Edita Gruberova - Caro Nome - Rigoletto - 1990

[melodien1]

Edita,te csodálatos

[AugustusOctavianus8]

Absolutely masterful. Gruberova now rivals Callas for my favorite interpretation of Caro Nome!!

[DiegoMartinazzoli]

INSUPERABILE

[rameau81]

woooow! Just beautiful singing

[bonniejwalker]

All of these videos you've posted of Gruberova in 1990 - where I think she is at her prime - are incredibly moving. Thank you for sharing them.

[leprincebeaumont]

Fino ai primissimi anni Novanta è stata una cantante prodigiosa e una bravissima e musicalissima interprete; poi, il buongusto e la misura se ne sono andati, per lasciare il posto ai deliranti Devereux in stile verista e ai mille vezzi di una cantante che ha cominciato a cantarsi addosso, con effetti spesso grotteschi. Peccato!

[gustopheles]

@leprincebeaumont That's preposterous - she was in brilliant voice well into the 90s, and although her voice certainly wasn't built for Devereux, she sang it with great passion.

[thisizjoey]

holy shit! 4:40 to end = SUBLIME!

[6sushi66]

So clear,sweet and beatiful voice!!!

[operaeater]

almost 15 seconds held trill at the end, espectacular!

[operadude32]

I'm a huge fan and while I understand some listener's aversion to her "scooping", I find the example cited below to be extremely minimal and anything but painful.

The trill at the end is ASTONISHING!!

[gustopheles]

The "scooping" cited below is hardly "painful". Considering how many high F's she hit head-on during those same concerts, it's obvious that the portomento was interpolated for effect, and not because Gruberova has any problem attacking high notes.

[Mooorhe]

Very beautiful, dynamics effectively poured on.

Only thing I can criticise is some rather odd scooping. The one which was painful was around 3:17.

[daphnebeloved]

@Mooorhe That is legato, she is the one with the best legato ever!

[Mooorhe]

@daphnebeloved

You're right. It's musically called legato, but it's also a glissando, which was not written.