Elīna Garanča

Elīna Garanča

Born 1976-09-16 (age 49) Riga, Latvia
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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.

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Known For

Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Verdi: Messa da Requiem

2024

as Self - Mezzo soprano

Bizet: Carmen
Bizet: Carmen

2010

as Carmen

Rossini: La Cenerentola
Rossini: La Cenerentola

2009

as Angelina / Cenerentola

Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Donizetti: Anna Bolena

2011

as Giovanna Seymour

Parsifal
Parsifal

2021

as Kundry

Don Carlo
Don Carlo

2023

as Eboli

Der Rosenkavalier
Der Rosenkavalier

2017

as Octavian

Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos
Così fan tutte
Così fan tutte

2005

as Dorabella

Mascagni: Cavallera Rusticana
Georges Bizet: Carmen
Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim