Elīna Garanča
Known for: Acting
Born: September 16, 1976
Place of birth: 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.
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Filmography
45 movies · 10 TV shows, newest first
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Le Concert de Paris 2025
2025
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Vienna Opera Gala With Elina Garança, Sonya Yoncheva, Benjamin Bernheim and Jonas Kaufmann
2025
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Elīna Garanča sings “Carmen” @ Neuschwanstein Concerts 2025
2025
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Elīna Garanča - My Playlist
2025
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Verdi: Messa da Requiem
2024
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Samson Et Dalila
2024
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Don Carlo
2023
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Richard Wagner: "Parsifal" Bayreuther Festspiele 2023
2023
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Summer Night Concert 2023
2023
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Summer Night Concert from Vienna – 2023
2023
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Don Carlo
2022
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Georges Bizet: Carmen
2022NR
Carmen aus der Arena von Verona
2022
6.0
Parsifal
2021NR
Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter
2021
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Elīna Garanča @ Lucerne Festival 2025
2021
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Perpetuum mobile. Raimonds Pauls
2021NR
A riveder le stelle
2020
9.0
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
2020NR
Verdi-Requiem mit Riccardo Muti
2019
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Berliner Philharmoniker: Sir Simon Rattle & Elina Garanca in Baden-Baden
2018
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The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila
2018
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Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos
2017
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Carmen - Opéra National de Paris
2017
7.0
Der Rosenkavalier
2017
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Mascagni: Cavallera Rusticana
2016
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The Metropolitan Opera: Roberto Devereux
2016
7.6
Wer weiß denn sowas?
2015
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Donizetti - La Favorite
2015
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Zauberhafte Weihnacht im Land der "Stillen Nacht"
2014
9.0
Messiah
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Stöckl
2013
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The Metropolitan Opera: La Clemenza di Tito
2012
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Salzburg Festival Opening Concert
2011
6.5
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
2011
8.0
Anna Bolena - Wiener Staatsoper
2011
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Mozart - La Clemenza di Tito
2011
7.0
Beethoven · Missa Solemnis (Staatskapelle Dresden, Christian Thielemann)
2011
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The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2010
2010
7.7
Bizet: Carmen
2010
3.3
Rossini: La Cenerentola
2009
10.0
Die Operngala der Stars (Baden Baden 2007)
2007
8.0
La Clemenza di Tito
2006NR
Semperopernball
2006
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Werther
2005
9.0
Così fan tutte
2005
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Eine große Nachtmusik
200510.0
Primadonna on Rollerskates
2001
4.7
DAS!
19919.0
Romy Award
1990
6.6
NDR Talk Show
19797.2
3 nach 9
1974NR
Symphony of Life
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Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Barenboim
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Bizet's Carmen
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