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Andrea Gruber

ʻAʻole i hoʻomālamalama ka hōkū ʻo Andrea Gruber i kēia lā. Akā, i ka ʻahaʻaina hope loa ma Arena di Verona, ua ʻālohilohi me ka nani. Ua loaʻa i ka soprano ʻAmelika kahi lanakila kūikawā a pilikino me ka lehulehu ma ka hana paʻakikī a Abigail ma Verdi's Nabucco. Ua hoʻopaʻapaʻa ka poʻe hoʻopaʻapaʻa ma hope o Gena Dimitrova, ʻaʻohe soprano o ka ikaika like, nā mea ʻenehana a me ka expressiveness i ʻike ʻia ma kēia opera. Ua kamaʻilio ka mea kākau moʻolelo ʻo Gianni Villani me Andrea Gruber.

He ʻAmelika ʻoe, akā ʻo kou inoa hope ke ʻōlelo nei i ke kumu Kelemania…

He Austrian koʻu makuakāne. I ka makahiki 1939, haʻalele ʻo ia iā ʻAuseturia a holo aku i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. Ua aʻo au ma ke kula ʻo Manhattan ma koʻu ʻāina hānau ma New York. I ka makahiki 24, ua hana ʻo ia i kāna hoʻomaka mua ma The Force of Destiny ma ka Scottish Opera*, hīmeni ʻo ia i ʻumikūmākahi hana. ʻO kaʻu hālāwai lua me ke kahua ma ka home, ma ka Metropolitan Opera, kahi aʻu i hīmeni ai iā Elisabeth ma Don Carlos. ʻO kēia mau opera ʻelua, a me Un ballo in maschera, kahi o koʻu hoa ʻo Luciano Pavarotti, "hoʻokuʻu" iaʻu i nā pae o nā hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni kaulana loa ma ka honua: Vienna, London, Berlin, Munich, Barcelona. Ma ka Met, ua hīmeni pū au ma kā Wagner "Death of the Gods", i hoʻopaʻa ʻia e Deutsche Grammophon. He kuleana koʻikoʻi ka repertoire Kelemania i koʻu ulu ʻana. Ua hīmeni au ma Lohengrin, Tannhäuser, Valkyrie. I kēia mau lā, ua komo ke kuleana o Chrysothemis ma Richard Strauss 'Elektra i kaʻu repertoire.

A i ka manawa hea ʻoe i hoʻomaka ai e hīmeni ma Nabucco?

I ka makahiki 1999, ma ka ʻOpera San Francisco. I kēia lā hiki iaʻu ke ʻōlelo me ka ʻoiaʻiʻo e hoʻomaka ana kaʻu ʻoihana. He ikaika koʻu ʻenehana a ʻaʻohe oʻu ʻoluʻolu ma kekahi hana. Ma mua, he ʻōpio loa wau a ʻike ʻole, ʻoi aku hoʻi i ka repertoire Verdi, aʻu e hoʻomaka nei e aloha. Nui koʻu aie iā Ruth Falcon, koʻu kumu no ʻumikūmālua makahiki. He wahine kupaianaha ʻo ia, me ka hilinaʻi nui i ka hana noʻeau a ʻike nui. Hele mai ʻo ia i Verona e hoʻolohe iaʻu.

Pehea e hoʻokokoke ai i kahi hana paʻakikī e like me Abigail?

ʻAʻole wau makemake e hoʻokiʻekiʻe, akā he hana maʻalahi kēia noʻu. He mea ʻē paha ia ʻōlelo. ʻAʻole wau e ʻōlelo i kēia e manaʻo ʻia he mea hīmeni maikaʻi. ʻO ia wale nō ka maikaʻi o kaʻu ʻenehana no kēia kuleana. Ua hīmeni pinepine au ma "Aida", "Force of Destiny", "Il Trovatore", "Masquerade Ball", akā ʻaʻole maʻalahi kēia mau keaka. ʻAʻole au e hoʻokani hou ma Don Carlos a ma Simone Boccanegre. He mele nui kēia mau kuleana iaʻu. I kekahi manawa huli au iā lākou no ka mea makemake au e hoʻoikaika kino a i ʻole e leʻaleʻa wale. ʻAʻole koke wau e hīmeni i kaʻu "Turandot" mua ma Iapana. A laila e loaʻa iaʻu nā hoʻomaka ma Rustic Honor, Western Girl a me Macbeth.

He aha nā keaka ʻē aʻe e hoihoi iā ʻoe?

Nui koʻu makemake i nā keaka ʻItalia: ʻike wau iā lākou he hemolele, me nā mea veristic. Ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ka ʻenehana ikaika, ʻaʻole pilikia ke mele; aka, aole pono e huli i ka uwa. No laila, he mea nui ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi "poʻo", a pono ʻoe e noʻonoʻo e pili ana i ka hana aʻe. He mea noʻonoʻo nō hoʻi ka hīmeni ʻana. Malia paha i loko o ʻumi makahiki e hiki iaʻu ke hīmeni i nā mele ʻekolu o Wagner's Brunhilde a me Isolde.

Mai kahi manaʻo keaka, ʻaʻole hoʻohenehene ka hana a Abigail ...

He ʻano maʻalahi loa kēia, ʻoi aku ka hoihoi ma mua o ka manaʻo maʻamau. He wahine makua ʻole kēia, he wahine pēpē e hahai ana i kāna mau makemake ponoʻī a ʻaʻole ʻike i nā manaʻo maoli iā ʻIsemaʻela a i ʻole Nabucco: ʻo ka mea mua "lawe" iā Fenen mai ona aku, a ʻike ka hope ʻaʻole ʻo ia kona makuakāne. ʻAʻohe ona koho akā e hoʻohuli i nā ikaika a pau o kona ʻuhane i ka lanakila ʻana o ka mana. Manaʻo mau wau e ʻoi aku ka ʻoiaʻiʻo o kēia kuleana inā e hōʻike ʻia me ka maʻalahi a me ke kanaka.

He aha ka mea a ka ʻahaʻaina e hiki mai ana ma Arena di Verona e hāʻawi iā ʻoe?

Malia paha "Turandot" a me "Nabucco". E nana kakou. ʻO kēia wahi nui e noʻonoʻo ai ʻoe i ka moʻolelo o ka Arena, e pili ana i nā mea a pau i hana ʻia ma ʻaneʻi mai ka wā kahiko a hiki i kēia lā. He hale keaka mele honua maoli keia. Ua hālāwai au me nā hoa hana ma ʻaneʻi aʻu i ʻike ʻole ai no nā makahiki he nui: mai kēia manaʻo, ʻoi aku ka honua o Verona ma mua o New York, ke kūlanakauhale aʻu e noho nei.

Nīnauele me Andrea Gruber i paʻi ʻia ma ka nūpepa L'Arena. Unuhi mai ka ʻItalia e Irina Sorokina.

'Ōlelo Aʻo: * Ua hānau ʻia ka mea mele i ka makahiki 1965. ʻO ka hoʻomaka mua ʻana o ka ʻOpera Scottish Opera, āna i ʻōlelo ai ma kahi hālāwai ninaninau, ua hana ʻia i ka makahiki 1990. I ka makahiki 1993, ua hana ʻo ia i kāna ʻike mua ʻana ma Vienna Opera ʻo Aida, a ma ia kau hoʻokahi ua hīmeni ʻo ia iā Aida. ma ka Berlin Staatsoper. Ma ke kahua o Covent Garden, ua hana ʻia kāna hana mua ma 1996, ma ka Aida hoʻokahi.

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Hānau ʻia a hānai ʻia ma Upper West Side, ʻo Andrea ke keiki a nā kumu aʻoaʻo kulanui, nā kumu mōʻaukala, a ua hele i kahi kula pilikino hanohano. Ua hōʻoia ʻo Andrea he mea hoʻokani pila (ʻoiai ʻaʻole i hoʻonohonoho ʻia), a i ka makahiki 16 ua hoʻomaka ʻo ia e hīmeni a ua ʻae koke ʻia ʻo ia i ke kula ʻo Manhattan School of Music, a ma hope o ka puka ʻana ua komo ʻo ia i ka papahana internship hanohano ma Met. ʻO kona leo nui a nani, ka maʻalahi o kona lanakila ʻana i nā memo kiʻekiʻe, ke ʻano hana - ua ʻike ʻia kēia mau mea a pau, a ua hāʻawi ʻia ka mea mele i ka hana mua. ʻO ka mea mua, he mea liʻiliʻi, ma Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, a laila, i ka makahiki 1990, ka mea nui, ma Verdi's Un ballo ma maschera. ʻO Luciano Pavarotti kāna hoa.

Akā ua hana ʻia kēia mau mea me ke ʻano o ka addiction koʻikoʻi. Ua hoʻonāwaliwaliʻia kona leo e nā lāʻau lapaʻau, ua hoʻokūpaʻa nuiʻo ia i nā ligaments, i lilo i mea wela a pehu. A laila ua hana ʻia kēlā hana koʻikoʻi ma Aida, ʻaʻole hiki iā ia ke paʻi i ka memo kūpono. ʻAʻole makemake hou ka luna nui o ka Metropolitan Opera, ʻo Joseph Wolpe, i kona hele ʻana i ka hale keaka.

Ua loaʻa iā Andrea nā kuleana ʻokoʻa ma ʻEulopa. Ma ʻAmelika, ʻo ka Seattle Opera wale nō i hoʻomau i ka manaʻoʻiʻo iā ia - i loko o kekahi mau makahiki ua hīmeni ʻo ia i ʻekolu hana ma laila. I ka makahiki 1996, ma Vienna, ua hoʻopau ʻo ia i kahi haukapila - pono e wehe koke i kahi koko koko ma kona wāwae. Ua ukali ʻia e kahi keʻena rehab ma Minnesota, kahi i hoʻomaka ai ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka lāʻau.

Akā me ka hoʻihoʻi ʻana i hiki mai ke kaumaha. A ʻoiai ʻaʻole ʻo ia i hīmeni ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka wā ma mua, ʻaʻole ʻo ia - no ka nui o ke kaumaha - ʻaʻole i kono ʻia i ka Vienna Opera a ua hoʻoneʻe ʻia mai kāna hana ma ka Salzburg Festival. ʻAʻole hiki iā ia ke poina. Akā i ka makahiki 1999, i kona hīmeni ʻana ma Kapalakiko, ua lohe ʻia ʻo ia e ka luna o ka Metropolitan Opera, he kanaka nona ka inoa maikaʻi ʻo Friend ("Friend"), ka mea i ʻike iā ia ma mua o kona hoʻokuʻu ʻia ʻana mai ka Met. Ua kono ʻo ia iā ia e hīmeni ma Nabucco i ka makahiki 2001.

I ka makahiki 2001 hoʻokahi, ua hoʻoholo ka mea mele i ka ʻōpū o ka ʻōpū, kahi hana i hana ʻia e ka poʻe paʻakikī i kēia manawa.

I kēia manawa he 140 paona ʻoi aku ka lahilahi a me ka ʻole o ka lāʻau lapaʻau, ke hele hou nei ʻo ia ma nā alahele o Met, kahi āna i hoʻopaʻa ai ma ka liʻiliʻi o 2008.