
Acting
Born September 16, 1976 · 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.

Le Concert de Paris 2025
2025

Vienna Opera Gala With Elina Garança, Sonya Yoncheva, Benjamin Bernheim and Jonas Kaufmann
2025

Elīna Garanča sings “Carmen” @ Neuschwanstein Concerts 2025
2025

Verdi: Messa da Requiem
2024

Samson Et Dalila
2024

Don Carlo
2023

Richard Wagner: "Parsifal" Bayreuther Festspiele 2023
2023

Summer Night Concert from Vienna – 2023
2023

Don Carlo
2022

Georges Bizet: Carmen
2022
Carmen aus der Arena von Verona
2022

Parsifal
2021
Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter
2021

Elīna Garanča @ Lucerne Festival 2025
2021

Perpetuum mobile. Raimonds Pauls
2021
A riveder le stelle
2020

Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
2020
Verdi-Requiem mit Riccardo Muti
2019

Berliner Philharmoniker: Sir Simon Rattle & Elina Garanca in Baden-Baden
2018

The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila
2018

Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos
2017

Carmen - Opéra National de Paris
2017

Der Rosenkavalier
2017

Mascagni: Cavallera Rusticana
2016

The Metropolitan Opera: Roberto Devereux
2016

Donizetti - La Favorite
2015

Messiah
2013

The Metropolitan Opera: La Clemenza di Tito
2012

Salzburg Festival Opening Concert
2011

Donizetti: Anna Bolena
2011

Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito
2011

Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann)
2011

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

Bizet: Carmen
2010

Rossini: La Cenerentola
2009

Die Operngala der Stars (Baden Baden 2007)
2007

La Clemenza di Tito
2006

Werther
2005

Così fan tutte
2005
Primadonna on Rollerskates
2001