Bryn Terfel |
Bryn Terfel
ʻO ka mea mele ʻo Bryn Terfel "ʻo" Falstaff. ʻAʻole wale no ka wehewehe ʻana o kēia ʻano e Claudio Abbado ma ka CD i hoʻokuʻu ʻia. He Falstaff maoli ʻo ia. E nānā wale iā ia: he Karistiano mai Wales, ʻelua mika ke kiʻekiʻe a ʻoi aku ke kaumaha ma mua o hoʻokahi haneli kilokani (ʻo ia iho ka wehewehe ʻana i kona nui penei: 6,3 kapuaʻi a me 17 pōhaku), he helehelena hou, lauoho ʻulaʻula, he minoʻaka pupule. , hoʻomanaʻo i ka minoʻaka o ka mea ʻona. ʻO kēia ke ʻano o Bryn Terfel i hōʻike ʻia ma ka uhi o kāna disc hou loa, i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e Grammophone, a ma nā pepa hoʻolaha no nā hana keaka ma Vienna, Lākana, Berlin a me Chicago.
I kēia manawa, ma 36 *, me kahi hui liʻiliʻi o nā makahiki he kanahā makahiki e komo pū ana me Cecilia Bartoli, Angela Georgiou a me Roberto Alagna, ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo ia ka hōkū o ka opera. ʻAʻole like ʻo Terfel me ka hōkū, ua like ʻo ia me ka mea pāʻani rugby ("waena ma ka laina ʻekolu, helu helu ʻewalu," wehewehe ka mea mele me ka ʻakaʻaka). Eia naʻe, ʻo kāna repertoire bass-baritone kekahi o nā mea i hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia: mai ka Lied aloha iā Richard Strauss, mai Prokofiev a Lehar, mai Mozart a Verdi.
A noʻonoʻo a hiki i ka makahiki 16 ʻaʻole ʻo ia e ʻōlelo Pelekane. Ma nā kula ʻo Welsh, aʻo ʻia ka ʻōlelo makuahine, a komo wale ka ʻōlelo Pelekania i ka noʻonoʻo a me nā pepeiao ma o nā papahana kīwī. Akā ʻo nā makahiki ʻōpio o Terfel, ʻoiai i ka hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā moʻolelo o ka nui o kāna mau hoa hana, me he mea lā ua hala i ke ʻano "naif". Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma kahi kauhale liʻiliʻi, ʻewalu wale nō hale a me kahi hale pule. I ka wanaʻao, kōkua ʻo ia i kona makua kāne e alakaʻi i nā bipi a me nā hipa e hanai. Hoʻokomo ke mele i kona ola i nā ahiahi, i ka wā e ʻākoakoa ai nā kamaʻāina o nā hale ʻewalu e kamaʻilio. I ka makahiki ʻelima, hoʻomaka ʻo Brin e hīmeni i ka papa mele o kona kauhale hānau, me kona makuakāne bass a me kona makuahine soprano, he kumu ma ke kula no nā keiki kīnā. A laila hiki mai ka manawa no nā hoʻokūkū kūloko, a hōʻike ʻo ia iā ia iho i hana maikaʻi ʻia. ʻO ka poʻe i lohe iā ia e hōʻoiaʻiʻo i kona makuakāne e hoʻouna iā ia i Lākana e aʻo ai ma ke kula ʻo Guildhall School of Music. Hoʻolohe ke alakaʻi nui ʻo George Solti iā ia i kahi hōʻike TV a kono iā ia e hoʻolohe. Ua ʻoluʻolu loa, hāʻawi ʻo Solti iā Terfel i kahi kuleana liʻiliʻi ma Mozart's Marriage of Figaro (ʻo ia i ka hana ʻana o kēia opera i hui ai ka mea mele ʻōpio me Ferruccio Furlanetto, kahi i aloha nui ai ʻo ia a nāna e hoʻopilikia iā ia me ka makemake i nā kaʻa haʻuki a waina Fragolino).
Hoʻomaka ka lehulehu a me nā alakaʻi e mahalo iā Terfel a ʻoi aku ka nui, a ʻo ka hope, hiki mai ka manawa no kahi hoʻomaka sensational: ma ke kuleana o Jokanaan ma Salome e Richard Strauss, ma ka Salzburg Festival ma 1992. Mai ia manawa, ʻo ka baton kaulana loa ma ka honua, mai Abbado a Muti, mai Levine a Gardiner, kono iā ia e hīmeni pū me lākou ma nā hale keaka maikaʻi loa. ʻOiai nā mea a pau, noho mau ʻo Terfel i kahi ʻano atypical. ʻO kona maʻalahi o ka mahiʻai ʻo ia kāna hiʻohiʻona ʻoi loa. Ma ka mākaʻikaʻi, hahai ʻia ʻo ia e nā pūʻulu o nā hoa aloha maoli. Ma kekahi o nā hoʻomaka mua loa ma La Scala, ua hōʻea lākou i ka nui a i ʻole he kanahiku mau kānaka. Ua hoʻonani ʻia nā hale noho o La Scala me nā hae keʻokeʻo a me ka ʻulaʻula me ke kiʻi o ka liona ʻulaʻula Welsh. Ua like nā poʻe pā o Terfel me nā hooligans, nā mea pāʻani koʻikoʻi. Ua hoʻoulu lākou i ka makaʻu i ka lehulehu o La Scala maʻamau, i hoʻoholo ai he hōʻike politika kēia o ka Hui - he hui e hakakā nei no ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana o ka ʻĀkau o Italia mai kona Hema (akā naʻe, ʻaʻole hūnā ʻo Terfel i ka hoʻomana ʻana iā ia. manaʻo i nā mea pāʻani pôpeku nui ʻelua o ka wā i hala a me kēia manawa: ʻo George Best lāua ʻo Ryan Giggs, ʻoiaʻiʻo, he kamaʻāina o Wales).
ʻAi ʻo Brin i ka pasta a me ka pizza, aloha iā Elvis Presley lāua ʻo Frank Sinatra, ka pop star Tom Jones, me ia i hīmeni ai i kahi duet. ʻO ka baritone ʻōpio no ka ʻāpana "cross over" o nā mea hoʻokani mele, ʻaʻole ia e ʻike i waena o nā mele kahiko a me nā mele māmā. ʻO kāna moeʻuhane e hoʻonohonoho i kahi hanana mele ma Wales me Luciano Pavarotti, Shirley Bassett a me Tom Jones.
Ma waena o nā mea hiki ʻole iā Brin ke haʻalele ʻo ia ke komo ʻana i ka hui bard nani ma kona kauhale. Ua hele ʻo ia ma laila no ka pono. I ka make ʻana o ka pō, ʻaʻahu nā lālā o ka hui i nā lole keʻokeʻo lōʻihi a i ka wanaʻao hele e kamaʻilio me nā menhirs, nā pōhaku kūpaʻa nui i koe mai nā moʻomeheu prehistoric.
Riccardo Lenzi (L'Espresso Magazine, 2001) Unuhi mai ka ʻItalia e Irina Sorokina.
* Ua hānau ʻia ʻo Bryn Terfel i ka makahiki 1965. Ua hana ʻo ia i kāna hana mua ma Cardiff ma 1990 (Guglielmo ma Mozart's "That's What Everyone Do"). Hana ʻia ma nā pae alakaʻi o ka honua.
