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U-Seals ungomunye wabaculi abakhulu bekhulu lesi-XNUMX, "intokazi yokuqala ye-opera yaseMelika". Umlobi wengosi kamagazini i-New Yorker wabhala ngentshiseko engavamile: “Uma ngingatusa izivakashi ezibuka indawo izindawo zaseNew York, bengingabeka uBeverly Seals ephathini kaManon endaweni yokuqala, ngaphezu kweSitatimende Senkululeko kanye neSifundazwe Sombuso. Ukwakha.” Izwi likaSeals lalihlukaniswa ngokukhanya okungavamile, futhi ngesikhathi esifanayo ubuhle, ithalente lasesiteji nokubukeka okuthakazelisayo okwathatha izethameli.

Echaza ukubukeka kwakhe, umgxeki wathola amazwi alandelayo: “Unamehlo ansundu, ubuso obuyisiyingi beSlavic, ikhala elibheke phezulu, izindebe ezigcwele, ibala lesikhumba elihle nokumamatheka okukhangayo. Kodwa into eyinhloko ekubukeni kwakhe ukhalo oluncane, okuyinzuzo enkulu kumdlali we-opera. Konke lokhu, kanye nezinwele ezibomvu ezivuthayo, kwenza ama-Seals athandeke. Ngamafuphi, ungunobuhle ngezindinganiso zokusebenza. "

Akukho lutho olumangalisayo "ku-oval Slavic": umama womculi wesikhathi esizayo ungumRashiya.

UBeverly Seals (igama langempela uBella Silverman) wazalwa ngoMeyi 25, 1929 eNew York, emndenini wabafuduki. Ubaba weza e-US evela eRomania, futhi umama evela eRussia. Ngaphansi kwethonya likamama, ukunambitheka komculo kaBeverly kwasungulwa. “Umama,” kukhumbula uSeals, “wayeneqoqo lamarekhodi ka-Amelita Galli-Curci, i-soprano edumile yawo-1920. Ama-arias angamashumi amabili nambili. Njalo ekuseni umama wayevula igilamafoni, aqophe irekhodi, abese ehamba ayolungisa ukudla kwasekuseni. Futhi lapho ngineminyaka eyisikhombisa ubudala, ngangibazi ngekhanda bonke abantu abangu-22, ngakhulela kulezi zindawo ngendlela efanayo nezingane ezikhula ngayo ezikhangisweni zethelevishini.

Ngaphandle kokwenza umculo wasekhaya, uBella wayehlanganyela njalo ezinhlelweni zomsakazo zezingane.

Ngo-1936, umama waletha intombazane ku-studio ka-Estelle Liebling, umphelezeli we-Galli-Curci. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, iminyaka engamashumi amathathu nanhlanu, uLiebling no-Seals abazange bahlukane.

Ekuqaleni, uLiebling, uthisha oqinile, wayengafuni ngokukhethekile ukuqeqesha i-coloratura soprano esemncane kangaka. Nokho, lapho izwa ukuthi intombazane icula kanjani … isikhangiso mayelana nempuphu yensipho, yavuma ukuqala amakilasi. Izinto zazihamba ngesivinini esididayo. Lapho eneminyaka eyishumi nantathu, umfundi wayeselungise izingxenye ze-opera ezingu-50! “U-Estell Liebling wavele wangigxisha kubo,” kukhumbula lo mculi. Umuntu angazibuza nje ukuthi uligcina kanjani izwi lakhe. Ngokuvamile wayekulungele ukucula noma kuphi futhi ngangokusemandleni akhe. UBeverly wenza ohlelweni lomsakazo lwe-Talent Search, ekilabhini labesifazane ehhotela lemfashini i-Waldorf Astoria, e-nightclub eNew York, emiculweni nakuma-operetta eqembu elihlukahlukene.

Ngemva kokuqeda isikole, uSeals wathenjiswa ukuhlanganyela enkundleni yemidlalo yeshashalazi. Waqale wacula kuma-operettas, kwathi ngo-1947 waqala ukucula ePhiladelphia ku-opera nengxenye kaFrasquita kuCarmen ka-Bizet.

Ekanye namaqembu ajikelezayo, wahamba edolobheni ngedolobha, enza ingxenye ngemva kwenye, ekwazi ukugcwalisa ingoma yakhe ngesimangaliso esithile. Kamuva uzothi: “Ngingathanda ukucula zonke izingxenye ezibhalelwe i-soprano.” Izinga lakhe lilinganiselwa ku-60 ngonyaka – kuhle kakhulu!

Ngemva kweminyaka eyishumi yokuvakashela amadolobha ahlukahlukene e-US, ngo-1955 umculi wanquma ukuzama isandla sakhe e-New York City Opera. Kodwa nalapha, akazange ngokushesha athathe isikhundla sokuhola. Isikhathi eside wayaziwa kuphela ku-opera ethi "The Ballad of Baby Doe" yomqambi waseMelika uDouglas More.

Ekugcineni, ngo-1963, waphathiswa indawo kaDonna Anna kuDon Giovanni kaMozart - futhi abazange benze iphutha. Kodwa ukunqoba kokugcina kwadingeka kulinde eminye iminyaka emithathu, ngaphambi kwendima kaCleopatra kuJulius Caesar kaHandel. Kwabe sekucacela wonke umuntu ukuthi isiphi isiphiwo esikhulu esifike esiteji seshashalazi yomculo. “UBeverly Seals,” kubhala umgxeki, “wenza ubuciko obuyinkimbinkimbi be-Handel ngobuchule obunjalo, ngekhono elimangalisayo, ngemfudumalo enjalo, engavamile ukutholakala kubahlabeleli bohlobo lwayo. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ukucula kwakhe kwakuvumelana nezimo futhi kuzwakala kangangokuthi izethameli zavele zabamba noma yiluphi ushintsho esimweni se-heroine. Umdlalo waba yimpumelelo emangazayo… Ukufaneleka okuyinhloko kwakukaSils: eqhuma i-nightingale, wayenga umashiqela waseRoma futhi wagcina ihholo lonke linokungabaza.”

Ngawo lowo nyaka, waba nempumelelo enkulu ku-opera Manon ka-J. Massenet. Umphakathi nabagxeki babejabule, bembiza ngoManon ongcono kakhulu kusukela kuGeraldine Farrar.

Ngo-1969, i-Seals yaqala ukuvela phesheya kwezilwandle. Ithiyetha edumile yaseMilanese “La Scala” isiphinde yaqala kabusha ukukhiqizwa kwe-opera kaRossini ethi “The Siege of Corinth” ikakhulukazi yomculi waseMelika. Kulo mdlalo, uBeverly wacula ingxenye yePamir. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uSils wadlala ezitejini zeshashalazi eNaples, London, West Berlin, Buenos Aires.

Ukunqoba ezinkundleni zemidlalo yaseshashalazini ezingcono kakhulu emhlabeni akuzange kumise umsebenzi onzima womculi, umgomo wawo "zonke izingxenye ze-soprano". Kukhona ngempela inani elikhulu kakhulu - ngaphezu kwamashumi ayisishiyagalombili. Ama-Seal, ikakhulukazi, acule ngempumelelo uLucia kwekaDonizetti ethi Lucia di Lammermoor, Elvira kwekaBellini ethi The Puritani, Rosina kwekaRossini ethi The Barber of Seville, iNdlovukazi yaseShemakhan kwekaRimsky-Korsakov ethi The Golden Cockerel, Violetta kwekaVerdi ethi La Traviata. , uDaphne ku-opera ka-R. Strauss.

Umculi onombono omangalisayo, ngesikhathi esifanayo umhlaziyi ocabangayo. “Ekuqaleni, ngifunda i-libretto, ngisebenza kuyo nhlangothi zonke,” kusho lo mculi. – Uma, ngokwesibonelo, ngihlangana negama lesiNtaliyane elinencazelo ethe ukuhluka kunasesichazamazwini, ngiqala ukumba incazelo yalo yangempela, futhi ku-freetto uvamise ukuhlangana nezinto ezinjalo… angifuni nje ukubukisa. ikhono lami lezwi. Okokuqala, nginesithakazelo esithombeni ngokwaso ... ngiphendukela kubucwebe kuphela ngemva kokuthola isithombe esiphelele sendima. Angilokothi ngisebenzise imihlobiso engahambisani nomlingiswa. Yonke imihlobiso yami e-Lucia, isibonelo, ifaka isandla ekulingiseni kwesithombe.

Futhi ngakho konke lokho, u-Seals uzibona njengomuntu odabukisayo, hhayi umculi ohlakaniphile: “Ngazama ukuqondiswa isifiso somphakathi. Ngazama ngawo wonke amandla ami ukumjabulisa. Ukusebenza ngakunye bekungokwami ​​uhlobo oluthile lokuhlaziya okubucayi. Uma ngizithola ngisemkhakheni wezobuciko, kungenxa yokuthi ngifunde ukulawula imizwa yami.

Ngo-1979, unyaka wakhe wesikhumbuzo, uSeals wenza isinqumo sokushiya isiteji se-opera. Ngonyaka olandelayo, wahola i-New York City Opera.