Elīna Garanča
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 16, 1976
- Place of birth
- 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.
Movies with Elīna Garanča
- Rossini: La Cenerentola 2009 · ★ 3.3
- Bizet: Carmen 2010 · ★ 7.7
- Anna Bolena - Wiener Staatsoper 2011 · ★ 8.0
- La Clemenza di Tito 2006 · ★ 8.0
- Der Rosenkavalier 2017 · ★ 7.5
- Die Operngala der Stars (Baden Baden 2007) 2007 · ★ 10.0
- Parsifal 2021 · ★ 6.0
- Primadonna on Rollerskates 2001 · ★ 10.0
- Messiah 2013 · ★ 9.0
- Così fan tutte 2005 · ★ 9.0
- Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann) 2011 · ★ 7.0
- The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila 2018 · ★ 6.0
- Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala 2020 · ★ 9.0
- The Metropolitan Opera: Roberto Devereux 2016 · ★ 5.0
- Summer Night Concert from Vienna – 2023 2023 · ★ 7.0
- Vienna Opera Gala With Elina Garança, Sonya Yoncheva, Benjamin Bernheim and Jonas Kaufmann 2025 · ★ 8.0
- Verdi-Requiem mit Riccardo Muti 2019
- Salzburg Festival Opening Concert 2011
- Richard Wagner: "Parsifal" Bayreuther Festspiele 2023 2023
- Don Carlo 2023
- Perpetuum mobile. Raimonds Pauls 2021
- Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter 2021
- Carmen aus der Arena von Verona 2022
- Georges Bizet: Carmen 2022
- Berliner Philharmoniker: Sir Simon Rattle & Elina Garanca in Baden-Baden 2018
- Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos 2017
- The Metropolitan Opera: La Clemenza di Tito 2012
- Mascagni: Cavallera Rusticana 2016
- Donizetti - La Favorite 2015
- Werther 2005
- Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito 2011
- 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
- Le Concert de Paris 2025 2025
- Elīna Garanča sings “Carmen” @ Neuschwanstein Concerts 2025 2025
- Elīna Garanča @ Lucerne Festival 2025 2021
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem 2024