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