Elīna Garanča
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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
Credits
Così fan tutte (2005)
as Dorabella
Symphony of Life (—)
as Self
Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito (2011)
Actor
Carmen - Opéra National de Paris (2017)
as Carmen
Elīna Garanča @ Lucerne Festival 2025 (2021)
Actor
Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim (—)
as Mezzo-soprano
Rossini: La Cenerentola (2009)
as Angelina / Cenerentola
Samson Et Dalila (2024)
as Dalila
Verdi: Messa da Requiem (2024)
as Self - Mezzo soprano
Georges Bizet: Carmen (2022)
as Carmen
Primadonna on Rollerskates (2001)
as Self
Elīna Garanča - My Playlist (2025)
Actor
Bizet's Carmen (—)
as Carmen
Parsifal (2021)
as Kundry
Messiah (2013)
Actor
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala (2020)
as Self
Bizet: Carmen (2010)
as Carmen
Elīna Garanča sings “Carmen” @ Neuschwanstein Concerts 2025 (2025)
Actor
Donizetti: Anna Bolena (2011)
as Giovanna Seymour
Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann) (2011)
as Herself
Der Rosenkavalier (2017)
as Octavian
Le Concert de Paris 2025 (2025)
as Mezzo soprano
Berliner Philharmoniker: Sir Simon Rattle & Elina Garanca in Baden-Baden (2018)
as mezzo-soprano
Salzburg Festival Opening Concert (2011)
as Self - Mezzo
Mascagni: Cavallera Rusticana (2016)
as Santuzza
The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila (2018)
as Dalila
Die Operngala der Stars (Baden Baden 2007) (2007)
Actor
Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter (2021)
as Self
The Metropolitan Opera: Roberto Devereux (2016)
as Sarah
La Clemenza di Tito (2006)
as Annio
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2010 (2010)
as Mezzo-soprano
Perpetuum mobile. Raimonds Pauls (2021)
as Self
The Metropolitan Opera: La Clemenza di Tito (2012)
as Sesto
Werther (2005)
as Charlotte
Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos (2017)
as La Princesse Eboli
Don Carlo (2022)
as La Principessa Eboli
Vienna Opera Gala With Elina Garança, Sonya Yoncheva, Benjamin Bernheim and Jonas Kaufmann (2025)
Actor
Donizetti - La Favorite (2015)
as Leonor De Guzman
Carmen aus der Arena von Verona (2022)
as Carmen
Richard Wagner: "Parsifal" Bayreuther Festspiele 2023 (2023)
as Kundry
Verdi-Requiem mit Riccardo Muti (2019)
as Self - Mezzo-soprano
Summer Night Concert from Vienna – 2023 (2023)
as Self - Mezzo Soprano
Don Carlo (2023)
as Eboli
A riveder le stelle (2020)
as Self - Singer