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UMary Barrientos

Izingcweti zeBel Canto: UMaria Barrientos

Enye yama-soprano adume kakhulu engxenyeni yokuqala yekhulu lama-20, uMaria Barrientos, wenza ukuba abonakale esiteji se-opera ekuqaleni okungajwayelekile. Ngemva kwezifundo ezimbalwa zezwi ezivela kuFrancisco Bonet endaweni yakubo yaseBarcelona, ​​​​uMaria, eneminyaka engu-14 ubudala, wabonakala okokuqala esiteji se-Teatro Lirico njengo-Ines emdlalweni kaMeyerbeer's Africana. Kusukela ngonyaka ozayo, umculi waqala ukuvakasha e-Italy, eFrance, eJalimane naseNingizimu Melika. Ngakho-ke, ngo-1899 wenza ngempumelelo enkulu eMilan indima kaLakme ku-opera yegama elifanayo likaDelibes. Ngo-1903, umculi osemncane waseSpain waqala ukudlala eCovent Garden (eRosina kuRossini ethi The Barber yaseSeville), ngesizini elandelayo uLa Scala uyazithoba kuye (uDinora ku-opera kaMeyerbeer enegama elifanayo, uRosina).

Iqophelo eliphezulu lomsebenzi kaMaria Barrientos lifike ngesikhathi edlalwa e-New York Metropolitan Opera. Ngo-1916, ngempumelelo ebabazekayo, lo mculi wadlala indima yakhe yokuqala njengoLucia ku-Lucia di Lammermoor kaDonizetti futhi waba isithixo sezethameli zendawo, edlala izingxenye eziphambili ze-coloratura soprano kumasizini amane alandelayo. Phakathi kwezindima ezisesiteji semidlalo yaseshashalazini ehamba phambili yaseMelika, siphawula u-Adina ku-Love Potion kaDonizetti, lapho umlingani womculi wayenguCaruso omkhulu, iNdlovukazi yaseShemakhan ku-Rimsky-Korsakov ethi The Golden Cockerel. I-repertoire yomculi ihlanganisa nezindima zika-Amina ku-Bellini's La Sonnambula, Gilda, Violetta, Mireille ku-opera ye-Gounod yegama elifanayo nezinye. Ngeminyaka yama-20s, uBarrientos wacula eFrance, eMonte Carlo, lapho ngo-1929 acula khona indawo kaStravinsky ethi The Nightingale.

UMaria Barrientos naye waduma njengomhumushi ocashile wezingoma zasekamelweni zabaqambi baseFrance nabaseSpain. Wenze amarekhodi amaningi ahlakaniphile e-Fonotopia ne-Columbia, okugqama phakathi kwawo ukuqoshwa komjikelezo wephimbo ka-Manuel de Falla othi “Izingoma Eziyisikhombisa Ze-Spanish Folk” nombhali odlala upiyano. Eminyakeni yokugcina yokuphila kwakhe, umculi wafundisa eBuenos Aires.

Ukucula kukaMaria Barrientos kuhlukaniswa nge-filigree, inqubo ewusizo ngempela ene-legato enhle kakhulu, okuyinto, ngisho nangemva kweminyaka eyikhulu, emangalisayo. Masijabulele izwi lomunye wabaculi abanekhono nabahle kakhulu engxenyeni yokuqala yekhulu lama-20!

I-discography ekhethiwe ka-Maria Barrientos:

1. Recital (Bellini, Mozart, Delibes, Rossini, Thomas, Grieg, Handel, Caballero, Meyerbeer, Aubert, Verdi, Donizetti, Gounod, Flotow, de Falla), Aria (2 CDs).
2. Де Фалья - Ukuqoshwa Komlando 1923 - 1976, Almaviva.
3. Amazwi Ethu Abuyiselwe Umq. 1 ,ariya.
4. UCharles Hackett (Duet), uMarston.
5. The Harold Wayne Collection, Symposium.
6. Hipolito Lazaro (Duets), Preiser - LV.