Mezzo-soprano Elīna Garanča was born in 1976 in Riga into a family of musicians. She began her musical studies at the age of 5 at the piano. In 1996, she studied singing at the Latvian Academy of Music, then moved to Vienna and the United States. While still a student, she made her stage debut in 1998 as a quick replacement to play Giovanna Seymour in Donizetti’s Anna Bolena at the Opera in Riga, Bucharest and Athens. Elīna Garanča then joined the Meiningen Theater troupe, then the Frankfurt one and finally the Vienna State Opera. In 2003 Elīna Garanča became known internationally by singing the role of Annio in Mozart’s La Clémence de Titus at the Salzburg Festival under the baton of Nikolaus Harnoncourt. On the strength of her success, she begins to do a series of roles.

Born in Chile in 1988 and raised in the U.S., Jonathan Tetelman decided in his mid-20s to fully commit to his singing talent. In Mark Schnaible, Tetelman found not only his teacher but also his personal mentor. Tetelman’s success proves that his chosen path was the right decision. Tetelman impresses audiences and critics alike on stage with his enormous presence as well as the warm timbre of his voice, and is increasingly in demand not only in his native USA but also in European opera houses. At the same time, the tenor is prudent enough to give himself or his voice time and not to rush into anything. In return, he has already turned down one or two roles: the best prerequisite for a long-lasting career.His engagements have taken the tenor to the Vienna State Opera, the London Royal Opera House, the Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro Regio Turin and the Semperoper Dresden. Tetelman is signed to the Deutsche Grammophon record label, where he released his highly acclaimed debut album "Arias".

Tenor Jonas Kaufmann was born on July 10, 1969 in Munich. He learned to play the piano at the age of 8, encouraged by his father and grandfather who passed on to him their passion for classical music, Wagner and singing. Jonas Kaufmann also frequently attended the Munich Opera from an early age and joined his school choir. He then embarked on studies of mathematics, which he abandoned to join, in 1989, the Academy of Music and Theater in Munich. Jonas Kaufmann gets his first important role at the Regensburg Opera where he is Caramello in A Night in Venice by Johann Strauss. Jonas Kaufmann then met Helmut Deutsch who guided him in his vocal development and still accompanies him today on the piano in his recitals. It was during the 2000s that his international career took off with his appearances in particular at the Chicago Opera, the Salzburg Festival, the La Monnaie Theater, Covent Garden, the Zurich Opera, the Staatsoper in Vienna, Munich, La Scala, New York Metropolitan Opera and the Bayreuth Festival. Comfortable in all repertoires, he then became one of the most popular tenors on the international scene.