Elīna Garanča

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

52

Gender

Female

Birthday

1976-09-16 (49 years old)

Place of Birth

Riga, Latvia

Elīna Garanča

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

  • NDR Talk Show

    NDR Talk Show

  • DAS!

    DAS!

  • 3 nach 9

    3 nach 9

  • Don Carlo

    Don Carlo

  • Donizetti: Anna Bolena

    Donizetti: Anna Bolena

  • Romy Award

    Romy Award

  • Don Carlo

    Don Carlo

  • Wer weiß denn sowas?

    Wer weiß denn sowas?

  • Messiah

    Messiah

  • Donizetti - La Favorite

    Donizetti - La Favorite

  • Georges Bizet: Carmen

    Georges Bizet: Carmen

  • Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell

    Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell

  • Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos

    Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos

  • Stöckl

    Stöckl

  • Così fan tutte

    Così fan tutte

  • Werther

    Werther

  • Semperopernball

    Semperopernball

  • Eine große Nachtmusik

    Eine große Nachtmusik

  • Symphony of Life

    Symphony of Life

  • Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim

    Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim

  • Primadonna on Rollerskates

    Primadonna on Rollerskates

  • Zauberhafte Weihnacht im Land der „Stillen Nacht“

    Zauberhafte Weihnacht im Land der „Stillen Nacht“

  • Mascagni: Cavallera Rusticana

    Mascagni: Cavallera Rusticana

  • Samson Et Dalila

    Samson Et Dalila

  • Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala

    Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala

  • Rossini: La Cenerentola

    Rossini: La Cenerentola

  • Bizet: Carmen

    Bizet: Carmen

  • Parsifal

    Parsifal

  • The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila

    The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila

  • Die Operngala der Stars (Baden Baden 2007)

    Die Operngala der Stars (Baden Baden 2007)

  • Der Rosenkavalier

    Der Rosenkavalier

  • Le Concert de Paris 2025

    Le Concert de Paris 2025

  • Vienna Opera Gala With Elina Garança, Sonya Yoncheva, Benjamin Bernheim and Jonas Kaufmann

    Vienna Opera Gala With Elina Garança, Sonya Yoncheva, Benjamin Bernheim and Jonas Kaufmann

  • A riveder le stelle

    A riveder le stelle

  • Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito

    Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito

  • Carmen aus der Arena von Verona

    Carmen aus der Arena von Verona

  • Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter

    Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter

  • Verdi-Requiem mit Riccardo Muti

    Verdi-Requiem mit Riccardo Muti

  • The Metropolitan Opera: Roberto Devereux

    The Metropolitan Opera: Roberto Devereux

  • The Metropolitan Opera: La Clemenza di Tito

    The Metropolitan Opera: La Clemenza di Tito

  • Carmen - Opéra National de Paris

    Carmen - Opéra National de Paris

  • Elīna Garanča sings “Carmen” @ Neuschwanstein Concerts 2025

    Elīna Garanča sings “Carmen” @ Neuschwanstein Concerts 2025

  • Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann)

    Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann)

  • Salzburg Festival Opening Concert

    Salzburg Festival Opening Concert

  • Richard Wagner: "Parsifal" Bayreuther Festspiele 2023

    Richard Wagner: "Parsifal" Bayreuther Festspiele 2023

  • Perpetuum mobile. Raimonds Pauls

    Perpetuum mobile. Raimonds Pauls

  • La Clemenza di Tito

    La Clemenza di Tito

  • Berliner Philharmoniker: Sir Simon Rattle & Elina Garanca in Baden-Baden

    Berliner Philharmoniker: Sir Simon Rattle & Elina Garanca in Baden-Baden

  • The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2010

    The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2010

  • Elīna Garanča @ Lucerne Festival 2025

    Elīna Garanča @ Lucerne Festival 2025

  • Summer Night Concert from Vienna – 2023

    Summer Night Concert from Vienna – 2023

  • Bizet's Carmen

    Bizet's Carmen