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Alexandra von der Weth

I ka hāʻule o 1997, ʻoiai ma Düsseldorf ma ka ʻoihana, ua hele au i ka hale opera kūloko no Massenet's Manon, kekahi o kaʻu mau keaka punahele. E noʻonoʻo i koʻu pīhoihoi a me koʻu mahalo i koʻu lohe ʻana i ka hīmeni ʻana o ke kanaka nui, ʻaʻole maopopo iaʻu, ʻo Alexandra von der Wet. Eia naʻe, ma waho o Kelemānia, he kakaikahi paha ka poʻe i ʻike iā ia i kēlā manawa.

He aha kaʻu i hoʻopio ai i loko? ʻO ka spontaneity maikaʻi loa, ke kūʻokoʻa o kēia mea nani (ʻoiai kekahi hemahema i ka maka hoʻokahi) kiʻi ʻōpio. A ʻo ka hīmeni ʻana! I loko o kāna hīmeni ʻana, aia ke ʻano gula ma waena o ka maʻalahi o ka coloratura a me ke ʻano kūpono o ka "saturation" o ka leo. He mau wai koʻikoʻi a me ka pumehana, ka mea i nele pinepine i ka poʻe mele o ia ʻano leo.

Hoʻohanohano ʻia nā opera a Massenet (a ʻo Manon paha) e kahi mele haʻalulu kupaianaha. “Recitative melody” (e kūʻē i ka “melodized recitative”) – ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke noʻonoʻo i kahi wehewehe maikaʻi aʻe no kēia mele, kahi leo alakaʻi e hahai pono ai i nā neʻe a pau o ka ʻuhane a me ke ʻano o ka meʻe. A ua hoʻokō maikaʻi ʻo Alexandra i kēia. A i ka waenakonu o ka hana, iho ʻo ia i ke keʻena (e like me ka manaʻo o ke alakaʻi) a hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hīmeni maoli i waena o ka lehulehu, ʻaʻohe palena o kona hauʻoli. ʻO ka mea hoihoi, ma lalo o nā kūlana ʻē aʻe, ʻo ka haʻalulu ʻana o ke alakaʻi e hoʻonāukiuki wale ai.

I ka wā e hiki mai ana, ua "nalo" au i ka mea mele, ʻaʻole i lohe ʻia kona inoa. He aha koʻu hauʻoli i koʻu hoʻomaka ʻana e hui pinepine me ia. A he mau hiʻohiʻona kaulana kēia - ka Vienna Staatsoper (1999, Musetta), ka Glyndebourne Festival (2000, Fiordiligi ma "Cosi fan tutte"), ka Chicago Lyric Opera (Violetta). I Malaki 2000, ua hoʻomaka ʻo Alexandra i kāna hana mua ma Covent Garden. Ua hana ʻo ia i ke kuleana o Manon ma ka opera a HW Henze "Boulevard of Solitude" (hoʻokani ʻia e N. Lenhof). Ma ka ʻahaʻaina kauwela ma Santa Fe, e hoʻokani ʻo Alexandra iā Lucia, kahi āna i hana ai me ka lanakila ma kona ʻāina hānau ma Duisburg i ʻelua makahiki i hala. ʻO kāna hoa ma ʻaneʻi ʻo ia ʻo Frank Lopardo, nāna e lawe mai i ka laki maikaʻi i kāna mau hoa (e hoʻomanaʻo i ka Covent Garden La Traviata ma 1994 me ka lanakila o A. Georgiou). A ma ʻOkakopa e hoʻomaka ʻo ia i kāna hoʻomaka ma ka Met as Musetta ma kahi hui maikaʻi (R.Alagna, R.Vargas, A.Georgiou a me nā mea ʻē aʻe i hoʻolaha ʻia ma ka hana).

Evgeny Tsodokov, 2000

ʻO ka moʻolelo pilikino pōkole:

Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Alexandra von der Wet i ka makahiki 1968 ma Coburg, Kelemānia. Ua aʻo ʻo ia ma kona kūlanakauhale hānau, a laila ma Munich. Mai ka 17 o kona mau makahiki, hana 'o ia i na 'aha mele 'ōpio. Ua hana ʻo ia i kāna hana mua ma 1993 ma Leipzig. I ka makahiki 1994 ua hīmeni ʻo ia i ke kuleana o Blanche ma Poulenc's Dialogues des Carmelites (Berlin). Mai ka makahiki 1996, he mele mele ʻo ia o ka Rhine Opera (Düsseldorf-Duisburg), kahi e hoʻomau mau ai ʻo ia i ka hana pinepine. Ma waena o nā pāʻina o kēia hale keaka ʻo Pamina, Zerlina, Marcellina (The Marriage of Figaro), Manon (Massene), Lucia, Lulu a me nā mea ʻē aʻe.