Eternal Edita

Gruberova's 40th stage jubilee, Vienna January 2010

A Lucrezia aged 62

A new production of Lucrezia Borgia
opened last night in Munich
starring the eternal Edita Gruberova,
under Bertrand de Billy.

Edita received a triumphant ovation (she always gets those...remember this?)

...while stage director Christof Loy received the boos of the audience.


Read reviews here

and here

and here

and here

and here

and here

(all in German)


...and what Christian Van Horn (singing Astolfo) writes about last night at his blog

"Lucrezia opened last night and felt like a good success. I have never experienced such a vocal audience in my life. The bows felt like a football game as the soloists came out. Edita Gruberova has the most loyal audience that lose their minds when she takes a bow. It was hard not to enjoy the energy! We where broadcast live on the radio last night and were streaming audio online..."

Find videos of the performance and interviews at the Bayerische Staatsoper website

and download/listen to Edita Gruberova
singing

Com'e bello

Era desso il figlio mio

Queen, Reina, Regina, Königin

Here is a 62 year old Queen. I wonder if there are modern, 30 y.o. princesses that could beat her.



Watch the whole video. I know this feeling.
I 've felt it a couple of time with La Grube.