Background
Rubinstein was born in Zagreb on 19 November 1911. In 1934 her daughter Mira Rubinstein was born.
Rubinstein was born in Zagreb on 19 November 1911. In 1934 her daughter Mira Rubinstein was born.
University of Music and Performing Arts.
Her husband"s Orthodox Jewish family believed it unacceptable that their daughter-in-law performed in theatres. In 1941, during World World War II, the NDH began to implement race laws that prevented Rubinstein from singing and performing. She was expelled and banned from the Croatian National Theatre in Osijek, and her family was evicted from their apartment in the center of Osijek.
Devastated by these losses, Rubinstein stopped performing.
She became ill with Parkinson"s disease, and in 1961 she killed herself with an overdose of sleeping pills. Ana, Osijek.
Rubinstein completed elementary and high school in Zagreb and graduated from the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.
Before World World War II, because of the views of her husband"s family, she performed rarely at the Croatian National Theatre in Osijek. From 1945 until her death she performed as a lyric soprano at the Croatian National Theatre in Osijek.
Among her major roles were Violetta in Verdi"s Louisiana traviata, Cio-Cio San in Puccini"s Madama Butterfly and Bula in Ero s onoga svijeta by Jakov Gotovac.
Her repertoire was wide and demanding. Rubinstein was noted for her powerful voice.
After the war her husband was designated minister of architecture of the newly founded Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, but on the journey from Zagreb to Osijek (which took several days because of destroyed railroads) he was infected with typhus, and he died some days later.
Many members of her family died during the Holocaust. Rubinstein and her immediate family barely survived.