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Piero Cappuccili

UPiero Cappuccili, "inkosana yama-baritones," njengabagxeki abathanda ukubiza yonke into futhi wonke umuntu ovame ukumbiza, wazalelwa eTrieste ngoNovemba 9, 1929, emndenini wesikhulu sezempi. Uyise wadlulisela kuye uthando lolwandle: i-baritone eyaduma kamuva yakhuluma ngenjabulo kuphela ngamazwi amakhulu esikhathi esidlule nangesikebhe sakhe esithandwayo. Kusukela ngisemncane ngacabanga ngomsebenzi womdwebi wezakhiwo. Ngenhlanhla yethu, ubaba akazange aphazamise isifiso sakamuva sokufunda ukucula. UPiero wafunda ngaphansi kokuqondisa kukaLuciano Donaggio edolobheni lakubo. Uqale ukudlala eneminyaka engamashumi amabili nesishiyagalombili eNew Theatre eMilan, njengoTonio ePagliacci. Wawina imiqhudelwano kazwelonke ehlonishwayo eSpoleto naseVercelli - umsebenzi wakhe wathuthuka “njengoba bekufanele.” I-debut yaseLa Scala ayizange ithathe isikhathi eside: ngesizini ka-1963-64, uCapuccili wadlala esiteji semidlalo yeshashalazi edumile njengo-Count di Luna ku-Verdi's Il trovatore. Ngo-1969, wanqoba iMelika esiteji seMetropolitan Opera. Iminyaka engamashumi amathathu nesithupha, kusukela ekuqaleni kukaMilan kuya ekupheleni okudabukisayo komsebenzi womgwaqo iMilan-Venice, yagcwala ukunqoba. Kumuntu weCapuccili, ubuciko bezwi bekhulu lamashumi amabili bathola umculi ofanelekayo womculo wase-Italy wekhulu leminyaka elidlule - futhi ngaphezu kwawo wonke umculo weVerdi.

UNabucco ongenakulibaleka, uCharles V ("Ernani"), u-Doge Foscari omdala ("I-Foscari Amabili"), Macbeth, Rigoletto, Germont, Simon Boccanegra, Rodrigo ("Don Carlos"), uDon Carlos ("Force of Destiny"), u-Amonasro, U-Iago, u-Capuccili wayenezwi elikhulu, elikhulu kunawo wonke. Kuyimanje lapho umbuyekezi evame ukukhulula izindumiso ezilahliwe zokubukeka kabi, ukuxega, ukuhlekisa, umculo walabo abasebenza esiteji se-opera, futhi konke ngenxa yokuthi umbuyekezi akanayo into ebaluleke kakhulu - izwi lakhe. Akushiwo ngeCappuccili: kwakuyizwi eligcwele, elinamandla, elinombala omuhle omnyama, ocwebezelayo. Isisho sakhe saba yisaga: umculi ngokwakhe wathi kuye "ukucula kusho ukukhuluma ngokucula." Abanye bathuka lo mculi ngenxa yokuntula ubuhlakani. Mhlawumbe kungaba kuhle kakhulu ukukhuluma ngamandla okuqala, ukuzenzela kobuciko bakhe. U-Cappuccili akazange azigodlele, akazange asindise amandla akhe: njalo lapho eya esiteji, wayenikeza izethameli ngobuhle bezwi lakhe kanye nothando ayelutshala ekwenzeni izindima. “Angikaze ngibe novalo lwasesiteji. Inkundla iyangijabulisa,” kusho yena.

Wayengeyena nje u-Verdi baritone. I-Escamillo Enhle kakhulu eCarmen, iScarpia eTosca, iTonio ePagliacci, u-Ernesto ePirate, u-Enrico eLucia di Lammermoor, uDe Sirier eFedora, uGellner eValli, uBarnaba eGioconda ”, uDon Giovanni noFigaro kuma-opera kaMozart. I-Capuccili kwakuyi-baritone eyintandokazi kaClaudio Abbado noHerbert von Karajan. ELa Scala iminyaka engamashumi amabili wayengenazo izimbangi.

Bekunamahlebezi okuthi ubecula izingoma ezingamakhulu amabili ngonyaka. Yiqiniso, lokhu kuyihaba. Umculi ngokwakhe wenza inani elingekho ngaphezu kwamashumi ayisishiyagalombili nanhlanu kuya kwamashumi ayisishiyagalolunye. Ukukhuthazela ngezwi kwakuyinhlanhla yakhe. Ngaphambi kwesigameko esibuhlungu, wagcina ifomu elihle kakhulu.

Kusihlwa ngo-Agasti 28, 1992, ngemva komngcwabo eNabucco, uCapuccili wayeshayela ngase-autobahn, elibangise e-Monte Carlo. Inhloso yohambo ngomunye umhlangano nolwandle, yena, ongowokuzalwa eTrieste, abe nawo egazini lakhe. Ngangifuna ukuchitha inyanga nesikebhe sami esinenjini engisithandayo. Kepha buduze neBergamo, imoto yomculi yagingqika, waphonswa ngaphandle kwegumbi labagibeli. U-Cappuccili washaya ikhanda lakhe kanzima, kodwa impilo yakhe yayingekho engozini. Wonke umuntu wayeqiniseka ukuthi wayezolulama ngokushesha, kodwa ukuphila kwakuhlukile. Umculi wahlala esesimweni sokungazi lutho isikhathi eside. Walulama ngemva konyaka, kodwa wangakwazi ukubuyela esiteji. Inkanyezi yesiteji se-opera, u-Piero Cappuccili, wayeka ukugqama emkhathini we-opera iminyaka eyishumi nantathu ngaphambi kokuba ahambe kulo mhlaba. Umculi uCappuccili washona - kwazalwa uthisha wezwi.

I-Pierrot Enhle! Awunakulinganiswa nawe! Uqeda umsebenzi wakhe u-Renato Bruzon (oseneminyaka engaphezu kwamashumi ayisikhombisa ubudala), usesesimweni esihle u-Leo Nucci - eneminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha nesikhombisa ubudala. Kubonakala sengathi ngemva kokucula kwalaba ababili, indlela i-baritone okufanele ibe ngayo izosala izinkumbulo kuphela.