Elīna Garanča
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.
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Movies (39)
Le Concert de Paris 2025
as Mezzo soprano
2025
Vienna Opera Gala With Elina Garança, Sonya Yoncheva, Benjamin Bernheim and Jonas Kaufmann
2025
Elīna Garanča sings “Carmen” @ Neuschwanstein Concerts 2025
2025
Samson Et Dalila
as Dalila
2024
Don Carlo
as Eboli
2023
Richard Wagner: "Parsifal" Bayreuther Festspiele 2023
as Kundry
2023
Summer Night Concert from Vienna – 2023
as Self - Mezzo Soprano
2023
Don Carlo
as La Principessa Eboli
2022
Georges Bizet: Carmen
as Carmen
2022
Carmen aus der Arena von Verona
as Carmen
2022
Parsifal
as Kundry
2021
Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter
as Self
2021
Elīna Garanča @ Lucerne Festival 2025
2021
Perpetuum mobile. Raimonds Pauls
as Self
2021
A riveder le stelle
as Self - Singer
2020
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
as Self
2020
Verdi-Requiem mit Riccardo Muti
as Self - Mezzo-soprano
2019
Berliner Philharmoniker: Sir Simon Rattle & Elina Garanca in Baden-Baden
as mezzo-soprano
2018
The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila
as Dalila
2018
Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos
as La Princesse Eboli
2017
Carmen - Opéra National de Paris
as Carmen
2017
Der Rosenkavalier
as Octavian
2017
Mascagni: Cavallera Rusticana
as Santuzza
2016
The Metropolitan Opera: Roberto Devereux
as Sarah
2016
Donizetti - La Favorite
as Leonor De Guzman
2015
Messiah
2013
The Metropolitan Opera: La Clemenza di Tito
as Sesto
2012
Salzburg Festival Opening Concert
as Self - Mezzo
2011
Donizetti: Anna Bolena
as Giovanna Seymour
2011
Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito
2011
Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann)
as Herself
2011
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2010
as Mezzo-soprano
2010
Bizet: Carmen
as Carmen
2010
Rossini: La Cenerentola
as Angelina / Cenerentola
2009
Die Operngala der Stars (Baden Baden 2007)
2007
La Clemenza di Tito
as Annio
2006
Werther
as Charlotte
2005
Così fan tutte
as Dorabella
2005
Primadonna on Rollerskates
as Self
2001
TV Shows (10)
Wer weiß denn sowas?
as Self
2015
Zauberhafte Weihnacht im Land der „Stillen Nacht“
as Self
2014
Stöckl
as Self
2013
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
as Self
2011
Semperopernball
as Self
2006
Eine große Nachtmusik
as Self
2005
DAS!
1991
Romy Award
as Presenter
1990
NDR Talk Show
as Self
1979
3 nach 9
as Self
1974