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Bryn Terfel

Singer Bryn Terfel "shine" Falstaff. Ba wai don kawai Claudio Abbado ya fassara wannan halin ba a cikin CD ɗin da aka saki kwanan nan. Shi Falstaff ne na gaske. Kalle shi kawai: wani Kirista dan kasar Wales, tsayinsa mita biyu kuma nauyinsa ya haura kilogiram dari (shi da kansa ya bayyana girmansa kamar haka: 6,3 ft da duwatsu 17), sabuwar fuska, jajayen gashi mai ja, murmushin hauka. , tuno murmushin maye. Wannan shi ne ainihin yadda aka kwatanta Bryn Terfel a bangon sabon faya-fayansa, wanda Grammophone ya fitar, da kuma kan fosta don wasan kwaikwayo a Vienna, London, Berlin da Chicago.

Yanzu, a 36 *, tare da karamin rukuni na masu shekaru arba'in da suka hada da Cecilia Bartoli, Angela Georgiou da Roberto Alagna, an dauke shi tauraron wasan opera. Terfel ba ya kama da tauraro ko kaɗan, ya fi kamar ɗan wasan rugby (“tsakiyar a layi na uku, mai lamba takwas,” mawaƙin ya fayyace da murmushi). Duk da haka, bass-baritone repertoire na daya daga cikin mafi ladabi: daga romantic Lied to Richard Strauss, daga Prokofiev zuwa Lehar, daga Mozart zuwa Verdi.

Kuma don tunanin cewa har ya kai shekaru 16 bai iya Turanci ba. A makarantun Welsh, ana koyar da harshen uwa, kuma Ingilishi yana shiga cikin tunani da kunnuwa kawai ta hanyar shirye-shiryen talabijin. Amma shekarun ƙuruciyar Terfel, ko da idan aka kwatanta da tarihin yawancin abokan aikinsa, da alama sun shuɗe a cikin salon "naif". An haife shi a wani ƙaramin ƙauye, wanda ya ƙunshi gidaje takwas kawai da coci. Da gari ya waye, yana taimakon mahaifinsa ya jagoranci shanu da tumaki zuwa kiwo. Waƙa tana shiga rayuwarsa da maraice, lokacin da mazauna gidaje takwas suka taru don yin hira. Yana da shekaru biyar, Brin ya fara rera waƙa a cikin ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta ƙauyensa, tare da mahaifinsa bass da mahaifiyarsa soprano, malami a makarantar nakasassu. Sa'an nan kuma ya zo lokacin gasa na gida, kuma ya nuna kansa da kyau. Wadanda suka ji shi sun shawo kan mahaifinsa ya tura shi Landan don yin karatu a babbar makarantar kiɗa ta Guildhall. Babban darakta George Solti ya ji shi a lokacin wani wasan kwaikwayo na TV kuma ya gayyace shi zuwa taron. Cikakken gamsuwa, Solti yana ba Terfel ƙaramin rawa a cikin Auren Mozart na Figaro (a lokacin samar da wannan wasan opera ne matashin mawaƙin ya sadu da Ferruccio Furlanetto, wanda har yanzu yana da babban abokantaka kuma wanda ke cutar da shi da sha'awar motoci da wasanni. Fragolino ruwan inabi).

Masu sauraro da masu gudanarwa sun fara godiya da Terfel da yawa, kuma, a ƙarshe, lokaci ya zo don farawa mai ban sha'awa: a cikin rawar Jokanaan a Salome ta Richard Strauss, a bikin Salzburg a 1992. Tun daga nan, mafi kyawun baton a ciki. Duniya, daga Abbado har Muti, daga Levine zuwa Gardiner, suna gayyatarsa ​​don yin waƙa tare da su a cikin mafi kyawun gidan wasan kwaikwayo. Duk da komai, Terfel ya kasance wani hali na musamman. Sauƙin sa na ƙauye shine mafi kyawun fasalinsa. A rangadin, ƙungiyoyin abokai-mabiya suna biye da shi. A ɗaya daga cikin na ƙarshe na farko a La Scala, sun isa adadin fiye ko ƙasa da mutane saba'in. An yi wa wuraren shakatawa na La Scala ado da farare da banners ja tare da hoton zaki na Welsh ja. Magoya bayan Terfel sun kasance kamar ’yan iska, masu fafutuka na wasanni. Sun sanya tsoro a cikin al'adar La Scala mai tsattsauran ra'ayi, wanda ya yanke shawarar cewa wannan wata alama ce ta siyasa ta League - jam'iyyar da ke fafutukar raba Arewacin Italiya daga Kudancinta (duk da haka, Terfel bai ɓoye ƙaunar da ya yi ba. yana jin daɗin manyan 'yan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa guda biyu na baya da na yanzu: George Best da Ryan Giggs, ba shakka, 'yan asalin Wales).

Brin yana cin taliya da pizza, yana son Elvis Presley da Frank Sinatra, tauraron pop Tom Jones, wanda ya yi waƙa tare da duet. Matashin baritone na cikin rukunin mawakan “cross over” ne, wanda ba ya bambanta tsakanin kiɗan gargajiya da na haske. Mafarkinsa shine shirya wani taron kiɗa a Wales tare da Luciano Pavarotti, Shirley Bassett da Tom Jones.

Daga cikin abubuwan da Brin ba zai iya yin sakaci ba har da kasancewa memba a kulab ɗin bard mai ban sha'awa a ƙauyensa. Ya isa can don cancanta. Da dare, 'yan kulob din suna yin ado da dogayen kaya farare, kuma da gari ya waye sukan je tattaunawa da ma'aurata, manyan duwatsun tsaye da suka saura daga wayewar zamani.

Riccardo Lenzi (Mujallar L'Espresso, 2001) Fassara daga Italiyanci ta Irina Sorokina.

An haifi Bryn Terfel a 1965. Ya fara halarta a Cardiff a 1990 (Guglielmo a cikin Mozart's "Wannan Shine Abin da Kowa Yayi"). Yana yin kan manyan matakai na duniya.