Elīna Garanča
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Elīna Garanča

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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.

Films Featuring Elīna Garanča

Verdi-Requiem mit Riccardo Muti

Verdi-Requiem mit Riccardo Muti

2019

Die Operngala der Stars (Baden Baden 2007)

200710.0

Salzburg Festival Opening Concert

2011

Richard Wagner: "Parsifal" Bayreuther Festspiele 2023

2023

Bizet: Carmen

20107.7

Don Carlo

2023

Rossini: La Cenerentola

20093.3

Donizetti: Anna Bolena

20118.0

Parsifal

20216.0

Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter

Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter

2021

Perpetuum mobile. Raimonds Pauls

2021

Primadonna on Rollerskates

Primadonna on Rollerskates

200110.0

Carmen aus der Arena von Verona

Carmen aus der Arena von Verona

2022

Georges Bizet: Carmen

2022

Berliner Philharmoniker: Sir Simon Rattle & Elina Garanca in Baden-Baden

2018

La Clemenza di Tito

20068.0

Messiah

20139.0

Così fan tutte

20059.0

Der Rosenkavalier

20177.0

Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann)

20117.0

Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos

2017

The Metropolitan Opera: La Clemenza di Tito

2012

Mascagni: Cavallera Rusticana

2016

The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila

2018

Donizetti - La Favorite

2015

Werther

2005

Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala

20209.0

The Metropolitan Opera: Roberto Devereux

2016

Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito

2011

A riveder le stelle

A riveder le stelle

2020

Carmen - Opéra National de Paris

2017

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2010

2010

Samson Et Dalila

2024

Don Carlo

2022

Summer Night Concert from Vienna – 2023

2023

Symphony of Life

Symphony of Life

Le Concert de Paris 2025

2025

Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim

Vienna Opera Gala With Elina Garança, Sonya Yoncheva, Benjamin Bernheim and Jonas Kaufmann

2025

Elīna Garanča sings “Carmen” @ Neuschwanstein Concerts 2025

2025

Elīna Garanča @ Lucerne Festival 2025

2021

Bizet's Carmen

Bizet's Carmen

Verdi: Messa da Requiem

2024

Elīna Garanča - My Playlist

2025