Slovakian soprano L’úbica Vargicová made her San Diego Opera debut as Gilda in Rigoletto in 2009. She has a long history with the Slovak National Theatre where she has performed The Queen of the Night in The Magic Flute, Violetta in La traviata, Olympia in The Tales of Hoffmann, and more recently Gilda in Rigoletto, Amina in La Sonnambula, Norina in Don Pasquale, Konstanze in The Abduction from the Seraglio, Lucia in Lucia di Lammermoor and Ophélie in Hamlet. She made her Metropolitan Opera debut as The Queen of the Night in 2005 and debuted with the Salzburg Festival as Olympia in 2003. She made her highly acclaimed debut at the Wiener Staatsoper as Gilda and returned in 2002 and 2003 as Amina. Recent engagements include The Queen of the Night at The Dallas Opera, Marie in Bratislava and Lima as well as Violetta and Marie with Staatsoper Hamburg.