Two of her previous albums (‘Romantique’ and ‘Meditation’) both won an ECHO Klassik award. Her first solo recording ‘Aria Cantilena’ was released in March 2007 to great popular and critical acclaim.
In September 2005 Elina became an exclusive artist with Deutsche Grammophon (DG). In 2022 will Elīna star at various festivals and galas throughout Europe, America and East Asia. During the 2021/22 season Elīna made her role debut as La Principessa di Bouillon in Cilea’s Adriana Lecouvreur at the Wiener Staatsoper.
Recent highlights include a new production of Samson et Dalila at Staatsoper Berlin with Daniel Barenboim portraying the role of Dalila, her return to the Metropolitan Opera as Marguerite in La damnation de Faust, as well as her long-awaited debut as Kundry in the new production of Wagner’s Parsifal, premiering at the Wiener Staatsoper with Philippe Jordan in April 2021. 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. She has captured critical and popular acclaim for her beautiful voice, intelligent musicianship, and compelling stage portrayals.Īmong 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…”. 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 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. Elīna Garanča was born into a musical family in Riga, Latvia.
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