Gertrude Grob-Prandl
Gertrude Grob-Prandl (born November 11, 1917 in Vienna ; † May 16, 1995 there ) was an Austrian opera singer ( soprano ).
Life
Gertrude Grob-Prandl studied with Singer at the Vienna Music Academy. She made her debut in 1939 at the Vienna Volksoper , where she stayed for six years, as Santuzza in Cavalleria rusticana . From 1945 to 1947 she was engaged at the city theater in Zurich . In 1947 she was appointed to the Vienna State Opera , where she was engaged until 1964 and had great success. The artist has made guest appearances at the La Scala in Milan , the Opera of Rome, the Teatro San Carlo in Naples, the Royal Opera House in London, the Teatro Colón in Buenos Aires and the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona . In 1949 she made a guest appearance at the Salzburg Festival as 1st lady in the Magic Flute . Since 1954 she was the first soprano at the Berlin State Opera , but remained connected to the Vienna State Opera through a guest performance contract. In 1953 she sang at the San Francisco Opera and in 1954 at the Verona Arena . From 1961 to 1964 she was engaged at the Hamburg State Opera with a guest performance contract.
She had a voluminous, dramatic soprano voice, especially appreciated in the Wagner repertoire. On Nixa she sang Donna Anna in a complete recording of Don Giovanni , on Remington the title role in Turandot , plus a record with arias on Cetra and under the same label Isolde in Tristan as a partner of Max Lorenz .
Gertrude Grob-Prandl died on May 16, 1995 in Vienna and was buried in the Döblinger Friedhof (13-1-2).
Opera
- 1955: Ludwig van Beethoven : Fidelio (Leonore) - Director: Erich-Alexander Winds ( Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin )
- 1956: Richard Wagner : Tristan und Isolde (Isolde) - Director: Erich Witte (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
- 1956: Giuseppe Verdi : Aida (Aida) - Director: Erich-Alexander Winds (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
- 1956: Richard Wagner: Die Walküre (Brünnhilde) - Director: Erich Witte (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
- 1957: Richard Wagner: Siegfried (Brünnhilde) - Director: Erich Witte (Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin)
Awards
- 1952: Awarded the professional title of Austrian Chamber Singer
literature
- Uwe Harten : Gertrude Grob-Prandl. In: Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon . Online edition, Vienna 2002 ff., ISBN 3-7001-3077-5 ; Print edition: Volume 2, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-7001-3044-9 .
Web links
- Gertrude Grob-Prandl at AllMusic
- ORF.at
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grob-Prandl, Gertrude |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian opera singer (soprano) |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 11, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 16, 1995 |
| Place of death | Vienna |