GRUBEROVA Fan Page - Literature



	Literature Dictionary entries: Österreich-Lexikon (in German, with picture) Biographies, profiles, portraits, articles: Article on the occasion of her 60th birthday (in Slovak, Dec-06) Article on the occasion of her 60th birthday (in German, Dec-06) A portrait written by Christine Loriol in 1997 Biography in Czech Article/portrait (in Slovak, in "Katolícke Noviny") Article & pictures in the 1/2004 issue of the magazine of the Bavarian State Opera (in PDF format) Article on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Gruberova's Vienna debut in "Lucia" (Magazine of the Vienna State Opera, in German, Jun-2003) Biography (in German, on the website of the Vienna State Opera) Article/interview on the occasion of the 2005 "Devereux" concert in Budapest (in Hungarian, in "Heti Válasz") Profile on the website of the German Radio/TV, 1998 (in German) Biography (in German, on the website of the Bavarian State Opera) Biography in German (on the website of the Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs Austria) (There used to be an English version but it is not available now) Portrait/interview in "El Mundo", 2001 (in Spanish) Article about E.G. and V. Kasarova on the occasion of the "Anna Bolena" production in Zurich (in German, from "Neue Zürcher Zeitung", 2000) Article on the occasion of "Roberto Devereux" (in German, in "Die Welt", 22-Feb-2001) Essay about the word "Diva" in the magazine of the Vienna State Opera (Nov-2006, in German) Interviews: Radio interview made in Basel after the 7-Mar-08 recital. (in German) In the September-2007 issue of "Bühne" (in German) Audio interview in Slovak (Aug-2007) On the occasion of the concert in Oviedo (in Spanish, Feb-07) On the occasion of her 60th birthday (in German, Dec-06) On the occasion of "Roberto Devereux" in Vienna in Sep-06 (in German) On the occasion of her patronage of the "Europäischen Wochen" (in German, Jun-06) Interview (in the "Siemens Academy of Life" series): text video (in German, March-2006) On the occasion of the Liederabend in Hamburg (in German, in "Hamburger Abendblatt") On the occasion of the Hamburg "Beatrice di Tenda" (in German, Apr-2005) Other "Norma" interview (in German, Feb-2005) On the occasion of the Vienna "Norma" (in German, Jan-2005) On the occasion of the Vienna "Don Giovanni" & "Norma" (in German, Jan-2005) About Bellini's opera "Beatrice di Tenda" (on the occasion of the concerts in 2004) (in RTF format) About the planned disbanding of the Bavarian Radio Orchestra (in German, Nov-2004) On the occasion of getting the "Merkur Theaterpreis" (in German, Jul-2004) On the occasion of the 200th Lucia (in German, May-2004) On the occasion of the European debut in "Norma" (in German, Apr-2004) Interview on the website of the Slovak Radio (Nov-2003) Interview on the occasion of the Munich "Devereux" (in German, 2004) On the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Gruberova's Vienna debut in "Lucia" (in German, Jun-2003) Interview in "El Mundo" (Nov-2002, in Spanish) Interview in "Klassik heute" (1998, in German) Interview in "Opernwelt", 1996 Interviews on the occasion of the "Lucia" in Madrid (Oct-2001, in Spanish): in "El Mundo" Interview in the Hungarian music magazine "Gramofon" (in Hungarian, 1998) Interview (with pictures) on the website of the German Radio/TV (in German, 1998) Interview (in Spanish, in "Melomano") Interview (taken from the Opernwelt magazine) (in Hungarian) Interview in "Berliner Zeitung" (in German, 1995) Interview in "Wagneriana" (in Spanish, 1993) Further interviews can be found in the archives of Swiss magazines and newspapers: "Schweizer Familie", Facts, Blick, Tages Anzeiger, Bund Papers, articles, analyses of Gruberova's voice and interpretations: Paper on spectral analysis of the voice: Spectral Measurement of Voice Quality in Opera Singers : The Case of Gruberova Related article in "Journal of Voice": Acoustic Concomitants of Emotional Expression in Operatic Singing: The Case of Lucia in Ardi gli incensi Similar study on vibrato: The relationship between measured vibrato characteristics and perception in Western operatic singing An interesting characterization of Gruberova's voice (by Robert Whitelock) A posting about her Zerbinetta (by Niel Rishoi, from the Opera-L discussion list) What her colleagues think of her: Tenor Juan Diego Flórez in an interview: (Interviewer:) "Ihre Fans auf der Bühne sind oft der Ohnmacht nahe. Merken Sänger das auf der Bühne?" (Flórez:) "Wir verdanken Edita Gruberova sehr, sehr viel. Sie hat eigentlich das Belcanto-Repertoire lebendig gehalten. Zuhörer werden noch immer verrückt, wenn sie singt. Und davon profitiert nun auch die neue Generation von Sängern. Wenn ich in "Sonnambula" oder anderen Belcanto-Opern singe, spüre ich auf der Bühne, wie das Publikum wild wird - also es funktioniert." (from the programe booklet of Flórez's 9-Oct-2006 concert in Festspielhaus Baden-Baden) Tenor José Bros (in German) Mezzo Cecilia Bartoli (in an interview, in German) Soprano Margarita Elia Soprano Adrianne Pieczonka Slovak coloratura soprano L'ubica Vargicová Mezzo Vesselina Kasarova about E.G. in interviews: Andante Magazine, 2002 l'Éveil Culturel, 1996 (in French); German translation Opernglas, 1996 (in German) Classic CD, 1997 Musik & Theater, 1997 (in German) Stage director Peter Konwitschny in an interview (in German) List of selected printed literature (which is not available online): The language of the material is also indicated if not English. Niel Rishoi: "Edita Gruberova - Ein Portrait" Book published by Atlantis Musikbuch-Verlag, Zürich und Mainz, 1996. ISBN 3-254-00192-3, in German. (No English edition exists yet.) With a CD containing excerpts from Nightingale CDs. Japanese edition (without CD) by the publisher Ongaku-no Tomosha, 1999. ISBN: 4-276-21775-X. Slovak edition: 2005, with a different CD. Publisher: Slovart. ISBN: 80-8085-041-0. More info. J. B. Steane: Voices - Singers & Critics - Amadeus Press, Portland, Oregon Thomas P. Lanier: Coloratura Delight - Edita Gruberova, Zerbinetta Extraordinaire, Carries on A Rich Tradition (Article with interview) Opera News, October 1979 Interview (with Peter Blaha, in German) - Das Opernglas, July/August 1991 Herbert Glass: A Noted Quartet of CD Bargain Beauties for '94 Los Angeles Times, January 23, 1994 (about the 1979 recording of Bach Cantatas) Gabriele Luster: Eine fesselnde Seelenlandschaft - Brillanter Belcantogesang: "Lucia di Lammermoor" im Münchner Nationaltheater Münchner Merkur, 21. Oct. 1991. (in German) Grazia Pulvirenti: Il mistero del talento - L'Opera No. 56, Aprile 1992 (Review of the "Beatrice di Tenda" CD, in Italian & English) Review of a Vienna "Lucia" by Grazia Pulvirenti - L'Opera No. 61, Ottobre 1992 (in Italian & English) In Alt - Edita Gruberová talks to Hugh Canning - Gramophone, 2/1993 P. Blaha: I Puritani (review of the 2-May-94 Vienna performance) Das Opernglas, June 1994 (in German) J.M. Wienecke: La Sonnambula (review of the 19-Nov-94 performance in Köln) - Das Opernglas, Jan. 1995 (in German) M. Lehnert: Linda di Chamounix (review of the 28-Jan-95 Zurich performance) Das Opernglas, March 1995 (in German) Niel Rishoi: (Review of the La Traviata CD) - The Opera Quarterly, Vol. 11, #2, 1995 Fodor Géza: Gruberova és...? (review of the Teldec Lucia & Traviata) - Muzsika, Oct. 1995 (in Hungarian) Csengery Kristóf: (review of the 9-Sept-95 Budapest concert) - Muzsika, Nov. 1995 (in Hungarian) Grazia Pulvirenti: Quel luogo dove sfumano gli addii - L'Opera No. 91, Novembre 1995 (Review of a Munich "Lucia", in Italian) Joachim Kaiser: Belcanto-Sterilität - Donizettis "Anna Bolena" im Münchner Nationaltheater - Süddeutsche Zeitung, 2. Nov. 1995. (in German) Gabriele Luster: Jonathan Millers spannungsarme Inszenierung von Donizettis "Anna Bolena" am Münchner Nationaltheater Münchner Merkur, 2. Nov. 1995. (in German) J. Bartels: Anna Bolena (review of the 30-Oct-95 Munich performance) Das Opernglas, Dec. 1995 (in German) P. Blaha: Ariadne auf Naxos (review of the 25-Apr-96 Vienna performance) Das Opernglas, June 1996 (in German) E. Thomas Glasow: (Review of the I Puritani CD) - Gramophone J. B. Steane: (review of the Anna Bolena & Fille du Régiment CDs) - Gramophone, September 1996 Nicola Salmoiraghi: Persa fra i cieli di Walter Scott - Edita Gruberova, l'astrazione lunare di un canto metafisico L'Opera No. 102, Novembre 1996 (in Italian) Kertész Iván: Az énekmüvészet virtuóza járt Budapesten - Népszava, 4-Feb-97 (review of the 30-Jan-97 Budapest concert, in Hungarian) Tallián Tibor: A kivétel törvénye - Gruberova Budapesten - Muzsika, April 1997 (review of the 30-Jan-97 Budapest concert, in Hungarian) Interview - Das Opernglas, Jul/Aug-97 (in German) Interview - To Bima, 7-Sep-97 (in Greek) Interview - Profil, 13-Oct-97 (in German) Interview - Opernwelt, Nov-97 (in German) Interview - "Schweizer Illustrierte", 16-Nov-98 (in German) Interview - "Muzsika" March-99 (in Hungarian) Interview - "Fono Forum", May-99 (in German) Interview - BUNTE, 27/1999 (in German) Interview - "Scala" (German music magazine), Sept/Oct-99 (in German) Article, with sample CD, in the German music magazine Amadeo (Fall/Winter Edition No.2/99) (in German) Interview - "Annabelle" (Swiss magazine) No. 23/99 (in German) Book: "Divas", by Agnès Gerhards. (Gruberova is one of the interviewed singers.) Éditions du Seuil, 2000, ISBN 2020225603 (In French) More info about the book. Book: Divas In Their Own Words, by Andrew Palmer The Vernon Press, 2000, ISBN 0953901408 Interview in the 2001 yearbook of the Vienna State Opera (issued by the Freunde der Wiener Staatsoper) (in German) Foreword written by Edita Gruberova in the book "Wiener Staatsoper - Ein Blick hinter die Kulissen", Henschel Verlag, 2001, ISBN 3894873965 (in German) Interview in the (free) magazine "KlassikAkzente" (02/2002) (in German) Interviews in the (free) magazine "Rondo Magazin" (03/1999, 03/2002) (in German) Interview with Alessandro Anghinoni in the September 2002 issue of "Opernwelt" (in German) Interview with Kevin Clarke in "Oper Aktuell", the 2004 yearbook of the Bavarian State Opera (in German) A list of further literature can be found in Niel Rishoi's book. See also: The Links page, for other Gruberova pages on the Net. 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Last updated: 9-Apr-2008