Elīna Garanča
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.
Acting
TV
Wer weiß denn sowas?
as Self
2015
TV
DAS!
1991
TV
NDR Talk Show
as Self
1979
TV
3 nach 9
as Self
1974
Movie
Rossini: La Cenerentola
as Angelina / Cenerentola
2009
Movie
Bizet: Carmen
as Carmen
2010
Movie
La Clemenza di Tito
as Annio
2006
TV
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
as Self
2011
Movie
Die Operngala der Stars (Baden Baden 2007)
2007
Movie
Donizetti: Anna Bolena
as Giovanna Seymour
2011
Movie
Primadonna on Rollerskates
as Self
2001
Movie
Messiah
2013
Movie
Così fan tutte
as Dorabella
2005
Movie
Der Rosenkavalier
as Octavian
2017
Movie
Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann)
as Herself
2011
Movie
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
as Self
2020
TV
Romy Award
as Presenter
1990
Movie
Verdi-Requiem mit Riccardo Muti
as Self - Mezzo-soprano
2019
Movie
Salzburg Festival Opening Concert
as Self - Mezzo
2011
Movie
Richard Wagner: "Parsifal" Bayreuther Festspiele 2023
as Kundry
2023
Movie
Don Carlo
as Eboli
2023
Movie
Parsifal
as Kundry
2021
Movie
Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter
as Self
2021
Movie
Perpetuum mobile. Raimonds Pauls
as Self
2021