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UBryn Terfel

Umculi uBryn Terfel "ngu" Falstaff. Hhayi nje ngoba lo mlingisi utolikwe kahle nguClaudio Abbado kuCD esanda kukhishwa. Uyi-Falstaff yangempela. Mbheke nje: umKristu waseWales, amamitha amabili ubude futhi enesisindo esingaphezu kwamakhilogremu ayikhulu (yena ngokwakhe uchaza ubukhulu bakhe kanje: amafidi angu-6,3 namatshe angu-17), ubuso obusha, izinwele eziguquguqukayo ezibomvu, ukumamatheka okuhlanya kancane. ,akhumbule ukumamatheka kwesidakwa. Yile ndlela kanye u-Bryn Terfel aboniswa ngayo kukhava yediski yakhe yakamuva, ekhishwe yi-Grammophone, nakumaphosta omdlalo weshashalazi eVienna, London, Berlin naseChicago.

Manje, ku-36 *, kanye neqembu elincane labaneminyaka engamashumi amane ubudala elihlanganisa uCecilia Bartoli, u-Angela Georgiou noRoberto Alagna, ubhekwa njengenkanyezi ye-opera. U-Terfel akabukeki njengenkanyezi nhlobo, ufana nomdlali webhola lombhoxo (“maphakathi nomugqa wesithathu, ijezi lesishiyagalombili,” kucacisa umculi ngokumamatheka). Kodwa-ke, i-bass-baritone repertoire yakhe ingenye ecwengisiswe kakhulu: kusukela ku-romantic Lied kuya ku-Richard Strauss, kusukela e-Prokofiev kuya ku-Lehar, ukusuka e-Mozart kuya e-Verdi.

Futhi ukucabanga ukuthi kwaze kwaba neminyaka engu-16 wayengakwazi ukukhuluma isiNgisi. Ezikoleni zaseWales, kufundiswa ulimi lwebele, kanti isiNgisi singena kuphela ezingqondweni nasezindlebeni ngezinhlelo zethelevishini. Kodwa iminyaka yobusha bukaTerfel, ngisho uma iqhathaniswa neyomlando yabaningi bozakwabo, ibonakala idlula ngendlela ethi “naif”. Uzalelwe esigodini esincane, esinezindlu eziyisishiyagalombili kuphela nesonto. Ekuseni, usiza uyise ukuyisa izinkomo nezimvu emadlelweni. Umculo ungena ekuphileni kwakhe kusihlwa, lapho izakhamuzi zezindlu eziyisishiyagalombili zihlangana ukuze zixoxe. Lapho eneminyaka emihlanu, uBrin uqala ukucula ekwayeni yakubo, kanye nobaba wakhe we-bass nomama we-soprano, uthisha esikoleni sezingane ezikhubazekile. Bese kufika isikhathi semiqhudelwano yakuleli, akhombise ukuthi wenze kahle. Labo abamuzwayo bakholisa uyise ukuthi amthumele eLondon ukuyofunda eGuildhall School of Music. Umbhidisi omkhulu u-George Solti uyamuzwa ngesikhathi somdlalo we-TV futhi ummemela kunhlolokhono. Eneliseke ngokuphelele, uSolti unikeza uTerfel indima encane emshadweni kaMozart kaFigaro (kwakulapho kukhiqizwa le opera lapho umculi osemusha wahlangana khona noFerruccio Furlanetto, asenobungane obukhulu naye futhi omthelela ngothando lwezimoto zemidlalo futhi Iwayini le-Fragolino).

Izilaleli kanye nabaqhubi baqala ukwazisa u-Terfel kakhulu nangokwengeziwe, futhi, ekugcineni, isikhathi sifika se-debut evusa amadlingozi: endimeni ka-Jokanaan e-Salome ka-Richard Strauss, eMkhosini wase-Salzburg ngo-1992. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, induku ehlonishwa kakhulu e-Salome umhlaba, kusukela e-Abbado kuya e-Muti, ukusuka ku-Levine kuya e-Gardiner, umema ukuba acule nabo ezindaweni zeshashalazi ezihamba phambili. Naphezu kwakho konke, u-Terfel uhlala engumlingiswa we-atypical. Ubulula bakhe bomlimi yisici sakhe esimangalisa kakhulu. Ohambweni, ulandelwa amaqembu abangani bangempela-abalandeli. Komunye wama-premiere wokugcina e-La Scala, bafike ngenani labantu abangaphezulu noma ngaphansi kwamashumi ayisikhombisa. Izindawo zokulala zaseLa Scala zazihlotshiswe ngamabhanela amhlophe nabomvu anomfanekiso webhubesi elibomvu laseWales. Abalandeli bakaTerfel babefana nezixhwanguxhwangu, abalandeli bezemidlalo abanolaka. Bafaka ukwesaba emphakathini oqinile waseLa Scala, owanquma ukuthi lokhu kwakuwukubonakaliswa kwezombusazwe kweNhlangano - iqembu elilwela ukuhlukaniswa kweNyakatho ye-Italy neNingizimu yayo (kodwa-ke, u-Terfel akakufihli ukuhlonishwa kwakhe. uzizwa ngabadlali bebhola ababili abaphambili besikhathi esidlule nabamanje: uGeorge Best noRyan Giggs, vele, abomdabu baseWales).

U-Brin udla i-pasta ne-pizza, uthanda u-Elvis Presley no-Frank Sinatra, isihlabani somculo we-pop u-Tom Jones, acula nabo i-duet. I-baritone encane ingeyesigaba "sokuwela" sabaculi, esingahlukanisi phakathi komculo we-classical nolula. Iphupho lakhe ukuhlela umcimbi womculo eWales noLuciano Pavarotti, uShirley Bassett noTom Jones.

Phakathi kwezinto uBrin angeke angazinaki ubulungu beqembu le-bard elihle endaweni yangakubo. Wafika lapho ngenxa yokufaneleka. Ezinzulwini zobusuku, amalungu ekilabhu agqoka izingubo ezinde ezimhlophe bese kuthi kusempondo zankomo ayokhuluma nama-menhirs, amatshe amakhulu amile asale empucukweni yangaphambi komlando.

U-Riccardo Lenzi (L'Espresso Magazine, 2001) Ukuhumusha kusuka kusiNtaliyane ngu-Irina Sorokina.

* UBryn Terfel wazalwa ngo-1965. Wadlala okokuqala eCardiff ngo-1990 (uGuglielmo kwekaMozart ethi “Yilokho Wonke Umuntu Akwenzayo”). Idlala ezigabeni ezihamba phambili zomhlaba.