Elīna Garanča
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- September 16, 1976 (age 50)
- Birthplace
- Riga, Latvia
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
Wer weiß denn sowas?
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Bizet: Carmen
Anna Bolena - Wiener Staatsoper
La Clemenza di Tito
Der Rosenkavalier
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
Die Operngala der Stars (Baden Baden 2007)
Parsifal
Messiah
Così fan tutte
Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann)
Photos
Filmography
Symphony of Life
Movie · as Self
Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim
Movie · as Mezzo-soprano
Bizet's Carmen
Movie · as Carmen
ARTE Concert - Lucerne Festival
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Le Concert de Paris 2025
Movie · as Mezzo soprano
Vienna Opera Gala With Elina Garança, Sonya Yoncheva, Benjamin Bernheim and Jonas Kaufmann
Movie
Elīna Garanča sings “Carmen” @ Neuschwanstein Concerts 2025
Movie
Elīna Garanča - My Playlist
Movie
Samson Et Dalila
Movie · as Dalila
Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Movie · as Self - Mezzo soprano
Richard Wagner: "Parsifal" Bayreuther Festspiele 2023
Movie · as Kundry
Don Carlo
Movie · as Eboli
Summer Night Concert from Vienna – 2023
Movie · as Self - Mezzo Soprano
Summer Night Concert 2023
Movie · as Herself
Carmen aus der Arena von Verona
Movie · as Carmen
Georges Bizet: Carmen
Movie · as Carmen
Don Carlo
Movie · as La Principessa Eboli
Parsifal
Movie · as Kundry
Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter
Movie · as Self
Perpetuum mobile. Raimonds Pauls
Movie · as Self
Elīna Garanča @ Lucerne Festival 2025
Movie
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
Movie · as Self
A riveder le stelle
Movie · as Self - Singer
Verdi-Requiem mit Riccardo Muti
Movie · as Self - Mezzo-soprano
Berliner Philharmoniker: Sir Simon Rattle & Elina Garanca in Baden-Baden
Movie · as mezzo-soprano
The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila
Movie · as Dalila
Paslēpes mūzikā. Elīna Garanča
Movie · as Self
Der Rosenkavalier
Movie · as Octavian
Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos
Movie · as La Princesse Eboli
Carmen - Opéra National de Paris
Movie · as Carmen
Mascagni: Cavallera Rusticana
Movie · as Santuzza
The Metropolitan Opera: Roberto Devereux
Movie · as Sarah
Donizetti - La Favorite
Movie · as Leonor De Guzman
Wer weiß denn sowas?
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Zauberhafte Weihnacht im Land der Stillen Nacht
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Messiah
Movie
Stöckl
TV · as Self · 1 ep
The Metropolitan Opera: La Clemenza di Tito
Movie · as Sesto
Salzburg Festival Opening Concert
Movie · as Self - Mezzo
Anna Bolena - Wiener Staatsoper
Movie · as Giovanna Seymour
Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann)
Movie · as Herself
Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito
Movie
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Bizet: Carmen
Movie · as Carmen
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2010
Movie · as Mezzo-soprano
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Movie · as Angelina / Cenerentola
Die Operngala der Stars (Baden Baden 2007)
Movie
La Clemenza di Tito
Movie · as Annio
Semperopernball
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Così fan tutte
Movie · as Dorabella
Werther
Movie · as Charlotte
Eine große Nachtmusik
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Primadonna on Rollerskates
Movie · as Self
DAS!
TV · 1 ep
Romy Award
TV · as Presenter · 1 ep
NDR Talk Show
TV · as Self · 1 ep
3 nach 9
TV · as Self · 1 ep