Elīna Garanča
Acting
Born: 1976-09-16 in 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
DAS!
NDR Talk Show
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Wer weiß denn sowas?
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Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
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Zauberhafte Weihnacht im Land der "Stillen Nacht"
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Eine große Nachtmusik
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Anna Bolena - Wiener Staatsoper
Giovanna Seymour
Così fan tutte
Dorabella
Carmen - Opéra National de Paris
Carmen
Samson Et Dalila
Dalila
Parsifal
Kundry
Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Self - Mezzo soprano
Elīna Garanča - My Playlist
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Angelina / Cenerentola
Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos
La Princesse Eboli
Bizet: Carmen
Carmen
Georges Bizet: Carmen
Carmen
Der Rosenkavalier
Octavian
The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila
Dalila
Elīna Garanča @ Lucerne Festival 2025
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
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Mascagni: Cavallera Rusticana
Santuzza
Don Carlo
La Principessa Eboli
Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim
Mezzo-soprano
Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito
The Metropolitan Opera: Roberto Devereux
Sarah
Summer Night Concert 2023
Herself
The Metropolitan Opera: La Clemenza di Tito
Sesto
Le Concert de Paris 2025
Mezzo soprano
Vienna Opera Gala With Elina Garança, Sonya Yoncheva, Benjamin Bernheim and Jonas Kaufmann
Salzburg Festival Opening Concert
Self - Mezzo
Perpetuum mobile. Raimonds Pauls
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