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Beverly Sills

Zisindikizo ndi m'modzi mwa oyimba kwambiri azaka za zana la XNUMX, "mayi woyamba wa opera yaku America". Wolemba nkhani wina wa m’magazini ya The New Yorker analemba mosangalala kwambiri kuti: “Ndikanalimbikitsa alendo odzaona malo ku New York kuti akaoneko malo okaona malo, ndikanaika Beverly Seals m’phwando la Manon pamalo oyamba, pamwamba pa Statue of Liberty and Empire State. Kumanga." Mawu a Zisindikizo adasiyanitsidwa ndi kupepuka kodabwitsa, ndipo nthawi yomweyo chithumwa, talente ya siteji ndi mawonekedwe owoneka bwino omwe adakopa omvera.

Pofotokoza maonekedwe ake, wosuliza anapeza mawu otsatirawa: “Ali ndi maso abulauni, nkhope yozungulira ya Asilavo yozungulira, mphuno yotukuka, milomo yodzaza, khungu lokongola ndi kumwetulira kochititsa chidwi. Koma chinthu chachikulu m'mawonekedwe ake ndi chiuno chochepa kwambiri, chomwe chiri chopindulitsa kwambiri kwa ochita zisudzo. Zonsezi, pamodzi ndi tsitsi lofiira lamoto, zimapangitsa Zisindikizo kukhala zokongola. Mwachidule, iye ndi wokongola mwa miyezo ya opaleshoni. "

Palibe chodabwitsa mu "chowulungika cha Slavic": mayi wa woimba m'tsogolo - Russian.

Beverly Seals (dzina lenileni Bella Silverman) anabadwa May 25, 1929 ku New York, m'banja la anthu othawa kwawo. Bambowo anabwera ku US kuchokera ku Romania, ndipo amayi anachokera ku Russia. Mothandizidwa ndi amayi, Beverly anayamba kukonda nyimbo. “Amayi anga,” akukumbukira motero Seals, “anali ndi zolembedwa za Amelita Galli-Curci, soprano wotchuka wa m’ma 1920. Maaria makumi awiri ndi awiri. M’maŵa uliwonse amayi anali kuyambitsa galamafoni, kuika kaseti, ndiyeno kupita kukakonza chakudya cham’maŵa. Ndipo pofika zaka zisanu ndi ziŵiri, ndinali kuwadziŵa onse 22 arias pamtima, ndinakulira m’malo ameneŵa mofanana ndi mmene ana amakulira pa malonda a pawailesi yakanema.

Osati kokha pakupanga nyimbo zapanyumba, Bella nthaŵi zonse anali kutengamo mbali m’maprogramu a wailesi a ana.

Mu 1936, amayi adabweretsa mtsikanayo ku studio ya Estelle Liebling, wothandizira Galli-Curci. Kuyambira pamenepo, kwa zaka makumi atatu ndi zisanu, Liebling ndi Seals sanalekanitse.

Poyamba, Liebling, mphunzitsi wolimba mtima, sankafuna kwenikweni kuphunzitsa soprano ya coloratura ali wamng’ono chonchi. Komabe, atamva momwe mtsikanayo adayimba ... zotsatsa za ufa wa sopo, adavomera kuyambitsa maphunziro. Zinthu zinkayenda mofulumira kwambiri. Pofika zaka khumi ndi zitatu, wophunzirayo anali atakonzekera mbali 50 za zisudzo! “Estell Liebling anangondidzaza nawo,” wojambulayo akukumbukira motero. Munthu angadabwe kuti adasunga bwanji mawu ake. Nthawi zambiri anali wokonzeka kuyimba kulikonse komanso momwe amafunira. Beverly adachita nawo pulogalamu yawayilesi ya Talent Search, mu kalabu ya azimayi mu hotelo yapamwamba ya Waldorf Astoria, mu kalabu yausiku ku New York, mu nyimbo ndi ma operettas a magulu osiyanasiyana.

Atamaliza sukulu, Seals anapatsidwa mwayi wokachita nawo masewera oyendayenda. Poyamba adayimba mu operettas, ndipo mu 1947 adayamba ku Philadelphia mu opera ndi gawo la Frasquita mu Carmen wa Bizet.

Limodzi ndi magulu oyendayenda, iye anasamuka mumzinda ndi mzinda, akuchita mbali imodzi ndi ina, akumakhoza kudzazanso nyimbo zake mozizwitsa. Pambuyo pake adzanena kuti: “Ndikufuna kuimba mbali zonse zolembedwa za soprano.” Zomwe amachita zimakhala pafupifupi 60 pachaka - zabwino kwambiri!

Patapita zaka khumi kukaona mizinda yosiyanasiyana US, mu 1955 woimbayo anaganiza kuyesa dzanja lake pa New York City Opera. Koma apanso, sanatenge nthawi yomweyo udindo wotsogolera. Kwa nthawi yayitali adadziwika kuchokera ku opera "The Ballad of Baby Doe" ndi wolemba waku America Douglas More.

Pomaliza, mu 1963, adapatsidwa udindo wa Donna Anna mu Don Giovanni wa Mozart - ndipo sanalakwitse. Koma chigonjetso chomaliza chinayenera kuyembekezera zaka zitatu, isanafike udindo wa Cleopatra mu Handel Julius Caesar. Kenako zinaonekeratu kwa aliyense chimene talente yaikulu anabwera pa siteji nyimbo. “Beverly Seals,” wotsutsayo akulemba motero, “anachita zokometsera zocholoŵana za Handel mwaluso chotero, ndi luso losayerekezereka, mwachikondi chotero, chimene sichipezeka kaŵirikaŵiri mwa oimba amtundu wake. Kuphatikiza apo, kuyimba kwake kunali kosinthika komanso komveketsa bwino kotero kuti omvera adapeza kusintha kulikonse kwamalingaliro a heroine. Sewerolo linali lopambana kwambiri… Kufunika kwake kwakukulu kunali kwa Sils: atachita chidwi kwambiri, iye ananyengerera wolamulira wankhanza wachiroma ndipo anachititsa kuti holo yonse ikhale m’chikayikiro.”

M'chaka chomwecho, adachita bwino kwambiri pa sewero la Manon la J. Massenet. Anthu ndi otsutsa adakondwera, kumutcha Manon wabwino kwambiri kuyambira Geraldine Farrar.

Mu 1969, Seals adawonekera kutsidya kwa nyanja. Malo otchuka a Milanese "La Scala" ayambiranso kupanga opera ya Rossini "The Siege of Corinth" makamaka kwa woimba waku America. Mu seweroli, Beverly adayimba gawo la Pamir. Komanso, Sils anachita pa siteji ya zisudzo ku Naples, London, West Berlin, Buenos Aires.

Kupambana m'mabwalo owonetsera bwino kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi sikunaletse ntchito yovuta ya woimbayo, yomwe cholinga chake ndi "mbali zonse za soprano". Pali chiwerengero chachikulu kwambiri cha iwo - oposa makumi asanu ndi atatu. Zisindikizo, makamaka, adayimba bwino Lucia mu Lucia di Lammermoor ya Donizetti, Elvira mu Bellini's The Puritani, Rosina mu Rossini The Barber ya Seville, Mfumukazi ya Shemakhan mu Rimsky-Korsakov's The Golden Cockerel, Violetta ku Verdi's La Traviata. , Daphne mu opera ya R. Strauss.

Wojambula wokhala ndi intuition yodabwitsa, nthawi yomweyo katswiri woganiza bwino. Woimbayo anati: "Poyamba, ndimaphunzira libretto, ndimagwira ntchito kumbali zonse. Ngati, mwachitsanzo, ndikumana ndi liwu lachi Italiya lomwe lili ndi tanthauzo losiyana pang'ono ndi mtanthauzira mawu, ndimayamba kukumba tanthauzo lake lenileni, ndipo mu libretto nthawi zambiri mumakumana ndi zinthu zotere ... luso langa la mawu. Choyamba, ndili ndi chidwi ndi fano lokha ... Ndimagwiritsa ntchito zodzikongoletsera nditapeza chithunzi chonse cha ntchitoyo. Sindigwiritsa ntchito zokongoletsa zomwe sizikugwirizana ndi chikhalidwecho. Zokongoletsa zanga zonse ku Lucia, mwachitsanzo, zimathandizira kuwonetsa chithunzicho.

Ndipo ndi zonsezo, Seals amadziona ngati wokonda, osati woyimba waluntha: "Ndinayesa kutsogozedwa ndi chikhumbo cha anthu. Ndinayesetsa kumusangalatsa. Kuchita kulikonse kunali kwa ine mtundu wina wowunikira. Ngati ndinadzipeza ndili m’luso la zojambulajambula, n’chifukwa chakuti ndinaphunzira kuugwira mtima.

Mu 1979, chaka chake chokumbukira, Seals adaganiza zosiya siteji ya opera. Chaka chotsatira, adatsogolera New York City Opera.