Andrea Gruber was born on 1966 and is an American dramatic soprano particularly admired for her interpretations of the works of Puccini, Verdi, and Wagner.
17 Facts About Andrea Gruber
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Andrea Gruber was born in 1966 in New York City, the daughter of two history professors.
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Andrea Gruber attended the Bank Street School in New York City and the Putney School in Vermont.
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Andrea Gruber won a place in the Metropolitan Opera's Young Artists program in 1989.
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Andrea Gruber made her European debut as Leonore in the Scottish Opera production of La forza del destino.
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Andrea Gruber sang the role of Chrysothemis in Richard Strauss's Elektra with Seattle Opera and Aida at the Metropolitan Opera.
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Andrea Gruber sang the role of Tove in Schoenberg's Gurrelieder in the Metropolitan Opera's tour of Japan and in her debut with the Toronto Symphony Orchestra.
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Andrea Gruber sang both Elisabeth and Venus in Tulsa Opera's production of Wagner's Tannhauser and the role of Sieglinde in Wagner's Die Walkure in a concert version with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra.
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Andrea Gruber made her debut with Opera National de Paris in the title role of Puccini's Turandot and her debut with Teatro Comunale di Bologna as Amelia in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.
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Andrea Gruber sang the role of Abigaille in Verdi's Nabucco at the Metropolitan Opera, Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana with San Francisco Opera, and Minnie in Seattle Opera's production of Puccini's La fanciulla del West.
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Andrea Gruber sang Turandot at the Royal OperaHouse, Covent Garden and sung the title role of La Gioconda at the Arena di Verona which was recorded on DVD.
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Andrea Gruber performed with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra at Carnegie Hall.
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Andrea Gruber sang Turandot at the Lyric Opera of Chicago and Parma's Teatro Regio, Abigaille in Nabucco at the Arena di Verona and at Teatro dell'Opera di Roma, and gave a recital at the Morgan Library for the George London Foundation.
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Andrea Gruber has sung lead roles at the Vienna Staatsoper, the Bayerische Staatsoper in Munich, the Staatsoper Unter den Linden, the Liceu, Deutsche Oper Berlin, Teatro Regio Torino, and Houston Grand Opera among others.
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Andrea Gruber has sung under such notable conductors as Andre Previn, Roberto Abbado, and Donald Runnicles among others.
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Andrea Gruber sang in a few engagements at the Seattle Opera and at the Vienna State Opera in the 1990s, but was later asked not to return either to Vienna or the Salzburg Festival.
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Andrea Gruber subsequently began rehabilitation at the Hazelden clinic in Minnesota over a period of 1.5 years.