Elīna Garanča
Actor
- Born
- September 16, 1976 (age 50) · Riga, Latvia
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.
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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
Rossini: La Cenerentola
May 9, 2009
Bizet: Carmen
January 15, 2010
Anna Bolena - Wiener Staatsoper
April 5, 2011
La Clemenza di Tito
August 20, 2006
Der Rosenkavalier
April 13, 2017
Die Operngala der Stars (Baden Baden 2007)
January 8, 2007
Parsifal
December 26, 2021
Messiah
July 8, 2013
Così fan tutte
July 23, 2005
Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann)
March 7, 2011
The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila
October 20, 2018
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
April 25, 2020
Acting46
- 2025Le Concert de Paris 2025 as Mezzo soprano
- 2025Vienna Opera Gala With Elina Garança, Sonya Yoncheva, Benjamin Bernheim and Jonas Kaufmann
- 2025Elīna Garanča sings “Carmen” @ Neuschwanstein Concerts 2025
- 2025Elīna Garanča - My Playlist
- 2024Verdi: Messa da Requiem as Self - Mezzo soprano
- 2024Samson Et Dalila as Dalila
- 2023Don Carlo as Eboli
- 2023Richard Wagner: "Parsifal" Bayreuther Festspiele 2023 as Kundry
- 2023Summer Night Concert 2023 as Herself
- 2023Summer Night Concert from Vienna – 2023