About Elías
Spanish baritone Elías Arranz pursued his advanced vocal and postgraduate studies at the prestigious Royal Academy of Music in London, the Opera Studio of La Monnaie–CMRE in Brussels, and in Valencia, where he graduated from Spain’s first Master’s Degree in Operatic Performance.
In September 2022, he was honoured with the title of Associate of the Royal Academy of Music (ARAM) in recognition of his artistic achievements.
A versatile and expressive artist, Arranz has appeared at many of Spain’s leading venues, including the Gran Teatre del Liceu, Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, Teatro Arriaga in Bilbao, Teatro Principal in Vitoria and Santiago de Compostela, the Auditorio Nacional, Auditori de Barcelona, Palau Euskalduna, Auditorio Kursaal, Teatre Victoria Eugenia in San Sebastián, the Auditorio de Zaragoza, the Palau de la Música de València and the Palau de la Música Catalana, among others.
Internationally, he has performed at prestigious venues such as the Wiener Konzerthaus, Berlin Philharmonie, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Philharmonie de Paris, Prinzregententheater in Munich, Palais des Beaux-Arts and La Monnaie Opera in Brussels, the Stadttheater Ingolstadt, the Halle and Göttingen Händel Festivals, the Schleswig-Holstein Festival, the Wexford Opera Festival, the Festival Internacional Cervantino in Mexico, the Festival Radio France–Montpellier, the Festival de Beaune, the Opera on the Avalon Festival, the Île-de-France Festival, the International Theatre Festival of Mérida, the Quincena Musical de San Sebastián, the Granada Music Festival, the Bilbao Philharmonic Society, and the Música Sur Chamber Music Festival.
In recent seasons, Arranz has taken part in two world premieres: he created the role of José Badiola in Saturraran (music by Juan Carlos Pérez, libretto by Kirmen Uribe) at the Teatro Arriaga, and performed in Schwebstoff by Moritz Gagern in Berlin. He also took part in the modern revival of Caldara’s Atenaide, singing the role of Probo. His operatic repertoire further includes Leporello (Mozart, Don Giovanni) and Alfio (Leoncavallo, Cavalleria rusticana), both performed at the Teatre de Sarrià in Barcelona.
In the field of art song, Arranz has interpreted Schubert’s Winterreise at the Medina del Campo Festival (Valladolid) alongside pianist Rubén Fernández-Aguirre, and Schumann’s Myrthen with Daniel Blanch at the Peralada Festival. His concert and oratorio work includes tours in the Netherlands with arias from Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, and a Spanish tour performing Handel’s Messiah at major venues such as the Auditorio Nacional, Auditorio Manuel de Falla, Teatro Arriaga and Teatro Victoria Eugenia, collaborating with the Orquesta Ciudad de Granada, Forma Antiqva and Bilbao Sinfonietta.
During the 2024/25 season, highlights included his solo debut with ORCAM (Madrid Symphony Orchestra) at the Auditorio Nacional de Madrid under Josep Vila, his portrayal of the Professor in Teufel im Lift at the Neuköllner Oper Berlin, and his return to the Gran Teatre del Liceu to perform Daedalus in Jonathan Dove’s The Monster in the Maze.
In the current season, Arranz will perform the title role in Mendelssohn’s Paulus and Christus in Bach’s St. John Passion, both in Berlin. He will also appear as the bass soloist in Handel’s Messiah at the Händelhalle with the Staatskapelle Halle.
In Catalonia, he joins the Orquestra Simfònica del Vallès (OSV) for Mozart’s Requiem at the Palau de la Música Catalana, and the Banda Municipal de Barcelona in an opera-themed program at the Auditori de Barcelona.