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José Carreras

“Tabbas shi gwani ne. Haɗin da ba kasafai ba - murya, kiɗa, mutunci, himma da kyau mai ban sha'awa. Kuma ya samu duka. Na yi farin ciki da cewa ni ne farkon wanda ya lura da wannan lu'u-lu'u kuma na taimaka wa duniya ta gan shi," in ji Montserrat Caballe.

"Mu ƴan ƙasa ne, na fahimci cewa ya fi ni ɗan Sipaniya sosai. Wataƙila wannan shi ne saboda gaskiyar cewa ya girma a Barcelona, ​​​​kuma na girma a Mexico. Ko wataƙila bai taɓa murƙushe halinsa ba saboda makarantar bel canto… A kowane hali, muna raba taken “Tambarin Ƙasar Spain” a tsakaninmu, kodayake na san cewa nasa ne fiye da nawa. "Plácido ya gaskanta Domingo.

“Mawaƙi mai ban mamaki. Kyakkyawan abokin tarayya. Babban mutum, "Katya Ricciarelli ta kara da cewa.

An haifi José Carreras a ranar 5 ga Disamba, 1946. ’Yar’uwar Jose, Maria Antonia Carreras-Coll, ta ce: “Ya kasance yaro ne mai natsuwa, mai natsuwa da basira. Yana da wani hali wanda nan da nan kama ido: mai matukar hankali da kuma tsanani look, wanda, ka gani, shi ne quite rare a cikin yaro. Waƙar ta yi tasiri mai ban mamaki a kansa: ya yi shiru kuma ya canza gaba ɗaya, ya daina zama ɗan ƙaramin baƙar fata mai ido. Ba wai kawai ya saurari kiɗa ba, amma kamar yana ƙoƙarin kutsawa ainihin sa.

José ya fara rera waƙa da wuri. Ya zama yana da madaidaicin rawar murya, mai ɗan tuno da muryar Robertino Loretti. José ya haɓaka ƙauna ta musamman ga wasan opera bayan kallon fim ɗin The Great Caruso tare da Mario Lanza a cikin taken taken.

Duk da haka, dangin Carreras, masu arziki da masu daraja, ba su shirya Jose don makomar fasaha ba. Ya dade yana aiki da kamfanin sarrafa kayan kwalliya na iyayensa, yana kai kwandunan kayayyaki a kusa da Barcelona a kan keke. A lokaci guda kuma karatu a jami'a; lokacin kyauta yana raba tsakanin filin wasa da 'yan mata.

A wannan lokacin, treble ɗinsa na sonorous ya zama ɗan wasa mai kyau daidai, amma mafarkin ya kasance iri ɗaya - matakin gidan wasan opera. "Idan ka tambayi Jose abin da zai sadaukar da rayuwarsa idan ya sake farawa, ba ni da shakka cewa zai amsa: "Waƙa". Kuma da wuya a hana shi wahalhalun da zai sake shawo kansa, baqin ciki da jijiyoyi da ke tattare da wannan fage. Ba ya la'akari da muryarsa mafi kyau kuma baya shiga cikin narcissism. Kawai ya gane cewa Allah ya ba shi baiwar da ke da alhakinsa. Hazaka farin ciki ne, amma kuma babban nauyi ne, "in ji Maria Antonia Carreras-Coll.

"Tashi na Carreras zuwa saman operatic Olympus yana kwatanta da mutane da yawa tare da mu'ujiza," in ji A. Yaroslavtseva. - Amma shi, kamar kowane Cinderella, yana buƙatar almara. Ita kuwa kamar a tatsuniya ta bayyana masa kusan ita kanta. Yanzu yana da wuya a faɗi abin da ya jawo hankalin babban Montserrat Caballe a farkon wuri - kyakkyawa mai ban sha'awa, bayyanar aristocratic ko launin murya mai ban mamaki. Amma duk da haka, ta ɗauki yankan wannan dutse mai daraja, kuma sakamakon, ya bambanta da alkawuran talla, da gaske ya wuce duk tsammanin. Kawai sau da yawa a cikin rayuwarsa, José Carreras ya bayyana a cikin karamin matsayi. Mary Stuart ce, wanda Caballe kanta ta rera taken taken.

Bayan 'yan watanni sun wuce, kuma mafi kyawun wasan kwaikwayo a duniya sun fara ƙalubalantar juna tare da matashin mawaki. Koyaya, Jose bai yi gaggawar kammala kwantiragin ba. Yana adana muryarsa kuma a lokaci guda yana inganta ƙwarewarsa.

Carreras ya amsa duk tayin da za a yi: "Har yanzu ba zan iya yin yawa ba." Ba tare da jinkiri ba, duk da haka ya karɓi tayin Caballe don yin wasa a La Scala. Amma ya damu a banza - na farko shine nasara.

"Daga wannan lokacin, Carreras ya fara samun ci gaba mai girma," in ji A. Yaroslavtseva. - Shi da kansa zai iya zaɓar ayyuka, samarwa, abokan tarayya. Tare da irin wannan nauyin kuma ba mafi kyawun salon rayuwa ba, yana da wuyar gaske ga matashin mawaki, mai kwadayin mataki da shahara, don guje wa haɗarin lalata muryarsa. Repertoire na Carreras yana girma, ya haɗa da kusan dukkanin sassan mawaƙin lyric, adadi mai yawa na Neapolitan, Mutanen Espanya, waƙoƙin Amurka, ballads, romances. Ƙara nan ƙarin operettas da waƙoƙin pop. Sau nawa kyawawan muryoyin da aka goge, sun rasa hazaka, kyawawan dabi'u da elasticity saboda kuskuren zaɓi na repertoire da halin rashin kulawa ga na'urar rera waƙa - ɗauki akalla misalin bakin ciki na mafi kyawun Giuseppe Di Stefano, mawaƙin da Carreras yayi la'akari. manufa da abin koyi na shekaru masu yawa don yin koyi.

Amma Carreras, watakila kuma godiya ga mai hikima Montserrat Caballe, wanda ya san duk hatsarori da ke jiran mawaƙin, yana da hankali da hankali.

Carreras yana jagorantar rayuwa mai ban sha'awa. Yana yin duk manyan matakan wasan opera a duniya. Babban wakokinsa sun haɗa da ba kawai wasan operas na Verdi, Donizetti, Puccini ba, har ma yana aiki kamar Handel's Samson oratori da Labarin Yamma. Carreras ya yi na ƙarshe a cikin 1984, kuma marubucin, mawaki Leonard Bernstein, ya gudanar.

Ga ra'ayinsa game da mawaƙin Spain: “Mawaƙin da ba a fahimta ba! Jagora, wanda akwai 'yan kaɗan, babban gwaninta - kuma a lokaci guda mafi girman ɗalibi. A maimaitawa, ban ga wani mashahurin mawaƙi na duniya ba, amma - ba za ku yarda ba - soso! Soso na gaske wanda ke ɗaukar duk abin da na faɗa cikin godiya, kuma yana yin iyakar ƙoƙarinsa don cimma mafi ƙarancin dabara.

Wani shahararren madugu, Herbert von Karajan, shi ma bai ɓoye halinsa ga Carreras ba: “Murya ta musamman. Wataƙila mafi kyawun tenor da na ji a rayuwata. Makomarsa ita ce sassa na waƙa da ban mamaki, waɗanda za su haskaka. Ina aiki tare da shi da jin daɗi sosai. Bawan waka ne na gaskiya.”

Mawaƙin Kiri Te Kanawa ya sake maimaita hazaka biyu na ƙarni na XNUMX: “Jose ya koya mani da yawa. Babban abokin tarayya ne ta fuskar cewa a kan mataki ya saba da bayarwa fiye da buƙata daga abokin tarayya. Shi jarumi ne na gaskiya a kan mataki da kuma a rayuwa. Kun san yadda mawaka ke kishi na tafi, sunkuyar da kai, duk abin da ake ganin ma’aunin nasara ne. Don haka ban taba lura da wannan kishi na ba'a a tattare da shi ba. Sarki ne kuma ya san shi da kyau. Amma kuma ya san cewa duk macen da ke kusa da shi, walau abokiyar zaman aure ko mai zanen kaya, sarauniya ce.”

Komai ya tafi da kyau, amma a cikin rana ɗaya kawai, Carreras ya juya daga wani sanannen mawaƙa zuwa mutumin da ba shi da abin da zai biya don magani. Bugu da ƙari, ganewar asali - cutar sankarar bargo - ya bar ƙananan damar samun ceto. A cikin 1989, Spain ta kalli jinkirin faɗuwar wani ɗan wasa mai ƙauna. Bugu da ƙari, yana da nau'in jini da ba kasafai ba, kuma dole ne a tattara plasma don dasawa a duk faɗin ƙasar. Amma babu abin da ya taimaka. Carreras ya tuna: “A wani lokaci, ba zato ba tsammani ban damu ba: iyali, mataki, rayuwa kanta… Ina son komai ya ƙare. Ba kawai na yi rashin lafiya ta ƙarshe ba. Ni ma na mutu a gajiye.”

Amma akwai wani mutum da ya ci gaba da gaskata cewa ya warke. Caballe ya ajiye komai don zama kusa da Carreras.

Kuma a sa'an nan wani abin al'ajabi ya faru - sababbin nasarori na magani sun ba da sakamako. An fara jinyar da aka fara a Madrid cikin nasara a Amurka. Sipaniya ta amshi dawowarsa.

"Ya dawo," in ji A. Yaroslavtseva. “Mai bakin ciki, amma baya rasa kyakkyawar dabi'a da saukin motsi, rasa wani bangare na gashinsa na jin dadi, amma rikewa da kara fara'a mara shakku da fara'a na maza.

Da alama za ku iya kwantar da hankali, ku zauna a cikin ƙauyen ƙauyen ku na motar sa'a ɗaya daga Barcelona, ​​ku buga wasan tennis tare da yaranku kuma ku ji daɗin kwanciyar hankali na mutumin da ya tsere wa mutuwa ta hanyar mu'ujiza.

Babu wani abu kamar wannan. Halin da ba ya gajiyawa, wanda daya daga cikin sha'awace-sha'awace da ake kira "lalacewa", ya sake jefa shi cikin kurmin jahannama. Shi, wanda cutar sankarar bargo ta kusa kwacewa daga rayuwa, yana gaggawar dawowa da wuri zuwa ga rungumar kaddara, wacce a kodayaushe ta kan ba shi kyauta.

Duk da haka bai murmure daga rashin lafiya mai tsanani ba, ya tafi Moscow don ba da kide-kide don nuna goyon baya ga wadanda girgizar kasa ta shafa a Armenia. Kuma nan da nan, a cikin 1990, sanannen wasan kwaikwayo na uku tenors ya faru a Roma, a gasar cin kofin duniya.

Ga abin da Luciano Pavarotti ya rubuta a cikin littafinsa: “Ga mu uku, wannan wasan kwaikwayo a Baths na Caracalla ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da suka faru a rayuwarmu ta kirkira. Ba tare da tsoron ganin rashin mutunci ba, ina fatan ya zama abin da ba za a iya mantawa da shi ba ga yawancin waɗanda ke wurin. Waɗanda suka kalli wasan kwaikwayo a talabijin sun ji José a karon farko tun bayan ya warke. Wannan wasan kwaikwayon ya nuna cewa ya dawo rayuwa ba kawai a matsayin mutum ba, har ma a matsayin babban mai fasaha. Mun kasance a cikin mafi kyawun tsari kuma mun rera waƙa da farin ciki da farin ciki, wanda ba kasafai ake yin waƙa tare ba. Kuma tun da mun ba da wani kade-kade don goyon bayan José, mun gamsu da kuɗi kaɗan na maraice: lada ce mai sauƙi, ba tare da ragowar kuɗi ko ragi daga sayar da kaset na sauti da na bidiyo ba. Ba mu yi tunanin cewa wannan shirin waƙar zai shahara sosai ba kuma za a sami waɗannan faifan sauti da na bidiyo. Duk abin da aka yi cikinsa kawai a matsayin babban bikin wasan opera tare da masu yin wasan kwaikwayo da yawa, a matsayin girmamawar ƙauna da girmamawa ga abokin aiki mara lafiya da murmurewa. Yawanci irin wannan wasan kwaikwayon yana samun karɓuwa daga jama'a, amma ba su da ƙaranci a duniya.

A ƙoƙarin komawa mataki, Carreras ya sami goyon bayan James Levine, Georg Solti, Zubin Meta, Carlo Bergonzi, Marilyn Horn, Kiri Te Kanava, Katherine Malfitano, Jaime Aragal, Leopold Simono.

Caballe ya nemi Carreras a banza don ya kula da kansa bayan rashin lafiyarsa. José ya ce: “Ni kaina ne nake tunani a kai. "Ba a san tsawon lokacin da zan rayu ba, amma an yi kadan!"

Kuma yanzu Carreras ya shiga cikin bikin bude gasar Olympics ta Barcelona, ​​yana rubuta fayafai da yawa na solo tare da tarin waƙoƙin soyayya a duniya. Ya yanke shawarar rera taken taken a cikin opera Stiffelio wanda aka yi masa musamman. Yana da daraja a ce yana da wuyar gaske cewa ko da Mario Del Monaco ya yanke shawarar rera shi kawai a ƙarshen aikinsa.

Mutanen da suka san mawakin suna kwatanta shi a matsayin mutum mai yawan rigima. Abin mamaki yana haɗawa da keɓewa da kusanci tare da tashin hankali da tsananin son rayuwa.

Gimbiya Caroline ta Monaco ta ce: “Da alama yana da ɗan ɓoye a gare ni, yana da wahala a cire shi daga harsashi. Shi dan iska ne, amma yana da hakkin ya zama. Wani lokaci yana da ban dariya, sau da yawa yana mai da hankali mara iyaka… Amma koyaushe ina son shi kuma ina yaba shi ba kawai a matsayin babban mawaƙi ba, har ma a matsayin mutum mai daɗi, gogaggen.

Maria Antonia Carreras-Coll: "Jose mutum ne wanda ba a iya tsinkaya gaba daya. Yana haɗa irin waɗannan fasalulluka na gaba waɗanda wani lokaci yakan zama abin mamaki. Alal misali, shi mutum ne mai ban mamaki da aka keɓe, har ma wasu suna ganin ba shi da wani abu ko kaɗan. A haƙiƙa, yana da yanayi mai fashewa da na taɓa fuskanta. Kuma na ga da yawa daga cikinsu, domin a Spain ba sabon abu ba ne ko kaɗan.

Kyakkyawar matar Mercedes, wanda ya gafarta wa Caballe da Ricciarelli, da kuma bayyanar wasu "magoya bayan", ya bar shi bayan Carreras ya sha'awar wani matashi na Yaren mutanen Poland fashion model. Duk da haka, wannan bai shafi ƙaunar 'ya'yan Alberto da Julia ga mahaifinsu ba. Julia ta ce haka: “Yana da hikima da fara’a. Har ila yau, shi ne mafi kyawun uba a duniya.