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Inkanyezi u-Andrea Gruber ayikhanyi namuhla. Kodwa emkhosini wokugcina e-Arena di Verona yakhanya ngobuhlakani obukhethekile. I-American soprano yaba nempumelelo ekhethekile, yomuntu siqu nomphakathi endimeni enzima ka-Abigail ku-Verdi's Nabucco. Abagxeki bagomela ngokuthi ngemva kukaGena Dimitrova, kule opera akukho soprano wamandla afanayo, imishini yobuchwepheshe nokuzwakalayo. Intatheli uGianni Villani ukhuluma no-Andrea Gruber.

UngowaseMelika, kepha isibongo sakho sikhuluma ngemvelaphi yaseJalimane…

Ubaba wami ungowase-Austrian. Ngo-1939 wasuka e-Austria wabalekela e-United States. Ngafunda eManhattan School edolobheni lakithi eNew York. Lapho eneminyaka engu-24, waqala ukubonakala ku-The Force of Destiny e-Scottish Opera*, wacula izingoma eziyishumi nanye. Ukuhlangana kwami ​​kwesibili nesiteji kwaba sekhaya, kuyiMetropolitan Opera, lapho ngacula khona u-Elisabeth eDon Carlos. Lawa ma-opera amabili, kanye ne-Un ballo ku-maschera, lapho umlingani wami okwakungu-Luciano Pavarotti, "ngifinyelele" ezitejini zamathiyetha ahlonishwayo emhlabeni: Vienna, London, Berlin, Munich, Barcelona. Ku-Met, ngiphinde ngacula kwekaWagner ethi “Death of the Gods”, eyaqoshwa yiDeutsche Grammophon. Umculo wamaJalimane wadlala indima ebalulekile ekukhuleni kwami. Ngacula eLohengrin, Tannhäuser, Valkyrie. Muva nje, indima ye-Chrysothemis ku-Richard Strauss' Elektra ingene ku-repertoire yami.

Futhi uqale nini ukucula eNabucco?

Ngo-1999, eSan Francisco Opera. Namuhla ngingasho ngobuqotho ukuthi umsebenzi wami uyaqala. Indlela yami iqinile futhi angizizwa ngingakhululekile kunoma iyiphi indima. Ngaphambili, ngangisemncane futhi ngingenalwazi, ikakhulukazi ku-Verdi repertoire, manje engiqala ukuyithanda. Ngimkweleta kakhulu uRuth Falcon, uthisha wami iminyaka eyishumi nambili. Ungowesifazane omangalisayo, onokholo olukhulu kwezobuciko futhi onolwazi olukhulu. Weza eVerona ezongilalela.

Ungayifinyelela kanjani indima enzima njengo-Abhigayili?

Angifuni ukuzwakala ngizikhukhumeza, kodwa lena indima elula kimina. Inkulumo enjalo ingase ibonakale iyinqaba. Angikusho lokhu ukuze ngithathwe njengomculi ovelele. Ukuthi nje indlela yami ifanelekile kule ndima. Ngangivame ukucula ku-“Aida”, “Force of Destiny”, “Il Trovatore”, “Masquerade Ball”, kodwa lawa ma-opera awalula kangako. Angisadlali eDon Carlos noma eSimone Boccanegre. Lezi zindima zinezingoma kakhulu kimi. Ngezinye izikhathi ngiphendukela kubo ngoba ngifuna ukuzivocavoca noma ukuzijabulisa. Maduze ngizocula i-“Turandot” yami yokuqala e-Japan. Ngemuva kwalokho ngizoba nemidlalo yokuqala ku-Rustic Honour, Western Girl kanye ne-Macbeth.

Yimaphi amanye ama-opera akukhangayo?

Ngiwathanda kakhulu ama-opera ase-Italian: Ngiwathola ephelele, kuhlanganise nalawo aqinile. Uma unesu eliqinile, ukucula akuyona ingozi; kodwa umuntu akufanele neze aphendukele ekumemezeni. Ngakho-ke, kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba "nekhanda", futhi udinga ukucabanga ngendima elandelayo. Ukucula nakho kuyisimo sengqondo. Mhlawumbe eminyakeni eyishumi ngizokwazi ukucula zontathu izingoma zikaWagner ethi Brunhilde nethi Isolde.

Ngokombono weshashalazi, indima ka-Abigail nayo ayiyona ihlaya ...

Lona umlingiswa oguquguquka kakhulu, othakazelisa kakhulu kunalokho okuvame ukukholelwa. Lona kusengowesifazane ongavuthiwe, owusana olandela izifiso zakhe futhi ongatholi imizwa yeqiniso ku-Ishmayeli noma kuNabucco: owokuqala "uthatha" uFenen kuye, futhi lo wakamuva wenza kutholakale ukuthi akayena uyise. Akukho okunye angakwenza ngaphandle kokuguqula wonke amandla omphefumulo wakhe ekunqobeni amandla. Bengihlale ngicabanga ukuthi le ndima izoba yiqiniso uma ivezwa ngendlela elula nangobuntu.

Ukunikeza ini umkhosi olandelayo e-Arena di Verona?

Mhlawumbe "Turandot" futhi "Nabucco". Asibone. Lesi sikhala esikhulu sikwenza ucabange ngomlando we-Arena, ngakho konke okwenzeka lapha kusukela emandulo kuze kube namuhla. Leli yitiyetha yomculo yamazwe ngamazwe ngempela. Ngahlangana nozakwethu lapha engangingakaze ngihlangane nabo iminyaka eminingi: kulo mbono, i-Verona isemhlabeni wonke kuneNew York, idolobha engihlala kulo.

Ingxoxo no-Andrea Gruber eshicilelwe ephephandabeni i-L'Arena. Ukuhumusha kusuka kusiNtaliyane ngu-Irina Sorokina.

Qaphela: * Lo mculi wazalwa ngo-1965. I-Scottish Opera yokuqala, ayisho engxoxweni, yenzeka ngo-1990. Ngo-1993, wabonakala okokuqala e-Vienna Opera njengo-Aida, futhi ngesizini efanayo wacula i-Aida. eBerlin Staatsoper. Esiteji se-Covent Garden, ukuqala kwakhe kwenzeka ngo-1996, konke ku-Aida efanayo.

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Wazalelwa futhi wakhulela e-Upper West Side, u-Andrea wayeyindodana yoprofesa basenyuvesi, othisha bomlando, futhi efunda esikoleni esizimele esihlonishwayo. U-Andrea wazibonakalisa engumdlali onekhono (nakuba engahlelekile), futhi lapho eneminyaka engu-16 waqala ukucula futhi ngokushesha wamukelwa eManhattan School of Music, futhi ngemva kokuphothula iziqu wangena ohlelweni oluhlonishwayo lwe-internship e-Met. Izwi lakhe elikhulu, elihle, ukukhululeka lapho aphumelela khona kumanothi aphezulu, ukuziphatha okuhle - konke lokhu kwaphawulwa, futhi umculi wanikezwa indima yokuqala. Okokuqala, encane, ku-Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, bese kuthi, ngo-1990, eyinhloko, ku-Verdi's Un ballo e-maschera. Umlingani wakhe kwakunguLuciano Pavarotti.

Kodwa konke lokhu kwenzeka ngenxa yokuluthwa yizidakamizwa. Iphimbo lakhe laba ntekenteke ngenxa yezidakamizwa, wacindezela imisipha, yavuvukala. Kwabe sekwenzeka lokho kudlala kwe-Aida, lapho engakwazi ukushaya inothi elifanele. Umphathi jikelele weMetropolitan Opera, uJoseph Wolpe, akasafuni ukuba khona kwakhe emdlalweni weshashalazi.

U-Andrea wathola izindima ezihlukene eYurophu. EMelika, i-Seattle Opera kuphela eyaqhubeka nokukholelwa kuye - eminyakeni embalwa wacula izindima ezintathu lapho. Ngo-1996, e-Vienna, wagcina esibhedlela - kwakudingeka ukususa ngokushesha ihlule legazi emlenzeni wakhe. Lokhu kwalandelwa umtholampilo wokuhlunyeleliswa kwezimilo eMinnesota, lapho ukuba umlutha wezidakamizwa waqala ukuqeda khona.

Kodwa ngokululama kwafika ukukhuluphala. Futhi nakuba engazange acule kakhulu kunakuqala, yena - kakade ngenxa yesisindo esiningi - akazange amenywe ku-Vienna Opera futhi wasuswa ekusebenzeni kwakhe eMkhosini waseSalzburg. Akakwazi ukukukhohlwa. Kodwa ngo-1999, lapho ecula e-San Francisco, wezwa umphathi we-Metropolitan Opera, indoda enesibongo esimangalisayo soMngane ("Umngane") owamazi ngisho nangaphambi kokuba axoshwe ku-Met. Wamcela ukuthi acule eNabucco ngo-2001.

Ngo-2001 ofanayo, lo mculi wanquma ukudlula isisu, ukuhlinzwa okwenziwa abantu abaningi abakhuluphele manje.

Manje njengoba esezacile ngamakhilogremu angu-140 futhi engenazo izidakamizwa, usephinda futhi ehamba emihubheni ye-Met, lapho enza khona ubudlelwano okungenani ngo-2008.