Francesco Cilea |

Francesco Cilea

U-Cilea wangena emlandweni womculo njengombhali we-opera eyodwa - "Adriana Lecouvreur". Ithalente lalo mqambi, kanye nabaculi abaningi besikhathi sakhe, lasibekela impumelelo kaPuccini. Ngendlela, i-opera engcono kakhulu ka-Cilea yayivame ukuqhathaniswa ne-Tosca. Umculo wakhe ubonakala ngokuthambile, izinkondlo, ukuzwela kwe-melancholy.

UFrancesco Cilea wazalwa ngoJulayi 23 (kweminye imithombo - 26) Julayi 1866 ePalmi, idolobhana esifundazweni saseCalabria, emndenini wommeli. Emiselwe abazali bakhe ukuthi aqhubeke nomsebenzi kayise, wathunyelwa ukuyofundela ubumeli eNaples. Kodwa ukuhlangana kwethuba nezwe lakubo uFrancesco Florimo, umngane kaBellini, umphathi womtapo wolwazi weKholeji Lomculo kanye nomlando womculo, kwashintsha ngokuphawulekayo isiphetho somfana. Lapho eneminyaka eyishumi nambili, uCilea waba umfundi weNaples Conservatory yaseSan Pietro Maiella, okwahlotshaniswa nayo ingxenye enkulu yokuphila kwakhe kamuva. Iminyaka eyishumi wafunda upiyano noBeniamino Cesi, ukuvumelana kanye nephuzu eliphikisayo noPaolo Serrao, umqambi nomshayi wopiyano owayebhekwa njengothisha ongcono kakhulu eNaples. Afunda noCilea ekilasini kwakunguLeoncavallo noGiordano, abamsiza ukuba enze i-opera yakhe yokuqala eMaly Theatre of the Conservatory (February 1889). Ukukhiqizwa kudonsele ukunaka komshicileli odumile u-Edoardo Sonzogno, owasayina inkontileka nomqambi, owayesanda kuthweswa iziqu ku-conservatory, we-opera yesibili. Wabona ukugqama eFlorence eminyakeni emithathu kamuva. Nokho, impilo yaseshashalazini egcwele injabulo yayingajwayelekile kumlingiswa kaCilea, okwamvimbela ekwenzeni umsebenzi wakhe njengomqambi we-opera. Ngokushesha ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni samabanga aphansi, uCilea wazinikela ekufundiseni, anikela kukho iminyaka eminingi. Wafundisa upiyano e-Conservatory of Naples (1890-1892), ithiyori - eFlorence (1896-1904), wayengumqondisi we-conservatory ePalermo (1913-1916) naseNaples (1916-1935). Iminyaka engamashumi amabili yobuholi be-Conservatory, lapho afunda khona, yenza izinguquko eziphawulekayo ekuqeqeshweni kwabafundi, futhi ngo-1928 uCilea wanamathisela i-Historical Museum kuyo, egcwalisa iphupho elidala likaFlorimo, owake wanquma isiphetho sakhe njengomculi.

Umsebenzi wokusebenza kaCilea waqhubeka kwaze kwaba ngu-1907. Futhi nakuba eminyakeni eyishumi wadala imisebenzi emithathu, kuhlanganise nesiteji ngokuphumelelayo eMilan "Arlesian" (1897) kanye "no-Adriana Lecouvreur" (1902), umqambi akazange alahle i-pedagogy futhi enqaba njalo izimemo zokuhlonipha. wezikhungo eziningi zomculo eYurophu naseMelika, ayekuphi la ma-opera. Owokugcina kwakunguGloria, owadlalwa eLa Scala (1907). Lokhu kwalandelwa izinhlelo ezintsha ze-Arlesian (Neapolitan Theatre yaseSan Carlo, Mashi 1912) futhi ngemva kweminyaka engamashumi amabili kuphela - uGloria. Ngaphezu kwama-opera, u-Cilea wabhala inqwaba yezingoma ze-orchestra ne-chamber. Eyokugcina, ngo-1948-1949, yayiyizingcezu ezibhaliwe ze-cello nopiyano. Eshiya i-Naples Conservatory ngo-1935, u-Cilea washiya ikhaya lakhe i-Varadza ogwini loLwandle lwaseLigurian. Encwadini yakhe yefa, wanikeza wonke amalungelo kuma-opera e-Verdi's House of Veterans eMilan, "njengomnikelo kuMkhulu, owakha isikhungo sokusiza abaculi abampofu, futhi ekhumbula idolobha, elaqala ukuzitholela lona. umthwalo wokubhapathiza ama-opera ami.”

UChilea ushone ngoNovemba 20, 1950 eVaradza villa.

A. Koenigsberg