Kosovo native Flaka Goranci’s extensive international opera career features leading parts in operas by Mozart, Rossini and Weill. She is also accomplished in the genre...

Kosovo native Flaka Goranci’s extensive international opera career features leading parts in operas by Mozart, Rossini and Weill. She is also accomplished in the genre of folk music, as can be heard on her new CD “Albanian Flowers”. Supported by colleagues of Balkan descent, Ms. Goranci presents songs from Albania and the Kosovo. Love’s bliss and love’s sorrow go side by side and the appropriate roundelay of symbols mostly includes spring and flowers. Further typical elements found in this music coming out of peoples’ daily lives include weddings, loyalty to one’s homeland and shepherd tunes.