
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.

DAS!
TV • 1991

NDR Talk Show
TV • 1979

Wer weiß denn sowas?
TV • 2015

Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
TV • 2011

Zauberhafte Weihnacht im Land der „Stillen Nacht“
TV • 2014

Eine große Nachtmusik
TV • 2005

Carmen - Opéra National de Paris
MOVIE • 2017

Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim
MOVIE

Bizet: Carmen
MOVIE • 2010

Così fan tutte
MOVIE • 2005

Rossini: La Cenerentola
MOVIE • 2009

Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito
MOVIE • 2011

Donizetti: Anna Bolena
MOVIE • 2011

Georges Bizet: Carmen
MOVIE • 2022

Der Rosenkavalier
MOVIE • 2017

The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila
MOVIE • 2018

Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos
MOVIE • 2017

Messiah
MOVIE • 2013