Eileen Farrell |

Eileen Farrell

Nakuba umsebenzi wakhe phezulu ku-Olympus edlalayo wawuhlala isikhathi esifushane, u-Eileen Farrell uthathwa abaningi njengomunye wama-soprano amangalisayo esikhathi sakhe. Umculi waba nesiphetho esijabulisayo ebuhlotsheni bakhe nemboni yokuqopha: wabhala amaphrojekthi amaningi eyedwa (kuhlanganise nomculo "okhanyayo"), wabamba iqhaza ekurekhodweni kwawo wonke ama-opera, abe yimpumelelo enkulu.

Ngesinye isikhathi umhlaziyi womculo weNew York Post (ngesizini ka-1966) wakhuluma ngephimbo likaFarrell ngala mazwi alandelayo: “[izwi lakhe] ... inkulungwane entsha yeminyaka.”

Eqinisweni, wayeyi-opera diva engavamile ngezindlela eziningi. Futhi hhayi kuphela ngenxa yokuthi wayezizwa ekhululekile ezicini zomculo eziphambene njenge-opera, i-jazz nezingoma ezidumile, kodwa futhi ngomqondo wokuthi wayehola indlela yokuphila evamile yomuntu olula, hhayi i-prima donna. Washada nephoyisa laseNew York, futhi wenqaba ngokuthula izinkontileka uma kufanele asebenze kude nomndeni wakhe - umyeni wakhe, indodana nendodakazi yakhe.

U-Eileen Farrell wazalelwa eWillimantic, Connecticut, ngo-1920. Abazali bakhe babengabaculi nabalingisi basevaudeville. Ikhono lika-Eileen lomculo lasekuqaleni lamholela ekubeni abe umsakazi ovamile lapho eneminyaka engu-20 ubudala. Omunye wabantu ababemhlonipha kwakungumyeni wakhe wesikhathi esizayo.

U-Eileen Farrell, osevele aziwa kakhulu ezilalelini eziningi ngokuvela emsakazweni nakumabonakude, waqala ukubonakala esiteji se-opera saseSan Francisco ngo-1956 (indima yesihloko ku-Cherubini's Medea).

URudolf Bing, oyi-CEO yeMetropolitan Opera, akathandanga abaculi abamema e-Met ukuba babe nempumelelo yabo yokuqala ngaphandle kwezindonga zeshashalazi ngaphansi komthwalo wakhe, kodwa, ekugcineni, wamema uFarrell (ngaleso sikhathi wayeseneminyaka engama-40 ubudala). old) ukuya esiteji esithi “Alceste” nguHandel ngo-1960.

Ngo-1962, lo mculi wavula isizini eMet njengoMaddalena ku-André Chénier kaGiordano. Umlingani wakhe kwakunguRobert Merrill. UFarrell ubonakale kuMet ngezindima eziyisithupha kumasizini amahlanu (ama-45 esewonke), wavalelisa enkundleni yemidlalo yeshashalazi ngoMashi 1966, waphinda njengoMaddalena. Ngemva kweminyaka, lo mculi wavuma ukuthi wayehlale ecindezeleka ku-Bing. Nokho, akazange athintwe ukuvela kwamuva kwesiteji esidumile: “Sonke lesi sikhathi bengigcwele umsebenzi emsakazweni noma kuthelevishini, kanye namakhonsathi nezikhathi ezingapheli ezitudiyo zokuqopha.”

Lo mculi uphinde waba ngumculi ohamba yedwa wethikithi lesizini ye-New York Philharmonic, futhi waqoka uMaestro Leonard Bernstein njengombhidisi wakhe oyintandokazi walabo okwakufanele asebenze nabo. Okunye ukusebenzelana kwabo okunedumela elibi kwaba ukucula kwekhonsathi yango-1970 yezingcaphuno ezivela ku-Tristan und Isolde kaWagner, lapho uFarrell acula khona ingoma no-tenor u-Jess Thomas (okurekhodiwe ngalobo busuku kwakhululwa nge-CD ngo-2000.)

Ukuphumelela kwakhe emhlabeni womculo we-pop kwenzeka ngo-1959 ngesikhathi ecula emcimbini owawuseSpoleto (Italy). Wenze ikhonsathi ye-arias yakudala, wabe esebamba iqhaza ekuculweni kwe-Verdi's Requiem, kwathi ezinsukwini ezimbalwa kamuva, wathatha indawo kaLouis Armstrong owayegula, edlala ama-ballads nama-blues ekhonsathini ne-orchestra yakhe. Lokhu kuphenduka okumangazayo okungu-180-degree kwadala umuzwa emphakathini ngaleso sikhathi. Ngokushesha nje lapho ebuyela eNew York, omunye wabakhiqizi beColumbia Records, owayezwile ama-ballads e-jazz edlalwa i-soprano, wamsayina ukuthi awaqophe. Ama-albhamu akhe ashisa izikhotha ahlanganisa ethi “I've Got a Right to Sing the Blues” kanye nethi “Here I Go Again.”

Ngokungafani nabanye abaculi be-opera abazame ukweqa umugqa wakudala, uFarrell uzwakala njengomculi we-pop omuhle oqonda umongo wezingoma.

“Kufanele uzalwe nakho. Kuyaphuma noma cha, ”uphawule ngempumelelo yakhe “endimeni” ekhanyayo. U-Farrell uzame ukwenza ama-canon of translation memoir yakhe ethi Can't stop Singing - imisho, inkululeko yesigqi kanye nokuvumelana nezimo, ikhono lokuxoxa indaba yonke engomeni eyodwa.

Emsebenzini womculi, kwakukhona uxhumano lwe-episodic neHollywood. Izwi lakhe lashiwo ngumlingisi u-Eleanor Parker efilimini ethathelwe ngendaba yempilo yesihlabani se-opera uMarjorie Lawrence, u-Interrupted Melody (1955).

Kuwo wonke ama-1970s, uFarrell wafundisa amazwi e-Indiana State University, eqhubeka nokudlala imibukiso kwaze kwaba yilapho idolo elimele liqeda umsebenzi wakhe wokuvakasha. Wahamba nomyeni wakhe ngo-1980 bayohlala e-Main futhi bamngcwaba eminyakeni eyisithupha kamuva.

Yize uFarrell ethe akafuni ukucula ngemuva kokushona komyeni wakhe, wancengwa ukuthi aqhubeke nokuqopha amaCD adumile iminyaka eminingi.

“Ngacabanga ukuthi ngigcine ingxenye yezwi lami. Ngakho-ke, ukubhala amaphuzu kungaba umsebenzi olula kimi. Lokhu kukhombisa ukuthi ngangiyisilima kangakanani, ngoba empeleni akulula neze! U-Eileen Farrell wathuka. - “Futhi, nokho, ngiyabonga ngokudalelwa ukuthi ngisakwazi ukucula kule minyaka enjengeyami” ...

Elizabeth Kennedy. I-Associated Press Agency. Ukuhumusha okufingqiwe kusuka ku-English ngu-K. Gorodetsky.