Elina Garanca sings Saint-Saens
Elina Garanca sings Saint-Saens Mon coeur s’ouvre à ta voix from Samson et Dalila, one of the tracks on her glorious new CD Romantique released by Deutsche Grammophon (DG 479 0071)
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