Gabriela Beňačková

Classical

Top Songs By Gabriela Beňačková

Listen to Song To the Moon (Excerpt From The Opera Rusalka) by Gabriela Beňačková & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, see lyrics, music video & more!

Song To the Moon (Excerpt From The Opera Rusalka)Gabriela Beňačková & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Listen to Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 - "Choral": IV. Presto - Allegro assai by Gabriela Beňačková, Marjana Lipovšek, Gösta Winbergh, Hermann Prey, Vienna Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Walter Hagen-Groll, see lyrics, music video & more!

Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125 - "Choral": IV. Presto - Allegro assaiGabriela Beňačková, Marjana Lipovšek, Gösta Winbergh, Hermann Prey, Vienna Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Walter Hagen-Groll

Glagolitic Mass, JW III/9: VIII. IntrádaVera Soukupova, Karel Průša, Czech Philharmonic Choir, Václav Neumann, Jan Hora, Gabriela Beňačková, Frantisek Livora & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Glagolitic Mass, JW III/9: VI. Agnus DeiVera Soukupova, Karel Průša, Czech Philharmonic Choir, Václav Neumann, Jan Hora, Gabriela Beňačková, Frantisek Livora & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Glagolitic Mass, JW III/9: V. SanctusVera Soukupova, Karel Průša, Czech Philharmonic Choir, Václav Neumann, Jan Hora, Gabriela Beňačková, Frantisek Livora & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Glagolitic Mass, JW III/9: IV. CredoVera Soukupova, Karel Průša, Czech Philharmonic Choir, Václav Neumann, Jan Hora, Gabriela Beňačková, Frantisek Livora & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Glagolitic Mass, JW III/9: III. GloriaVera Soukupova, Karel Průša, Czech Philharmonic Choir, Václav Neumann, Jan Hora, Gabriela Beňačková, Frantisek Livora & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Glagolitic Mass, JW III/9: II. KyrieVera Soukupova, Karel Průša, Czech Philharmonic Choir, Václav Neumann, Jan Hora, Gabriela Beňačková, Frantisek Livora & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Listen to Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125: IV. Finale (Excerpt) by Václav Neumann, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Chorus, Gabriela Beňačková, Anne Gjevang, Günter Neumann, Artur Korn & Lubomir Matl, see lyrics, music video & more!

Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, Op. 125: IV. Finale (Excerpt)Václav Neumann, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Prague Philharmonic Chorus, Gabriela Beňačková, Anne Gjevang, Günter Neumann, Artur Korn & Lubomir Matl

Listen to Sadaj, slnko, sadaj (The Setting Sun): No. 2. Dala mi to pierko [She Gave Me a Little Feather] by Gabriela Beňačková, Štefan Margita, Kateřina Englichová & Katarína Bachmannová, see lyrics, music video & more!

Sadaj, slnko, sadaj (The Setting Sun): No. 2. Dala mi to pierko [She Gave Me a Little Feather]Gabriela Beňačková, Štefan Margita, Kateřina Englichová & Katarína Bachmannová

More albums from Gabriela Beňačková

Listen to Slovak Songs by Katarína Bachmannová, Gabriela Beňačková, Kateřina Englichová, Štefan Margita, Bohumil Gregor & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

ALBUMSlovak SongsKatarína Bachmannová, Gabriela Beňačková, Kateřina Englichová, Štefan Margita, Bohumil Gregor & Czech Philharmonic Orchestra

Listen to Slzy a usmevy by Katarína Bachmannová, Štefan Margita, Kateřina Englichová & Gabriela Beňačková

ALBUMSlzy a usmevyKatarína Bachmannová, Štefan Margita, Kateřina Englichová & Gabriela Beňačková

Listen to Messa Per Rossini by Prague Philharmonic Chorus, Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexandru Agache, Florence Quivar, Gabriela Beňačková, Aage Haugland & James Wagner

ALBUMMessa Per RossiniPrague Philharmonic Chorus, Gächinger Kantorei Stuttgart, Helmuth Rilling, Stuttgart Radio Symphony Orchestra, Alexandru Agache, Florence Quivar, Gabriela Beňačková, Aage Haugland & James Wagner

Listen to Sento Amor Gabriela Beňačková Lubomir Brabec by Gabriela Beňačková & Lubomír Brabec

ALBUMSento Amor Gabriela Beňačková Lubomir BrabecGabriela Beňačková & Lubomír Brabec

Listen to Beethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72 by Sir Charles Mackerras, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Gabriela Beňačková, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Siegfried Vogel, Franz Josef Kapellmann, Ildikò Raimondi, John Mark Ainsley & David Wilson-Johnson

ALBUMBeethoven: Fidelio, Op. 72Sir Charles Mackerras, Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Edinburgh Festival Chorus, Gabriela Beňačková, Anthony Rolfe Johnson, Siegfried Vogel, Franz Josef Kapellmann, Ildikò Raimondi, John Mark Ainsley & David Wilson-Johnson

Listen to Janáček: Katya Kabanova. Opera In 3 Acts (Digital Only) by Gabriela Beňačková, Peter Straka, Eva Randová, Ludek Vele, Miroslav Kopp, Jozef Kundlak, Dagmar Peckova, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & Leoš Janáček

ALBUMJanáček: Katya Kabanova. Opera In 3 Acts (Digital Only)Gabriela Beňačková, Peter Straka, Eva Randová, Ludek Vele, Miroslav Kopp, Jozef Kundlak, Dagmar Peckova, Czech Philharmonic Orchestra, Sir Charles Mackerras & Leoš Janáček

Listen to Dvorak, Janacek & Martinu: Songs by Rudolf Firkusny & Gabriela Beňačková

ALBUMDvorak, Janacek & Martinu: SongsRudolf Firkusny & Gabriela Beňačková

Listen to Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 by Vienna Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado, Gabriela Beňačková, Marjana Lipovšek, Gösta Winbergh, Hermann Prey, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Walter Hagen-Groll

ALBUMBeethoven: Symphony No. 9Vienna Philharmonic, Claudio Abbado, Gabriela Beňačková, Marjana Lipovšek, Gösta Winbergh, Hermann Prey, Chor der Wiener Staatsoper & Walter Hagen-Groll

About Gabriela Beňačková

Hometown

Bratislava, Slovakia

Born

1947

Genre

Classical

While best known for her accomplishments in Czech music, particularly that of Dvorák and Smetana, Benackova has performed in nearly all the lirico-spinto soprano roles in the Italian repertoire. She has earned equal praise for her musicianship and vocal beauty, though she is occasionally accused of bringing a non-Italianate coolness to those roles. She has also sung the more lyric Wagner roles, including Eva and Senta. Her opera debut was at the National Theater in Prague, as Natasha in Prokofiev's War and Peace, in 1970. In 1975, she sang her first Jenufa there; like Dvorák's Rusalka, that role has since become one of her signatures. Jenufa was also the vehicle for her 1978 Vienna State Opera debut. In 1979, she made her Covent Garden debut as Tatyana in Tchaikovsky's Eugene Onegin. She sang the title role of Smetana's Libuse for the re-opening of the National Theater in Prague in 1983. Her Met debut was as Kát'a Kabanová in 1991, which she also recorded with Sir Charles Mackerras in 1997. She also continued her career as a concert artist in works by Dvorák, Janácek, and Mahler. Benackova has been involved in the restoration of Gustav Mahler's birthplace at Kaliste in the Czech Republic.