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ʻO Antonio Cortis

Hānau ʻia ma luna o ka moku e holo ana mai Algiers a i Sepania. ʻAʻole i ola ka makuakāne o Cortis i hoʻokahi pule ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana o ka ʻohana i Valencia. Ma hope mai, neʻe kekahi ʻohana Cortis liʻiliʻi i Madrid. Ma laila, ʻo Antonio ʻōpio i ka ʻewalu o kona mau makahiki i komo i ka Royal Conservatory, kahi āna e aʻo ai i ka haku mele, ke kumumanaʻo a aʻo i ka hoʻokani pila. I ka makahiki 1909, hoʻomaka ka mea hoʻokani e aʻo i nā leo ma ka Municipal Conservatory, ma hope o kekahi manawa e hoʻokani ʻo ia i ka papa mele o ka Liceo Theatre ma Barcelona.

Hoʻomaka ʻo Antonio Cortis i kāna ʻoihana solo me nā kuleana kākoʻo. No laila, i ka makahiki 1917, hana ʻo ia ma ʻApelika Hema ʻo Harlequin ma Pagliacci me Caruso ʻo Canio. Ke ho'āʻo nei ka tenor kaulana e hoʻohuli i ka mea mele ʻōpio e hoʻokani pū ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa, akā ua hōʻole ka manaʻo nui ʻo Antonio. Ma 1919, neʻe ʻo Cortis i Italia me kona ʻohana a loaʻa i nā kono mai ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni Roma o Costanzi, a me nā hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni o Bari a me Naples.

Ua hoʻomaka ka piʻi ʻana o ka ʻoihana ʻo Antonio Cortis me nā hana hoʻokani mele me ka Chicago Opera. I nā makahiki ʻewalu e hiki mai ana, ua wehe ʻia nā puka o nā hale opera maikaʻi loa o ka honua i ka mea mele. Hana ʻo ia ma Milan (La Scala), Verona, Turin, Barcelona, ​​​​London, Monte Carlo, Boston, Baltimore, Washington, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh a me Santiago de Chile. Ma waena o kāna mau hana maikaʻi loa ʻo Vasco da Gama ma Meyerbeer's Le Afrikane, The Duke in Rigoletto, Manrico, Alfred, Des Grieux in Puccini's Manon Lescaut, Dick Johnson in The West Girl, Calaf, the title role in Andre Chenier »Giordano and others.

ʻO ka Depression Nui o ka makahiki 1932 e koi ai i ka mea mele e haʻalele iā Chicago. Hoʻi ʻo ia i Sepania, akā ua hoʻopau ke Kaua Kivila a me ke Kaua Honua II i kāna mau hoʻolālā. ʻO kāna hana hope loa ma Zaragoza i ka makahiki 1950 ʻo Cavaradossi. I ka pau ʻana o kāna ʻoihana hīmeni, manaʻo ʻo Cortis e hoʻomaka i ke aʻo ʻana, akā ʻo ka maʻi maʻi i alakaʻi i kona make koke i ka makahiki 1952.

ʻO Antonio Cortis ʻaʻole kānalua kekahi o nā tenor Spanish koʻikoʻi loa o ke kenekulia XNUMX. E like me kāu e ʻike ai, nui ka poʻe i kapa ʻia ʻo Cortis "Spanish Caruso". ʻOiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻike i kekahi ʻano like i nā timbres a me ke ʻano o ka hāʻawi ʻana i ke kani. ʻO ka mea hoihoi, e like me ka wahine a Cortis, ʻaʻohe kumu leo ​​o ka mea mele, koe wale nō ʻo Caruso, nāna i hāʻawi i kekahi mau ʻōlelo aʻo iā ia. ʻAʻole naʻe mākou e hoʻohālikelike i kēia poʻe hīmeni koʻikoʻi, no ka mea, ʻaʻole kūpono kēia iā lāua ʻelua. E hoʻohuli wale mākou i kekahi o nā hoʻopaʻa leo ʻo Antonio Cortis a hauʻoli i ke mele nani ʻo ia ka nani o ke kenekulia XNUMXth bel canto art!

ʻO ka discography i koho ʻia o Antonio Cortis:

1. Covent Garden ma Record Vol. 4, Momi.
2. Verdi, «Troubadour»: «Di quella pira» ma 34 mau unuhi, Bongiovanni.
3. Recital (Arias mai nā opera na Verdi, Gounod, Meyerbeer, Bizet, Massenet, Mascagni, Giordano, Puccini), Preiser - LV.
4. Recital (Arias mai nā opera na Verdi, Gounod, Meyerbeer, Bizet, Massenet, Mascagni, Giordano, Puccini), Pearl.
5. Kaulana Tenors o ka hala, Preiser — LV.
6. Kaulana Tenors o nā 30s, Preiser — LV.