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U-Antonio Cortis

Wazalelwa emkhunjini osuka e-Algiers uya eSpain. Ubaba kaCortis akazange aphile isonto ngaphambi kokufika komkhaya eValencia. Kamuva, umndeni omncane wakwaCortis uthuthela eMadrid. Lapho, u-Antonio osemncane eneminyaka eyisishiyagalombili ungena eRoyal Conservatory, lapho efunda khona ukuqamba, inkolelo-mbono futhi efunda ukudlala i-violin. Ngo-1909, umculi waqala ukufunda amazwi ku-Municipal Conservatory, ngemva kwesikhathi esithile wenza ekwayeni Liceo Theatre e Barcelona.

U-Antonio Cortis uqala umsebenzi wakhe eyedwa ngezindima ezisekelayo. Ngakho, ngo-1917, wenza eNingizimu Afrika njengoHarlequin ePagliacci noCaruso njengoCanio. I-tenor edumile izama ukunxenxa umculi osemncane ukuthi acule ndawonye e-United States, kodwa u-Antonio onesifiso sokuvelela uyenqaba lesi sipho. Ngo-1919, uCortis wathuthela e-Italy nomkhaya wakhe futhi wathola izimemo ezivela enkundleni yemidlalo yaseshashalazini yaseRoma yaseCostanzi, kanye nasezinkundleni zemidlalo yaseshashalazini zaseBari naseNaples.

Ukukhuphuka komsebenzi ka-Antonio Cortis kwaqala ngokudlala njengomuntu ocula yedwa neChicago Opera. Eminyakeni eyisishiyagalombili eyalandela, iminyango yezindlu ze-opera ezihamba phambili emhlabeni yavulelwa umculi. Udlala eMilan (La Scala), Verona, Turin, Barcelona, ​​​​London, Monte Carlo, Boston, Baltimore, Washington, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh naseSantiago de Chile. Phakathi kwabadlali asebemnkantshubomvu okubalwa kubo uVasco da Gama kuLe Afrikane kaMeyerbeer, The Duke in Rigoletto, Manrico, Alfred, Des Grieux kuManon Lescaut kaPuccini, Dick Johnson kwiThe West Girl, Calaf, indawo ka-Andre Chenier » Giordano nabanye.

I-Great Depression yango-1932 iphoqa umculi ukuthi ashiye iChicago. Ubuyela eSpain, kodwa iMpi Yombango kanye neMpi Yezwe II zonakalisa izinhlelo zakhe. Umdlalo wakhe wokugcina wawuseZaragoza ngo-1950 njengoCavaradossi. Ekupheleni komsebenzi wakhe wokucula, uCortis wayehlose ukuqala ukufundisa, kodwa ukugula kwaholela ekufeni kwakhe kungazelelwe ngo-1952.

U-Antonio Cortis ngokungangabazeki ungomunye wabadlali abavelele baseSpain bekhulu lesi-XNUMX. Njengoba wazi, abaningi babiza uCortis ngokuthi "i-Spanish Caruso". Ngempela, akunakwenzeka ukungaboni ukufana okuthile ku-timbres kanye nendlela yokubeka umsindo. Ngokuthakazelisayo, ngokusho komkaCortis, lo mculi akazange abe nabafundisi bezwi, ngaphandle kukaCaruso, owamnika iseluleko. Kodwa ngeke siqhathanise laba baculi abavelele, ngoba lokhu ngeke kubenzele ubulungiswa bobabili. Sizomane sivule okurekhodiwe ka-Antonio Cortis futhi sijabulele ukucula okumnandi okuyinkazimulo yobuciko be-bel canto bekhulu lesi-XNUMX!

I-discography ekhethiwe ka-Antonio Cortis:

1. Covent Garden on Record Vol. 4, Pearl.
2. Verdi, «Troubadour»: «Di quella pira» ngezincazelo ezingu-34, Bongiovanni.
3. I-Recital (i-Arias evela kuma-opera ka-Verdi, Gounod, Meyerbeer, Bizet, Massenet, Mascagni, Giordano, Puccini), Preiser - LV.
4. I-Recital (i-Arias evela kuma-opera ka-Verdi, Gounod, Meyerbeer, Bizet, Massenet, Mascagni, Giordano, Puccini), Pearl.
5. Ama-Tenors Adumile Esikhathi Esidlule, Preiser - LV.
6. I-Tenors Edumile yama-30s, Preiser - LV.