Salvatore Licitra |

Salvatore licitra

Uma amaphephandaba esiNgisi ememezele uJuan Diego Flores njengendlalifa kaPavarotti, abaseMelika bayaqiniseka ukuthi indawo ye "Big Luciano" ingekaSalvatore Licitra. U-tenor ngokwakhe ukhetha ukuqapha, ephikisana ngokuthi: "Sibone amaPavarotti amaningi kakhulu eminyakeni edlule. Futhi amaCallas amaningi kakhulu. Kungaba ngcono ukuthi: NginguLichitra.

ULycitra ungowaseSicilian ngemvelaphi, izimpande zakhe zisesifundazweni saseRagusa. Kodwa wazalelwa eSwitzerland, eBern. Indodana yabokufika iyinto evamile eningizimu ye-Italy, lapho kungekho msebenzi wawo wonke umuntu. Umndeni wakhe ungumnikazi wenkampani yezithombe, futhi uSalvatore wayezosebenza kuyo. Ukube kuphela ngo-1987, ekuphakameni kwe-perestroika, isiteshi somsakazo sendawo saseSicily sasingazange sidlale ingoma yeqembu lamaSoviet elithi "Comrade Gorbachev, goodbye" ngokungapheli. Isisusa sanamathela kuLichitra osemusha kangangokuthi unina wathi: “Yiya kudokotela wengqondo noma kuthisha wokucula.” Lapho eneminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalombili, uSalvatore wenza ukukhetha kwakhe, eqinisweni, wathanda ukucula.

Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi ekuqaleni umculi wokuqala wayebhekwa njenge-baritone. UCarlo Bergonzi odumile usize uLicitra ukuthi anqume uhlobo lwangempela lwezwi lakhe. Iminyaka eminingana, uSicilian osemusha wayehamba esuka eMilan eya eParma futhi abuye. Ezifundweni zikaBergonzi. Kodwa ukufunda e-Verdi Academy e-Busseto akuqinisekisi i-debut esezingeni eliphezulu noma izinkontileka ezizuzayo. Ngaphambi kokuthi uLichitra abone uMuti futhi wamkhetha ukuthi adlale iManrico e-Il trovatore ekuvulweni kwesizini ye-La Scala ka-2000-2001, ngaphambi kokuthi anqobe ngokunqoba esikhundleni sikaPavarotti owenqaba ukucula ngoMeyi 2002 eMetropolitan Opera, i-tenor Wazama ngezindlela ezihlukahlukene. izindima, ezingahambelani nezwi lakhe ngaso sonke isikhathi.

Izwi likaLichitra lihle impela. Ongoti bamazwi e-Italy naseMelika bathi lena i-tenor enhle kakhulu kusukela kuma-Carreras asemancane, futhi umbala wayo oyisiliva ukhumbuza iminyaka ehamba phambili ka-Pavarotti. Kodwa izwi elihle mhlawumbe liyimfanelo yokugcina edingekayo emsebenzini omkhulu wokudlala. Futhi ezinye izimfanelo e-Lichitra azikho noma azikabonakali ngokugcwele. Umculi uneminyaka engamashumi amane nambili ubudala, kodwa indlela yakhe yokusebenza ayiphelele. Izwi lakhe lizwakala lihle kurejista emaphakathi, kodwa amanothi aphezulu abuthuntu. Umbhali wale migqa bekufanele abe khona lapho kudlalwa khona "Aida" e-Arena di Verona, lapho umculi evele ekhiphe "amaqhude" asabekayo ekugcineni kothando olucashile lweqhawe. Isizathu siwukuthi izinguquko ezisuka kwenye irejista ziye kwenye azihambelani. Inkulumo yakhe ngezinye izikhathi iveza imizwa kuphela. Isizathu siyafana: ukuntuleka kobuchwepheshe bokulawula umsindo. Mayelana nomculo, i-Licitra inokuncane kakhulu kune-Pavarotti. Kodwa uma u-Big Luciano, naphezu kokubukeka kwakhe okungathandeki kanye nesisindo esikhulu, enawo wonke amalungelo okubizwa ngokuthi ubuntu onobuhle, uzakwabo osemusha akanalo nhlobo ubuhle. Esiteji, uLicitra wenza umbono obuthakathaka kakhulu. Ukubukeka okufanayo okungathandeki kanye nesisindo esengeziwe kumlimaza ngisho nangaphezu kukaPavarotti.

Kodwa izinkundla zemidlalo yeshashalazi zinesidingo esikhulu sabadlali kangangokuba akumangazi ukuthi ngalobo busuku bukaMeyi ngo-2002, ngemva kokuphela kweTosca, i-Licitra yashayelwa ihlombe ingxenye yesine yehora. Konke kwenzeka njengaku-movie: i-tenor yayifunda amaphuzu we- "Aida" lapho i-ejenti yakhe imbiza ngezindaba zokuthi uPavarotti akakwazanga ukucula futhi kudingeka izinkonzo zakhe. Ngosuku olulandelayo, amaphephandaba akhuluma ngecilongo “ngendlalifa ye-Big Luciano.”

Abezindaba nezindleko eziphakeme zikhuthaza umculi osemusha ukuthi asebenze ngokukhulu ukushesha, okusongela ukumenza abe yi-meteor eyakhanya esibhakabhakeni se-opera futhi yashabalala ngokushesha. Kuze kube muva nje, ochwepheshe bezwi babenethemba lokuthi uLichitra wayenekhanda emahlombe akhe, futhi uzoqhubeka nokusebenza ngamasu futhi agweme izindima ayengakakulungeli kuzo: izwi lakhe alilona i-tenor ephawulekayo, kuphela phakathi neminyaka kanye nokuqala. yokuvuthwa, umculi angacabanga ngo-Othello noCalaf. Namuhla (vele uvakashele iwebhusayithi ye-Arena di Verona), lo mculi ubonakala “engomunye wabadlali abaphambili kumdlalo omangalisayo wase-Italy.” U-Othello, nokho, akakabi kurekhodi lakhe (ubungozi bungaba bukhulu kakhulu), kodwa usevele wenza njengoTuriddu e-Rural Honor, eCanio ePagliacci, u-Andre Chenier, uDick Johnson kuThe Girl from the West , Luigi in “ I-Cloak", i-Calaf ku-"Turandot". Ngaphezu kwalokho, i-repertoire yakhe ihlanganisa uPollio eNorma, Ernani, Manrico e-Il trovatore, uRichard e-Un ballo e-maschera, uDon Alvaro ku-The Force of Destiny, uDon Carlos, uRadamès. Izinkundla zemidlalo yaseshashalazini ezihlonishwayo emhlabeni, ezihlanganisa i-La Scala ne-Metropolitan Opera, zimagange ukuzithola. Futhi umuntu angamangala kanjani kulokhu, lapho abathathu abakhulu sebeyiqedile imisebenzi yabo, futhi akukho okulinganayo esikhundleni sabo futhi akulindelwe?

Ngokwekhredithi ye-tenor, kufanele kushiwo ukuthi eminyakeni yamuva ulahlekelwe isisindo futhi ubukeka kangcono, nakuba ukubukeka okuthuthukisiwe akukwazi nganoma iyiphi indlela ukuthatha indawo ye-charisma yesiteji. Njengoba besho e-Italy, la classe non e acqua… Kodwa izinkinga zobuchwepheshe azikanqotshwa ngokuphelele. Kusuka kuPaolo Isotta, umpetha wokugxekwa komculo wase-Italy, uLicitra uhlala ethola “izinduku”: ngesikhathi edlala indima ebonakala isivele ifakazelwe nguManrico e-Il trovatore enkundleni yemidlalo yaseshashalazini yaseNeapolitan yaseSan Carlo (khumbula ukuthi wakhethwa le ndima ka-Muti ngokwakhe ) U-Isotta wambiza ngokuthi "i-tenoraccio" (okungukuthi, embi, uma kungenjalo, i-tenor) futhi wathi wayephelelwe amandla kakhulu futhi akukho nelilodwa igama elicacile ekuculeni kwakhe. Okusho ukuthi, kwakungekho mkhondo osele wemiyalelo kaRiccardo Muti. Lapho isetshenziswa kuLicitra, umgxeki onokhahlo wasebenzisa inkulumo kaBenito Mussolini: “Ukubusa amaNtaliyane akunzima nje kuphela - akunakwenzeka.” Uma uMussolini efisa ukufunda ukulawula amaNtaliyane, kusho ukuthi uLicitra mancane kakhulu amathuba okuthi afunde ukulawula izwi lakhe. Ngokwemvelo, i-tenor ayizange ishiye izitatimende ezinjalo zingaphenduliwe, ephakamisa ukuthi abanye abantu babenomona ngempumelelo yakhe futhi besola u-Isotta ngokuthi abagxeki banesandla ekuxoshweni kwamathalenta amancane ezweni lakubo.

Kufanele nje sibekezele futhi sibone ukuthi kuzokwenzekani kumnikazi wezwi elihle kakhulu kusukela kumaCarreras amancane.