Elina Garanca
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
Mezzosopran
Verdi-Requiem mit Riccardo Muti
Die Operngala der Stars (Baden Baden 2007)
Self - Mezzo
Salzburg Festival Opening Concert
Kundry
Richard Wagner: "Parsifal" Bayreuther Festspiele 2023
Carmen
Bizet: Carmen
Eboli
Don Carlo
Angelina / Cenerentola
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Giovanna Seymour
Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Self
Mūžīgais dzinējs. Raimonds Pauls
Kundry
Parsifal a l'Opera de Vienne
Self
Operdziedātāja uz skrituļslidām
Self
Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter
Carmen
Carmen aus der Arena von Verona
Carmen
Georges Bizet: Carmen
mezzo-soprano
Berliner Philharmoniker: Sir Simon Rattle & Elina Garanca in Baden-Baden
Annio
La Clemenza di Tito
Messiah
Dorabella
Così fan tutte
Octavian
Der Rosenkavalier
Herself
Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann)
La Princesse Eboli
Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos
Sesto
The Metropolitan Opera: La Clemenza di Tito
Santuzza
Mascagni: Cavallera Rusticana
Dalila
The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila
Leonor De Guzman
Donizetti - La Favorite
Charlotte
Werther
Self
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
Sarah
The Metropolitan Opera: Roberto Devereux
Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito
Self - Singer
A riveder le stelle
Carmen
Carmen - Opéra National de Paris
Mezzo-soprano
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2010
Dalila
Samson Et Dalila
La Principessa Eboli
Don Carlo
Self - Mezzo Soprano
Summer Night Concert from Vienna – 2023
Self
Dzīves simfonija
Mezzo soprano
Le Concert de Paris 2025
Mezzo-soprano
Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
38
Gender
Female
Birthday
1976-09-16
Place of Birth
Riga, Latvia
Also Known As
Elīna Garanča