ʻO nā mele mele a me nā mele mele kaulana

ʻO ke kenekulia hope i hōʻailona ʻia e ka ulu wikiwiki ʻana o ka opera Soviet. Ke hōʻike ʻia nei nā hana keaka hou ma nā kahua keaka, a ua hoʻomaka e koi i nā hana leo virtuoso mai nā mea hoʻokani. I loko o kēia manawa, ua hana mua nā mea mele opera kaulana a me nā mea hoʻokani kaulana e like me Chaliapin, Sobinov a me Nezhdanova.

Me nā mea mele maikaʻi, ʻaʻohe mea liʻiliʻi i ʻike ʻia ma nā kahua opera. ʻO kēlā mau mele mele mele kaulana ʻo Vishnevskaya, Obraztsova, Shumskaya, Arkhipova, Bogacheva a me nā mea ʻē aʻe he mau kumu hoʻohālike a hiki i kēia lā.

Galina Vishnevskaya

Galina Vishnevskaya

Ua manaʻo ʻia ʻo Galina Pavlovna Vishnevskaya ka primadona o ia mau makahiki. He leo maikai a maopopo, e like me ke daimana, ua hele ka mea mele i na manawa pilikia, aka nae, i kona lilo ana i polopeka ma ka conservatory, ua hiki iaia ke haawi aku i kana mau mea huna o ka himeni kupono i kana mau haumana.

Ua mālama ka mea mele i ka inoa "Artist" no ka manawa lōʻihi. ʻO kāna kūlana maikaʻi loa ʻo Tatiana (soprano) i ka opera "Eugene Onegin", a ma hope iho ua loaʻa i ka mea mele ke poʻo inoa o ka mea mele nui o ka Bolshoi Theatre.

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Elena Obraztsova

Elena Obraztsova

Ua alakaʻi ʻo Elena Vasilievna Obraztsova i nā hana hoʻomohala nui e pili ana i ke ʻano o ka opera. Ua ulu aʻe kona makemake i ka mele i ʻoihana.

Ma hope o kona puka 'ana mai ka Rimsky-Korsakov Conservatory ma ke 'ano he haumāna o waho i ka makahiki 1964 me "excellent plus plus", ua loa'a 'o Elena Obraztsova i kāna tikiki no ka Bolshoi Theatre.

Loaʻa iā ia kahi mezzo-soprano timbre, ua lilo ʻo ia i mea hana keaka kaulana a hoʻokani i kāna mau hana opera i nā hana maikaʻi loa, me ke kuleana o Martha i ka opera Khovanshchina a me Marie i ka hana ʻana o War and Peace.

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Irina Arkhipova

Irina Arkhipova

Nui nā poʻe mele opera kaulana i hoʻolaha i ke kiʻi opera Lūkini. Ma waena o lākou ʻo Irina Konstantinovna Arkhipova. I ka makahiki 1960, ua mākaʻikaʻi ʻo ia i ka honua a hāʻawi i nā ʻahamele ma nā keʻena opera maikaʻi loa ma Milan, San Francisco, Paris, Roma, London a me New York.

ʻO ka hana mua a Irina Arkhipova ka hana a Carmen i ka opera e Georges Bizet. Loaʻa i kahi mezzo-soprano kupaianaha, ua hana ka mea mele i kahi manaʻo ikaika a hohonu ma Montserrat Caballe, mahalo i ka hana ʻana o kā lākou hana hui.

ʻO Irina Arkhipova ka mea mele opera kaulana loa ma Rūsia a ua hoʻokomo ʻia i loko o ka puke o nā moʻolelo no nā mea kaulana opera e pili ana i ka helu o nā makana.

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Alexander Baturin

Alexander Baturin

ʻAʻole i emi iki ka hāʻawi ʻana o nā mea mele opera kaulana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka opera Soviet. He leo nani a waiwai hoʻi ʻo Alexander Iosifovich Baturin. Ua ʻae kona leo bass-baritone iā ia e hīmeni i ke kuleana o Don Basilio ma ka opera The Barber of Seville.

Ua hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻo Baturin i kāna ʻoihana ma ka Roman Academy. Hoʻohana maʻalahi ka mea mele i nā ʻāpana i kākau ʻia no ka bass a me ka baritone. Ua loaʻa i ka mea mele kona kaulana i nā kuleana o Prince Igor, bullfighter Escamillo, Demon, Ruslan a me Mephistopheles.

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Alexander Vedernikov

Alexander Vedernikov

ʻO Alexander Filippovich Vedernikov he mea hoʻokani opera Lūkia i hoʻopau i kahi hoʻokūkū hana i nā hana o ka hale kiʻiʻoniʻoni Italia nui ʻo La Scala. ʻO ia ke kuleana no ka aneane o nā ʻāpana bass o nā keaka Lūkini maikaʻi loa.

ʻO kāna hana o ke kuleana o Boris Godunov i hoʻohuli i nā stereotypes mua. Ua lilo ʻo Vedernikov i kumu hoʻohālike.

Ma waho aʻe o nā mele Lūkini, ua hoihoi nui ʻia ka mea mele opera e nā mele ʻuhane, no laila hana pinepine ka mea pena i nā lawelawe akua a alakaʻi i nā papa kumu ma ka seminary theological.

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ʻO Vladimir Ivanovsky

ʻO Vladimir Ivanovsky

Ua hoʻomaka ka poʻe mele opera kaulana i kā lākou ʻoihana ma ke kahua. ʻO kēia ka mea i loaʻa mua ai iā Vladimir Viktorovich Ivanovsky kona kaulana ma ke ʻano he uila.

Ma hope o ka manawa, ua loa'a iā ia kahi ho'ona'auao 'oihana, ua lilo'o Ivanovsky i lālā o ka Kirov Opera a me Ballet Theatre. I loko o nā makahiki Soviet, ua hīmeni ʻo ia ma mua o hoʻokahi tausani ʻahamele.

Loaʻa iā Vladimir Ivanovsky me ka nani o ka hana o Jose ma ka opera Carmen, Herman ma The Queen of Spades, ka Pretender ma Boris Godunov a me nā mea ʻē aʻe he nui.

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Ua loaʻa i nā leo keaka ʻē aʻe kekahi mana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ke ʻano o ke keaka mele i ke kenekulia 20. Ma waena o lākou ʻo Tito Gobbi, Montserrat Caballe, Amalia Rodrigues, Patricia Chofi. ʻO Opera, e like me nā ʻano mele mele ʻē aʻe, he hopena koʻikoʻi nui i ke kanaka, e hoʻoikaika mau i ka hoʻokumu ʻana i ke ʻano ʻuhane o ke kanaka.