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Eileen Farrell

Kunyange zvazvo basa rake pamusoro peOlympus rinoshanda rakanga risiri renguva pfupi, Eileen Farrell anoonekwa nevakawanda semumwe weanotungamira anoshamisa sopranos panguva yake. Muimbi uyu aive nemufaro muhukama hwake neindasitiri yekurekodha: akarekodha akati wandei mapurojekiti ega (kusanganisira mimhanzi "yechiedza"), akabatanidzwa mukurekodhwa kwemaopera ese, ayo akabudirira zvikuru.

Pane imwe nguva mutsoropodzi wemumhanzi weNew York Post (mumwaka wa1966) akataura nezveizwi raFarrell nemazwi echido anotevera: “[Izwi rake] ... rakarira sehwamanda, sekunge ngirozi yemoto Gabrieri yakazviratidza kuzozivisa kuuya kwevatsvene. mireniyumu itsva.”

Muchokwadi, aive asina kujairika opera diva munzira dzakawanda. Uye kwete chete nekuti ainzwa akasununguka mune zvakapesana nemimhanzi zvinhu se opera, jazz, uye nziyo dzakakurumbira, asiwo mupfungwa yekuti airarama hupenyu hwakajairwa hwemunhu ari nyore, uye kwete prima donna. Akaroora mupurisa weNew York, uye akadzikama akaramba makondirakiti kana aifanira kuita kure nemhuri yake - murume wake, mwanakomana nemwanasikana.

Eileen Farrell akaberekerwa muWillimantic, Connecticut, muna 1920. Vabereki vake vaiva vaimbi vevaudeville. Tarenda yapakuvamba yaEileen yokuimba yakamutungamirira kuva muimbi wenhepfenyuro wenguva dzose pazera ramakore 20. Mumwe wevaimuyemura akanga ari murume wake womunguva yemberi.

Achiri kuzivikanwa nevateereri vakawanda kuburikidza neredhiyo neterevhizheni, Eileen Farrell akamuita debut yake paSan Francisco opera stage muna 1956 (iro zita rezita muCherubini's Medea).

Rudolf Bing, CEO weMetropolitan Opera, haana kufarira vaimbi vaakakoka kuMet kuti vave nekubudirira kwavo kwekutanga kunze kwemadziro emitambo yaaitonga, asi, pakupedzisira, akakoka Farrell (aive atova nemakore makumi mana. old) kuenda pachinhanho "Alceste" naHandel muna 40.

Muna 1962, muimbi akavhura mwaka paMet saMaddalena muGiordano's André Chénier. Mumwe wake aiva Robert Merrill. Farrell akaoneka paMet muzvikamu zvitanhatu mumwaka mishanu (45 mitambo yakazara), uye akaonekana kunhandare munaKurume 1966, zvakare saMaddalena. Makore gare gare, muimbi akabvuma kuti aigara achinzwa kumanikidzwa kubva kuBing. Zvisinei, haana kuororwa nekutamba kwenguva refu kwakadaro pachikuva chakakurumbira: “Nguva yose iyi ndakanga ndakazara nebasa paredhiyo kana paterevhizheni, pamwe chete nemakonzati nezvikamu zvisingaperi mumasitudhiyo okurekodha.

Muimbi uyu aivewo aifarira New York Philharmonic mwaka wetikiti soloist, uye akasanangura Maestro Leonard Bernstein semurairidzi wake waaida weavo vaaifanira kushanda navo. Kumwe kwekubatana kwavo kwainyanyozivikanwa kwaive kuita kwekonzati muna 1970 kubva kuWagner's Tristan und Isolde, umo Farrell akaimba damba natenor Jess Thomas (rekodhi kubva manheru iwayo yakaburitswa paCD muna 2000.)

Kubudirira kwake munyika yemimhanzi yepop kwakauya muna 1959 panguva yekutamba kwake pamutambo muSpoleto (Italy). Akapa konzati ye classical arias, ndokuzotora chikamu mukuitwa kweVerdi's Requiem, uye kwapera mazuva akati wandei, akatsiva airwara Louis Armstrong, achiridza mabharadhi neblues mukonzati neorchestra yake. Uku kutendeuka kwe180-degree kwakagadzira manyawi muruzhinji panguva iyoyo. Paakangodzokera kuNew York, mumwe wevagadziri veColumbia Records, akanga anzwa mabhora ejazz achiitwa nesoprano, akamusaina kuti aarekodhe. Maalbhamu ake akarova anosanganisira "Ini Ndine Kodzero Yekuimba Blues" uye "Heino Ndoenda Zvakare."

Kusiyana nevamwe vaimbi veopera vakaedza kuyambuka mutsara wemakirasi, Farrell anonzwika semuimbi akanaka wepop anonzwisisa mamiriro emashoko.

“Unofanira kuzvarwa nawo. Zvinobuda kana kwete, "akataura nezvekubudirira kwake mu" chiedza "sphere. Farrell akaedza kugadzira kanoni dzekududzira mumemoir yake Haikwanise Kumira Kuimba - chirevo, rusununguko rwemutsindo uye kuchinjika, kugona kutaura nyaya yese murwiyo rumwe.

Mubasa remuimbi, pakanga paine episodic kubatana neHollywood. Izwi rake rakataurwa nemutambi Eleanor Parker mugadziriso yemufirimu wenyaya yehupenyu hwe opera nyeredzi Marjorie Lawrence, Akavhiringidzwa Melody (1955).

Muma1970 ese, Farrell akadzidzisa mazwi paIndiana State University, achienderera mberi nekutamba mitambo kusvika ibvi rakuvara rapedza basa rake rekushanya. Akatama nemurume wake muna 1980 kunogara kuMain ndokumuviga makore matanhatu gare gare.

Kunyange zvazvo Farrell akati aisada kuimba mushure mekufa kwemurume wake, akanyengetedzwa kuti arambe achirekodha maCD ane mukurumbira kwemamwe makore akati wandei.

“Ndakafunga kuti ndaichengeta chimwe chezwi rangu. Kunyora manotsi, naizvozvo, raizova basa riri nyore kwandiri. Izvi zvinoratidza kuti ndakanga ndiri dumbass sei, nokuti chaizvoizvo zvakazove zvisiri nyore zvachose! Eileen Farrell akaseka. - "Uye, zvakadaro, ndinotenda kufarirwa kuti ndichiri kugona kuimba pazera randanga ndiri" ...

Elizabeth Kennedy. Associated Press Agency. Dudziro yakapfupikiswa kubva kuChirungu naK. Gorodetsky.