Monday’s Geo Quiz/Global Hit features mezzo soprano ElÄ«na GaranÄa who’s appearing on stage at the New York Metropolitan Opera in the role of Sesto in Mozart’s The Clemency of Titus. Later this month GaranÄa returns to her hometown Riga to sing with the Latvian National Opera.
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