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Gruberova was born in Bratislava, now in Slovakia. She began her musical studies at Bratislava Conservatory , later continuing in Prague and Vienna.

In 1968, Gruberova made her operatic debut in Bratislava as Rosina in The Barber of Seville. Her major breakthrough came two years later when she was engaged to sing the Queen of Night at the Vienna State Opera, where she sang regularly from 1972 on, making it a base for a successful international career, especially in coloratura roles.

Gruberova made her debut at Glyndebourne in 1974 and at the Metropolitan OperaThe Metropolitan Opera is located at Lincoln Center in New York, New York. It was founded in April, 1880. The first Metropolitan Opera House opened on October 23, 1883, and was located between 39th and 40th Street on Broadway. The original Metropolitan Op in 1977For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). Events January 1 First woman Episcopal priest ordained January 6 EMI sacks the Sex Pistols January 18 Scientists identify a previously unknown bacterium as the cause of the mysterious " legionnaire's disease" Januar, both as the Queen of Night. In 1977, she also first appeared at the Salzburg FestivalThe Salzburg Festival is a prominent music festival in the Austrian town of Salzburg, the birthplace of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart The festival was founded in 1877 but was discontinued in 1910. In 1918, at the close of World War I, the festival was revived b, as Thibault in Don Carlo, under Herbert von KarajanHerbert von Karajan ( April 5, 1908 July 16, 1989) was a conductor, one of the most prominent of the postwar period. Karajan conducted the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra for many years. Life Early years He was born in Salzburg, Austria, as Heribert von Kar. Gruberova made her Royal Opera HouseThe Royal Opera House at Covent Garden, London, is arguably the most significant opera house in the UK. The current edifice is the third theatre on the site. It is also home to The Royal Ballet . History In 1728, John Rich, an actor and manager, commissio, Covent GardenCovent Garden is an area of central London most noted for its flower, fruit and vegetable market (now moved to Nine Elms, Vauxhall) and for the Royal Opera House to its north. Covent Garden' is properly the area of London bounded by High Holborn, Kingsway début as Giulietta in BelliniBellini can mean: A family of Italian painters, the most famous of which is Giovanni Bellini (c. See also his father was Jacopo Bellini and his brother was Gentile Bellini. Vincenzo Bellini (1801 1835), an Italian opera composer. a simple cocktail that or's I Capuleti e i Montecchi in 1984. Other important roles she has sung have been Zerbinetta, Gilda, Violetta, Lucia, Konstanze, Manon and Oscar; She sang Donna Anna at La Scala in 1987; Marie in La fille du régiment in 1987, and Semiramide in 1992 at Zürich; and Queen Elizabeth I in Donizetti's Roberto Devereux in Vienna in 1990.

Like another notable coloratura before her, Beverly Sills, Gruberova has expanded her repertoire in recent years, as her voice has darkened, to include such heavier bel canto roles as Mary Stuart and Anna Bolena. Lacking the dramatic chest tones of other sopranos who have assayed these roles, Gruberova compensates with great expressiveness and dramatic impact, for which she has attracted many admirers.

Gruberova has made many recordings, most notably in recent years full-length recordings and extended selections from Donizetti's Tudor Queens trilogy and other bel canto operas.