On the occasion of the first performance of La Straniera in February 1829 the then 28-year-old Bellini wrote to his librettist: ‘My dear Roman. It went better than we could ever have dreamed of. We reached for the stars.’
The opera was back then, a great success. But it almost ended up being forgotten.
The reason could be that there was rarely a singer who could reach the extraordinary vocals needed.
But then she arrived, from the distance a quiet trill, which turned into a wonderful vocalisation enough to bring you to tears.
Slowly pacing from the left into the exquisite setting of the Goldener Musikvereinsaal in a crimson coloured dress – the Queen of the Belcanto! La Gruberova.
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