Elīna Garanča

Known for ActingBorn 1976-09-16 (age 49)Riga, Latvia

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Die Operngala der Stars (Baden Baden 2007)

Primadonna on Rollerskates

Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala

Messiah

Così fan tutte

Romy Award

Donizetti: Anna Bolena

La Clemenza di Tito

Bizet: Carmen

Wer weiß denn sowas?

Der Rosenkavalier

Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann)

3 nach 9

Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell

NDR Talk Show

Parsifal

DAS!

Rossini: La Cenerentola

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

Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter

Elīna Garanča @ Lucerne Festival 2025

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

Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos

Carmen - Opéra National de Paris

Mascagni: Cavallera Rusticana

The Metropolitan Opera: Roberto Devereux

Donizetti - La Favorite

Zauberhafte Weihnacht im Land der "Stillen Nacht"

Stöckl

The Metropolitan Opera: La Clemenza di Tito

Salzburg Festival Opening Concert

Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito

The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2010