Actor

Elīna Garanča

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Movies: 38Series: 6

TMDB ID: 471356

IMDb ID: nm1988033

Known for: Acting

Born: September 16, 1976

Age: 49

Place of birth: Riga, Latvia

Gender: Female

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1979 - 2025

Years active: 47

Wikidata: Q235225

Also known as

Elīna Garanča • Elina Garanča • Elīna Garanča • Elīna Garanca • Elina Garanca • Elina Garança

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Biography

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.