Voi che sapete

W.A. Mozart
"Le Nozze di Figaro" Voi, che sapete
Sena Jurinac - Cherubino
Herbert von Karajan - Conductor
Wiener Philharmoniker
Photos and sketches after titles:
1. As Cherubino (1950)
2. As Cherubino (1950)
3. As Cherubino (Sketch - Eve Wiemer *)
4. As Octavian (Sketch - Eve Wiemer *)
5. As Octavian (1954)
6. As Octavian (Sarzburg 1960)
7. As Octavian with Anneliese Rothenberger (Sarzburg 1960)
8. As Octavian with Anneliese Rothenberger (Sarzburg 1960)

A tribute to great soprano Sena Jurinac on her 89th birthday on 24/10/2010.

-Special thanks to Eve Wiemer who made the sketches of Sena Jurinac for me.
~Sena Jurinac~
Born: October 24, 1921 - Travnik, Bosnia
The famous Croatian-Austrian soprano, Sena Jurinac, actual name was Srebrenka. Her father was a Croatian doctor, her mother Viennese. She showed early signs of a musical talent and studied at the Zagreb Academy of Music, and also with Milka Kostrennin (the teacher of Zinka Milanov).
Sena Jurinac made her debut as Mimì at Zagreb in 1942. In the following two years she sang the Countess, Freia, Isabella in Werner Egk's premiere Columbus as well as in Yugoslavian operas. In 1944 (she was by then only 23 years old) she was contracted to the Vienna State Opera by Karl Böhm. Because of the War she was not able to sing until 1946 there (her first role was Cherubino). In the first year at the Staatsoper she had to sing more than 150 performances a year (far too much for a young singer). In the autumn of that year she came to London with the Vienna ensemble, singing Dorabella, the part she took with the Glyndebourne Opera at the Edinburgh Festival, where Fritz Busch became her mentor, and where she sang regularly for many years. She quickly established as one of the most admired members of the "Wiener Ensemble" (which included Irmgard Seefried, Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, Christa Ludwig, Lisa della Casa, Anton Dermota, Erich Kunz and others). In 1950 she appeared as Fiordiligi at Glyndebourne, to be followed by Donna Anna, Donna Elvira, Ilia, the Countess and Cherubino (one of her greatest creations). At the Salzburg Festival she sang Dorabella, Cherubino and Amor, Eurydike, Marzelline, Elisabetta and Octavian (another highlight role). She performed the Countess in 1962 and the Composer in 1964. Regular appearances included performances at Covent Garden. In 1960 she sang an ardent and impassioned Octavian at the re-opened Festspielhaus at Salzburg opposite Lisa della Casa. Under the guidance of Herbert von Karajan she began to sing heavier roles: Desdemona, Leonora in La Forza del Destino, Elisabetta, Marina, Tosca, Butterfly, Jenufa, Iphigenia and even Leonore.
Sena Jurinac said farewell to the operatic stage as Marschallin at the Vienna State Opera in 1983 but continued to give recitals. She has been a sought-after singing coach for many years in Europe and the USA.

~ Eve Wiemer *~
Visit 1948 : Born in Berlin
1968 - 70 : Studied at the Hochschule der Künste in Berlin
1970 - 75 : Studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg
1973 : Figures and scenery for the productions puppet theatre Fritz Fey, Lübeck
1975 : For the theater on the tower, Frankfurt am Main, German film director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder (1945 - 1982)
1976 : Television decorations for the UFA Berlin
1978 -- today : Freelance artist
1981 -- today : Various works in the printing workshop of the Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin.
1986 -- today : Workshop in Bunsoh / Albersdorf Schleswig-Holstein.

Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
1973 Galerie Gallabak, Hamburg
1974 Galerie Ministur, Hamburg
1981 "Alte Mühle", Worpswede
1982 Hamburger Kunsttage, Galerie Schnecke
1983 Express Edition, Berlin
1984 Galerie Carlos Hulsch, Berlin
1987 Galerie Nordlicht, Bunsoh
1996 Galerie Nordlicht, Songbook for Jessye Norman
2010 Schau der 1000 Bilder" in der Sparkassenarena in Kiel

Group Exhibitions
1971 Galeriewerkstatt Glashütte, Hamburg
1974 Graphothek der Fa. Siemens, Berlin
1977/93 Freie Berliner Kunstausstellung
1981 Galerie S&M, Berlin
1981 Haus des Humors, Bulgarien
1981 Galerie Lothar Sperlich, Berlin
1982 KaDaWe, Berlin
1985 Rathaus Wilster
1990 Keramikstudio Berlin
1995 Brunswiker Pavillion, Kiel
1997 "Kunst total", Stadthalle Neumünster
1998 Projekt von Pfahl zu Pfahl
2002 Meldorfer Culturpreis