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Edita Gruberová

January 01, 1970

Edita Gruberová (Slovak: [ˈedita ˈɡruberoʋaː]; 23 December 1946 – 18 October 2021) was a Slovak coloratura soprano. She made her stage debut in Bratislava in 1968 as Rosina in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia, and successfully auditioned at the Vienna State Opera the following year, which became her base. She received international recognition for roles such as Mozart's Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflöte and Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss.

Edita Gruberová
Gruberová in 2013
Born(1946-12-23)23 December 1946
Rača, Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Died18 October 2021(2021-10-18) (aged 74)
Zürich, Switzerland
OccupationOperatic soprano
Years active1968–2020
OrganisationVienna State Opera
TitleKammersängerin
Awards

In her later career, she explored heavier roles in the Italian bel canto repertoire, such as the title role in Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, and Elvira in Bellini's I puritani. In 2019, she portrayed Elisabetta in Donizetti's Roberto Devereux, who leaves her throne, concluding a stage career performing leading roles over 51 years. She is remembered as the "Slowakische Nachtigall" (Slovak Nightingale), and as prima donna assoluta.

Early life and education edit

Edita Gruberová was born on 23 December 1946[1] in Rača, Bratislava,[2] to a German father and a Hungarian mother.[3][4][5] As an anti-communist, her father survived a five-year prison sentence for treason.[6] Her father drank and she developed a close relationship with her mother.[7] She sang in a school choir and in the children's choir of the broadcaster.[8] The pastor of the parish where she prepared for Confirmation accompanied her when she sang solos at church, and prepared her in piano playing to pass the exam to enter the conservatory.[9] Gruberová began her musical studies at the Bratislava Conservatory (Konzervatórium v Bratislave),[9][8] where she was a student of Mária Medvecká [cs].[10] She then continued at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (VŠMU).[11][12] While studying there, she was a singer of the Lúčnica folk ensemble and appeared several times in the Slovak National Theatre. She would later study with Ruthilde Boesch in Vienna.[13]

Career edit

Opera edit

In 1968, Gruberová made her operatic debut at the National Theatre in Bratislava as Rosina in Rossini's Il barbiere di Siviglia.[4][14][15] After winning a singing competition in Toulouse, she was then engaged as a soloist of the opera ensemble of the J. G. Tajovský Theatre in Banská Bystrica, Slovakia, from 1968 to 1970.[4][9][16] Among her roles was Eliza Doolittle in Loewe's musical My Fair Lady.[17] Since communist Czechoslovakia was going through normalisation, during which the borders to non-communist countries were closed, Medvecká surreptitiously arranged for an audition for Gruberová at the Vienna State Opera in the summer of 1969. She was immediately engaged, and made her breakthrough the following year when she appeared as the Queen of the Night in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte.[4][15] In 1971, Gruberová decided to emigrate to the West.[18] She became a member of the Vienna State Opera in 1972,[10][19] where she was only given secondary and supporting roles in her early years.[20] She was invited to perform at many of the most important opera houses in the world, especially in coloratura roles.[4] Gruberová made her debut at Glyndebourne in 1973 as the Queen of the Night.[4][21] She became an Austrian citizen in 1974.[22]

In Vienna, she studied with Ruthilde Boesch, whom she described as a wonderful, tough, diligent teacher, the demanding role of Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss.[20] Although a guest was planned to sing the role in a new production in 1976, Gruberová convinced conductor Karl Böhm that she was capable. The premiere won her international recognition,[9] and Böhm said he wished that the composer could have heard that performance.[2] Gruberová first appeared at the Metropolitan Opera, New York City in 1977,[23] again as the Queen of the Night, conducted by James Conlon.[24] She appeared as Zerbinetta in a live broadcast conducted by James Levine in 1979. Robert Jacobson of Opera News, in his review noted:

New, and a brilliant addition to the ensemble, was Edita Gruberova as Zerbinetta, The Slovak soprano is everything one could hope for in this soaring, most demanding role, for she acts enchantingly, sings with great skill and musicality and possesses a voice that not only sails easily to the top, but is filled out with sweetness and quality; she had a triumph, predictably, not only in her big aria, but in the touching duet with the Composer in the prologue as well.[25]

In 1977, she first appeared at the Salzburg Festival, as Thibault in Verdi's Don Carlo, conducted by Herbert von Karajan. In opera films, she performed as Gilda in Ponnelle's 1982 film adaptation of Rigoletto, alongside Ingvar Wixell in the title role and Luciano Pavarotti as the Duke,[26] and in his 1988 film adaptation of Mozart's Così fan tutte, alongside Delores Ziegler and Ferruccio Furlanetto.[27] Gruberová made her Royal Opera House debut as Giulietta in Bellini's I Capuleti e i Montecchi in 1984. Other important roles include the title roles of Verdi's La traviata, Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, and Massenet's Manon. She performed as Konstanze in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail, and Oscar in Verdi's Un ballo in maschera.[10]

 
Gruberová in 2008

Gruberová appeared as a regular guest at the Zürich Opera, as Marie in Donizetti's La fille du régiment in 1984, as Lucia in 1990, and in the title role of Rossini's Semiramide in 1992. She performed there in the title role of Donizetti's Linda di Chamounix in 1995, as Elvira in Bellini's I puritani in 1999, in the title role of Donizetti's Anna Bolena in 2000, and in the title role of Bellini's Beatrice di Tenda in 2001.[10] The same year, she withdrew from all her performances at the Zürich Opera, after Alexander Pereira, then intendant, claimed that her dancer daughter's injury, which forced her to quit dancing, was not an occupational accident.[9] In 2012, she appeared there again in a recital, stepping in for Jonas Kaufmann.[28] Later that year, after Pereira's departure, she performed with the company again, in a revival of Roberto Devereux.[29]

Gruberová appeared as Donna Anna in Mozart's Don Giovanni at La Scala in Milan in 1987 and as Elisabetta in Donizetti's Roberto Devereux in Vienna in 1990. The latter became one of her signature roles; in a new production in Munich directed by Christof Loy, she made peace with Regietheater in a dramatic portrayal of the Queen, without losing her distinctive coloratura. She always performed coloratura ornamentation with dramatic expressiveness, with humour as Zerbinetta, and in rapture with a high trill as the dying Antonia in Offenbach's Les contes d'Hoffmann.[2] In 2006, she added the title role in Bellini's Norma to her repertoire, at the Bavarian State Opera.[9]

She gave her last opera performance on 27 March 2019 as Elisabetta in Roberto Devereux at the Bavarian State Opera.[30][8] She concluded her stage career after 51 years of singing leading roles,[2] and received ovations for 58 minutes.[14] Jürgen Kesting, writing for the FAZ, allegorized her convincing portrayal of the aging Elizabeth I who leaves her throne and drew parallels to her retiring.[2] She then focused on concerts and giving masterclasses.[30][8] She officially retired from the stage in September 2020, in part due to delays related to the COVID-19 pandemic which made planning further performances difficult.[31] Her last performance was in Gersthofen on 20 December 2019.[32] Her two planned farewell performances in November 2020, in a semi-staged Roberto Devereux at the National Theatre Košice, were cancelled due to the pandemic.[33]

Lied edit

Gruberová was introduced to Lieder repertoire by Harald Goertz [de], a professor at the Vienna Music Academy, and repetiteur at the Vienna State Opera. They often performed together, until Erik Werba became her Lied partner with whom she performed songs by Franz Schubert, Gustav Mahler and Strauss.[9] In 1980, they performed a recital at the Salzburg Festival with clarinetist Peter Schmidl, featuring songs by Mendelssohn, Schubert and Strauss.[9][34]

Recognition edit

Gruberová was an Austrian and Bavarian Kammersängerin, and an honorary member of the Vienna State Opera from 1988.[15][8] [10] She was known as the "Slowakische Nachtigall" (Slovak Nightingale).[35] Kesting recognized Gruberová as the last prima donna assoluta.[20]

Personal life edit

Gruberová was married to Štefan Klimo, a Czech composer and musicologist.[10] They divorced in 1983 and Klimo died by suicide soon afterwards.[9] Beginning in the 1980s, she had a long professional and personal relationship with Friedrich Haider, a pianist and conductor.[36][37] They separated in 2007.[38] She is the mother of two daughters, including the dancer and choreographer Barbara Klimo.[37][39] She moved her residence to Zürich in the mid-1980s for tax reasons.[40]

Gruberová died of an accidental head injury in Zürich on 18 October 2021 at age 74.[41][13][42][43][44]

Recordings edit

Main article: Edita Gruberová discography

Gruberová made many recordings,[4][10] most notably in full-length opera, and extended selections from Donizetti's Tudor Queens' trilogy and other bel canto operas. She recorded Die Zauberflöte with conductors Alain Lombard, Bernard Haitink and Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Ariadne auf Naxos with Georg Solti, and Die Entführung aus dem Serail with Heinz Wallberg, among others.[20] In her later years, she recorded exclusively on the Nightingale label that she founded. More than a dozen of her filmed and televised opera appearances have been released on DVD, including Die Zauberflöte, Così fan tutte, Die Entführung aus dem Serail, I puritani, Norma, Manon, Beatrice di Tenda, and Donizetti's Lucrezia Borgia and Linda di Chamounix, and Ariadne auf Naxos.[4]

She recorded Bach's solo cantatas for soprano, such as Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen, BWV 51, and Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut, BWV 199, in 1979, with Helmut Winschermann conducting the Deutsche Bachsolisten and trumpeter Wolfgang Basch.[45][46] She also appeared as the soprano soloist in Giuseppe Sinopoli's 1991 recording of Mahler's Fourth Symphony.[47]

Awards edit

References edit

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Further reading edit

  • Rishoi, Niel (1996). Edita Gruberova : ein Portrait (in German). Zürich Mainz: Atlantis. ISBN 3-254-00192-3. OCLC 40681320.
  • Thiel, Markus (2012). Edita Gruberova (in German). Kassel, Leipzig: Bärenreiter, Henschel. ISBN 978-3-89487-915-0. OCLC 796975150.
  • "The Vienna State Opera mourns the death of KS Edita Gruberova". Wiener Staatsoper. 18 October 2021. Retrieved 19 October 2021.

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Edita Gruberova Slovak ˈedita ˈɡruberoʋaː 23 December 1946 18 October 2021 was a Slovak coloratura soprano She made her stage debut in Bratislava in 1968 as Rosina in Rossini s Il barbiere di Siviglia and successfully auditioned at the Vienna State Opera the following year which became her base She received international recognition for roles such as Mozart s Queen of the Night in Die Zauberflote and Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss Edita GruberovaGruberova in 2013Born 1946 12 23 23 December 1946Raca Bratislava CzechoslovakiaDied18 October 2021 2021 10 18 aged 74 Zurich SwitzerlandOccupationOperatic sopranoYears active1968 2020OrganisationVienna State OperaTitleKammersangerinAwardsBayerischer Verdienstorden Herbert von Karajan Music Prize Osterreichischer Musiktheaterpreis International Classical Music Awards In her later career she explored heavier roles in the Italian bel canto repertoire such as the title role in Donizetti s Lucia di Lammermoor and Elvira in Bellini s I puritani In 2019 she portrayed Elisabetta in Donizetti s Roberto Devereux who leaves her throne concluding a stage career performing leading roles over 51 years She is remembered as the Slowakische Nachtigall Slovak Nightingale and as prima donna assoluta Contents 1 Early life and education 2 Career 2 1 Opera 2 2 Lied 2 3 Recognition 3 Personal life 4 Recordings 5 Awards 6 References 7 Further reading 8 External linksEarly life and education editEdita Gruberova was born on 23 December 1946 1 in Raca Bratislava 2 to a German father and a Hungarian mother 3 4 5 As an anti communist her father survived a five year prison sentence for treason 6 Her father drank and she developed a close relationship with her mother 7 She sang in a school choir and in the children s choir of the broadcaster 8 The pastor of the parish where she prepared for Confirmation accompanied her when she sang solos at church and prepared her in piano playing to pass the exam to enter the conservatory 9 Gruberova began her musical studies at the Bratislava Conservatory Konzervatorium v Bratislave 9 8 where she was a student of Maria Medvecka cs 10 She then continued at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava VSMU 11 12 While studying there she was a singer of the Lucnica folk ensemble and appeared several times in the Slovak National Theatre She would later study with Ruthilde Boesch in Vienna 13 Career editOpera edit In 1968 Gruberova made her operatic debut at the National Theatre in Bratislava as Rosina in Rossini s Il barbiere di Siviglia 4 14 15 After winning a singing competition in Toulouse she was then engaged as a soloist of the opera ensemble of the J G Tajovsky Theatre in Banska Bystrica Slovakia from 1968 to 1970 4 9 16 Among her roles was Eliza Doolittle in Loewe s musical My Fair Lady 17 Since communist Czechoslovakia was going through normalisation during which the borders to non communist countries were closed Medvecka surreptitiously arranged for an audition for Gruberova at the Vienna State Opera in the summer of 1969 She was immediately engaged and made her breakthrough the following year when she appeared as the Queen of the Night in Mozart s Die Zauberflote 4 15 In 1971 Gruberova decided to emigrate to the West 18 She became a member of the Vienna State Opera in 1972 10 19 where she was only given secondary and supporting roles in her early years 20 She was invited to perform at many of the most important opera houses in the world especially in coloratura roles 4 Gruberova made her debut at Glyndebourne in 1973 as the Queen of the Night 4 21 She became an Austrian citizen in 1974 22 In Vienna she studied with Ruthilde Boesch whom she described as a wonderful tough diligent teacher the demanding role of Zerbinetta in Ariadne auf Naxos by Richard Strauss 20 Although a guest was planned to sing the role in a new production in 1976 Gruberova convinced conductor Karl Bohm that she was capable The premiere won her international recognition 9 and Bohm said he wished that the composer could have heard that performance 2 Gruberova first appeared at the Metropolitan Opera New York City in 1977 23 again as the Queen of the Night conducted by James Conlon 24 She appeared as Zerbinetta in a live broadcast conducted by James Levine in 1979 Robert Jacobson of Opera News in his review noted New and a brilliant addition to the ensemble was Edita Gruberova as Zerbinetta The Slovak soprano is everything one could hope for in this soaring most demanding role for she acts enchantingly sings with great skill and musicality and possesses a voice that not only sails easily to the top but is filled out with sweetness and quality she had a triumph predictably not only in her big aria but in the touching duet with the Composer in the prologue as well 25 In 1977 she first appeared at the Salzburg Festival as Thibault in Verdi s Don Carlo conducted by Herbert von Karajan In opera films she performed as Gilda in Ponnelle s 1982 film adaptation of Rigoletto alongside Ingvar Wixell in the title role and Luciano Pavarotti as the Duke 26 and in his 1988 film adaptation of Mozart s Cosi fan tutte alongside Delores Ziegler and Ferruccio Furlanetto 27 Gruberova made her Royal Opera House debut as Giulietta in Bellini s I Capuleti e i Montecchi in 1984 Other important roles include the title roles of Verdi s La traviata Donizetti s Lucia di Lammermoor and Massenet s Manon She performed as Konstanze in Mozart s Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail and Oscar in Verdi s Un ballo in maschera 10 nbsp Gruberova in 2008 Gruberova appeared as a regular guest at the Zurich Opera as Marie in Donizetti s La fille du regiment in 1984 as Lucia in 1990 and in the title role of Rossini s Semiramide in 1992 She performed there in the title role of Donizetti s Linda di Chamounix in 1995 as Elvira in Bellini s I puritani in 1999 in the title role of Donizetti s Anna Bolena in 2000 and in the title role of Bellini s Beatrice di Tenda in 2001 10 The same year she withdrew from all her performances at the Zurich Opera after Alexander Pereira then intendant claimed that her dancer daughter s injury which forced her to quit dancing was not an occupational accident 9 In 2012 she appeared there again in a recital stepping in for Jonas Kaufmann 28 Later that year after Pereira s departure she performed with the company again in a revival of Roberto Devereux 29 Gruberova appeared as Donna Anna in Mozart s Don Giovanni at La Scala in Milan in 1987 and as Elisabetta in Donizetti s Roberto Devereux in Vienna in 1990 The latter became one of her signature roles in a new production in Munich directed by Christof Loy she made peace with Regietheater in a dramatic portrayal of the Queen without losing her distinctive coloratura She always performed coloratura ornamentation with dramatic expressiveness with humour as Zerbinetta and in rapture with a high trill as the dying Antonia in Offenbach s Les contes d Hoffmann 2 In 2006 she added the title role in Bellini s Norma to her repertoire at the Bavarian State Opera 9 She gave her last opera performance on 27 March 2019 as Elisabetta in Roberto Devereux at the Bavarian State Opera 30 8 She concluded her stage career after 51 years of singing leading roles 2 and received ovations for 58 minutes 14 Jurgen Kesting writing for the FAZ allegorized her convincing portrayal of the aging Elizabeth I who leaves her throne and drew parallels to her retiring 2 She then focused on concerts and giving masterclasses 30 8 She officially retired from the stage in September 2020 in part due to delays related to the COVID 19 pandemic which made planning further performances difficult 31 Her last performance was in Gersthofen on 20 December 2019 32 Her two planned farewell performances in November 2020 in a semi staged Roberto Devereux at the National Theatre Kosice were cancelled due to the pandemic 33 Lied edit Gruberova was introduced to Lieder repertoire by Harald Goertz de a professor at the Vienna Music Academy and repetiteur at the Vienna State Opera They often performed together until Erik Werba became her Lied partner with whom she performed songs by Franz Schubert Gustav Mahler and Strauss 9 In 1980 they performed a recital at the Salzburg Festival with clarinetist Peter Schmidl featuring songs by Mendelssohn Schubert and Strauss 9 34 Recognition edit Gruberova was an Austrian and Bavarian Kammersangerin and an honorary member of the Vienna State Opera from 1988 15 8 10 She was known as the Slowakische Nachtigall Slovak Nightingale 35 Kesting recognized Gruberova as the last prima donna assoluta 20 Personal life editGruberova was married to Stefan Klimo a Czech composer and musicologist 10 They divorced in 1983 and Klimo died by suicide soon afterwards 9 Beginning in the 1980s she had a long professional and personal relationship with Friedrich Haider a pianist and conductor 36 37 They separated in 2007 38 She is the mother of two daughters including the dancer and choreographer Barbara Klimo 37 39 She moved her residence to Zurich in the mid 1980s for tax reasons 40 Gruberova died of an accidental head injury in Zurich on 18 October 2021 at age 74 41 13 42 43 44 Recordings editMain article Edita Gruberova discography Gruberova made many recordings 4 10 most notably in full length opera and extended selections from Donizetti s Tudor Queens trilogy and other bel canto operas She recorded Die Zauberflote with conductors Alain Lombard Bernard Haitink and Nikolaus Harnoncourt Ariadne auf Naxos with Georg Solti and Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail with Heinz Wallberg among others 20 In her later years she recorded exclusively on the Nightingale label that she founded More than a dozen of her filmed and televised opera appearances have been released on DVD including Die Zauberflote Cosi fan tutte Die Entfuhrung aus dem Serail I puritani Norma Manon Beatrice di Tenda and Donizetti s Lucrezia Borgia and Linda di Chamounix and Ariadne auf Naxos 4 She recorded Bach s solo cantatas for soprano such as Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen BWV 51 and Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut BWV 199 in 1979 with Helmut Winschermann conducting the Deutsche Bachsolisten and trumpeter Wolfgang Basch 45 46 She also appeared as the soprano soloist in Giuseppe Sinopoli s 1991 recording of Mahler s Fourth Symphony 47 Awards edit1980 Austrian Kammersangerin 17 1988 Honorary member of the Vienna State Opera 37 1989 Bavarian Kammersangerin 48 1997 Bayerischer Verdienstorden 37 1999 Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art in the field of art 37 2009 Ehrenzeichen fur Verdienste um das Land Wien de in Gold 35 49 2013 Herbert von Karajan Music Prize 50 2014 Osterreichischer Musiktheaterpreis de Goldener Schikaneder for her life s work 51 2016 Ehrenplakette of the Richard Strauss Festival de in Garmisch Partenkirchen 52 53 2021 International Classical Music Awards Lifetime Achievement 54 References edit Tommasini Anthony 22 October 2021 Edita Gruberova Dazzling Soprano With Emotional Power Dies at 74 The New York Times ISSN 0362 4331 Archived from the original on 23 October 2021 Retrieved 23 October 2021 a b c d e Kesting Jurgen 30 March 2019 Ich regiere nicht mehr Geht FAZ in German Frankfurt Archived from the original on 8 August 2020 Retrieved 22 January 2020 Langer Emily 19 October 2021 Edita Gruberova dazzling operatic soprano dies at 74 The Washington Post Archived from the original on 20 October 2021 Retrieved 20 October 2021 a b c d e f g h Patmore David Elena Gruberova Naxos Records Archived from the original on 19 October 2021 Retrieved 22 December 2020 Discography Edita Gruberova AllMusic Archived from the original on 9 August 2017 Retrieved 31 December 2021 Spinola Julia 19 October 2021 Edita Gruberova Nachruf Suddeutsche de in German Archived from the original on 19 October 2021 Retrieved 19 October 2021 Konigin der Koloratur Starsopranistin Edita Gruberova gestorben FAZ in German 18 October 2021 Retrieved 19 October 2021 a b c d 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Gruberova erhalt Herbert von Karajan Preis oe24 at in German 7 March 2013 Archived from the original on 19 October 2021 Retrieved 19 October 2021 Goldener Schikaneder Edita Gruberova wird furs Lebenswerk geehrt Kleine Zeitung 9 May 2014 Retrieved 21 December 2021 Eroffnungsprogramm der Richard Strauss Festivals 2016 in German Richard Strauss Festival retrieved 6 April 2018 Tickets und Infos Kongresszentrum Garmisch Partenkirchen Eroffnung Richard Strauss Festival 2016 Kultur net in German Retrieved 21 December 2021 The ICMA winners 2021 are published ICMA ICMA Archived from the original on 10 April 2021 Retrieved 19 October 2021 Further reading editRishoi Niel 1996 Edita Gruberova ein Portrait in German Zurich Mainz Atlantis ISBN 3 254 00192 3 OCLC 40681320 Thiel Markus 2012 Edita Gruberova in German Kassel Leipzig Barenreiter Henschel ISBN 978 3 89487 915 0 OCLC 796975150 The Vienna State Opera mourns the death of KS Edita Gruberova Wiener Staatsoper 18 October 2021 Retrieved 19 October 2021 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Edita Gruberova Official website nbsp Edita Gruberova at IMDb Edita Gruberova discography at Discogs nbsp Edita Gruberova management Hilbert Trevor Gillis Edita Gruberova video of Queen of the Night 1 December 2016 Edita Gruberova as Zerbinetta Live at the MET 17 February 1979 InHouse Recording on YouTube Recordings of rehearsals and performances with Edita Gruberova in the online archive of the Osterreichische Mediathek registration required Portals nbsp Biography nbsp Opera Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edita Gruberova amp oldid 1220892755, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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