Mezzo-Soprano Carola Guber was born in Braunschweig. Before beginning her vocal studies with Carol Richardson-Smith at the Conservatory in Hannover, she completed a degree in Instrumental Music Education at the same school.  She was awarded prizes in many competitions; for example,the Sylvia-Geszty-Koloraturgesangswettbewerbes in Luxembourg.

From 1993-2001 Carola Guber sang as member of the „Fest“ Ensemble of the  Niedersächsischen Staatsoper in Hannover.  While there she performed such roles as  Hänsel in Hänsel und Gretel, Siebel in Gounods Faust, Dorabella in Cosi fan Tutte, Rosina in Il Barbiere di Siviglia, Angelina in La Cenerentola (nominated for  „best young singer of the year“ by the magazine Opernwelt), Elisabetta in Maria Stuarda, Prinz Orlofsky in Die Fledermaus, Cherubino in Le Nozze di Figaro, Muse-Niklas in  Hoffmanns Erzählungen, and Komponist in Ariadne auf Naxos.

From 2001-2004 she sang as member of the Ensemble at the Vereinigte Städtische Bühnen Krefeld/Mönchengladbach.  There her Repertoire expanded to include Carmen, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Jokasta in Oedipus by Riehm, and Olga in Eugen Onegin. From 2004 – 2008 she worked as a member of the Ensemble at the Theater Erfurt. While there she sang Octavian in Der Rosenkavalier, Fremde Fürstin in Rusalka, Donna Elvira in Don Giovanni, Kundry in Parsifal, and Venus in Tannhäuser.

In addition to the above-mentioned fest Engagements, Carola Guber also sang as a guest  – both in opera and in concerts – in  Theaters in Köln, Kassel, Leipzig, Karlsruhe, Schwerin, Wiesbaden, Nürnberg, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Weimar, Darmstadt, Bonn, Helsinki, Stuttgart, the Alte Oper Frankfurt, as well as in Italy, France, Portugal, Holland, and the USA.  Festivals include  Ludwigsburger Schloßfestspiele, the Menuhin-Festival Gstaad, the Rheingau Musikfestival, the Göttinger Händel Festspiele, the Brühler Schloßkonzerte, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées and the Accademia di Santa Cecilia in Rom. Most important among her conductors were John Eliot Gardiner, Pierre Boulez, Adam Fischer, Wolfgang Gönnenwein, Ruben Gazarian, Christoph Prick, Frans Brüggen and Andreas Spering. She worked with stage directors such as Philipp Himmelmann, Mario del Monaco, Gregor Horres, Thomas Krupa and Alexander Schulin.

Between 2004 and 2012 Carola Guber was a regular guest at the Bayreuth Festival: in two productions as Blumenmädchen, first under the stage direction of Christoph Schlingensief, conductors Pierre Boulez and Adam Fischer, then under the stage direction of Stefan Herheim, conductors Daniele Gatti and Philipp Jordan.  In addition, she sang the role of  Magdalene in “Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg” under the stage direction of  Katharina Wagner, conductor Sebastian Weigle.


In 2013 and 2014  Carola Guber performed the roles of  Eboli in „Don Carlo“ and  Isabella in „L´Italiana in Algeri“ at the  Musiktheater im Revier in Gelsenkirchen.  From 2012-2016 she sang the role of the Mother in Hänsel und Gretel at the Komische Oper Berlin.


She can be heard in CD and DVD recordings in: „ Die Zauberflöte” (2. Dame under John Eliot Gardiner), Carl Reineke„ Kinderlieder”, „Verdiana“ (arrangement Andreas N.Tarkmann), „Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg”, Bayreuther Festspiele 2008.


From 2008 to 2011 Carola Guber held the position of adjunct vocal instructor at the Hochschule „Franz Liszt” in Weimar. In 2010 she became professor at the Hochschule für Musik und Theater „Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy” in Leipzig.