Elīna Garanča

Latvian opera singer (born 1976)

Elīna Garanča is remembered in music for work that changed what came after it.

The record lists Elīna Garanča as Latvian opera singer (born 1976).

Elīna Garanča was born at Riga in 1976. Her recorded nationality is Latvia. She trained at Jāzeps Vītols Latvian Academy of Music.

Amplification, television and the album as an art form defined this period, and the record industry reached its greatest scale.

She worked as opera singer and musician.

The instruments recorded are voice.

Her work is classed as opera.

What survives in music is rarely what sold best at the time.

The honours record reads: Order of the Three Stars, 4th Class (2007) and Order of the Three Stars, 3rd Class (2016).

That the work came out of Latvia shaped it: musical traditions, training institutions and the reach of a recording industry all differ by country.

Elīna Garanča is still performing or recording, and the shape of the career is not yet settled.

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