Жорж Претр (George Priest) |

George Priest

Eminyakeni yamuva, igama lalo mqhubi wesifundo liye lavela kakhulu ezingqwembeni zamahholo ekhonsathi nasezindlini ze-opera, esembozweni samarekhodi egilamafoni, emakhasini ephephandaba nakomagazini. UGeorges Pretre ubizwa ngokuthi omunye wabameleli abagqama kakhulu bomthala omusha womqhubi, umqhubi wohlobo lwesimanje. Nansi indlela omunye wabagxeki akuchaza ngayo ukubukeka kwakhe: “UGeorges Pretre akayena nje umbhidisi onolwazi olungajwayelekile owazi kahle umsebenzi wakhe wezandla, kodwa futhi uyingcweti enemizwa enamandla. Ubunjalo bakhe obungamawala bukhazimulisa impilo… Akukho ukuthintwa kwe-halo yomqhubi wezothando. I-Pretre iwuhlobo lomqhubi wesimanje owakhiwe ngokomdlalo oma aqine phansi; ungumbhukudi nomgwedli oshisekayo, umlingani oyingozi we-judo. Amehlo akhe aluhlaza aveza imvelaphi yaseFlemish, futhi ubuhle bakhe buhlukanisa umFulentshi weqiniso.

Kungakhathaliseki ukuthi la mazwi ayiqiniso kangakanani, ukuqinisekiswa okungatholakala ku-biography yomculi, isizathu esiyinhloko sokuphumelela kwakhe, yiqiniso, umqhubi wakhe ovelele kanye nethalente lomculo. Kwabonakala ebuntwaneni: kusukela eneminyaka eyisishiyagalombili, umfana waqala ukudlala upiyano, wabe esekwazi ukudlala i-oboe necilongo. Lapho eneminyaka eyishumi nesikhombisa, wawina umklomelo wokuqala emncintiswaneni we-oboist, kwathi, njengoba kufanele umculi "wesimanje", waba nesithakazelo ku-jazz. Ngokushesha, u-Pretre wayesevele aziwa njengomshayi wecilongo we-jazz omkhulu. Kodwa wayesenezinye izinhlelo ezingathi sína. Waya eParis ukuyongena ku-conservatory, ekilasini lokuqhuba, futhi … wahluleka. Le nsizwa ayizange ilahlekelwe yinhliziyo, yazuza umhlangano noKluytens ngokwakhe, futhi yena, ngemva kokumlalela, wabhalisa njengomfundi.

UPraetre wafunda ubuciko bokuqhuba eMarseille Opera House, lapho, ngemva kokuphothula esikoleni somculo, wasebenza iminyaka eyisishiyagalombili njengomsizi womqhubi, kamuva njengomqhubi wesibili. Ukuqala nge-opera ka-Iber ethi "King of the City of Iz", ngokushesha wayesekwazi kahle yonke i-repertoire yaseshashalazini, wavakashela iqembu emadolobheni ahlukene futhi eneminyaka engamashumi amathathu wahola i-opera House e-Toulouse.

Maphakathi nawo-1960, u-Pretre wenza umdlalo wakhe wokuqala eParis, edlala ku-Opera Comique i-opera ethi All Women Do This ka-Mozart, uMignon kaThomas kanye noCapriccio ka-R. Strauss. Futhi ngokushesha udumo lwamazwe ngamazwe lwafika kumqhubi, okhula njalo. U-Pretr udlala e-Switzerland, Belgium, Germany, USA, Spain, England, Austria, lapho evakashela kabili ngesimemo sikaKarajan ngokwakhe; unqoba amaParisians ngokukhiqiza okukhaliphile kweFaust eGrand Opera, ubamba iqhaza emikhosini eminingi, uhlanganyela ezenzweni nasemakhonsathini noM. Callas noR. Tebaldi, futhi uqopha kumarekhodi. Ngakho, ekuqaleni kwawo-XNUMX, uPraetre wayesengomunye wabaqhubi abahamba phambili ezweni lakubo.

Izinto azithakaselayo u-Pretre zobuciko zilele ikakhulukazi emkhakheni womculo wesi-French. Waduma kakhulu ezweni lakubo ngokudlalwa kokuqala kwemidlalo ye-opera kaPoulenc ethi The Human Voice kanye nethi The Lady yaseMonte Carlo kanye nokuvuselelwa kweyakhe uGloriana; I-repertoire ka-Pretre ihlanganisa ama-opera kanye nemisebenzi ye-symphonic kaGounod, i-Berlioz, i-Debussy, i-Ravel, ne-Mesiaen. Phakathi kwezimpumelelo ezinhle kakhulu zomqhubi ukuqoshwa okukhishwe kuka-“Carmen” ngokubamba iqhaza kuka-M. Callas. Umculo waseRussia nawo uthatha indawo ebalulekile ku-repertoire yakhe; Abagxeki bayakwazisa ikakhulukazi incazelo yakhe ethi "Eugene Onegin" kanye "noPrince Igor". Umbhidisi uphinde aphendukele kwezinye izingqimba zomculo: ingoma yakhe ihlanganisa uMozart, uWagner, uR. Strauss, futhi phakathi kokurekhodiwe, i-Fifth Symphony ka-Dvorak, i-Symphony of Psalms kaStravinsky, imisebenzi eminingi ka-A. Berg igqamile.