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