Mezzo Elīna Garanča made the Christmas in Vienna 2007 concert truly remarkable

The wonderfully stylish and velvet voiced  Elīna Garanča made the Christmas in Vienna 2007 concert truly memorable.

Fortunately there are many Christmas and New Year's concerts to look forward to during the next two or three weeks on European television channels. While waiting for them, it was nice of French-German ARTE to resend the Christmas in Vienna concert from 2007, a couple of days ago. 

The setting, the Wiener Konzerhaus, the artists - mezzo Elīna Garanča, soprano Eteri Lamoris, tenor José Cura and baritone Paul Armin Edelmann - the orchestra - Radio-Symphonieorchester Wien led by Karel Mark Chichon - were all top class. 

However, again on this occasion, it was the wonderful and stylish Elīna Garanča who made the evening truly memorable. If you missed  Garanča and the others earlier this week, there is another chance to watch them in action on Wednesday, December 19. But you have to get up early - ARTE rebroadcasts the concert already at 6 AM.