Elīna Garanča
Elīna Garanča is a Latvian mezzo-soprano. She began to study singing in her hometown of Riga in 1996 and continued her studies in Vienna and in the United States. By 1999 she had won first place in the Mirjam Helin Singing Competition in Helsinki and had begun a career in Europe. Worldwide engagements followed her 2003 Salzburg Festival appearances.
16 September 1976
Born on the same birth date (16 September 1976): Greg Buckner • Tina Barrett
Born on the same birth day (16 September): Avigdor Hameiri • Bravado Brothers • Elgin Baylor • Heinrich Bach • Jennifer Blake (wrestler) • Orel Hershiser • Pietro Pomponazzi • Richard Marx • Tim Raines
Born in the same month (September 1976): Bonzi Wells • Carice van Houten • Darren Byfield • Eric Roberson • Gabriel Gervais • Ian Bohen • Jervis Drummond • Jonas Bjerre • Kristoffer Rygg • Matt Morgan • Oliver Hudson • Paul Thomson • Puma Swede • Reinder Nummerdor • Sarah Blasko