Elina Garanca
Kevin Murphy

Performers

• Elina Garanca, Mezzo-Soprano
  New York Recital Debut
• Kevin Murphy, Piano

Program

• SCHUMANN "Widmung," Op. 25, No. 1
• SCHUMANN "Der Nussbaum," Op. 25, No. 3
• SCHUMANN "Jemand," Op. 25, No. 4
• SCHUMANN "Lieder der Braut aus dem Liebesfrühling I," Op. 25, No.11
• SCHUMANN "Lieder der Braut aus dem Liebesfrühling II," Op. 25, No. 12
• SCHUMANN Frauenliebe und -leben, Op. 42
  ·· Seit ich ihn gesehen
  ·· Er, der Herrlichste von allen
  ·· Ich kann’s nicht fassen, nicht glauben
  ·· Du Ring an meinem Finger
  ·· Helft mir, ihr Schwestern
  ·· Süsser Freund, du blickest
  ·· An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust
  ·· Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan
• BERG Sieben frühe Lieder
• R. STRAUSS "Leise Lieder"
• R. STRAUSS "All’ mein Gedanken, mein Herz und mein Sinn," Op. 21, No. 1
• R. STRAUSS "Ach Lieb, ich muss nun scheiden," Op. 21, No. 3
• R. STRAUSS "Meinem Kinde," Op. 37, No. 3
• R. STRAUSS "Allerseelen," Op. 10, No. 8
• R. STRAUSS "Heimliche Aufforderung," Op. 27, No. 3

Encores:
• BRAHMS "Meine Liebe ist grün," Op. 63, No. 5
• TRAD. (Latvian) "Close Your Eyes and Smile"

Bios

• Elina Garanča

  
  Elīna Garanča has quickly established herself as a major star through her performances with leading opera houses and symphony orchestras around the world. She has captured critical and popular acclaim for her beautiful voice, intelligent musicianship, and compelling stage portrayals.
  
  Ms. Garanča was born into a musical family in Riga, Latvia. She studied at the Latvian Academy of Music with her mother. She won the Mirjam Helin International Singing Competition in 1999 and was a finalist in the 2001 BBC Cardiff Singer of the World competition. Ms. Garanča began her professional career as a resident artist with the Südthüringischer Staatstheater in Meiningen, where she performed a number of leading roles. She has also been a resident artist with Oper Frankfurt.
  
  In September 2005, Ms. Garanča became an exclusive recording artist with Deutsche Grammophon. Her first solo recording, Aria Cantilena, was released in March 2007 to great popular and critical acclaim, earning her the prestigious ECHO Klassik award for Singer of the Year. Her second solo record, Bel Canto, was received with similar enthusiasm.
  
  Highlights of recent seasons have included her critically acclaimed house debut in the title role of Bizet's Carmen at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden. She reprised the role in a new production at the Metropolitan Opera, which was broadcast in more than 1,000 cinemas worldwide. Ms. Garanča was also named Musical America's 2010 Vocalist of the Year; that same year, Ms. Garanča won the MIDEM Classical Award and another ECHO Klassik. She also performed with Daniel Barenboim, Riccardo Muti, Gustavo Dudamel, Paavo Järvi, and Karel Mark Chichon, in addition to various recital engagements throughout Europe.
  
  This season, Ms. Garanča appears at the Vienna State Opera, Metropolitan Opera, Deutsche Oper Berlin, and Semperoper Dresden. She also embarks on a major European tour to promote her new Deutsche Grammophon record Romantique in the Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, the UK, Spain, and France.

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• Kevin Murphy

  
  Pianist Kevin Murphy is a professor of music at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music; he is also director of the vocal program at Ravinia's Steans Music Institute. He previously served as director of music administration at New York City Opera and director of musical studies at Opéra National de Paris.
  
  In 1992, Mr. Murphy was the first pianist invited by Maestro James Levine to participate in the Metropolitan Opera's Lindemann Young Artist Development Program and continued as assistant conductor from 1993 through June 2006. He has played continuo harpsichord with the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra in productions of Così fan tutte, La Cenerentola, Le nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, La clemenza di Tito, and Idomeneo, in addition to traveling with the company on tour in Japan.
  
  In addition to his on- and off-stage partnership with soprano Heidi Grant Murphy, Mr. Murphy has collaborated in concert and recital with artists such as Michelle DeYoung, Bejun Mehta, Gary Lakes, Nathan Gunn, Olaf Bär, Bryn Terfel, Marcelo Álvarez, Plácido Domingo, Frederica von Stade, Renée Fleming, Paul Groves, and Cecilia Bartoli. He appeared on The Today Show with Ms. Fleming, Good Morning America with Ms. Bartoli, and The Tonight Show with Mr. Lakes.
  
  Mr. Murphy has been musical assistant and played continuo harpsichord for the Seiji Ozawa Ongaku-juku in Japan, and at the Tanglewood and Verbier festivals, in addition to working with Esa-Pekka Salnnen at La Jolla's SummerFest. Additional festival appearances include Music@Menlo, Bellingham Festival of Music, and Musique et Vin in Burgundy. Mr. Murphy has been in residence with the Canadian Opera Company, The Juilliard School, and the Merola Opera Program at San Francisco Opera.
  
  A native of Syracuse, Mr. Murphy received his bachelor's degree from Indiana University and his master's from the Curtis Institute of Music.

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