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Victoria de Los Angeles akaberekwa musi waNovember 1, 1923 muBarcelona, ​​​​mumhuri yemimhanzi. Nechekare pazera duku, akawana mano makuru enziyo. Pakurudziro yaamai vake, avo vaive nezwi rakanaka kwazvo, Victoria wechidiki akapinda muBarcelona Conservatory, kwaakatanga kudzidza kuimba, kuridza piyano uye gitare. Nechekare mitambo yekutanga yeLos Angeles pamakonzati evadzidzi, sekureva kwevakaona, kwaive kuita kwatenzi.

Debut yeVictoria de Los Angeles padanho guru rakaitika paaiva nemakore makumi maviri nematatu: akaimba chikamu che Countess muMozart's Marriage yeFigaro paLiceo Theatre muBarcelona. Izvi zvakateverwa nekukunda pamakwikwi enzwi ane mukurumbira muGeneva (Geneva competition), umo vatongi vanoteerera vatambi vasingazivikanwe, vakagara kuseri kwemaketeni. Mushure mekukunda uku, muna 23, Victoria akagamuchira kukokwa kubva kukambani yeredhiyo yeBBC kuti atore chikamu mukutepfenyura kweopera yaManuel de Falla Life is Short; kuita kwakanaka kwechinzvimbo chaSalud kwakapa muimbi wechidiki chinhanho chekupfuura kumatanho ese epasirese.

Makore matatu anotevera anounza Los Angeles kunyange mukurumbira. Victoria akaita dhipatimendi rake kuGrand Opera uye Metropolitan Opera muGounod's Faust, Covent Garden akamuombera muPuccini's La Bohème, uye vateereri veLa Scala vanonzwisisa vakamukwazisa Ariadne nechido mumutambo waRichard Strauss. Ariadne paNaxos. Asi danho reMetropolitan Opera, uko Los Angeles rinowanzoita, rinova nheyo yemuimbi.

Anenge achangopedza kubudirira kwake kwekutanga, Victoria akasaina kondirakiti yakasarudzika neEMI, iyo yakaronga mafambiro ake ekurekodha. Pakazara, muimbi akarekodha 21 operas uye anopfuura 25 kamuri zvirongwa zveEMI; zvakawanda zvezvakarekodhwa zvakabatanidzwa muhomwe yegoridhe yeunyanzvi hwemazwi.

Mumatambiro eLos Angeles pakanga pasina kuparara kunosuwisa, pasina hukuru hwakakura, pasina manyawi emufaro - zvese zvinowanzopengesa vateereri veopera vakakwidziridzwa. Zvakangodaro, vatsoropodzi vazhinji uye vanongoda opera vanotaura nezvemuimbi semumwe wevakatanga kukwikwidza zita re "soprano yezana ramakore". Zvakaoma kuziva kuti yaive soprano rudzii - lyric-dramatic, lyric, lyric-coloratura, uye zvichida kunyange high mobile mezzo; hapana imwe yetsanangudzo ichava yechokwadi, nekuti kune akasiyana manzwi Manon gavotte (“Manon”) uye rudo rwaSantuzza (“Nyika kukudzwa”), Violetta's aria (“La Traviata”) uye kushopera kwaCarmen (“Carmen”. "), Nyaya yaMimi ( "La Bohème") uye kwaziso kubva kuna Elizabeth ("Tannhäuser"), nziyo dzaSchubert naFauré, Scarlatti's canzones uye Granados 'goyesques, dzaive murepertoire yemuimbi.

Pfungwa yekurwisana kweVa Victorian yakanga isiri iyo. Zvinokosha kuziva kuti muhupenyu hwemazuva ose muimbi akaedzawo kudzivisa mamiriro akaoma, uye pavakasimuka, aida kutiza; saka, nekuda kwekusawirirana naBeecham, pachinzvimbo chemhirizhonga ine dutu, akangotora ndokusiya pakati pechirongwa chekurekodha chaCarmen, semhedzisiro yekurekodha kwakapera gore rakatevera. Zvichida nekuda kwezvikonzero izvi, basa rekushanda reLos Angeles rakagara rakaderera pane konzati yake, iyo isina kumira kusvika munguva ichangopfuura. Pakati pemabasa emuimbi anonoka kunzi opera, munhu anofanirwa kucherechedza zvikamu zvakanyatsoenderana uye zvakaimbwa zvakaenzana zvaAngelica muVivaldi's Furious Roland (imwe yeashoma akarekodhwa eLos Angeles akaitwa kwete paEMI, asi paErato, akaitiswa naClaudio Shimone) naDido. muPurcell's Dido naAeneas (naJohn Barbirolli panzvimbo yekondakita).

Pakati peavo vakatora chikamu mukonzati mukukudza makore makumi manomwe neshanu eVictoria de Los Angeles munaGunyana 75, pakanga pasina kana muimbi mumwe chete - muimbi pachake aida kudaro. Iye pachake haana kukwanisa kuenda kumhemberero yake nekuda kwehurwere. Chikonzero chimwe chete chakadzivisa kushanya kweLos Angeles kuSt. Petersburg mukupera kwa1998, kwaaifanira kuzova nhengo yejury yeElena Obraztsova International Vocal Competition.

Mamwe makotesheni kubva kubvunzurudzo nemuimbi kubva kumakore akasiyana:

"Ndakambotaura neshamwari dzaMaria Callas, uye vakati Maria paakaonekwa kuMET, mubvunzo wake wekutanga waive: "Ndiudze izvo Victoria anonyatsoda?" Hapana akakwanisa kumupindura. Ndaive nemukurumbira wakadaro. Nekuda kwekusava nehanya kwako, chinhambwe, unonzwisisa here? Ndakanyangarika. Hapana aiziva zvaiitika kwandiri kunze kweimba yemitambo.

Handisati ndamboenda kumaresitorendi kana kumakirabhu eusiku. Ndaingoshanda pamba ndega. Vaingondiona ndiri pachikuva. Hapana aigona kunyange kuziva manzwiro andinoita pamusoro pechinhu chipi nechipi, izvo zvandinotenda.

Pakanga pakaipa pachokwadi. Ndakararama hupenyu huviri hwakasiyana zvachose. Victoria de Los Angeles - opera nyeredzi, chimiro cheveruzhinji, "musikana ane hutano weMET", sezvavakandidaidza - naVictoria Margina, mukadzi asingashamisi, akaremerwa nebasa, sevamwe vese. Zvino zvinoita sechimwe chinhu chinoshamisa. Kudai ndaiva mumamiriro ezvinhu akadaro zvakare, ndaizozvibata zvakasiyana zvachose.”

“Ndagara ndichiimba sezvandaida. Pasinei nekutaura kwese uye zvese zvinorehwa nevatsoropodzi, hapana akambondiudza zvekuita. Handina kumbobvira ndaona mabasa angu emangwana pachikuva, uyezve pakanga pasina vaimbi vakuru vaizouya kuzoridza kuSpain hondo ichangopera. Saka handina kukwanisa kutevedzera dudziro dzangu pane chero patani. Ndakaitawo rombo rakanaka kuti ndakawana mukana wekushanda ndiri ndega, pasina rubatsiro rwe conductor kana director. Ndinofunga kuti kana uchiri muduku zvikuru uye usina ruzivo rwokuzviwanira, hunhu hwako hunogona kuparadzwa naavo vanhu vanokudzora sezvinoita chidhori chedhende. Vanoda kuti iwe mune rimwe basa uwedzere kuzviziva, uye kwete iwe pachako. "

“Kwandiri, kuita konzati kwakangofanana nokuenda kumapati. Paunosvika ikoko, unobva wangonzwisisa kuti rudzii rwemhepo iri kuitika manheru iwayo. Iwe unofamba, taura nevanhu, uye mushure mechinguva iwe unozoona zvaunoda kubva manheru ano. Ndizvo zvimwe chete nekonzati. Paunotanga kuimba, unonzwa kudavidzwa kwokutanga uye pakarepo unonzwisisa kuti ndeupi weavo vakaungana muhoro ishamwari dzako. Iwe unofanirwa kutanga hukama hwepedyo navo. Somuenzaniso, muna 1980 ndairidza paWigmore Hall uye ndaitya zvikuru nokuti ndakanga ndisinganzwe zvakanaka uye ndakanga ndava kuda kukanzura mutambo wacho. Asi ndakakwira pachikuva uye, kuti ndikurire kutya kwangu, ndakatendeukira kuvateereri: “Munogona kuombera, chokwadika, kana muchida,” uye vaida kudaro. Munhu wese akabva angonyevenuka. Saka konzati yakanaka, semabiko akanaka, mukana wekusangana nevanhu vanoshamisa, kuzorora mukambani yavo mobva maita bhizinesi renyu, muchichengeta ndangariro yenguva huru yakaitwa muri pamwe chete.

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