In 2019, it is the Princess Eboli of Anita Rachvelishvili (her debut in this role) which fascinated the public of Bastille. We have already praised the Georgian mezzo-soprano, her breathtaking power, her vocal beauty and expressiveness in the music of Verdi as of Saint-Saens, Bizet or Rimsky-Korsakov. Eboli is an intimidating, scary role, but Rachvelishvili is dealing with it without any difficulties, she even eclipses Elīna Garanča, who was a splendid Eboli in the fall of 2017.

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