During the 2024/25 season opera performances include Princess de Bouillon Adriana Lecouvreur at Teatro Real, Santuzza Cavalleria Rusticana and Princess Eboli Don Carlo at Wiener Staatsoper, Amneris Aida for The Metropolitan Opera and Bayerische Staatsoper and Kundry Parsifal at the Bayreuther Festspiele. Her many concert performances are to include Verdi Requiem at the Festival Europäische Wochen Passau, Menuhin Festival Gstaad and with the Philharmonia Orchestra, a concert tour to Hong Kong, China and Taiwan with Karel Mark Chichon and further concerts at Teatr Wielki, Gran Teatre del Liceu, Wiener Konzerthaus, Gstaad New Year Music Festival, Opéra National de Paris, Teatro di San Carlo and Staatsoper Unter den Linden. Later in the season, Garanca goes on tour to Japan for a series of concerts with the New Japan Philharmonic, a recital tour with Malcolm Martineau, performs Mahler Rückert-Lieder at Lucerne Festival and returns to the Wigmore Hall.
Last season highlights included Amneris Aida at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin, Princess Eboli Don Carlo and Santuzza Cavalleria Rusticana at the Teatro alla Scala Milan, Kundry Parsifal at the Wiener Staatsoper and Judith Bluebeard's Castle for the Teatro di San Carlo Naples. On the concerts stage concerts included Bluebeard's Castle at Carnegie Hall and on tour to Japan and South Korea with the Metropolitan Opera, Verdi Requiem in Rome with Sir Antonio Pappano and a recital for Teatro all Scala Milan with pianist Malcolm Martineau.
Other recent appearances include: her Bayreuth Festival debut as Kundry, Dalila Samson et Dalila, Carmen, and role debuts as Kundry, Princess de Bouillon Adriana Lecouvreur and Amneris at the Wiener Staatsoper; Princess Eboli at the Opéra national de Paris; Santuzza at the Opernhaus Zürich; Octavian in a new production of Der Rosenkavalier at the Metropolitan Opera; and return appearances with the Royal Opera House as Dalila and Amneris. Recent concert performances include Mahler Rückert-Lieder in her debut with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under Riccardo Muti, the 2023 “Summer Nights” open-air gala at Schönbrunn Palace with the Vienna Philharmonic conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, and the Berliner Philharmoniker "Europakonzert" conducted by Kirill Petrenko, which was performed in support of Ukraine and broadcast worldwide from the Great Amber Concert Hall in Liepāja.
Garanča was born into a musical family in Riga, Latvia, and studied at the Latvian Academy of Music with her mother. She began her professional career as a resident artist with the Südthüringischer Staatstheater in Meiningen and later with Oper Frankfurt. She is particularly famed for her portrayal of Bizet’s Carmen and was described by the New York Times as “the finest Carmen in 25 years…” following her appearance at the Metropolitan Opera in a production that was one of the most viewed and successful “Live in HD”. She also performed Carmen at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, Wiener Staatsoper, Bayerische Staatsoper, Teatro alla Scala Milan and Palau de les Arts Reina Sofía Valencia, all to critical acclaim.
An exclusive artist with Deutsche Grammophon (DG), Garanča has released many albums for the label and received numerous ECHO KLASSIK awards, including ‘Singer of the Year’ for her first non-core-classical album "Sol y Vida". She is also recipient of Musical America’s ‘Vocalist of the Year’, MIDEM's ‘Singer of the Year’ and a Grammy nomination. Her first solo recital album was recorded with pianist Malcolm Martineau in 2020 and her latest release on DG – “Live From Salzburg” - features Christian Thielemann conducting the Wiener Philharmoniker in a programme of Wagner Wesendonck Lieder and Mahler Rückert Lieder. A critically acclaimed recording of Elgar Sea Pictures with Daniel Barenboim and the Staatskapelle Berlin was also recently released on Decca.
Garanča was honoured with the title of ‘Kammersängerin’ by the Wiener Staatsoper in 2013, for her devotion to the House.
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