Editing Edita Gruberová (section)

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{{Short description|Slovak soprano (1946–2021)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{infobox person
| name = Edita Gruberová
| image = 2013 Edita Gruberová (8728833715).jpg
| image_upright =
| caption = Gruberová in 2013
| birth_date = {{birth date|1946|12|23|df=yes}}
| birth_place = {{nowrap|[[Rača, Bratislava]], [[Czechoslovakia]]}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|10|18|1946|12|23|df=yes}}	
| death_place = [[Zürich]], Switzerland
| occupation = Operatic [[soprano]]
| years active = 1968–2020
| organisation = [[Vienna State Opera]]
| title = [[Kammersänger]]in
| awards = {{plainlist|
* [[Bayerischer Verdienstorden]]
* [[Herbert von Karajan Music Prize]]
* Österreichischer Musiktheaterpreis
* [[International Classical Music Awards]]
}}
}}

'''Edita Gruberová''' ({{IPA|sk|ˈedita ˈɡruberoʋaː|lang}}; 23 December 1946 – 18 October 2021) was a Slovak [[coloratura soprano]]. She made her stage debut in Bratislava in 1968 as Rosina in [[Gioachino Rossini|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 ''[[The Magic Flute|Die Zauberflöte]]'' and Zerbinetta in ''[[Ariadne auf Naxos]]'' by Richard Strauss.

In her later career, she explored heavier roles in the Italian [[bel canto]] repertoire, such as the title role in Donizetti's ''[[Lucia di Lammermoor]]'', and Elvira in Bellini's ''[[I puritani]]''. In 2019, she portrayed Elisabetta in Donizetti's ''[[Roberto Devereux]]'', who leaves her throne, concluding a stage career performing leading roles over 51 years. She is remembered as the "{{lang|de|Slowakische Nachtigall|italics=no}}" (Slovak Nightingale), and as [[Prima donna|prima donna assoluta]].