Acting
Elīna Garanča
1976-09-16 · 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. 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
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DAS!
NDR Talk Show
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Rossini: La Cenerentola
Bizet: Carmen
Der Rosenkavalier
Anna Bolena - Wiener Staatsoper
La Clemenza di Tito
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
Vienna Opera Gala With Elina Garança, Sonya Yoncheva, Benjamin Bernheim and Jonas Kaufmann
Parsifal
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila
The Metropolitan Opera: Roberto Devereux
Messiah
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Le Concert de Paris 2025
Vienna Opera Gala With Elina Garança, Sonya Yoncheva, Benjamin Bernheim and Jonas Kaufmann
Elīna Garanča sings “Carmen” @ Neuschwanstein Concerts 2025
Elīna Garanča - My Playlist
Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Samson Et Dalila
Don Carlo
Richard Wagner: "Parsifal" Bayreuther Festspiele 2023
Summer Night Concert 2023
Summer Night Concert from Vienna – 2023
Don Carlo
Georges Bizet: Carmen
Carmen aus der Arena von Verona
Parsifal
Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter
Elīna Garanča @ Lucerne Festival 2025
Perpetuum mobile. Raimonds Pauls
A riveder le stelle
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
Verdi-Requiem mit Riccardo Muti
Berliner Philharmoniker: Sir Simon Rattle & Elina Garanca in Baden-Baden
The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila
Paslēpes mūzikā. Elīna Garanča
Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos
Carmen - Opéra National de Paris
Der Rosenkavalier
Mascagni: Cavallera Rusticana
The Metropolitan Opera: Roberto Devereux
Donizetti - La Favorite
Messiah
The Metropolitan Opera: La Clemenza di Tito
Salzburg Festival Opening Concert
Anna Bolena - Wiener Staatsoper
Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito
Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann)
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2010
Bizet: Carmen
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Die Operngala der Stars (Baden Baden 2007)
La Clemenza di Tito
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Wer weiß denn sowas?
Zauberhafte Weihnacht im Land der "Stillen Nacht"
Stöckl
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
Semperopernball
Eine große Nachtmusik
DAS!
Romy Award
NDR Talk Show
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ARTE Concert - Lucerne Festival
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