Operatic Roles
The first major operatic role of Galante was Violetta in Verdi's La traviata at her graduation exam at the Music Academy. Since that time Galante has performed this role more than 100 times on various stages of the world. Among Galante's other roles are:
- Olympia in Offenbach's The Tales of Hoffmann
- Snegurochka in Rimsky-Korsakov's The Snow Maiden
- Gilda in Verdi's Rigoletto
- Leonora in Verdi's Il trovatore
- Aida in Verdi's Aida
- Adina in Donizetti's L'elisir d'amore
- Lucia in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor
- Rosina in Rossini's The Barber of Seville
- Corina in Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims
- Marguerite in ounod's Faust
- Magda in Puccini's La rondine
- Cio-Cio-San in Puccini's Madama Butterfly
- Mimi in Puccini's La bohème
- Liu in Puccini's Turandot
- Lauretta in Puccini's Gianni Schicchi
- Manon Lescaut in Puccini's Manon Lescaut
- Micaela in Bizet's Carmen
- Adriana in Cilea's Adriana Lecouvreur
- Vivetta in Cilea's L'arlesiana
- Pamina in Mozart's The Magic Flute
- Elvira in Mozart's Don Giovanni
- Nedda in Leoncavallo's Pagliacci
- Beauty in Oliver's The Beauty and Beast
- Naiad in Richard Strauss' Ariadne auf Naxos
- 3rd Norn in Wagner's Götterdämmerung
- Ortlinde in Wagner's Die Walküre
- Euridice in Gluck's Orfeo ed Euridice
- Giuditta in Lehár's Giuditta
- Iolanta in Tchaikovsky's Iolanta
- Lisa in Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades
In addition to performing in operas Galante frequently sings in concerts in Verdi's Requiem, Mozart's Requiem, in the works of Bruckner, Poulenc, Schubert, Brahms and other composers. In 2008 Galante performed Richard Strauss's The Four Last Songs for soprano and orchestra which was at the same time premiere of this work in Russia.
Galante is patroness of the international music festival Summertime. She has been awarded The Order of the Three Stars by the President of Latvian Republic.
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