Elina Garanca
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
Credits
- 2024 · Samson Et Dalila as Dalila
- 2023 · Don Carlo as Eboli
- 2023 · Richard Wagner: "Parsifal" Bayreuther Festspiele 2023 as Kundry
- 2023 · Summer Night Concert from Vienna – 2023 as Self - Mezzo Soprano
- 2022 · Don Carlo as La Principessa Eboli
- 2022 · Georges Bizet: Carmen as Carmen
- 2022 · Carmen aus der Arena von Verona as Carmen
- 2021 · Parsifal as Kundry
- 2021 · Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter as Self
- 2021 · Perpetuum mobile. Raimonds Pauls as Self
- 2020 · A riveder le stelle as Self - Singer
- 2020 · Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala as Self
- 2019 · Verdi-Requiem mit Riccardo Muti as Mezzosopran
- 2018 · Berliner Philharmoniker: Sir Simon Rattle & Elina Garanca in Baden-Baden as mezzo-soprano
- 2018 · The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila as Dalila
- 2017 · Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos as La Princesse Eboli
- 2017 · Carmen - Opéra National de Paris as Carmen
- 2017 · Der Rosenkavalier as Octavian
- 2016 · Mascagni: Cavallera Rusticana as Santuzza
- 2016 · The Metropolitan Opera: Roberto Devereux as Sarah
- 2015 · Wer weiß denn sowas? as Self
- 2015 · Donizetti - La Favorite as Leonor De Guzman
- 2014 · Zauberhafte Weihnacht im Land der „Stillen Nacht“ as Self
- 2013 · Verdi: Requiem as
- 2013 · Stöckl as Self
- 2012 · The Metropolitan Opera: La Clemenza di Tito as Sesto
- 2011 · Salzburg Festival Opening Concert as Self - Mezzo
- 2011 · Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell as Self
- 2011 · Donizetti: Anna Bolena as Giovanna Seymour
- 2011 · Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito as
- 2011 · Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann) as Herself
- 2010 · The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2010 as Mezzo-soprano
- 2010 · Bizet: Carmen as Carmen
- 2009 · Rossini: La Cenerentola as Angelina / Cenerentola
- 2007 · Die Operngala der Stars (Baden Baden 2007) as
- 2006 · La Clemenza di Tito as Annio
- 2006 · Semperopernball as Self
- 2005 · Werther as Charlotte
- 2005 · Così fan tutte as Dorabella
- 2005 · Eine große Nachtmusik as Self
- 2001 · Primadonna on Rollerskates as Self
- 1991 · DAS! as
- 1990 · Romy Award as Presenter
- 1979 · NDR Talk Show as Self
- 1974 · 3 nach 9 as Self
- Future · Symphony of Life as Self