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Antonio Cortis

An haife shi a cikin jirgin ruwa daga Algiers zuwa Spain. Mahaifin Cortis bai rayu mako guda ba kafin zuwan dangi a Valencia. Daga baya, ƙaramin dangin Cortis ya ƙaura zuwa Madrid. A can, matasa Antonio yana da shekaru takwas ya shiga Royal Conservatory, inda ya yi nazarin abun da ke ciki, ka'idar kuma ya koyi wasa da violin. A shekara ta 1909, mawaƙin ya fara nazarin vocals a Municipal Conservatory, bayan wani lokaci ya yi a cikin mawaƙa na Liceo Theater a Barcelona.

Antonio Cortis ya fara aikinsa na solo tare da matsayin tallafi. Don haka, a cikin 1917, ya yi a Afirka ta Kudu a matsayin Harlequin a Pagliacci tare da Caruso a matsayin Canio. Shahararren dan wasan ya yi ƙoƙari ya rinjayi matashin mawaƙin su yi wasa tare a Amurka, amma Antonio mai buri ya ƙi tayin. A cikin 1919, Cortis ya koma Italiya tare da iyalinsa kuma ya sami gayyata daga gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Roman na Costanzi, da kuma gidajen wasan kwaikwayo na Bari da Naples.

Yunƙurin aikin Antonio Cortis ya fara ne da wasan kwaikwayo a matsayin ɗan solo tare da Opera na Chicago. A cikin shekaru takwas masu zuwa, kofofin gidajen opera mafi kyau a duniya sun buɗe wa mawaƙin. Yana wasa a Milan (La Scala), Verona, Turin, Barcelona, ​​​​London, Monte Carlo, Boston, Baltimore, Washington, Los Angeles, Pittsburgh da Santiago de Chile. Daga cikin mafi kyawun aikinsa akwai Vasco da Gama a cikin Meyerbeer's Le Afrikane, Duke a Rigoletto, Manrico, Alfred, Des Grieux a cikin Puccini's Manon Lescaut, Dick Johnson a cikin Yarin Yamma, Calaf, rawar take a Andre Chenier »Giordano da sauransu.

Babban mawuyacin hali na 1932 ya tilasta wa mawaƙa ya bar Chicago. Ya koma Spain, amma yakin basasa da yakin duniya na biyu sun lalata shirinsa. Ayyukansa na ƙarshe shine a Zaragoza a cikin 1950 a matsayin Cavaradossi. A ƙarshen aikinsa na waƙa, Cortis ya yi niyyar fara koyarwa, amma rashin lafiya ya kai ga mutuwarsa kwatsam a 1952.

Babu shakka Antonio Cortis yana ɗaya daga cikin fitattun ƴan ƙasar Spain na ƙarni na XNUMX. Kamar yadda ka sani, da yawa suna kiran Cortis "Spanish Caruso". Lalle ne, ba shi yiwuwa a lura da wani kamance a cikin timbres da kuma hanyar isar da sauti. Abin sha'awa, a cewar matar Cortis, mawakin bai taba samun malaman murya ba, sai Caruso, wanda ya ba shi wasu shawarwari. Amma ba za mu kwatanta waɗannan fitattun mawaƙa ba, domin hakan ba zai yi musu adalci ba. Za mu kawai kunna ɗaya daga cikin rikodin Antonio Cortis kuma mu ji daɗin waƙa mai ban sha'awa wacce ke ɗaukaka fasahar bel canto na ƙarni na XNUMX!

Hotunan da aka zaɓa na Antonio Cortis:

1. Lambun Covent on Record Vol. 4, Lul.
2. Verdi, «Troubadour»: «Di quella pira» a cikin fassarori 34, Bongiovanni.
3. Recital (Arias daga operas na Verdi, Gounod, Meyerbeer, Bizet, Massenet, Mascagni, Giordano, Puccini), Preiser - LV.
4. Recital (Arias daga operas na Verdi, Gounod, Meyerbeer, Bizet, Massenet, Mascagni, Giordano, Puccini), Pearl.
5. Shahararrun Tenors na Da, Preiser - LV.
6. Shahararrun Tenors na 30s, Preiser - LV.