Kathleen Battle muimbi wekuAmerica opera uye muimbi wekamuri ine izwi rinonakidza. Akafamba zvakanyanya nemweya uye akawana mibairo yakawanda se5 Grammy.
Reference: Zvemweya mabasa emumhanzi epamweya eAfrica-America mapurotesitendi. Serudzi, zvemweya zvakatora chimiro muchikamu chetatu chekupedzisira chezana ramakore rechi XNUMX muAmerica senhapwa dzakagadziridzwa dzevaAfrica America vekuAmerican South.
Hudiki uye hudiki Kathleen Battle
Zuva rekuzvarwa kweopera uye muimbi wekamuri ndiAugust 13, 1948. Akazvarwa muPortsmouth, Ohio, America. Aiva mwana wechinomwe mumhuri iyi. Mhuri huru yaigara zvine mwero.
Kathleen anga achifarira mimhanzi kubva pakuzvarwa. Sarudzo yemwanasikana wake yakapesvedzerwa zvakanyanya naamai vake, avo vaifarira mimhanzi yechinyakare uye opera. Mukadzi wacho akakwanisa kuvhurira mwanasikana wake musuwo kunyika yakanaka yemimhanzi yeopera.
Airota basa semuimbi, saka hazvishamisi kuti kunze kwedzidzo yepamusoro, akapindawo chikoro chemimhanzi. Mudzidzisi wake aive Charles Warney.
Charles akacherechedza tarenda iri pachena remusikana - uye akabva atanga kuivandudza. Mudzidzisi akaporofita Kathleen ramangwana rakanaka. Akataura nezvemudzidzi wake: "chishamiso chiduku nezwi remashiripiti." Warney akayeuchidza Hondo kuti akazvarwa kuti ashumire mimhanzi.
Kathleen akaitawo zvakanaka muchikoro chesekondari. Vadzidzisi vakataura nezvake somumwe wevadzidzi vanokwanisa uye vane tarenda. Vakaona kutsungirira uye kushingaira kukuru. Muiti wacho ainyatsoziva mumhanzi, uye atova muhuduku hwake akawana migumisiro yakanaka. Imwe nguva gare gare, nokuda kwebasa rake munharaunda iyi, musikana wacho akapiwa dhigirii rekuremekedza raTenzi.
Kufanana nevaimbi vazhinji veNegro, aishuvira kuva mudzidzisi wemimhanzi. Apedza kudzidza kukoreji muCincinnati, Kathleen akadzidzisa vana vatema pachikoro chehurumende. Mukati meiyi nguva yenguva, yake yekutanga konzati yakaitika: muna 1972 pamutambo muSpoletto.
Basa raKathleen rakakura nokukurumidza uye nokukurumidza. Akaramba achionekwa mudenderedzwa revatambi vakakurumbira, vaimbi uye vaimbi. Kubva pakati pe70s yezana remakore rapfuura, nzira yake inotyisa yekukunda kweOlympus yemimhanzi inotanga.
Nzira yekugadzira yeKathleen Battle
Akapedza makore akati wandei achishingaira kushanyira United States of America. Akabva ashanyira New York, Los Angeles uye Cleveland. Kwapera gore, akahwina mibairo ine mukurumbira nekuda kwekubatsira kwake mukusimudzira mimhanzi yeAmerica. Vatsoropodzi vakashamiswa neBattle's meteoric kusimuka kunzvimbo yemimhanzi.
Akabva aonekwa nemutungamiri weMetropolitan Opera, Dzheyms Levine. Akafarira zvakaitwa naKathleen pachikuva. Akamukoka kuti aite chikamu cheMahler's Eighth Symphony. Makore mashoma gare gare akaita debut yake muna Wagner's Tannhäuser. Kubva panguva ino, akaita panguva huru Operas Vienna, Paris, London, San Francisco. Hondo yave imwe yevaimbi veopera vanobhadharwa zvakanyanya pasi rose.
Kathleen Hondo inoshamisa pakuti anoita mabasa emimhanzi emazana matatu emakore: kubva kuBaroque kusvika ikozvino. Kathleen anonzwa kuwirirana zvakaenzana pakuita opera uye mumhanzi wekamuri.
Mushure mekuita basa reZerbinetta kuCovent Garden, Hondo yakave mutambi wekutanga wekuAmerica kupihwa mubairo waLaurence Olivier weBest Actress muContemporary Opera Performance. Uye zvakare, zvakatocherechedzwa pamusoro kuti kune akawanda se5 Grammy mibairo pasherufu yake.
Kusiya Metropolitan Opera
Akanga akatendeka kune Metropolitan Opera kwenguva yakareba, asi zvakadaro akaona zvakakodzera kusiya nzvimbo iyo akawana mukurumbira wenyika munguva. Runyerekupe rwunoti kurambana hakuna kufamba zvakanaka. Sezvingabvira, chikonzero chokusiya Kathleen chakanga chisiri chisarudzo chake amene. Hondo muhupenyu hwake hwese yanga ichitevera nyeredzi inonyadzisa ine hunhu hwakaoma.
Hondo yakasiya nhandare yeopera, achiti ane rudo rwakasimba rwemimhanzi, saka zvisinei nemamiriro ezvinhu, achaimba. Muimbi wacho akatanga kuridza nziyo, zvemweya, nziyo dzevanhu uye jazz.
Nekuda kwehunyanzvi hwehunyanzvi hwakasiyana, akazviratidza nenzira dzakasiyana. Muna 1995, izwi reHondo rakanzwika pamaarubhamu mana. Akaonekwa pa "Manheru naKathleen Battle naThomas Hampson". Muimbi akavhurawo mwaka we1995-96 weLincoln Center jazz nekoniti uye akatenderera America.
Muna 1996, Kathleen akaburitsa muunganidzwa unotonhorera wezvimedu zveKisimusi (zvine Christopher Parkering), iyo yakafarirwa zvakanyanya nevatsigiri nevatsoropodzi vemimhanzi.
Nekuuya kwezana ramakore idzva, Kathleen akadzikira zvishoma. Nekudaro, akarekodha akati wandei mimhanzi inoperekedza mafirimu. Izwi rake rinozadzisa mafirimu Fantasia 2000 (1999) uye Imba yeFlying Daggers (2004).
Pashure pacho, ainyanya kufunga nezvemitambo yemakonzati. Kathleen aigara achitaura nevakakurumbira veAmerica nevakuru vakuru. Akatora kakawanda muzvirongwa zveterevhizheni.
Kathleen Hondo: Mazuva Edu
Zvakashamisa sei ruzivo rwekuti muna 2016 akadzokera kuMetropolitan Opera zvakare. Gore rino, konzati yake yega yakaitika pachikuva chemitambo. Chirongwa chemuimbi wacho chakaitwa mumhando yezvemweya.
Muna 2017, akaimba muJapan nekonzati ega, achiratidzira chirongwa chake, inova imwe yemasaina ake emakonzati. Gore rimwe chetero, akaratidzira iyi recital kuDetroit Opera House, achipedza mhemberero dzeNational Opera Week.
Kwemakore akati wandei, akaramba achifadza vanoda mimhanzi nezwi rinoshamisa. Asi muimbi akapedza 2020-2021 akadzikama sezvinobvira. Pamwe iyi nhanho yekumanikidzirwa yakakonzerwa nezvirambidzo mukati meiyo coronavirus denda.
