URenee Fleming |
URenee Fleming
URenee Fleming wazalwa ngoFebhuwari 14, 1959 e-Indiana, ePennsylvania, e-USA futhi wakhulela eRochester, eNew York. Abazali bakhe babengabafundisi bomculo nokucula. Ufunde e-State University of New York ePotsdam, waphothula iziqu ngo-1981 ngeziqu zemfundo yomculo. Kodwa-ke, akazange acabangele umsebenzi wakhe wesikhathi esizayo njenge-opera.
Ngisho esafunda enyuvesi, wayecula eqenjini le-jazz endaweni yokucima ukoma. Izwi lakhe namakhono akhe aheha umshayi we-saxophonist we-jazz wase-Illinois wodumo u-Jacquet, owammema ukuba avakashe nebhendi yakhe enkulu. Esikhundleni salokho, uRene waphothula esikoleni e-Eastman School (i-Conservatory) yomculo, kwathi kusukela ngo-1983 kuya ku-1987 wafunda eJuilliard School (isikhungo esikhulu kunazo zonke saseMelika semfundo ephakeme emkhakheni wezobuciko) eNew York.
Ngo-1984, wathola i-Fulbright Education Grant waya eJalimane ukuyofundela ukucula, omunye wothisha bakhe kwakungu-Elisabeth Schwarzkopf wodumo. UFleming wabuyela eNew York ngo-1985 futhi waphothula izifundo zakhe eJuilliard School.
Esengumfundi, uRenée Fleming waqala umsebenzi wakhe wobungcweti ezinkampanini ezincane ze-opera nezindima ezincane. Ngo-1986, e-Theater of the Federal State (Salzburg, Austria), wacula indima yakhe yokuqala enkulu - uConstanza ovela ku-opera Abduction from the Seraglio by Mozart. Indima kaConstanza ingenye yezinzima kakhulu ku-soprano repertoire, futhi uFleming wavuma ukuthi kwakudingeka asebenze kokubili amasu ezwi kanye nobuciko. Eminyakeni emibili kamuva, ngo-1988, wawina imincintiswano eminingi ngesikhathi esisodwa: umncintiswano weMetropolitan Opera National Council Auditions wabadlali abancane, uMklomelo kaGeorge London kanye nomncintiswano we-Eleanor McCollum eHouston. Ngawo lowo nyaka, lo mculi wenza indima yakhe yokuqala endimeni ye-Countess evela ku-Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro e-Houston, nangonyaka olandelayo e-New York Opera nasesiteji se-Covent Garden njengo-Mimi eLa bohème.
Umdlalo wokuqala eMetropolitan Opera wawuhlelelwe i-1992, kodwa kungazelelwe kwawa ngoMashi 1991, lapho uFelicity Lott egula, futhi uFleming wamthatha esikhundleni sokuba ngu-Countess eLe nozze di Figaro. Futhi nakuba aqashelwa njenge-soprano egqamile, kwakungekho nkanyezi kuye - lokhu kwenzeka kamuva, lapho eba “Izinga Legolide le-soprano”. Futhi ngaphambi kwalokho, kwakunomsebenzi omningi, ukuzilolonga, izindima ezihlukahlukene zawo wonke ama-operatic spectrum, izinkambo emhlabeni wonke, okurekhodiwe, ukunyuka nokwehla.
Wayengesabi ubungozi futhi wamukela izinselelo, enye yazo kwaba ngo-1997 indima kaManon Lescaut kuJules Massenet e-Opéra Bastille eParis. AmaFulentshi ayalihlonipha ifa lawo, kodwa ukubulawa ngendlela encomekayo kwephathi kwamlethela ukunqoba. Okwenzeka kumaFulentshi akwenzekanga kumaNtaliyane… UFleming wabhodlozwa okokuqala ngqa kweka-Donizetti ka-Lucrezia Borgia e-La Scala ngo-1998, nakuba ngesikhathi edlala okokuqala kuleyo thiyetha ngo-1993, wamukelwa ngokufudumele njengo-Donna Elvira ethi “ UDon Giovanni" nguMozart. UFleming ubiza umdlalo we-1998 eMilan ngokuthi "ubusuku bakhe obubi kakhulu bempilo yokusebenza".
Namuhla uRenee Fleming ungomunye wabaculi abadume kakhulu esikhathini sethu. Inhlanganisela yobuciko bephimbo nobuhle be-timbre, ukuhlukahluka kwesitayela kanye nokuthakasela okumangalisayo kwenza noma yikuphi ukusebenza kwakhe kube umcimbi omuhle kakhulu. Wenza ngobuhlakani izingxenye ezihlukahlukene njengeDesdemona kaVerdi kanye neka-Handel ethi Alcina. Ngenxa yamahlaya akhe, ukukhululeka nokukhululeka kokuxhumana, uFleming uhlale emenywa ukuba abambe iqhaza ezinhlelweni ezihlukahlukene zethelevishini nezomsakazo.
I-discography yomculi ne-DVD ihlanganisa ama-albhamu angaba ngu-50, kuhlanganise ne-jazz. Ama-albhamu akhe amathathu awine i-Grammy Award, eyokugcina kube nguVerismo (2010, iqoqo le-arias elivela kuma-opera kaPuccini, uMascagni, uCilea, uGiordano noLeoncavallo).
Uhlelo lokusebenza lukaRenee Fleming luhlelelwe iminyaka eminingana ezayo. Ngokuvuma kwakhe, namuhla uthambekele kakhulu ekwenzeni ikhonsathi eyedwa kune-opera.
