Acting
Elīna Garanča
LV, EN, FR, IT cinema · 46 credits
Born
16 September 1976 (age 50)
Birthplace
Riga, Latvia
Also known as Elīna Garanča · Elina Garanča · Elīna Garanča · Elīna Garanca · Elina Garanca · Elina Garança
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
Filmography
Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim
as Mezzo-soprano
Le Concert de Paris 2025
as Mezzo soprano
Samson Et Dalila
as Dalila
Verdi: Messa da Requiem
as Self - Mezzo soprano
Don Carlo
as Eboli
Summer Night Concert from Vienna – 2023
as Self - Mezzo Soprano
Don Carlo
as La Principessa Eboli
Parsifal
as Kundry
A riveder le stelle
2020
A riveder le stelle
as Self - Singer
Verdi-Requiem mit Riccardo Muti
2019
Verdi-Requiem mit Riccardo Muti
as Self - Mezzo-soprano
Berliner Philharmoniker: Sir Simon Rattle & Elina Garanca in Baden-Baden
as mezzo-soprano
Der Rosenkavalier
as Octavian
Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos
as La Princesse Eboli
Donizetti - La Favorite
as Leonor De Guzman
Messiah
Actor
Salzburg Festival Opening Concert
as Self - Mezzo
Anna Bolena - Wiener Staatsoper
as Giovanna Seymour
Bizet: Carmen
as Carmen
Rossini: La Cenerentola
as Angelina / Cenerentola
La Clemenza di Tito
as Annio
Così fan tutte
as Dorabella
Werther
as Charlotte