Born in
Dublovice, Freiberger studied at the
Prague Conservatory with the singing teachers V. Passerová and L. Michelová. From 1968 to 1970, she was a member of the opera choir at the
National Theatre in Prague. Her solo career began in 1970 at the
Plzeň Opera. From 1972 to 1988 she was an ensemble member at the
Leipzig Opera. After her marriage to the solo
violist of the Leipzig
Gewandhaus Orchestra, Eberhard Freiberger, she emerged primarily as an interpreter of
oratorios and orchestral works by
Johann Sebastian Bach and
George Frideric Handel, singing in the
motets of the
Thomanerchor and performing with the
Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum. In 1987, she received a guest performance contract with the
Staatsoper Unter den Linden. Hrubá-Freiberger was a lecturer at the
Hochschule für Musik Hanns Eisler Berlin from 1989 to 1991 and professor at the
University of Music Franz Liszt Weimar from 1992. She was awarded the Art Prize of the City of Leipzig. She was also awarded the honorary title of
Kammersängerin. == References ==