UKathleen Battle ungumculi waseMelika we-opera nowasekamelweni onezwi elimnandi. Uhambele izindawo eziningi ngezomoya futhi wathola nezindondo ezi-5 zamaGrammy.
Inkomba: Ezomoya ziyimisebenzi yomculo kamoya yamaProthestani ase-Afrika-Amerika. Njengohlobo, ezomoya zaqala ukwakheka engxenyeni yesithathu yokugcina yekhulu le-XNUMX eMelika njengamathrekhi ezinceku eziguquliwe zama-Afrika aseMelika aseNingizimu Melika.
Ubuntwana kanye nentsha Kathleen Battle
Usuku lokuzalwa komculi we-opera kanye negumbi ngu-Agasti 13, 1948. Wazalelwa ePortsmouth, e-Ohio, eMelika. Ubeyingane yesikhombisa emndenini. Umkhaya omkhulu wawuphila ngokuzithoba.
UKathleen ube nentshisekelo emculweni kusukela azalwa. Ukukhethwa kwendodakazi yakhe kwathonywa kakhulu unina, owayethanda umculo we-classical kanye ne-opera. Lona wesifazane wakwazi ukuvulela indodakazi yakhe umnyango womhlaba omuhle womculo we-opera.
Wayefisa umsebenzi wokuba umculi, ngakho-ke akumangazi ukuthi ngaphezu kwemfundo evamile, naye waya esikoleni somculo. Umeluleki wakhe kwakunguCharles Warney.
UCharles waqaphela ithalenta ecacile yentombazane - futhi ngokushesha waqala ukuyithuthukisa. Uthisha waprofetha uKathleen ngekusasa elihle. Wakhuluma ngomfundi wakhe: "isimangaliso esincane ngezwi lemilingo." UWarney ukhumbuze u-Battle ukuthi wazalelwa ukukhonza umculo.
UKathleen wenza kahle nasesikoleni esiphakeme. Othisha bakhulume ngaye njengomunye wabafundi abanekhono nabanekhono. Baphawula ukubekezela nokukhuthala kwakhe okukhulu. Lo mculi wayenolwazi olunzulu emkhakheni womculo, futhi kakade ebusheni bakhe wathola imiphumela emihle. Ngemva kwesikhathi esithile, ngenxa yezinkonzo zakhe kule ndawo, intombazane yaklonyeliswa ngeziqu ze-master master.
Njengabaculi abaningi abangamaNegro, wayefisa ukuba uthisha womculo. Ngemva kokuphothula ekolishi eCincinnati, uKathleen wafundisa izingane zabamnyama esikoleni sikahulumeni. Phakathi nalesi sikhathi, i-debut yakhe yekhonsathi yenzeke: ngo-1972 emkhosini eSpoletto.
Umsebenzi Kathleen wathuthuka ngokushesha futhi ngokushesha. Waqhubeka ebonakala embuthanweni wabaqhubi abadumile, abaculi nabaqambi. Kusukela phakathi neminyaka yama-70 yekhulu elidlule, indlela yakhe esheshayo yokunqoba i-Olympus yomculo iqala.
Indlela yokudala ye-Kathleen Battle
Uchithe iminyaka eminingana ehambela i-United States of America ngenkuthalo. Wabe esevakashela eNew York, eLos Angeles naseCleveland. Ngemva konyaka, wawina imiklomelo eminingi ehlonishwayo ngeqhaza lakhe ekuthuthukiseni umculo waseMelika. Abagxeki bamangazwe ukukhuphuka kwe-meteoric kwe-Battle endaweni yomculo.
Khona-ke wabonwa umqhubi weMetropolitan Opera, uJames Levine. Uthande okwenziwa uKathleen esiteji. Ummeme ukuthi adlale ingxenye ye-Mahler's Eighth Symphony. Eminyakeni embalwa kamuva wenza i-debut yakhe ku-Wagner's Tannhäuser. Kusukela ngaleso sikhathi, wadlala kuma-opera amakhulu e-Vienna, eParis, eLondon, eSan Francisco. Impi isingomunye wabaculi be-opera abakhokhelwa kakhulu emhlabeni.
UKathleen Battle uyamangalisa ngoba wenza imisebenzi yomculo yamakhulu amathathu eminyaka: kusukela kuBaroque kuze kube manje. U-Kathleen uzizwa evumelana ngokulinganayo lapho enza i-opera nomculo we-chamber.
Ngemva kokudlala indima kaZerbinetta eCovent Garden, i-Battle yaba ngumdlali wokuqala waseMelika ukuklonyeliswa ngendondo kaLaurence Olivier Yomlingisi Ongcono Kakhulu ku-Contemporary Opera Performance. Ngaphezu kwalokho, sekuphawuliwe ngenhla ukuthi kunemiklomelo emi-5 ye-Grammy eshalofini lakhe.
Ukushiya iMetropolitan Opera
Wayethembekile ku-Metropolitan Opera isikhathi eside, kodwa kwakudingeka ashiye indawo lapho athola khona udumo emhlabeni wonke. Amahemuhemu athi ukuhlukana akuzange kuhambe kahle. Ngokunokwenzeka, isizathu sokushiya uKathleen kwakungesona isinqumo sakhe. Impi kuyo yonke imisebenzi yakhe ibilokhu ilandela inkanyezi ehlazisayo enomlingisi oyinkimbinkimbi.
UBattle ushiye esiteji se-opera, ethi unothando olunzulu lomculo, ngakho-ke noma ngabe izimo zinjani, uzocula. Umculi waqala ukwenza izingoma ezipholile, ezomoya, izingoma zomdabu kanye ne-jazz.
Ngenxa yamakhono ahlukahlukene ochwepheshe, wazibonakalisa ngentshiseko ngezindlela ezihlukene. Ngo-1995, izwi lika-Battle lalizwakala kuma-albhamu amane. Uvele ku-An Evening with Kathleen Battle noThomas Hampson. Lo mculi uphinde wavula isizini ye-jazz ye-Lincoln Center ka-1995-96 ngekhonsathi futhi wavakashela eMelika.
Ngo-1996, u-Kathleen washicilela iqoqo elipholile lezingcezu zikaKhisimusi (elinoChristopher Parkering), elathakazelelwa kakhulu abalandeli nabagxeki bomculo.
Ngokufika kwekhulu leminyaka elisha, uKathleen wehlisa ijubane kancane. Kodwa-ke, waqopha izingoma ezimbalwa ezihambisana namafilimu. Izwi lakhe lihambisana namafilimu ethi Fantasia 2000 (1999) kanye ne-House of Flying Daggers (2004).
Ngemva kwalokho, wagxila kakhulu emisebenzini yekhonsathi. UKathleen wayevame ukukhuluma nosaziwayo baseMelika nezikhulu. Usehlanganyele kaningi ezinhlelweni zethelevishini.
Kathleen Battle: Izinsuku Zethu
Yeka ukuthi kwamangala kanjani ulwazi lokuthi ngo-2016 waphinde wabuyela kuMetropolitan Opera. Kulo nyaka, ikhonsathi yakhe eyedwa yenzeke esiteji seshashalazi. Uhlelo lokucula komculi lwaqanjwa ngohlobo lwezomoya.
Ngo-2017, wacula eJapane ngekhonsathi eyedwa, ethula uhlelo lwakhe, okungenye yamakhonsathi akhe asayinwe. Ngawo lowo nyaka, wethula leli culo e-Detroit Opera House, eqeda imigubho yeViki Le-Opera Kazwelonke.
Iminyaka eminingana, waqhubeka ejabulisa abathandi bomculo ngezwi elimangalisayo. Kodwa umculi usebenzise i-2020-2021 ngokuzola ngangokunokwenzeka. Mhlawumbe lesi yisinyathelo esiphoqelelwe esibangelwa imikhawulo phakathi nobhubhane lwe-coronavirus.
