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Edita Gruberová (born 23 December 1946), is a Slovak coloratura soprano. She is noted for her great tonal clarity, agility, dramatic power, endurance, and ability to sing high notes with great power and sustained vocal consistency, which made her an ideal Queen of the Night in her early years. In recent years, she has enjoyed huge success with a number of the most important bel canto roles.
Gruberová was born in Bratislava in then Czechoslovakia, the daughter of a Hungarian mother and a father with German ancestors. Her native language is Slovak. She began her musical studies at Bratislava Conservatory where she was a student of Mária Medvecká. She then continued at Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU). While studying, she was a singer of the Lúčnica folk ensemble and appeared several times in the Slovak National Theatre.
In 1968, Gruberová made her operatic debut in Bratislava as Rosina in The Barber of Seville. After winning a singing competition in Toulouse, she was then engaged as a soloist of the opera ensemble of the J. G. Tajovský Theatre in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, from 1968 to 1970. Since communist Czechoslovakia was going through a period called Normalization, during which the borders were closed with non-communist countries, Medvecká surreptitiously arranged for an audition for Gruberová in the summer of 1969 at Vienna State Opera, which immediately engaged her. The following year, she made her first major breakthrough when she sang the Queen of the Night. Gruberová then decided to emigrate to the West. In subsequent years, she became a soloist in Vienna and was invited to sing at many of the most important opera houses in the world, especially in coloratura roles.
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The art of Belcanto - Edita Gruberova
"Queen of the night" from The magic flute by Edita Gruberova
EDITA GRUBEROVA recital March 2017
Edita Gruberova. Opera Arias.
Edita Gruberova TV recital Bratislava 1968
EDITA GRUBEROVA Glitter and be gay - Bernstein's Candide
Edita Gruberova's Zerbinetta with two F6#
Edita Gruberova Prague Nov 30, 2016
EDITA GRUBEROVA Casta Diva (Bellini's Norma) 7 May 2016
Edita Gruberova - La sonnambula - Ah, non credea...Ah! Non giunge
A 54min documentary of Edita Gruberova preparing for her Lucrezia Borgia debute (at age 62!).
"Der Holle Rache" form Die Zauberflote composed by W.A.Mozart Edita Gruberova - Queen of the night Das Bayerische Ataatsorchester Wolfgang Sawallisch - conductor
Pjotr I. Tschaikowski Отчего? (Op 6/5) Колыбельная песня (Op 16/1) Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov Свеж и душист твой роскошный венок (Svesch i duschict tvoi roskoschn’ij venok) (Op 43/3) Не ветер вея с высоты (Ne veter, veya s vïsotï) (Op 43/2) Antonín Dvorák Cigánské melodie (Zigeunermelodien), op.55 Má pisen (Mein Lied ertönt, ein Liebespsalm) Aj! Kterak trojhranec muj (Ei, wie mein Triangel wunderherrlich läutet!) A les je tichý (Rings ist der Wald so stumm und still) Kdyz mne stará (Als die alte Mutter mich noch singen lehrte) Struna naladena (Reingestimmt die Saiten!) Siroké rukávy a siroké gate (In dem weiten, breiten, luft'gen Leinenkleide) Dejte klec jestrábu (Darf des Falken Schwinge Tatrahöh'n umrauschen) Richard Strauss Rote Rosen Die Georgine Epheu Malven Gustav Mahler Erinnerun...
Recorded 24.-26. 8. 1988., Dvorak Hall in the House of Artists, Prague Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Chorus of the Smetana Theatre, Friedrich Haider (cond.) 1. Verdi: I vespri siciliani, Act V - "Mercé, dilette amiche" (Bolero) 4:12 2. Verdi: La Traviata, Act I - "E strano!... Ah, fors'e lui... Sempre libera" with Leon Maria Vodicka (tenor) 8:47 3. Verdi: Ernani, Act I - "Surta e la notte... Ernani! Ernnani, involami" 8:52 4. Bellini: I Puritani, Act I - "Son vergin vezzosa" (Polonaise) with Virginie Walterová (mezzo-soprano), Leon Maria Vodicka (tenor), Pavel Horacek (bass) 5:41 5. Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor, Act I - "Ancor non giunse!... Regnava nel silenzio" with Virginie Walterová (mezzo-soprano) 13:36 6. Donizetti: Roberto Devereux, Act I - "Duchessa, alle fervide preci... ...
EDITA GRUBEROVA singing Cunegonde's aria "Glitter and be gay" from Leonard Bernstein's operetta CANDIDE, recorded on 28 June in Prague, conducted by Peter Valentovic.
EDITA GRUBEROVA singing aria and cabaletta "Casta Diva" ... "Ah! bello a me ritorna" from Vincenzo Bellini's opera NORMA, recorded on 7 May 2016
Edita Gruberova - La sonnambula (Bellini) - Ah, non credeamirarti...Ah! Non giunge
Edita Gruberova spricht mit Hans-Jürgen Mende im Oktober 2015, ausgestrahlt auf Bayern Alpha.
Eine Woche vor ihrem 70. Geburtstag kommt Edita Gruberova für ein Adventkonzert in den Wiener Stephansdom. Im Gespräch mit Peter Fässlacher blickt sie zurück auf ihre Paraderollen, äußert Zweifel an öffentlichen Meisterklassen und erzählt, welche Bedeutung der 70. Geburtstag für sie hat.
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ORFIII - "Kultur Heute" Interview mit Edita Gruberova anlässlich ihres 45-jährigen Bühnenjubiläums an der Wiener Staatsoper
Realizacja: Michał Januszaniec Roberto Devereux wykonanie koncertowe z gościnnym udziałem Edity Gruberovej - 26 czerwca 2011 - Teatr Wielki - Opera Narodowa
20 minutes interview (2 parts) with Edita Gruberova. Siemens Forum Wien - 22 March 2006
20 minutes interview (2 parts) with Edita Gruberova. Siemens Forum Wien - 22 March 2006
From a gala at the Vienna State Opera in 1986. As broadcast on PBS. Conducted by James Levine
EDITA GRUBEROVA singing Cunegonde's aria "Glitter and be gay" from Leonard Bernstein's operetta CANDIDE, recorded on 28 June in Prague, conducted by Peter Valentovic.