Death of soprano Edita Gruberová
Soprano Edita Gruberová has died in her adopted home of Zurich at the age of 74. She had a complicated relationship with the city's opera house.
Edita Gruberova was possibly the most important coloratura singer of the 20th century. She began her international career in 1974 as the Queen of the Night in the Magic flute at the Glyndebourne Festival and under Herbert von Karajan in Salzburg.
In addition to her phenomenal voice, Zurich opera audiences also remember her legendary dispute with the then artistic director Alexander Pereira, which led to her not performing at the Limmat for eight years. The trigger: her daughter injured herself as a dancer during a performance at the Zurich Opera House. However, the latter rejected claims due to liability.
