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Elīna Garanča
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 Staat…
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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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2025
Le Concert de Paris 2025
Movie Mezzo soprano
- 2025
- 2025
- 2025
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2024
Verdi: Messa da Requiem
Movie Self - Mezzo soprano
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2024
Samson Et Dalila
Movie Dalila
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2023
Don Carlo
Movie Eboli
- 2023
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2023
Summer Night Concert 2023
Movie Herself
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2023
Summer Night Concert from Vienna – 2023
Movie Self - Mezzo Soprano
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2022
Don Carlo
Movie La Principessa Eboli
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2022
Georges Bizet: Carmen
Movie Carmen
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2022
Carmen aus der Arena von Verona
Movie Carmen
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2021
Parsifal
Movie Kundry
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2021
Christmas in Vienna – Glanzlichter
Movie Self
- 2021
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2021
Perpetuum mobile. Raimonds Pauls
Movie Self
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2020
A riveder le stelle
Movie Self - Singer
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2020
Metropolitan Opera At Home Gala
Movie Self
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2019
Verdi-Requiem mit Riccardo Muti
Movie Self - Mezzo-soprano
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2018
Berliner Philharmoniker: Sir Simon Rattle & Elina Garanca in Baden-Baden
Movie mezzo-soprano
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2018
The Metropolitan Opera: Samson et Dalila
Movie Dalila
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2018
Paslēpes mūzikā. Elīna Garanča
Movie Self
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2017
Opéra National de Paris: Verdi's Don Carlos
Movie La Princesse Eboli
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2017
Carmen - Opéra National de Paris
Movie Carmen
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2017
Der Rosenkavalier
Movie Octavian
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2016
Mascagni: Cavallera Rusticana
Movie Santuzza
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2016
The Metropolitan Opera: Roberto Devereux
Movie Sarah
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2015
Wer weiß denn sowas?
TV show Self
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2015
Donizetti - La Favorite
Movie Leonor De Guzman
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2014
Zauberhafte Weihnacht im Land der "Stillen Nacht"
TV show Self
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2013
Messiah
Movie
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2013
Stöckl
TV show Self
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2012
The Metropolitan Opera: La Clemenza di Tito
Movie Sesto
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2011
Salzburg Festival Opening Concert
Movie Self - Mezzo
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2011
Klein gegen Groß - Das unglaubliche Duell
TV show Self
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2011
Anna Bolena - Wiener Staatsoper
Movie Giovanna Seymour
- 2011
- 2011
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2010
The Berliner Philharmoniker’s New Year’s Eve Concert: 2010
Movie Mezzo-soprano
