Elīna Garanča
Acting
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.
Le Concert de Paris 2025
Mezzo soprano
Elīna Garanča sings “Carmen” @ Neuschwanstein Concerts 2025
Vienna Opera Gala With Elina Garança, Sonya Yoncheva, Benjamin Bernheim and Jonas Kaufmann
Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Self - Mezzo soprano
Samson Et Dalila
Dalila
Don Carlo
Eboli
Richard Wagner: "Parsifal" Bayreuther Festspiele 2023
Kundry
Summer Night Concert from Vienna – 2023
Self - Mezzo Soprano
Don Carlo
La Principessa Eboli
Georges Bizet: Carmen
Carmen
Carmen aus der Arena von Verona
Carmen
Parsifal
Kundry
Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter
Self
Elīna Garanča @ Lucerne Festival 2025
Perpetuum mobile. Raimonds Pauls
Self
A riveder le stelle
Self - Singer
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
Self
Verdi-Requiem mit Riccardo Muti
Self - Mezzo-soprano
Berliner Philharmoniker: Sir Simon Rattle & Elina Garanca in Baden-Baden
mezzo-soprano
The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila
Dalila
Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos
La Princesse Eboli
Carmen - Opéra National de Paris
Carmen
Der Rosenkavalier
Octavian
Mascagni: Cavallera Rusticana
Santuzza
The Metropolitan Opera: Roberto Devereux
Sarah
Donizetti - La Favorite
Leonor De Guzman
Messiah
The Metropolitan Opera: La Clemenza di Tito
Sesto
Salzburg Festival Opening Concert
Self - Mezzo
Donizetti: Anna Bolena
Giovanna Seymour
Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito
Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann)
Herself
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2010
Mezzo-soprano
Bizet: Carmen
Carmen
Rossini: La Cenerentola
Angelina / Cenerentola
Die Operngala der Stars (Baden Baden 2007)
La Clemenza di Tito
Annio
Werther
Charlotte
Così fan tutte
Dorabella
Primadonna on Rollerskates
Self