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{{infobox musician
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|image = Gabriela Beňačková MET.jpg
|image = Gabriela Beňačková MET.jpg
|caption = Gabriela Beňačková at the [[Metropolitan Opera|Met]] gala, 1996
|background = solo_singer
|background = solo_singer
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|3|25}}
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|3|25|df=yes}}
|birth_place = [[Bratislava]], [[Slovakia]]
|birth_place = [[Bratislava]], [[Slovakia]]
|occupation = Soprano singer
|occupation = Opera singer (soprano)
|genre = Opera
|genre = Opera
|instrument = Vocals
|instrument = Vocals
|label = [[Supraphon]]
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'''Gabriela Beňačková''' (also ''Gabriela Beňačková-Čápová''), born March 25, 1947 in [[Bratislava]], is a [[Czechs|Czech]] [[lyric soprano]] of [[Slovaks|Slovak]] origin.
'''Gabriela Beňačková''' also '''Gabriela Beňačková-Čápová''' (born 25 March 1947 in [[Bratislava]]) is a [[Czechs|Czech]] [[lyric soprano]] of [[Slovaks|Slovak]] origin.


==Operatic career ==
==Operatic career ==
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She appeared as Marguerite in the [[Vienna State Opera]]'s production of [[Charles Gounod]]'s ''[[Faust (opera)|Faust]]'' (1985), as well as Fidelio/Leonore in the [[Royal Opera House]] production of ''[[Fidelio]]'' by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] (1991). In 2012, she sang the difficult role of the Comtesse de la Roche, in ''[[Die Soldaten]]'', at the [[Salzburg Festival]], a production now on DVD.
She appeared as Marguerite in the [[Vienna State Opera]]'s production of [[Charles Gounod]]'s ''[[Faust (opera)|Faust]]'' (1985), as well as Fidelio/Leonore in the [[Royal Opera House]] production of ''[[Fidelio]]'' by [[Ludwig van Beethoven]] (1991). In 2012, she sang the difficult role of the Comtesse de la Roche, in ''[[Die Soldaten]]'', at the [[Salzburg Festival]], a production now on DVD.


Beňačková has also made a beautiful recording in the title role of ''[[Rusalka (opera)|Rusalka]]'' by Dvořák. The conductor was [[Václav Neumann]].
Beňačková has also made a beautiful recording in the title role of ''[[Rusalka (opera)|Rusalka]]'' by Dvořák. The conductor was [[Václav Neumann]].<ref>{{cite web| first=David| last=Hurwitz| authorlink=David Hurwitz (music critic)| url=http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=6699| title=Review of Rusalka recording| website=ClassicsToday| date=19 July 2003| accessdate=21 January 2010}}</ref>


==Recordings==
==Recordings==
*'''''Leoš Janáček: Jenůfa''''' Gabriela Beňačková with [[Naděžda Kniplová]], [[Vilém Přibyl]], Vladimír Krejčík, [[Janáček Theatre]] in [[Brno]], orchestra and chorus conducted by [[František Jílek]] (1977–1978) [[Supraphon]] CD SU 3869-2.
*'''''[[Leoš Janáček]]: [[Jenůfa]]''''' Gabriela Beňačková with [[Naděžda Kniplová]], [[Vilém Přibyl]], Vladimír Krejčík, [[Janáček Theatre]] in [[Brno]], orchestra and chorus conducted by [[František Jílek]] (1977–1978) [[Supraphon]] CD SU 3869-2.
*'''''Smetana - The Bartered Bride''''' Gabriela Beňačková with [[Peter Dvorský]] (Jeník), [[Richard Novák]] (Kecal), Miroslav Kopp, Marie Veselá, [[Czech Philharmonic]] conducted by [[Zdeněk Košler]], Supraphon DVD.
*'''''[[Smetana]] - [[The Bartered Bride]]''''' Gabriela Beňačková with [[Peter Dvorský]] (Jeník), [[Richard Novák]] (Kecal), Miroslav Kopp, Marie Veselá, [[Czech Philharmonic]] conducted by [[Zdeněk Košler]], Supraphon DVD.<ref>{{cite web| first=Robert| last=Levine| url=http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=6128| title=Review of The Bartered Bride recording| website=ClassicsToday| date=18 February 2003| accessdate=21 January 2010}}</ref>
* Gabriela Beňačková ''From the Heart'': [[Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský]] Songs about Mother: If Only They Knew; Mother; If I Knew; Little Flower: Far and Wide; The Nightingale; A Lovely Dream; Student Period Songs: The Settler; The Bowed Rose; Your Shy Eyes; The Girl Is Being Married; From My Heart: The Withering Tree; The Cuckoo; Roses.<ref>[http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2006/Feb06/Benackova_slovak_UP0001.htm Review (no sung texts or translations)]</ref>
* Gabriela Beňačková ''From the Heart'': [[Mikuláš Schneider-Trnavský]] Songs about Mother: If Only They Knew; Mother; If I Knew; Little Flower: Far and Wide; The Nightingale; A Lovely Dream; Student Period Songs: The Settler; The Bowed Rose; Your Shy Eyes; The Girl Is Being Married; From My Heart: The Withering Tree; The Cuckoo; Roses.<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2006/Feb06/Benackova_slovak_UP0001.htm| title=Review (no sung texts or translations)| website=MusicWeb International| first=Göran| last=Forsling}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0070151/ IMDB page, accessed 21 January 2010]
* {{IMDb name|nm0070151}}
*[http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=6128 Review of The Bartered Bride recording, accessed 21 January 2010]
* [https://www.arcodiva.cz/en/agency/singers-centre/gabriela-benackova-sopran-78/ Gabriela Beňačková] on ArcoDiva management
*[http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=788 Review of Beethoven Symphony No. 9 concert recording, accessed 21 January 2010]
*[http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=6699 Review of Rusalka recording, accessed 21 January 2010]
* {{cite web| url=http://www.classicstoday.com/review.asp?ReviewNum=788| title=Review of Beethoven Symphony No. 9 concert recording| accessdate=21 January 2010}}


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Gabriela Beňačková
Gabriela Beňačková at the Met gala, 1996
Gabriela Beňačková at the Met gala, 1996
Background information
Born (1947-03-25) 25 March 1947 (age 77)
Bratislava, Slovakia
GenresOpera
Occupation(s)Opera singer (soprano)
Instrument(s)Vocals
LabelsSupraphon

Gabriela Beňačková also Gabriela Beňačková-Čápová (born 25 March 1947 in Bratislava) is a Czech lyric soprano of Slovak origin.

Operatic career

Beňačková specializes in the music of her Slovak compatriots, particularly Eugen Suchoň, as well as Czech composers, notably Bedřich Smetana, Antonín Dvořák and Leoš Janáček. She is considered to be one of the greatest 'Jenůfa's' in Janáček's opera of the same name. Her Carnegie Hall performance, and subsequent Metropolitan Opera run with Leonie Rysanek, are considered to be legendary.

In 1981, Czechoslovakian television starred Ms Beňačková in a definitive version of Prodaná nevěsta (The Bartered Bride) by Bedřich Smetana, which has since become a popular DVD recording available in an all-regions format (2006). That recording teamed her with the heroic tenor (fellow Slovak) Peter Dvorský as Jeník, and with bass Richard Novák as Kecal, and other popular singers. She completed her farewell recital tour in 2008.

She has made a number of recordings, and has appeared in several filmed operas on DVD, as well as the feature film The Divine Emma, where she supplied the singing voice of the famous Czech soprano Emmy Destinn. Her voice can also be heard in the movie Driving Miss Daisy singing title role in Rusalka by Antonín Dvořák, and in Copycat singing Puccini's aria Vissi d'arte from the opera Tosca by Giacomo Puccini.

Between 1991 and 1999 she had 39 appearances in New York's Metropolitan Opera, the last one as Desdemona in Othello by Giuseppe Verdi together with Plácido Domingo.

She appeared as Marguerite in the Vienna State Opera's production of Charles Gounod's Faust (1985), as well as Fidelio/Leonore in the Royal Opera House production of Fidelio by Ludwig van Beethoven (1991). In 2012, she sang the difficult role of the Comtesse de la Roche, in Die Soldaten, at the Salzburg Festival, a production now on DVD.

Beňačková has also made a beautiful recording in the title role of Rusalka by Dvořák. The conductor was Václav Neumann.[1]

Recordings

References

  1. ^ Hurwitz, David (19 July 2003). "Review of Rusalka recording". ClassicsToday. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  2. ^ Levine, Robert (18 February 2003). "Review of The Bartered Bride recording". ClassicsToday. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
  3. ^ Forsling, Göran. "Review (no sung texts or translations)". MusicWeb International.

External links

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