Edita Gruberova is celebrated by the press as 'prima donna assoluta, coloratura phenomenon, Queen of the Belcanto’, and enthusiastic ovations welcoming her every appearance confirm the truth of the assertion.
Ms Gruberova was born in Bratislava. She studied at the conservatory in her hometown and with Ruthilde Boesch in Vienna. Her international career began at the Vienna State Opera as Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos with Karl Böhm conducting. From that moment on, Mrs Gruberova has been enthusiastically applauded all over the world for her interpretations of the roles of Zerbinetta, Konstanze, Donna Anna, Rosina, Gilda, Violetta and Lucia at the world’s leading opera houses such as Teatro alla Scala, Royal Opera House Covent Garden, Metropolitan Opera New York, the Opera Houses of Munich, Vienna, Hamburg, Geneva, Zurich, Florence, Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Barcelona. Many of those companies have produced rare operas especially for Mrs Gruberova: Maria Stuarda, I Puritani, Linda di Chamounix and Roberto Devereux at the Vienna State Opera, La Sonnambula in Geneva and Naples, I Capuleti e I Montecchi in London, I Puritani at the Metropolitan Opera and Bregenzer Festspiele, Roberto Devereux, Anna Bolena and Beatrice di Tenda in Barcelona, La Fille du Régiment, Linda di Chamounix, Roberto Devereux, Anna Bolena, Beatrice di Tenda and La Sonnambula in Zurich, Anna Bolena and I Puritani at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. In 2003 she had a tremendous success with her debut in Norma in Tokyo and in 2004 as Elisabetta in a new production of Roberto Devereux at the Munich State Opera. She also made her European debut in Norma in Baden-Baden, which was recorded on CD. She then triumphed with Norma at the Vienna State Opera in 2005, the Salzburg Festival in 2010, and at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich in 2006.
In the 2007/08 season she debuted as Lucrezia Borgia in Barcelona, then performed the role in 2008/09 at the Bavarian State Opera in Munich. In 2013 she made her debut as Alaide in La Straniera at the opera of Zurich and in 2014 at the Theater an der Wien.
Edita Gruberova is a regular guest at the opera festivals of Munich and Salzburg. She has participated at several important opera films: Hänsel und Gretel, Rigoletto, Arabella, Così fan tutte and Ariadne auf Naxos. She has sung under the most important conductors.
She has recorded The Tales of Hoffman for Deutsche Grammophon; Maria Stuarda, Fledermaus and Ariadne auf Naxos for Philips; Fledermaus (Rosalinde), The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, La finta giardiniera, Lucia di Lammermoor and La Traviata for Teldec; Lucia di Lammermoor and I Capuleti e I Montecchi for EMI; and Entführung aus den Serail for Decca. She has signed an important contract focusing on belcanto repertoire with Nightingale Classics. The following records have already been released: Beatrice Di Tenda, Linda di Chamounix, The Anniversary Concert with the Tokyo Philharmonic Orchestra, a CD with international children's songs, I Puritani, Roberto Devereux, Maria Stuarda, Anna Bolena, Maria di Rohan, La Fille du Regiment, Tancredi, Lucia di Lammermoor, The Barber of Seville, 'Mad-scenes' – Arias of the Tudor Queens, a recording with songs of famous operettas, a duo-recital CD with Vesselina Kasarova, Christmas songs and Canonical Songs, Lieder of Strauss, a recording with the Japanese countertenor Yoshikazu Mera, followed by a new recording and a DVD of Norma.
Mrs Gruberova is a highly acclaimed concert singer. Since the beginning of her career she has particularly cultivated the art of the Lied, which she performed as part of recitals all over the world. Of singular quality are her Lieder recordings for Nightingale Classics and Teldec.
Mrs Gruberova has the title of Austrian and Bavarian Kammersängerin, she is a honorary member of the Vienna State Opera, and was awarded many distinctions, including the Sir Lawrence Olivier Award, the Italian Franco Abbiati Prize for the best interpretation of an Italian operatic role (Lucia), Bellini d’Oro, and the Order of Merit of the Austrian Republic. She was also decorated with the Herbert von Karajan Prize.