Josipa Lisac
Lisac performing live in 2009
Born (1950-02-14) 14 February 1950
Zagreb, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
OccupationSinger
Years active1968–present
PartnerKarlo Metikoš (1971–1991)
Musical career
Genres
Instrument(s)Vocals
Labels
Formerly ofZlatni Akordi
Websitewww.josipalisac.com

Josipa Lisac (pronounced [jɔ̌sipa lǐːsat͡s]; born 14 February 1950) is a Croatian pop rock singer.

Biography

During the 1960s, Lisac was the vocalist of the group Zlatni Akordi. Her first solo album, Dnevnik jedne ljubavi (The Diary of a Love), recorded in 1973, was a huge success and remains today one of the most legendary albums in Croatia. Journalist and producer Peca Popović noted that Dnevnik jedne ljubavi was also only the fourth rock record and the first female-fronted record released in Yugoslavia.[2]

Gubec-beg was the first Croatian rock opera where Josipa had the demanding role of Jana. The opera premiered in 1975, and the aria "Ave Maria" was a standout song that Josipa still performs in concert today. The rock opera was created by Karlo Metikoš, Ivica Krajač and Miljenko Prohaska.[1] The show was performed around Yugoslavia, as well as in Budapest, Trieste, Rome, and Saint Petersburg. It was seen by approximately one million people.[3] The same year, she recorded a jazz album in collaboration with Ernie Wilkins, Clark Terry, Albert Mangelsdorff, and Johnny Basso, produced by Boško Petrović and Karlo Metikoš.[1]

During 1987, Josipa Lisac served as a contestant in the preselection competition, Jugovizija, with hopes to represent Yugoslavia in the Eurovision Song Contest 1987. She sang her hit, "Gdje Dunav ljubi nebo" (Where the Danube Kisses the Sky) and finished in ninth place out of 24.[4] Soon after releasing her album Boginja (Goddess), she became an acclaimed pop artist throughout Yugoslavia.

She had numerous big rock hits, and also sang Bosnian sevdalinka songs ("Omer beže"), as well as Croatian Christmas songs.

Beside being a top act within the world of Croatian popular music, she was also highly acclaimed in the former Yugoslav rock scene. She is known for her strong voice, which she describes as contralto,[5] as well as her unique sense of fashion.[6]

Ahead of the 2013 Croatian constitutional referendum, Lisac publicly supported the LGBT community.

On 5 March 2015, the 40th anniversary of Gubec-beg was celebrated.[3]

In 2018, Josipa performed in Belgrade, Skopje, Sarajevo, Podgorica, Krk, Zürich, Varaždin, Munich, Gothenburg, Stockholm, and Zadar, among other venues. [7]

She was in a relationship with the Croatian musician Karlo Metikoš (who also performed under the pseudonym Matt Collins), who she had met in 1971. He died in December 1991. Together they collaborated on 13 LPs.[8]

In February 2020, Lisac performed the Croatian national anthem at the inauguration of President Zoran Milanović.[9] A criminal complaint was submitted against her by attorney Boško Županović for "performing and intoning the Croatian national anthem in a derogatory way" during the inauguration.[10]

Discography

Singles

As lead artist

Title Year Album
"Naša ljubav" / "Niko nije kao ti" 1969 non-album singles
"Živim samo za tebe" / "Prijatelji"
"Život moj" / "Spustila se kiša" 1970
"Kapetane moj" / "I teče, teče vrijeme"
"Oluja" / "Osamljenost"
"Samujem u samoći sama" / "Sve majke svijeta uz more" 1971
"Dok razmišljam o nama" / "Bez tebe" 1972
"Raduj se srce moje" / "Još te čekam"
"Na, na, na, na" / "Veče u luna parku" 1973
"Omer beže" / "Niz polje idu babo" 1974
"Ostaješ mi samo ti" / "Ležaj od suza"[upper-alpha 1]
"Činim sve u krivi čas" / "Čovjek" 1976
"Danas sam luda" / "Lažeš da si moj" 1987 Boginja
"Ja bolujem" Balade
"Samo iluzija" 1991 Split '91
"1000 razloga" 2007 Živim po svome
"Tu" 2015 non-album singles
"Daleko" 2020
"Lijepa naša domovino"
"A gdje si ti" 2023

Notes

  1. ↑ "Ležaj od suza" is included in Dnevnik jedne ljubavi.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "JOSIPA LISAC". Croatia Records. Retrieved 15 October 2018.
  2. ↑ Mesić, Veronika (13 February 2014). "Josipa Lisac: Gradim sliku žene koja se usudi biti drugačija!". Vox feminae. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  3. 1 2 "40 Godina Od Praizvedbe "Gubec Bega"". josipalisac. 5 March 2015. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  4. ↑ "1987 – Beograd". Eurosong.hr. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  5. ↑ Siloborčić, Dobroslav (18 December 2015). "JOSIPA LISAC 'Iskreno, nisam ja ljepotica. Ali, ja sam interesantna žena. I slaba sam i nježna i - snažna zvijer...'". Jutarnji. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  6. ↑ "Josipa Lisac". Extravagant. Archived from the original on 15 October 2018. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "Koncerti". josipalisac. Retrieved 16 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "Fakin i diva: Najveća ljubavna priča hrvatske glazbene scene". Zadovoljna.hr. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 29 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "ANKETA: Josipa Lisac otpjevala himnu na inauguraciji Zorana Milanovića, poslušajte njezinu posebnu izvedbu". Dnevnik. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
  10. ↑ "Podnesena kaznena prijava protiv Josipe Lisac zbog izvedbe himne: "Očekivao sam da će zavijati, ali ovako nešto..."". Dnevnik. 19 February 2020. Retrieved 21 February 2020.
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