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Andrea Gruber

Tauraruwar Andrea Gruber ta haskaka ba yau ba. Amma a bikin karshe a filin wasa na Arena di Verona ya haskaka da haske na musamman. Soprano na Amurka yana da nasara na musamman, na sirri tare da jama'a a cikin mawuyacin hali na Abigail a cikin Nabucco na Verdi. Masu sukar sun yi iƙirarin cewa bayan Gena Dimitrova, babu wani soprano na irin wannan ƙarfin, kayan fasaha da kuma bayyanawa a cikin wannan opera. Dan jarida Gianni Villani yayi magana da Andrea Gruber.

Kai Ba'amurke ne, amma sunanka na ƙarshe yana magana da asalin Jamusanci…

Mahaifina Bature ne. A 1939 ya bar Ostiriya ya gudu zuwa Amurka. Na yi karatu a Makarantar Manhattan a garinmu na New York. Tana da shekara 24, ta fara fitowa a cikin The Force of Destiny a Opera na Scotland*, ta rera wasanni goma sha daya. Haɗuwata ta biyu da dandalin ita ce a gida, a babban filin wasan kwaikwayo na Metropolitan Opera, inda na rera Elisabeth a Don Carlos. Wa] annan operas guda biyu, da Un ballo in maschera, wanda abokina Luciano Pavarotti, ya "kawata" ni zuwa mataki na manyan gidajen wasan kwaikwayo a duniya: Vienna, London, Berlin, Munich, Barcelona. A Met, na kuma rera waƙa a cikin "Mutuwar Allolin Wagner", wanda Deutsche Grammophon ya rubuta. Repertoire na Jamus ya taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen girma na. Na yi waka a Lohengrin, Tannhäuser, Valkyrie. Kwanan nan, aikin Chrysothemis a cikin Richard Strauss' Elektra ya shiga cikin repertoire na.

Kuma yaushe ka fara waka a Nabucco?

A 1999, a San Francisco Opera. A yau zan iya cewa da cikakkiyar gaskiya sana’ata ta fara. Dabarar ta tana da ƙarfi kuma ba na jin daɗi a kowace rawa. A da, na kasance matashi kuma ba ni da kwarewa, musamman a cikin repertoire na Verdi, wanda yanzu na fara so. Ina binta da yawa ga Ruth Falcon, malamina na tsawon shekaru goma sha biyu. Mace ce mai ban al'ajabi, mai cikakken imani a cikin fasaha kuma tana da gogewa sosai. Ta zo Verona don ta saurare ni.

Ta yaya za a kusanci irin wannan matsayi mai wuya kamar Abigail?

Ba na son yin girman kai, amma wannan rawa ce mai sauƙi a gare ni. Irin wannan magana na iya zama kamar baƙon abu. Ba ina fadin haka don a dauke ni babban mawaki ba. Kawai dabarana ta dace da wannan rawar. Sau da yawa na yi waƙa a cikin “Aida”, “Force of Destiny”, “Il Trovatore”, “Masquerade Ball”, amma waɗannan operas ɗin ba su da sauƙi. Ba na ƙara yin wasa a Don Carlos ko a Simone Boccanegre. Waɗannan rawar sun yi mini waƙa sosai. Wani lokaci nakan juya wurinsu don ina son motsa jiki ko kuma kawai don nishadi. Nan ba da dadewa ba zan rera “Turandot” dina na farko a Japan. Sannan zan fara halarta a cikin Rustic Honour, Western Girl da Macbeth.

Wadanne operas ne ke jan hankalin ku?

Ina matukar son wasan operas na Italiya: Na same su cikakke, gami da na zahiri. Idan kuna da fasaha mai ƙarfi, waƙa ba ta da haɗari; amma kada mutum ya yi ta ihu. Sabili da haka, yana da matukar muhimmanci a sami "kai", kuma kuna buƙatar tunani game da matsayi na gaba. Waka kuma lamari ne na tunani. Wataƙila a cikin shekaru goma zan iya rera waƙa duka ukun Wagner's Brunhilde da Isolde.

Ta fuskar wasan kwaikwayo, rawar da Abigail ta taka ba abin wasa ba ne…

Wannan hali ne mai ma'ana, mai ban sha'awa fiye da yadda aka yi imani da shi. Wannan har yanzu mace ce da ba ta da girma, jaririya wacce ke bin son zuciyarta kuma ba ta sami ji na gaskiya a cikin ko dai Isma'ilu ko Nabucco ba: tsohon “ya ɗauke” Fenen daga gare ta, kuma na ƙarshe ya gano cewa shi ba mahaifinta bane. Bata da wata mafita face ta juyar da dukkan karfin ruhinta zuwa ga cin galaba a kan mulki. A koyaushe ina tunanin cewa wannan rawar za ta zama gaskiya idan an kwatanta ta da sauƙi da ɗan adam.

Menene bikin na gaba a cikin Arena di Verona ya ba ku?

Wataƙila "Turandot" da kuma "Nabucco". Mu gani. Wannan babban fili yana ba ku tunani game da tarihin Arena, game da duk abin da ya faru a nan tun daga zamanin da har zuwa yau. Wannan wasan kwaikwayo ne na kida na kasa da kasa. Na sadu da abokan aiki a nan waɗanda na shafe shekaru da yawa ban sadu da su ba: daga wannan ra'ayi, Verona ta fi New York, birnin da nake zaune.

Hira da Andrea Gruber da aka buga a jaridar L'Arena. Fassara daga Italiyanci ta Irina Sorokina.

Lura: * An haifi mawakiyar ne a shekara ta 1965. Wasan opera na Scotland na farko, wanda ta ambata a wata hira, ya faru ne a 1990. A 1993, ta fara fitowa a Vienna Opera a matsayin Aida, kuma a cikin wannan kakar ta rera Aida. a Berlin Staatsoper. A mataki na Covent Garden, ta halarta a karon ya faru a 1996, duk a cikin Aida daya.

RUWA:

An haife shi kuma ya girma a Upper West Side, Andrea ɗan malaman jami'a ne, malaman tarihi, kuma ya halarci wata babbar makaranta mai zaman kanta. Andrea ta kasance mai hazaka (duk da cewa ba ta da tsari), kuma tun tana shekara 16 ta fara rera waka kuma ba da dadewa ba aka karbe ta a Makarantar Kida ta Manhattan, kuma bayan kammala karatun ta ta shiga babban shirin horarwa a Met. Babbar muryarta, kyakkyawar murya, sauƙin da ta yi nasara a cikin manyan bayanai, yanayin aiki - duk wannan an lura da shi, kuma an ba da mawaƙa a matsayin farko. Na farko, ƙarami, a cikin Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen, sannan, a cikin 1990, babba, a cikin Verdi's Un ballo a maschera. Abokin aikinta shine Luciano Pavarotti.

Amma duk wannan ya faru ne a kan tushen mummunan jarabar miyagun ƙwayoyi. Muryarta ta raunata da magungunan, ta danne ligaments, wanda ya yi zafi da kumbura. Sai waccan fataccen wasan kwaikwayo a Aida ya faru, lokacin da kawai ta kasa buga bayanin da ya dace. Babban manajan na Metropolitan Opera, Joseph Wolpe, ba ya son kasancewarta a gidan wasan kwaikwayo.

Andrea ya sami matsayi daban-daban a Turai. A Amurka, Seattle Opera ne kawai ya ci gaba da yarda da ita - a cikin ƴan shekaru ta rera waƙoƙi uku a can. A shekara ta 1996, a Vienna, ta ƙare a asibiti - ya zama dole don gaggawar cire wani jini a kafarta. Hakan ya biyo bayan wani asibitin gyaran jiki a Minnesota, inda shaye-shayen miyagun kwayoyi ya fara kawar da su.

Amma tare da farfadowa ya sami karuwar nauyi. Kuma ko da yake ta raira waƙa fiye da da, ta - riga saboda da yawa nauyi - ba a gayyace ta zuwa Vienna Opera, kuma an cire ta daga wasan kwaikwayon a Salzburg Festival. Ba za ta iya mantawa da shi ba. Amma a cikin 1999, lokacin da ta yi waƙa a San Francisco, manajan Opera na Metropolitan Opera ya ji ta, wani mutum mai suna Aboki mai ban mamaki ("Aboki") wanda ya san ta tun kafin a kore ta daga Met. Ya gayyace ta don yin waƙa a Nabucco a 2001.

A cikin shekarar 2001 ne mawakin ya yanke shawarar yin amfani da ciki, tiyatar da mutane masu kiba ke yi a yanzu.

Yanzu mai nauyin kilo 140 ya fi ƙanƙanta kuma ba ta da ƙwayoyi, ta sake yin tafiya a kan titin Met, inda ta yi alkawari aƙalla 2008.