Review article
Croatian Diva Ruža Pospiš-Baldani
Jagoda Martinčević
; Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
The famous mezzo-soprano Ruža Pospiš-Baldani (25 July 1942, Varaždinske Toplice), is the national diva and one of the greatest vocal artists of our time. Following education in Varaždin (with Professor Ankica Opolski) and at the Music Academy in Zagreb (Professor Marij a Borčić), she swi_ ly reached tops of her grand career in the country and abroad. She remained continuously connected to her home institution, the Croatian National Theatre in Zagreb. For seven years she was the lead of the New York Metropolitan Opera, a standing guest to the Vienna National Opera and the Bavarian National Opera in Munich. She performed at the Scala in Milan, the Royal Opera and the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid, Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires, Gran Teatro Liceo in Barcelona, and, in several occasions at the Salzburg Festival. Throughout the years she established a long-term relationship with conductors like Lovro pl. Matačić, Herbert von Karajan and Karl Ri_ ter. She performed with Zubin Mehta, Leonard Bernstein, Wolfgang Sawallis_ , Karlos Kleiber and many others. Her partners were Placido Domingo, Luciano Pavaro i, José Carreras, Richard Tucker, Nicolai Gedda, Nikolaj Gjaurov, Montserrat Caballé, Renata Tebaldi, Leontyne Price and other grand performers of the opera and concert scene. Her beautiful voice, extraordinary musicality, grand scenic performance and top professionalism she has presented a wide repertory of opera characters, of whom the best known are Gluck’s Orpheus, Verdi’s Amneris and Azucena, Bizet’s Carmen, Saint-Saëns’ Dalila, Wagner’s characters of Frick, Erd and Brangän, Gotovac’s Mila Gojsalića, etc. At the stage she interpreted the mezzo-soprano parts in numerous works of Verdi, Bach, Brahms, Haydn, Mahler, etc. She received awards for her successful work, of which the most famous are the life-award "Vladimir Nazor", the award of Hrvatsko glumište (Croatian Theatre Stage) and the award "Ivan Lukačić" of the Varaždin Baroque Evenings.
Keywords
national diva; education; career; repertory; partners; conductors; discography; awards
Hrčak ID:
33947
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Publication date:
9.12.2008.
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