have a lot
more people sitting there than in a closed room. Recital is something
I've always liked.
And I say I always come from a song recital tradition because my mother
I was a song singer and I knew a lot about it even as a small child. And the rest
somehow comes or drags along somehow. I mean, the interviews are done by
What demands to me is not that I call the TV and say, here you go, I want to
Talk to you now, but you asked me.
That's correct. And since I'm here in SalzburgPartnership between colleagues, that is the story, that is the character
you play and then it just becomes an opera premiere, it becomes international
reported an incredible amount about it. And nowadays, such as Metropolitan too
Opera or in Europe, the live broadcast is done.
So you have these really big, theatrical close-ups right there in front of you
See the couch up close, so to speak. And I think that's the guiding force after all,
I think everything else can be connected to it. Because I have me
asked, with all the things you do, you probably can't
do more alone.
(continued in the next post)
Peter: So Elina Garanca, is that a company? So these are employees who are there for you
work?
Elina: I have my secretary, who of course helps me incredibly much. I have
an agency, just like almost every other singer. Of course there are at certain concerts
a company, which is not mine, but I am from the company
So basically asked to do a concert, for example Garanca & Friends
is already a very big collaboration, from many aspects.
Yes, of course we are also supported by our sponsors and everyone involved
have joined. That I'm a brand, probably. That I have one
I am a businesswoman, probably.
But I don't have to be able to sell for the gala evening, yes. And I believe,
If I were just a product, that wouldn't be enough in the long run. Yes.
I believe that I am a personality who knows how to use a lot. Still, but
If the voice wasn't there, the audience would probably pay attention too
not aligned with me. Or would I also through my acting or
my singing skills probably don't get the attention either,
also from the television.
And since I can probably speak several languages, that is
probably also interesting because even if your German isn't 100%,
people actually understand what I'm trying to say. With my slightly Latvian accent,
maybe it's a bit charming.
Peter: Yes, that's right.
Did you actually where you started singing was actually the
The idea of the job that you do now is what you had back then
Did you think that the job would be like what you do now?
Elina: A lot is a lot
better.
Peter: Really?
Elina: Yes, and a lot of things aren't that much better. You know, I believe that
a young artist who has just left the academy and wants to conquer the world sees
A lot of things are completely different than what actually happens when you're on this high horse.
And as a very, very good friend of mine said, on Mount Everest, if you
has also reached the top, the air is very, very thin. And sometimes you can
sliding down Everest very, very quickly, much faster than on a flat one
Berglein. But we are very poor in Latvia with mountains.
Our highest mountain is 711 meters high only. And I actually don't care much about that
dizzy to say I climbed pretty high too. Yes, because me
I'm connected to the earth.
And I think that's precisely because I come from a relatively small place
Country and, as I say, had to or should fight my way to the top,
I know what it's worth. And of course I enjoy what has become now, but I
I also pay my price for being away from home so much in recent years,
that I never saw the first writing with my first daughter. I would have one
Video sent that I often go alone on birthdays or family celebrations
I'm somewhere and can't be with my family.
Or when my children tell me, you can't sleep only one night instead of five
sleep and then be home again? And that feeling of guilt is what is the
price I pay for this incredible, glamorous lifestyle that you
supposedly... supposedly. Partly no, you have to be honest. Partially, of course
will enjoy it too.
But not everything is as they say, not everything that glitters is gold.
Peter: When did you actually realize in your career that now I've made it?
Is there this moment or, I don't know, a production maybe or an event?
Elina: What does done mean? So... In your eyes at least it's done. I have not yet
done, no.
Because I don't think I've reached my full potential yet
There are some parts that I haven't sung yet because I believe that
my voice has not yet sung all that I still have to sing.
And there, for example, with a game like Amneris, which is still ahead of me, or with one
Game like Kundry, which is still in front of me, has not yet reached the full top.
That I probably did the maximum in what I sang before
shouted out, it may be that you still remember the intonation or one
Phrase can fall.
Yes, but for me in certain shows I said everything I wanted to say and what
I, I think, could say. And that's why in certain shows, like for example
Octavia or Barbiere di Seville or Sesto or something similar have been eliminated because
I for myself, for myself, have exhausted myself. And I don't want to repeat, I
I don't want the routine over and over again because it's just not interesting to me anymore.
And if I didn't just appear on stage with these parts as a must,
I would lie to the audience because I'm not 100 percent behind it. Because I say
I don't and won't do it because I'm passionate about it, but rather with an encounter I say, oh,
I sing that loosely, as they say, with my left vocal cord and I'm on fire
no more for it. And that's why I want, that's why I just want to move on now
develop and say, I can still use my pedal, accelerator, a little more
press on the ground and then we'll see what happens.
Peter: Because my feeling is that this is also a factor in your great success, so it is
My impression is that you always do a lot of things with a certain distance. So that's yes
something that saves a lot of energy. So if you... Do you want me to move closer to you?
Yes, exactly, we just work together.
But can you do something with the idea? Or say, I even understand that
Not sure what you mean by that? No, I understand that, but I
I think that's a certain, that's a certain, how should I put it, a trademark
maybe from me too, because I'm shy. People don't believe it, but I am
shy and I need time until I can fully open up to people
trust, because I have to be honest, my mother was an incredibly tough one
Critic and I have appeared on stages with doubt for years and say,
whether I'm even good enough. And I think it's somehow in the background
still, this uncertainty.
And I'm also one of those artists where I think we divide it into two anyway. So are
part of the artist, they bring the audience to them. So you go on stage and
Open your arms like this and say, now I'm going to take you all and bring you to you
me.
Or maybe it's another artist who says, now I'm jumping like I do in rock'n'roll
or with Rolling Stones, you jump in like this and you're now wearing me on your sleeve,
so back up again. And I think I'm group 1 and I like if
I then go on stage and I sometimes fight for their attention
People and say, well he's leaving now, I still have to get him to me. Or he's looking for something
the bag, I still have to get it with me.
And somehow, slowly, slowly, I just want to hug people too. And
Maybe that's a certain impression as to why I'm being distanced
sees. But you also have to be very careful that I'm almost 1.82 meters tall,
when I perform on stage, with my high heels.
And if the robe is still very long and very pompous, it is also a being who is like that
on stage and not a little turn-on-on, as it should be. And I have
a very large forehead and am prominent in my face and shoulders. So I am
no little girl who would now appear so shy on stage.
And maybe for some people it's just, I would say, aristocratically elegant
Distance. I think that's a very nice formulation. How to do that on stage
brings with you.
Peter: Finally, can I ask you something very, very uncharming? I'm canceling this already
very sophisticated. You actually notice when you start to like puzzles
Are you interested in the fact that you really slowly get older?
Elina: Yes. Yes, but I believe that
It doesn't have to do with age, because my older daughter, who is now eight, almost nine years old
old, she loves puzzles.
And that actually works for me for a really long time because we talk to each other. I
I think that's something very, very meditative, something that enriches meditation for me.
Meditative, that's the right word, meditative.
And it's easy when I'm on the road a lot with concerts
Promotions and interviews and this and that, I need my own bubble where
I say, now it's all about me. And it's very monotonous. And what myself very much
was surprised, I actually have an incredibly short patience, so it works for me
up pretty quickly.
But that incredible feeling of happiness you get when you're in 4,500 pieces
Failure has found exactly this one and it slips in like this, it goes in like this
right point. So that's kind of like a King Kong, I have that now because
there are so many and sometimes you see them all so similar. And if you do it like that
raps and then stands and then I forget that I was there for hours
have worked.
For me that is what simply transports me into some world that is perfect
actually is passive. Although there's a Star Wars track running up here, so to speak. And I have
I also noticed that it helps me a lot to memorize.
In winter times I like to knit or do cross stitch and so on. And very often lay
I listen to the music next to me and learn the lyrics. And at the same time I do something.
So I've always done it that way. But also this feeling that you have 9 pieces
or 18,000 pieces or now 33,600 pieces when I've finished it all and
say, I did that, that's how it is. But I'm also getting older.
Sorry, I mean, you don't have to search for a long time now. You go to Google,
in Wikipedia, they know exactly how old I am. So I have nothing to do with that
hide.
Peter: Dear Ms. Gerantscher, what do I wish for you? Health. That of everyone.
Elina: I believe,
that in this crisis situation you really don't just focus on the negative, but also
I can always dig up something positive And that I can still reach my Everest for a few more years.
Peter: Then wish
I wish you good health and that you will achieve what you want in a few years
want. And that you still have a lot of fun with the 33,600 piece puzzle
Ich frage mich, ob Elina Garanca Linkshänderin ist? Manchmal ist es ja ein Zeichen, wenn jemand die Uhr rechts trägt ... ;)
Ganz tolle künstlerische Einstellung dieser grossartigen Sängerin! :D
Elina es mi preferida de esta epoca como mesoprano.Es maravillosa.
I was thinking the same thing!
Ich glaube Götz Alsmann hat sie im TV den Zuschauern bekannt gemacht. - Heinz
Freu mich schon wenn sie wieder nach LINZ kommt
Am 7. JULI 2022
ist sie wieder in LINZ an der Donau 😀😀😀
pipifein :)
❤
En español porfavor ❤️
¿Por qué? Yo lo entendí todo perfectamente bien? Oh... Quizás no hablas alemán. Lo siento. :(
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