Edita Gruberova
Birthday
1946/12/23
Day of death
2021/10/18 (74 years old)
Gender
Female
Place of Birth
Bratislava, Czechoslovakia [now Slovakia]
Also know as
Edita Gruberová
Biography
Edita Gruberová (23 December 1946 – 18 October 2021) was a Slovak coloratura soprano. She made her stage debut in Bratislava in 1968 as Rosina in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, and successfully auditioned at the Vienna State Opera the following year, which became her base. She received international recognition for roles such as Mozart's Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte and Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss. In her later career, she explored heavier roles in the Italia...Read more
Acting
(2007) Strauss: Ariadne Auf Naxos
as Zerbinetta
(1983) The Magic Flute
as Kõnigen der Nacht
(1982) Verdi: Rigoletto
as Gilda
(1980) Die Entführung aus dem Serail
as Konstanze
(1987) Don Giovanni
as Donna Anna
(2009) Lucrezia Borgia
as Donna Lucrezia Borgia
(2005) Roberto Devereux
as Elisabetta, Queen of England
(1993) La Traviata
as Violetta
(2002) Beatrice di Tenda
as Beatrice di Tenda
(1981) Hänsel und Gretel
as Gretel
(1996) Linda di Chamounix
as Linda
(2011) I Puritani
as Lady Elvira Valton
(1989) Così fan tutte
as Fiordiligi
(1980) Strauss: Die Fledermaus
as Adele
(1982) The Magic Flute
as Königin der Nacht
(2007) Norma
as Norma
(1983) Manon Lescaut
as Manon
(1992) Verdi La Traviata
as Violetta
(2009) The Art of Belcanto
as Self
(1992) A Christmas Celebration: Send Round the Song
as Self - Singer
(2013) Im Olymp der Kunst
as Self
(1998) Alpha Forum
as Self
(1987) Le monde est à vous
as Self