Gabriela Eibenová (born 1972) is a Czech

soprano A soprano () is a type of classical singing voice and has the highest vocal range of all voice types. The soprano's vocal range (using scientific pitch notation) is from approximately middle C (C4) = 261 Hertz, Hz to A5 in Choir, choral ...

in opera and concert, specialising in music of the

Baroque The Baroque ( , , ) is a Western Style (visual arts), style of Baroque architecture, architecture, Baroque music, music, Baroque dance, dance, Baroque painting, painting, Baroque sculpture, sculpture, poetry, and other arts that flourished from ...

and classical period in

historically informed performance Historically informed performance (also referred to as period performance, authentic performance, or HIP) is an approach to the performance of Western classical music, classical music which aims to be faithful to the approach, manner and style of ...

. Born in Prague, she studied there at the

Prague Conservatory The Prague Conservatory () is a public music school in Prague, Czech Republic, founded in 1808. Currently, the school offers four- or six-year courses, which can be compared to the level of a high school diploma in other countries. Graduates c ...

and then on a scholarship at a summer academy of the

Wellington College Wellington College may refer to: New Zealand * Wellington College, Wellington, New Zealand * Wellington College of Education, now the Faculty of Education of Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand * Wellington Girls' College, Wellington, N ...

, and with Julie Kennard at the

Royal Academy of Music The Royal Academy of Music (RAM) in London, England, is one of the oldest music schools in the UK, founded in 1822 by John Fane and Nicolas-Charles Bochsa. It received its royal charter in 1830 from King George IV with the support of the firs ...

. In 1995, she sang the part of the sorceress in Purcell's ''

Dido and Aeneas ''Dido and Aeneas'' (Z. 626) is an opera in a prologue and three acts, written by the English Baroque music, Baroque composer Henry Purcell with a libretto by Nahum Tate. The dates of the composition and first performance of the opera are uncer ...

'' at the Purcell Festival in Cologne. She recorded in 1998 Jakub Jan Ryba's ''Česká mše vánoční'' (

Czech Christmas Mass ''Czech Christmas Mass'' (; ) is a pastoral mass (music), mass written by the Czech composer Jakub Jan Ryba in 1796, a mass in name only and thus an anomalous example of its genre (Missa pastoralis, less often Missa pastoritia). Because of its open ...

) with

Magdalena Kožená Magdalena Kožená, Lady Rattle (; born 26 May 1973) is a Czech mezzo-soprano. Early life Kožená was born in Brno in Czechoslovakia. Both her parents had come originally from Bohemia, to the west. She was born one of the two daughters of a ma ...

, Jaroslav Březina and Michael Pospíšil, the Calmus Ensemble and the Capella Regia Musicalis. In 1999, she sang in Rossini's ''

Petite messe solennelle Gioachino Rossini's ''Petite messe solennelle'' (Little Solemn Mass) was written in 1863, possibly at the request of Count Alexis Pillet-Will for his wife Louise, to whom it is dedicated. The composer, who had retired from composing operas m ...

'' with the Cologne-based Collegium Cantorum Köln, recorded live. In 2013, she flew in from Prague to fill in for a local soprano who had to cancel for health reasons. She sang the soprano part of Bach's Mass in B minor in St. Martin, Idstein on 29 September 2013, with the orchestra

L'arpa festante is a German chamber orchestra, specializing in the revival and performance of unknown works, especially from the Baroque music, Baroque era. It was established in Munich in 1983 by Michi Gaigg, who also led the ensemble as concertmaster until 199 ...

, David Erler,

Georg Poplutz Georg Poplutz is a German tenor, a soloist in Baroque music, opera and oratorio, and a Lied singer. He has been a member of vocal ensembles such as Johann Rosenmüller Ensemble and Cantus Cölln, and has participated in a project to record the ...

and Andreas Pruys. Eibenová is a participant in

Matteo Messori Matteo Messori (born 23 April 1976) is an Italian keyboard player, conductor, musicologist, composer and teacher. He performs on period instruments including the harpsichord, pipe organ, clavichord and pedal piano. He founded the early music ensemb ...

's project ''Heinrich Schütz Edition'', a recording of the complete works by

Heinrich Schütz Heinrich Schütz (; 6 November 1672) was a German early Baroque music, Baroque composer and organ (music), organist, generally regarded as the most important German composer before Johann Sebastian Bach and one of the most important composers of ...

with the

Cappella Augustana Cappella may refer to: * Cappella (band), Italian electronic music group * a cappella, unaccompanied singing People with the surname * Felix Cappella (1930–2011), Canadian race walker * Scipione Cappella (fl. 18th century), Italian painter ...

. With the

Ensemble Inégal Ensemble may refer to: Art * Architectural ensemble * ''Ensemble'' (Kendji Girac album), 2015 * ''Ensemble'' (Ensemble album), 2006 * Ensemble (band), a project of Olivier Alary * Ensemble cast (drama, comedy) * Ensemble (musical theatre), ...

, she has recorded works by

Jan Dismas Zelenka Jan Dismas Zelenka (16 October 1679 – 23 December 1745), baptised Jan Lukáš Zelenka was a Bohemian composer and musician of the Baroque period. His music is admired for its harmonic inventiveness and mastery of counterpoint. Zelenka was ...

, in 2011 his ''Missa Omnium Sanctorum'', with Kai Wessell,

Jan Kobow Jan Kobow (born 1966) is a German classical tenor in concert, Lied, and Baroque opera. Professional career Jan Kobow was born and raised in Berlin. He was a singer and soloist of the ''Staats- und Domchor, Berlin'' with Christian Grube. He studi ...

, and basses Marián Krejčík and Tomáš Král. A 2012 recording of his ''Missa Sanctissimae Trinitatis'' and ''Gaude laetare'' with the Ensemble Inégal and the Prague Baroque Soloists, conducted by , with soloists Carlos Mena,

Makoto Sakurada is a Japanese tenor in opera and concert. Biography Makoto graduated from the Tokyo University of the Arts. He went to study in Italy in 1997, and continues to work there. He has recorded Bach cantatas in the complete set directed by Masaaki Su ...

and

Lisandro Abadie Lisandro Abadie (born 28 July 1974) is an Argentine bass-baritone. He studied in Switzerland, initially in Basel at the Schola Cantorum (music diploma in 2001) and subsequently at the Music School of Lucerne University, graduating with a solo-sin ...

, was critically acclaimed. In 2014, a premiere recording of his ''Missa Paschalis'', ZWV 7, and ''Litaniae omnium Sactorum'' was performed with the same ensembles and soloists

Terry Wey Terry Wey (born 15 September 1985) is a classical countertenor, specialising in historically informed performance. As a boy soprano, he was a soloist of the Wiener Sängerknaben. Born in Bern in a Swiss-American family of musicians, Wey began his ...

, Cyril Auvity and Marián Krejčík. She has also collaborated with the ensembles such as

Prague Philharmonia Prague ( ; ) is the capital and List of cities and towns in the Czech Republic, largest city of the Czech Republic and the historical capital of Bohemia. Prague, located on the Vltava River, has a population of about 1.4 million, while its P ...

, Südwestfunk Orchester Freiburg,

Prague Madrigalists The Prague Madrigalists (or Prague Madrigal Singers; in Czech: Pražští madrigalisté) is a Czech chamber music ensemble founded in 1956 as ''Noví pěvci madrigalů a komorní hudby'' (in English: New Madrigal and Chamber Music Singers) by the ...

Musica Florea Musica (Latin), or La Musica (Italian) or Música (Portuguese and Spanish) may refer to: Music Albums * ''Musica è'', a mini album by Italian funk singer Eros Ramazzotti 1988 * ''Musica'', an album by Ghaleb 2005 * ), a German album by Giova ...

, Collegium Marianum,

Collegium 1704 Collegium 1704 is a Czech early music orchestra and choir founded in 2005 by the Czech conductor, harpsichordist, and horn player Václav Luks. The Collegium Vocale 1704 is the affiliated vocal ensemble. Since 2007, the ensemble has been making re ...

, Arte Dei Suonatori and Orquesta Barroca de Sevigla. The organist and conductor Adam Viktora is her husband.

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