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Beverly Sills

Zvisimbiso mumwe wevaimbi vakuru vezana ramakore rechiXNUMX, "mukadzi wekutanga weAmerican opera". Mumwe munyori wechikamu chemagazini yeThe New Yorker akanyora nechido chinoshamisa kuti: “Kudai ndaikurudzira kuona kweNew York kuvashanyi, ndaizoisa Beverly Seals mubato raManon panzvimbo yokutanga, pamusoro peStatue of Liberty and Empire State. Kuvaka.” Inzwi reSeals raisiyaniswa nekureruka kunoshamisa, uye panguva imwecheteyo runako, tarenda redariro uye chitarisiko chinoyevedza chakabata vateereri.

Achirondedzera chitarisiko chake, mutsoropodzi wacho akawana mashoko anotevera: “Ane maziso ebrown, chiso cheSlavic chakaita denderedzwa, mhino yakasimudzwa, miromo yakazara, ruvara rweganda rakanaka uye kunyemwerera kunofadza. Asi chinhu chikuru mukuonekwa kwake chiuno chakaonda, icho chinobatsira zvikuru kune opera actress. Zvose izvi, pamwe chete nebvudzi dzvuku rinopisa, zvinoita kuti Zvisimbiso zvifadze. Muchidimbu, iye runako nemaitiro ekuvhiya. "

Hapana chinoshamisa mu "Slavic oval": amai vemuimbi wemangwana ndiRussia.

Beverly Seals (zita chairo Bella Silverman) akaberekwa May 25, 1929 muNew York, mumhuri yevanotama. Baba vakauya kuU.SA vachibva kuRomania, uye amai vacho vakabva kuRussia. Nepesvedzero yaamai, kufarira kwaBeverly mumhanzi kwakaumbwa. “Amai vangu,” anoyeuka kudaro Seals, “vakanga vane muunganidzwa wezvinyorwa zvaAmelita Galli-Curci, soprano yakakurumbira yama1920. Makumi maviri nemaviri arias. Mangwanani ega ega amai vangu vaitanga giramufoni, voisa rekodhi, voenda kunobika kudya kwemangwanani. Uye pandakazosvitsa makore manomwe, ndakaziva 22 arias ose nemusoro, ndakakurira paarias idzi nenzira imwe cheteyo iyo vana vanokurira zvino vachishambadzirwa paterevhizheni.

Pasina kuganhurirwa mukugadzira mimhanzi yokumba, Bella aigarotora rutivi muzvirongwa zveredhiyo zvevana.

Muna 1936, amai vakaunza musikana ku studio yaEstelle Liebling, muperekedzi weGalli-Curci. Kubva ipapo, kwemakore makumi matatu nemashanu, Liebling naSeals havana kuparadzana.

Pakutanga, Liebling, mudzidzisi akasimba, aisanyanya kuda kudzidzisa coloratura soprano achiri mudiki kudaro. Zvisinei, paakanzwa kuti musikana uyu akaimba sei ... chiziviso chepoda yesipo, akabvuma kutanga zvidzidzo. Zvinhu zvakafamba nekamwe kakavhiringika. Pazera remakore gumi nematatu, mudzidzi akanga agadzira zvikamu makumi mashanu zveopera! “Estell Liebling akangonditutira,” anoyeuka kudaro munyori wemifananidzo. Mumwe anogona kungoshamisika kuti akachengeta sei izwi rake. Akanga akagadzirira kuimba chero kupi zvako uye zvakawanda sezvaaida. Beverly akaita muchirongwa cheredhiyo cheTalent Search, mukirabhu yevakadzi mufashoni yeWaldorf Astoria hotera, munightclub muNew York, mumimhanzi uye operettas emapoka akasiyana.

Pashure pokunge apedza chikoro, Seals akapiwa mukana wokupinda muhoro yemitambo. Pakutanga akaimba muoperettas, uye muna 1947 akaita debut yake muPhiladelphia mune opera pamwe nechikamu cheFrasquita muBizet's Carmen.

Pamwe chete nemapoka aifamba, akafamba muguta neguta, achiita chikamu chimwe pashure pechimwe, achikwanisa kuzadzazve rwiyo rwake nechishamiso. Gare gare achati: “Ndinoda kuimba zvikamu zvose zvakanyorerwa soprano.” Zvaajaira ndezvekuita makumi matanhatu pagore - zvinongonakidza!

Pashure pemakore gumi ekushanyira maguta akasiyana-siyana eUnited States, muna 1955 muimbi wacho akasarudza kuedza ruoko rwake paNew York City Opera. Asi pano, zvakare, haana kubva atora chinzvimbo chekutungamira. Kwenguva yakareba aingozivikanwa kubva ku opera "The Ballad of Baby Doe" nemuimbi wekuAmerica Douglas More.

Pakupedzisira, muna 1963, akapiwa basa raDonna Anna muMozart's Don Giovanni - uye vakanga vasina kukanganisa. Asi kukunda kwekupedzisira kwaifanira kumirira mamwe makore matatu, pamberi pebasa raCleopatra muHandel's Julius Caesar. Ipapo zvakava pachena kune wese kuti tarenda rakakura sei rakauya kunhandare yemitambo yemitambo. “Beverly Seals,” mutsoropodzi anonyora kudaro, “akaita nyasha dzakaoma dzeHandel nounyanzvi hwakadaro, nounyanzvi hwakadaro, noushamwari hwakadaro, husingawanzowaniki muvaimbi vorudzi rwake. Mukuwedzera, kuimba kwake kwaishanduka uye kwairatidza kuti vateereri vakabva vangobata chero shanduko yemafungiro e heroine. Kutamba kwacho kwakabudirira zvinokatyamadza… Kukodzera kukuru kwaive kwaSils: akaputika kuita nightingale, akanyengedza mudzvanyiriri weRoma uye akachengeta horo yese mufungidziro.

Mugore rimwe chetero, akava nebudiriro huru mu opera Manon naJ. Massenet. Veruzhinji nevatsoropodzi vakafara, vachimuti ndiye akanakisa Manon kubvira Geraldine Farrar.

Muna 1969, Seals yakatanga kumhiri kwemakungwa. Iyo ine mukurumbira Milanese theatre "La Scala" yatangazve kugadzira opera yaRossini "The Siege of Corinth" kunyanya kumuimbi wekuAmerica. Mukuita uku, Beverly akaimba chikamu chePamir. Uyezve, Sils akaita pamatanho emitambo muNaples, London, West Berlin, Buenos Aires.

Kukunda munhandare dzakanakisa dzepasirese hakuna kumisa basa rinorwadza remuimbi, chinangwa chayo chiri "zvikamu zvese zvesoprano". Kune chaizvo nhamba yakakura kwazvo yavo - vanopfuura makumi masere. Zvisimbiso, kunyanya, zvakabudirira kuimba Lucia muna Donizetti's Lucia di Lammermoor, Elvira muBellini's The Puritani, Rosina muRossini's The Barber of Seville, Mambokadzi weShemakhan muRimsky-Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel, Violetta muVerdi's La Traviata. , Daphne mumutambo waR. Strauss.

Imwe nyanzvi ine intuition inoshamisa, panguva imwechete muongorori anofunga. "Pakutanga, ndinodzidza libretto, ndinoshanda pairi kubva kumativi ese," anodaro muimbi. - Kana, semuenzaniso, ndikasangana nezwi rechiItalian rine chirevo chakati siyanei pane muduramazwi, ndinotanga kuchera muchirevo charo chechokwadi, uye mumahara unowanzosangana nezvinhu zvakadaro ... nzira yangu yezwi. Chekutanga, ndinofarira mufananidzo wacho ... ndinoshandisa zvishongo chete mushure mekunge ndawana mufananidzo wakazara webasa racho. Handimboshandisi zvishongo zvisingaenderane nehunhu. Kushongedzwa kwangu kwese muLucia, semuenzaniso, kunobatsira pakuratidzwa kwemufananidzo.

Uye nezvose izvo, Seals anozviona seane manzwiro, kwete muimbi ane njere: “Ndakaedza kutungamirwa nechishuwo cheveruzhinji. Ndakaedza nepese pandaigona kumufadza. Kuita kwega kwega kwaive kwandiri imwe mhando yekuongorora kwakakomba. Kana ndikazviwana ndava mune zvokudhirowa, imhaka yokuti ndakadzidza kudzora manzwiro angu.

Muna 1979, gore rake rekurangarira, Seals akaita danho rekusiya opera nhanho. Gore rakatevera chairo, akatungamira New York City Opera.