Elīna Garanča
- Acting
- September 16, 1976 · Riga, Latvia
Biography
Elīna Garanča is a Latvian opera singer. She was born into a musical family in Riga, Latvia. She began her professional career as a resident artist with the Südthüringischer Staatstheater in Meiningen, followed by the Opera in Frankfurt am Main and Wiener Staatsoper, in each theatre appearing in numerous leading roles. Since then, Elīna has established herself as one of the music world’s major stars through her performances with leading opera companies and symphony orchestras around the world. She has captured critical and popular acclaim for her beautiful voice, intelligent musicianship, and compelling stage portrayals. Among other roles, she is particularly famed for her portrayal as Bizet’s Carmen which she has sung in the majority of leading theatres, like Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Bayerische Staatsoper, Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía Valencia, or Metropolitan Opera to critical acclaim; the NY Times named her “the finest Carmen in 25 years…”. The Met Carmen production was broadcasted in more than 1,000 movie theatres worldwide and is one of the most viewed and successful “Live in HD” performances of the Metropolitan Opera.
Known for
Filmography
- Le Concert de Paris 2025 · Mezzo soprano
- Vienna Opera Gala With Elina Garança, Sonya Yoncheva, Benjamin Bernheim and Jonas Kaufmann
- Elīna Garanča sings “Carmen” @ Neuschwanstein Concerts 2025
- Elīna Garanča - My Playlist
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem · Self
- Samson Et Dalila · Dalila
- Don Carlo · Eboli
- Richard Wagner: "Parsifal" Bayreuther Festspiele 2023 · Kundry
- Summer Night Concert 2023 · Self
- Summer Night Concert from Vienna – 2023 · Self
- Don Carlo · La Principessa Eboli
- Georges Bizet: Carmen · Carmen
- Carmen aus der Arena von Verona · Carmen
- Parsifal · Kundry
- Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter · Self
- Elīna Garanča @ Lucerne Festival 2025
- Perpetuum mobile. Raimonds Pauls · Self
- A riveder le stelle · Self
- Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala · Self
- Verdi-Requiem mit Riccardo Muti · Self
- Berliner Philharmoniker: Sir Simon Rattle & Elina Garanca in Baden-Baden · mezzo-soprano
- The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila · Dalila
- Paslēpes mūzikā. Elīna Garanča · Self
- Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos · La Princesse Eboli
- Carmen - Opéra National de Paris · Carmen
- Der Rosenkavalier · Octavian
- Mascagni: Cavallera Rusticana · Santuzza
- The Metropolitan Opera: Roberto Devereux · Sarah
- Wer weiß denn sowas? · Self
- Donizetti - La Favorite · Leonor De Guzman
- Zauberhafte Weihnacht im Land der "Stillen Nacht" · Self
- Messiah
- Stöckl · Self
- The Metropolitan Opera: La Clemenza di Tito · Sesto
- Salzburg Festival Opening Concert · Self
- Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell · Self
- Anna Bolena - Wiener Staatsoper · Giovanna Seymour
- Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito
- Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann) · Self
- The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2010 · Mezzo-soprano
- Bizet: Carmen · Carmen
- Rossini: La Cenerentola · Angelina / Cenerentola
- Die Operngala der Stars (Baden Baden 2007)
- La Clemenza di Tito · Annio
- Semperopernball · Self
- Werther · Charlotte
- Così fan tutte · Dorabella
- Eine große Nachtmusik · Self
- Primadonna on Rollerskates · Self
- DAS!
- Romy Award · Presenter
- NDR Talk Show · Self
- 3 nach 9 · Self
- Symphony of Life · Self
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim · Mezzo-soprano
- Bizet's Carmen · Carmen
- ARTE Concert - Lucerne Festival · Self