Жорж Претр (George Priest) |

George Priest

A cikin 'yan shekarun nan, sunan wannan madugu yana ƙara fitowa a kan fostocin wuraren wasan kwaikwayo da gidajen wasan opera, a kan bangon rikodin gramophone, a jaridu da shafukan mujallu. Georges Pretre ana kiransa daya daga cikin mafi kyawun wakilai na sabon jagoran galaxy, madugu na nau'in zamani. Ga yadda daya daga cikin masu suka ya bayyana kamanninsa: “Georges Pretre ba ƙwararren shugaba ba ne kawai wanda ya san sana’arsa sarai, amma kuma ƙwararren mai jijiyoyi ne. Halinsa na sha'awa yana haskaka lafiya… Babu taɓawar halo mai ɗaurin soyayya. Pretre wani nau'i ne na madugu na zamani wanda aka gina a cikin motsa jiki wanda ke tsaye a ƙasa; shi dan wasan ninkaya ne kuma mai tukin jirgin ruwa, abokin judo mai hatsarin gaske. Idanunsa shuɗi suna cin amanar asalin Flemish, kuma fara'arsa ta bambanta Bafaranshe na gaskiya.

Ko ta yaya waɗannan kalmomi suka kasance, tabbacin da za a iya samu a cikin tarihin rayuwar mai zane, babban dalilin nasararsa, ba shakka, shine fitaccen jagoransa da basirar kiɗa. Ya bayyana kansa a lokacin ƙuruciya: tun yana ɗan shekara takwas, yaron ya fara buga piano, sannan ya ƙware wajen buga obo da ƙaho. Lokacin da yake da shekaru goma sha bakwai, ya sami lambar yabo ta farko a gasar oboist, sannan, kamar yadda ya dace da mawaƙin "zamani", ya zama mai sha'awar jazz. Ba da daɗewa ba, an riga an san Pretre a matsayin babban ƙaho na jazz. Amma har yanzu yana da wasu tsare-tsare masu tsanani. Ya tafi Paris don shiga ɗakin ajiya, a cikin aji, kuma ... ya kasa. Matashin bai karaya ba, ya samu ganawa da Kluytens da kansa, kuma bayan ya saurare shi, ya sanya shi a matsayin dalibi.

Praetre ya karanci fasahar gudanarwa a Marseille Opera House, inda bayan kammala karatunsa na jami'ar Conservatory, ya yi aiki na tsawon shekaru takwas a matsayin mataimakin madugu, sa'an nan a matsayin madugu na biyu. Ya fara da wasan opera na Iber “Sarkin birnin Iz”, nan da nan ya ƙware dukan repertore na gidan wasan kwaikwayo, ya zagaya da tawagar a garuruwa daban-daban kuma yana da shekaru talatin ya jagoranci gidan wasan opera a Toulouse.

A cikin tsakiyar 1960ties, Pretre ya fara halarta a karon a Paris, inda ya gudanar a Opera Comique operas Duk Mata Yi Wannan ta Mozart, Mignon na Thomas da Capriccio na R. Strauss. Kuma ba da daɗewa ba shaharar duniya ta zo ga jagorar, wanda ke ci gaba da girma. Pretr yana wasa a Switzerland, Belgium, Jamus, Amurka, Spain, Ingila, Austria, inda ya zagaya sau biyu bisa gayyatar Karajan da kansa; ya ci nasara da 'yan Parisiya tare da samar da fasaha na Faust a Grand Opera, yana shiga cikin bukukuwa da yawa, yana aiki tare da wasan kwaikwayo da kide kide da wake-wake da M. Callas da R. Tebaldi, da kuma rubuce-rubuce akan rubuce-rubuce. Don haka, a farkon shekarun XNUMX, Praetre ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan masu gudanarwa a ƙasarsa.

Abubuwan kirkira na Pretre sun ta'allaka ne a fagen kiɗan Faransa. Ya sami babban shahara a ƙasarsa tare da fara wasan operas na Poulenc The Human Voice da The Lady daga Monte Carlo da sabunta nasa Gloriana; Repertoire na Pretre ya ƙunshi wasan operas da ayyukan ban mamaki na Gounod, Berlioz, Debussy, Ravel, da Messiaen. Daga cikin mafi kyawun nasarorin mai gudanarwa shine sake rikodin "Carmen" tare da sa hannun M. Callas. Har ila yau, kiɗan Rasha yana da matsayi mai mahimmanci a cikin repertore; Masu sukar sun yaba da fassararsa na "Eugene Onegin" da "Prince Igor". Jagoran kuma ya juya zuwa wasu yadudduka na kiɗa: nasa na'urar ya hada da Mozart, Wagner, R. Strauss, kuma a cikin rikodin, Dvorak's Fifth Symphony, Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms, ayyuka da dama na A. Berg sun fito.