Elīna Garanča
Known for Acting · 54 credits
- Born
- 1976-09-16 (age 49)
- Place of birth
- Riga, Latvia
- Also known as
- Elīna Garanča · Elina Garanča · Elīna Garanča · Elīna Garanca · Elina Garanca · Elina Garança
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
TV Shows (10)
DAS!
1991
NDR Talk Show
1979
as Self
3 nach 9
1974
as Self
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015
as Self
Romy Award
1990
as Presenter
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
2011
as Self
Stöckl
2013
as Self
Semperopernball
2006
as Self
Zauberhafte Weihnacht im Land der „Stillen Nacht“
2014
as Self
Eine große Nachtmusik
2005
as Self
Movies (44)
Rossini: La Cenerentola
2009
as Angelina / Cenerentola
Der Rosenkavalier
2017
as Octavian
The Metropolitan Opera: La Clemenza di Tito
2012
as Sesto
Donizetti: Anna Bolena
2011
as Giovanna Seymour
Perpetuum mobile. Raimonds Pauls
2021
as Self
Parsifal
2021
as Kundry
Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter
2021
as Self
Bizet: Carmen
2010
as Carmen
Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim
as Mezzo-soprano
Die Operngala der Stars (Baden Baden 2007)
2007
Don Carlo
2023
as Eboli
Salzburg Festival Opening Concert
2011
as Self - Mezzo
La Clemenza di Tito
2006
as Annio
Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito
2011
Carmen aus der Arena von Verona
2022
as Carmen
Messiah
2013
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
2020
as Self
Verdi-Requiem mit Riccardo Muti
2019
as Self - Mezzo-soprano
Werther
2005
as Charlotte
Carmen - Opéra National de Paris
2017
as Carmen
The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila
2018
as Dalila
Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos
2017
as La Princesse Eboli
Elīna Garanča - My Playlist
2025
Berliner Philharmoniker: Sir Simon Rattle & Elina Garanca in Baden-Baden
2018
as mezzo-soprano
Così fan tutte
2005
as Dorabella
Vienna Opera Gala With Elina Garança, Sonya Yoncheva, Benjamin Bernheim and Jonas Kaufmann
2025
The Metropolitan Opera: Roberto Devereux
2016
as Sarah
Georges Bizet: Carmen
2022
as Carmen
Mascagni: Cavallera Rusticana
2016
as Santuzza
Elīna Garanča sings “Carmen” @ Neuschwanstein Concerts 2025
2025
Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann)
2011
as Herself
Le Concert de Paris 2025
2025
as Mezzo soprano
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2010
2010
as Mezzo-soprano
Donizetti - La Favorite
2015
as Leonor De Guzman
Elīna Garanča @ Lucerne Festival 2025
2021
Samson Et Dalila
2024
as Dalila
A riveder le stelle
2020
as Self - Singer
Primadonna on Rollerskates
2001
as Self
Verdi: Messa da Requiem
2024
as Self - Mezzo soprano
Summer Night Concert from Vienna – 2023
2023
as Self - Mezzo Soprano
Symphony of Life
as Self
Bizet's Carmen
as Carmen
Don Carlo
2022
as La Principessa Eboli
Richard Wagner: "Parsifal" Bayreuther Festspiele 2023
2023
as Kundry
About Elīna Garanča
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… With 54 credits spanning from 1974 to 2025, Elīna Garanča has appeared in 44 films and 10 TV shows.
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Most Popular Elīna Garanča Movies
- Rossini: La Cenerentola (2009) — as Angelina / Cenerentola
- Der Rosenkavalier (2017) — as Octavian
- The Metropolitan Opera: La Clemenza di Tito (2012) — as Sesto
- Donizetti: Anna Bolena (2011) — as Giovanna Seymour
- Perpetuum mobile. Raimonds Pauls (2021) — as Self
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