Alexandra von der Weth |

U-Alexandra von der Weth

Ekwindla ka-1997, ngiseDüsseldorf ngebhizinisi, ngaya endlini ye-opera yendawo yeManon kaMassenet, omunye wezingoma zami ze-opera engizikhonzile. Cabanga ukumangala nokuthakasela kwami ​​lapho ngizwa ukucula komlingiswa oyinhloko, engangingazi nhlobo, u-Alexandra von der Wet. Nokho, ngaphandle kweJalimane, cishe, bambalwa abantu ababemazi ngaleso sikhathi.

Yini eyangithakasela kuwo? I-spontaneity ephelele kunazo zonke, inkululeko yalokhu okuthakazelisayo (naphezu kwesici esithile kwelinye iso) umculi osemusha. Nokucula! Ekuculeni kwakhe kwakukhona leyo ncazelo yegolide phakathi kobuqili be-coloratura kanye nezinga elidingekayo "lokugcwala" okumangalisayo kwezwi. Yayiqukethe ujusi obalulekile nokufudumala, okuvame ukuntuleka kubaculi abanendima enjalo yokucula.

Ama-opera kaMassenet (kanye noManon ikakhulukazi) ahlukaniswa ngomculo ovevezelayo ongavamile. “I-recitative melody” (ngokuphambene nokuthi “recitative”) – awukwazi ukucabanga ngencazelo engcono yalo mculo, lapho izwi eliholayo lilandela ngokuzwela konke ukunyakaza komphefumulo nomoya weqhawe. Futhi u-Alexandra wabhekana nalokhu ngobuhlakani. Futhi lapho, phakathi nomdlalo, wehlela ehholo (njengoba umqondisi ayehlosile) futhi waqala ukucula ngokoqobo phakathi kwezilaleli, injabulo yakhe yayingenamingcele. Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ngaphansi kwezinye izimo, ukushaqeka komqondisi onjalo kungase kubangele ukucasuka.

Esikhathini esizayo, "ngilahlekelwe ithrekhi" yomculi, igama lakhe alizwakalanga. Yayiyini injabulo yami lapho muva nje ngiqala ukuhlangana naye kaningi. Futhi lezi zazivele izigcawu ezidumile - i-Vienna Staatsoper (1999, Musetta), i-Glyndebourne Festival (2000, i-Fiordiligi ku-"Cosi fan tutte"), i-Chicago Lyric Opera (Violetta). Ngo-March 2000, u-Alexandra waqala ukubonakala e-Covent Garden. Udlale indima kaManon ku-opera ka-HW Henze ethi “Boulevard of Solitude” (ehlelwe ngu-N. Lenhof). Emkhosini wasehlobo oseSanta Fe, u-Alexandra uzocula njengoLucia, ayesevele eyicula ngokunqoba ezweni lakubo eDuisburg eminyakeni emibili edlule. Uzakwabo lapha kuzoba uFrank Lopardo ohlonishwayo, olethela inhlanhla kubalingani bakhe (khumbula iCovent Garden La Traviata ngo-1994 ngokunqoba kuka-A. Georgiou). Futhi ngo-Okthoba uzokwenza i-debut yakhe ku-Met njengo-Musetta enkampanini ekhaliphile (R.Alagna, R.Vargas, A.Georgiou nabanye bamenyezelwa ekukhiqizeni).

Evgeny Tsodokov, 2000

Inothi elifushane le-biography:

U-Alexandra von der Wet wazalwa ngo-1968 e-Coburg, eJalimane. Wafundela edolobheni lakubo, kamuva eMunich. Kusukela eneminyaka engu-17 ubecula emakhonsathini entsha. Waqala ukubonakala ngo-1993 eLeipzig. Ngo-1994 ucule indawo kaBlanche emdlalweni kaPoulenc othi Dialogues des Carmelites (Berlin). Kusukela ngo-1996 ubelokhu ecula yedwa ku-Rhine Opera (Düsseldorf-Duisburg), lapho namanje esaqhubeka nokucula njalo. Phakathi kwamaqembu kule midlalo yeshashalazi kukhona uPamina, Zerlina, Marcellina (Umshado kaFigaro), uManon (Massene), Lucia, Lulu nabanye.