Two stars. Two beauties. Two prima donnas, who applauded the best Opera theatres of the world. Here already ten years, the names Elina Garanca and Hibla Gerzmava familiar to every lover of music, and their first in Europe, the joint performance will be a real event of the summer season.

Mezzo-soprano Garanca and soprano Gerzmava could meet in new York's Metropolitan Opera and London Covent garden, La Scala or Wiener Opera. Any of the legendary venues would be happy to accept such a Duo. But that honor goes to Jurmala hall "Dzintari". A year ago Elina Garanca gave a brilliant concert with Dmitri Hvorostovsky. They waited a huge success and it began a tradition of inviting home, in Latvia, the best colleagues to the scene. Almost friends.
Opera diva, who met at the gala-concert "Classics at the Palace" in St. Petersburg in 2014, I felt a kinship and creative aspirations. The fact that she is from the Baltic, and the singer was born in the hot black sea of Abkhazia, does not share them, but only adds bright colors to a new creative Union. This fall Garanca and Gerzmava is Princess Eboli and the Queen Elizabeth in "don Carlos" by Verdi will become the heroines of the play Krzysztof Warlikowski Opéra national de Paris.
However, even earlier, on July 11, in the "Dzintari" will hear the most beautiful Opera arias and duets performed by Elina Garanca and Hibla Gerzmava. To accompany their performance will be the Festival orchestra under the baton of Karel Mark Chichon. The concert program, which will hold Maestro, will include works by Bellini, Verdi, Bizet, Massenet and other composers.

Elina Garanca

Best mezzo-soprano in the history of our country, Elina Garanca during his studies at the Academy of Music he performed leading roles in the Latvian National Opera. World fame came to the singer after her appearance at the Salzburg festival in 2003. The renowned label Deutsche Grammophon for 10 years, has released seven solo albums Garanca, and three of them won the main prize of the recording industry -- Germany's ECHO Klassik Award. Elina was twice awarded the Grand music prize of Latvia (2000, 2010). In 2010, she was named "Singer of the year" MIDEM Classical and Musical America. New York and Milan, Vienna and Paris, Berlin and London, Munich and Barcelona – no city stood her in front of her divine voice and incredible stage appeal.

Hibla Gerzmava

She was the first of the vocalists, who managed not only to win the Tchaikovsky Competition, but to win the Grand Prix. But by the time Hibla Gerzmava sang only six years – her previous musical education was devoted to piano and organ... Born to diva, the singer from his early youth tied their fates with the Moscow musical theatre of a name of Stanislavsky and Nemirovich-Danchenko, became the most important treasure in his Opera company. Voice Hibla impeccable – the flight superbly painted across the full range of a lyric soprano, which enthralls the audience at the Metropolitan Opera, Paris National Opera, "Covent garden", La Scala, Bolshoi theatre and Mariinsky theatre – all musical houses that manage to get Gerzmava on tour.

Karel Mark Chichon

Chief conductor of the Deutsche Radio Philharmonie Saarbrücken Kaiserslautern and the officer of the order of the British Empire, Karel mark Chichon captivates the audience with amazing musicality and temperament. It angazhiruyut the Metropolitan Opera, Vienna state Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Bayerisches Staatsoper Munich, Teatro Dell'opera di Roma, Teatro Comunale di Bologna, Teatro Real in Madrid and Gran Teatre del Liceu Barcelona, he performs with superb orchestras, Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra and London Symphony Orchestra to the Russian National orchestra and Tokyo's NHK Symphony Orchestra. Our students are lucky: a few seasons in a row (2009-2012) this talented Englishman was headed by the Latvian national Symphony orchestra and gave the audience many memorable art experiences.
The organizer of the concert of Elina Garanca, Hibla Gerzmava and the Festival orchestra under the baton of Maestro Karel Mark Chichon company ART Forte. The concert included in the programme of activities of the Foundation "Baltic music seasons" and is supported by the State culture capital Foundation of Latvia and the company "Uralkali". General information partner – First Baltic channel. Media partner – the portal Delfi.