Legendary (early) Edita Gruberova Flawlessly delivers Kostanze’s 24 C6s and 15 D6s
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In 1991 Gruberova came to Athens along with Barbara Hendricks to sing in the Herodous Atticus Ancient Theatre which has the WORST acoustics in the universe... Marilyn Horne had stopped singing there after 3 minutes her recital had begun and had left :D and Agnes Baltsa had said she would never sing there unless a Plexiglass shield was placed behind her to reflect her sound to the audience (the back of the stage is actually made of ancient rocks which have holes where from the sound of the street (cars etc) comes in)... Not to mention Renee Fleming and Angela Gheorgiou who were as if they never sang there (no one could hear NOTHING!). In the Sunday before the recital, Edita gave an interview to an Athenean newspaper where she said two things that exploded in my mind: 1. that Callas very often sang roles that were NOT suited for her voice like for example (hold on to your seat) Lady Macbeth :D and 2. (after asked if she were afraid the fa
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