Elīna Garanča
Born: 1976-09-16 in Riga, Latvia
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2025
2024
- Samson Et Dalila as Dalila
- Verdi: Messa da Requiem as Self - Mezzo soprano
2023
- Don Carlo as Eboli
- Summer Night Concert from Vienna – 2023 as Self - Mezzo Soprano
- Richard Wagner: "Parsifal" Bayreuther Festspiele 2023 as Kundry
2022
- Georges Bizet: Carmen as Carmen
- Carmen aus der Arena von Verona as Carmen
- Don Carlo as La Principessa Eboli
2021
- Perpetuum mobile. Raimonds Pauls as Self
- Parsifal as Kundry
- Elīna Garanča @ Lucerne Festival 2025
- Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter as Self
2020
- Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala as Self
- A riveder le stelle as Self - Singer
2019
- Verdi-Requiem mit Riccardo Muti as Self - Mezzo-soprano
2018
- The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila as Dalila
- Berliner Philharmoniker: Sir Simon Rattle & Elina Garanca in Baden-Baden as mezzo-soprano
2017
- Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos as La Princesse Eboli
- Carmen - Opéra National de Paris as Carmen
- Der Rosenkavalier as Octavian
2016
- The Metropolitan Opera: Roberto Devereux as Sarah
- Mascagni: Cavallera Rusticana as Santuzza
2015
- Wer weiß denn sowas? as Self
- Donizetti - La Favorite as Leonor De Guzman
2014
2012
2011
- Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell as Self
- Salzburg Festival Opening Concert as Self - Mezzo
- Donizetti: Anna Bolena as Giovanna Seymour
- Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito
- Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann) as Herself
2010
- Bizet: Carmen as Carmen
- The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2010 as Mezzo-soprano
2009
- Rossini: La Cenerentola as Angelina / Cenerentola
2006
- Semperopernball as Self
- La Clemenza di Tito as Annio
2005
- Eine große Nachtmusik as Self
- Così fan tutte as Dorabella
- Werther as Charlotte
2001
- Primadonna on Rollerskates as Self
1991
1990
- Romy Award as Presenter
1979
- NDR Talk Show as Self
1974
- 3 nach 9 as Self