Edita Gruberova sings Lucia at Age 70 - Cadenza, Mad Scene 

My beautiful swan will sing no more. RIP Edita.

I love the men shouting for her right at the end! Such powerful exclamations of support for marvelous brilliant self, at the age of 70!!!! That is unheard of in the Opera world!! And she is still so brilliant and skilled, those runs?! And brings an element to the acting that could not be there, excentuated without age. This is a gift. The way she has cared for her voice, her instrument is amazing. She is so deserving and giving of to the Opera world. And incredible diva and blessing. Splendid.

She just did a tour this month in China with four major orchestras (Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, xiamen) and people are getting crazy about her. She outsold ALL previous opera artists, male and female, including Anna Nebtreko, Kaufman, Cecilia bartoli, Angela Gheoghui, Renne Fleming and Kathleen Battle, Jessy, Norman, etc., and broke ALL records in sales and LIVE broadcasting (1.5 millions viewers).

It puts things into perspective now that she has passed. This is not her prime singing, but it's amazing for a 70 year old, and we're lucky she was here to sing for as long as she was.

Wow! One of the great things about this is that she actually looks MAD! Gruberova still had it at 72!

May she Rest In Peace!!!! What a beautiful amazing singer and human!!!!

Apart from the last note ,,,this is amazing,,,,, Now to listen again with headphones.

How and why would anyone be able to stand listening to this my goddess

Saw her in Budapest yesterday in her Farewell Performance as Lucia… still the incredible technique as ever. I owe that Lady more than 40 years full of incredible Moments at the opera (Lucia, Zerbinetta, Elvira, Donna Anna, Queen of the Night, Constanze, Linda, Amina, Lucrezia, Staniera, Elisabetta, Maria Stuarda, Rosina, Norina, Gilda, Violetta, Norma, Giulietta, Anna Bolena, Gretel, Adele … ) Seems like the last one of the last generation of opera singers has abdicated. Thank you Edita - bless you

An absolutely fabulous soprano! Thanks for sharing!

R.I.P. grande Dame! I will miss you! 😕

Rest in peace Queen!

When you are 70 and if you can produce this performance you have to be surprised

I don't know of another soprano who can hit a resonant high E flat at age 70. Anybody else performing this at age 70 would almost certainly transpose it

I still prefer this over Peretyatko.

PEOPLE, WAKE UP: THIS IS THE SINGLE MOST DEFINITIVE TESTIMONIAL OF THE GREATEST VOCALIST EVER BORN FOR ALL TIMES!

She should continue singing if she wants to ! The decline is évident, but her performance is still amazing and her voice is still so beautiful and moving. Few singers nowadays can sing better than 70-year-old Edita ! Brava !

Wow! Some of these comments are ridiculous! Edita still hitting the f6 to be 70yrs old, while other young high Soprano can't even maintain that note! She have a lovely Lyric Coloratura Soprano voice!

Magnifique !!

😢 R.I.P.

A todos los genios que critican, los invito a que cuando cumplan 70 años canten como hace esta mujer! Brava Edita!!!!

To me, she was the best of All. So sorry she left Planet earth so early.

The first time I've seen it make dramatic sense!

Incredible for a woman of 70! Of course she’s not in top form and there are some out of tune notes, but for goodness sake..... 90% of the young “stars” could only hope for longevity like that! They scream out in 10 years!

Mad indeed...

Impensable.... je l'adore.

Increíble para mi una de las mejores sopranos de la historia. Esta cantando esta pieza con 70 años por el amor de Dios es absolutamente fuera de serie

Y sí, desde el punto de vista visual, ya no está para cantar Lucia. Vocalmente desluce un poco el mi bemol sobreagudo, pero después... ya quisieran algunos de los "grandes cantantes de ahora" cantar como ella. Yo también he crecido con sus grabaciones y la he visto muchas veces en Munich y es una grande. Te adoro Edita... Resites a las estúpidas críticas!!!

Everything, but the last note, was beautiful! I've always been a big fan. She clearly can still sing very high, but she should find some new stuff that will make her look stupendous! Her timbre is still gorgeous! With the right repertoire, I think she'd garner critical acclaim!

incredible!

è ora di smettere!!!

Stuning, with an E at her 70!!!

Yes, it is time for retiring but she deserves respect for her magnificent career. The singing is far from perfect but many younger soprano cannot do what she did at 70. Fabulous.

Wow, just amazing! Priscilla

Considering she was 72 here, this was incredible! The last note was a little flat, but the POWER AND RESONANCE!

Hermosa, divina, brava. La más grande Edita, la mejor!!!!!

It's amazing.

Ja...es ist unglaublich das noch mit 70...

Superb eye twitch at 0:08

brava.

I think she is still quite okey. Ask any coloratura who are currently at their 50s, e.g. Damrau, to sing, would that be better than this? Seriously doubt.

Merci Édita, émouvant

Incredibile

she was actually 72 years old there...

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It's impressive that she retained that bright ping in her voice at this age. I've no doubt that she still had the high E flat too, though probably it wasn't as easy as it once was, and - on this occasion - it was a wee bit flat.

UFFFFFF.

0:09 that face is sublime

Catastrophique

Incredible. Edita forever!

Ainda é muito boa...pena que a idade não colabore😢

LINDOOOOOOOOOOO, PERFEITO.

Es war die große Überraschung mit welcher Mühelosigkeit Edita Gruberova in München die Norma sang.

MAGNÍFICA! A MAIOR PERSONIDADE LÍRICA DESTA DÉCADA.

Norma Desmond

Edita has had an amazingly long, and successful career, and deserves all her success, but it's time for an intervention.

Un mito. Un icona del Belcanto. L'ultima e l'unica. IRRAGGIUNGIBILE

Se percebe a caixa do microfone na parte de trás do vestido. Amo a Gruberova mas está na hora de sair.

Die beste Sängerin aller Zeiten.

Der letzte Ton brauchte eine Ewigkeit bis er endlich die richtige Hoehe erreicht hat.

Why can she never got a high note without sliding up

Why can't these once top artist not stop, when the decline starts to be hearable? Why have they to go on and on and ruin their reputation? Gruberova once was a goddess on opera stage, but this here is nothing else but a screeching old woman. And as a former Gruberova fan, I take this amiss!

wow♡♡

Брависсимо!!!

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"Whatever happened to Baby Gruberova?"

Oh no…,

RIP Edita.

Bravo. Is she singing with glass harmonica? Amazing.

Pretty great up until the last note.

Это феноменально. В конце, правда, не ми бемоль был. Петь так в 70 лет-фантастика. Иметь такую технику, неизменный тембр, то же звучание, что и 20 лет назад. У Груберовой, наверное, есть средство Макропулоса. И это не Перетятько, пение которой в "Лючии" уже становится мемом.

Mamma mia... :((((

november 2018? hahah :)

Il faut savoir s’arrêter à temps. Ici , elle n’est plus que le spectre d’elle-même.... je persiste à penser que c’est tellement dommage

Edita la famosa interprete del belcanto...a 70 anni non puoi più essere credibile come Lucia: ahimè, aveva ragione Natalie Dessay. L'acuto finale è venuto malissimo, era stonata...chissà come ha cantato Spargi d'amaro pianto? Speriamo vada presto in pensione, invece temo farà come Domingo. Grandi artiste come la Simionato, la Tebaldi e la Gencer si sono ritirate quando ancora erano "in bellezza", perchè erano grandi artiste.

I think it was a fine effort, and the last note? Thank you for the generosity madam, but I fear for you. =(

grande interptete

I don't mean to be disrespectful but ... I feel Ms. Gruberova is doing herself a disservice. Moreover she's competing with her younger self. The camera here, in this snippet, is way too close for comfort. The facial distortions are painful to watch and the flat notes cannot be ignored or explained away. It is what it is ... Ms. Gruberova and I were born in 1946. We have grown old "together". I have experienced her beginnings at the Vienna State Opera and was most happy with her success there and her success in other opera houses. I own wonderful recordings of this singer. But it pains me to observe her recent activities. There comes a time in every artist's life when they have to realize that enough is enough. Yes, she still has adoring fans. And these fans are probably celebrating the what has been and not the what it is now. Please, Ms. Gruberova, bow out as gracefully as you can muster.

How did they post this video before it even took place? LOL (Posting date is Dec 2, 2017 -- performance took place Nov 2018)

She does show great technique....but it is way past retirement time; I adored her in her younger days.

cmq avrei proibito di riprendere in primo piano...........vederla ( e sentirla) è.....sconfortante x non dire comico.

I've always been a great admirer of Edita Gruberova. Having said that, some artists should adjust their repertoire as they get older or retire from singing all together. Sad to hear her sing like that.

MAGNÍFICA!!!!BRAVA!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤💐

Was ist das denn bloss für eine grässliche Kittelschürze, die sie da trägt?

wonderful! amazing!

I feel that Gruberova should have either moved on to new repertoire, singing wonderful recitals and less vocally demanding music, or... follow the precedent of say, Sutherland, and do a victory lap and bow out respectfully

L’ultima nota… 😅

She should play "la voix humaine", "The Aspern Papers", and this kind of roles today... Lucia is sooo damn high! But i don't think she needs to retire just because people think so.

Ma quale brava. Ora il rispetto per Lei va bene ma addirittura brava mi sembra esagerato. Nello spinto e l' acuto ( o meglio il grido) finale sono indecenti. Inutile cantare quest" aria per eseguirla cosi. Meglio interpretare altro. Che arroganza!!!

Oh, you shouldn't ~!!!

Was dat n E natural 🤣🤣🤣

The guy at 2:15 was horrified.

Complètement fou.

Gruberova ha sido magnífica. Eso es innegable. El video feo. También es innegable.

Should have retired 15 years ago. This is painful to watch and utterly bad, almost a caricature.

This is very sad. A 70 year old trying to play a teenager. She is wearing sleeves so her aged upper arms don't keep time with the music. Plus, she looks like singing is very painful and judging by the last note, it is. It's time, darlin'.

Oh dear, time to retire, Edita. This is getting too painful to watch.

Ze heeft wel lef Hahaha