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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 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.
As actor
Le Concert de Paris 2025
Vienna Opera Gala With Elina Garança, Sonya Yoncheva, Benjamin Bernheim and Jonas Kaufmann
Elīna Garanča sings “Carmen” @ Neuschwanstein Concerts 2025
Elīna Garanča - My Playlist
Samson Et Dalila
Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Richard Wagner: "Parsifal" Bayreuther Festspiele 2023
Don Carlo
Summer Night Concert from Vienna – 2023
Carmen aus der Arena von Verona
Georges Bizet: Carmen
Don Carlo
Perpetuum mobile. Raimonds Pauls
Parsifal
Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter
Elīna Garanča @ Lucerne Festival 2025
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
A riveder le stelle
Verdi-Requiem mit Riccardo Muti
Berliner Philharmoniker: Sir Simon Rattle & Elina Garanca in Baden-Baden
The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila
Der Rosenkavalier
Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos
Carmen - Opéra National de Paris
Mascagni: Cavallera Rusticana
The Metropolitan Opera: Roberto Devereux
Donizetti - La Favorite
Messiah
The Metropolitan Opera: La Clemenza di Tito
Salzburg Festival Opening Concert