Indlu yeMetropolitan Opera House ngoNovemba 17, 2020.UEduardo MunozAlvarez / VIEWpress Kuthathe ubhubhane wehlabathi, ukuqhuma kwentshukumo ye-Black Lives Matter, kunye nokubanakho kokuphela kwe-opera njengoko sisazi ukuba iMetropolitan Opera icwangcise ukubekwa kwayo Ekuqaleni opera ngumqambi omnyama , Vala uMlilo kwiMathambo am nguTerence Blanchard,Ngexesha lalo lowama-2021-2022. Kuthathe umzuzu wangoku wembali kwindlu opera yesizwe ukuqesha yayo Ekuqaleni IGosa eliyiNtloko lezeNtlukwano . Akukho nto kule nto ayothusiyo ukuba uyazi i-opera world. Indawo ebibanjelwe Othello Ngo-2019 kunye nomlingiswa obizwa ngokuba ngumculi omhlophe (ngenceba engekho kwi-blackface) uyarhuqeka ekujonganeni nobuhlanga kuphela kunye nokukhaba.
Ukungalingani kubugcisa obuphezulu kuqhuba ngokunzulu. Ukunqongophala kweyantlukwano kushishino akunakuqwalaselwa ngamanqanaba aphezulu, abaphezulu abaphezulu kuphela.
UNicholas Connolly, i-baritone kunye nelizwi utitshala, uxeleleUmjongi,Ngaphandle kokuba unayo enye yexesha elipheleleyo izikhundla ze-chorus ezikhoyo kweli lizwe, awunakhuseleko lomsebenzi. Unalo ixesha lonyaka, nangona kunjalo zininzi iigig onokuzidibanisa. Uninzi lweemvumi zikhulisa umsebenzi odibeneyo, ukufundisa, ukuthengisa izindlu nomhlaba okanye inkonzo yokutya okanye unayo Akukho toni yabantu ebenza baphile ngokusisigxina ngokucula nje.
Njengoninzi lwamagcisa, uninzi lweemvumi zeopera zifuna i-gig esecaleni yokuxhasa imisebenzi yabo yobugcisa. Oku kwamkelwe kubo bonke ubugcisa. Yintoni eyahlukileyo ngomculo weklasikhi, kunye ne-opera ngokukodwa, ingakanani uqeqesho olufunekayo, kwaye lingakanani ixesha lokuziqhelanisa nelifunekayo, ukwenza kwinqanaba lobungcali.
Ukongezwa kwelo xesha lokuzinikela yindleko yokuba yimvumi yeopera. Kwiindleko eziphezulu zekholeji kunye neenkqubo zokuthweswa izidanga (rhoqo $ 30K ngonyaka okanye ngaphezulu ) Unokongezwa ukuqeqeshwa kwelizwi kunye neNkqubo yamaGcisa aMancinci. Iimvumi kulindeleke ukuba sele ziyenzile indima eziyiphicothayo, kwaye ngamanye amaxesha ekuphela kwendlela yokufumana amava kukuba ifolokhwe phakathi kwamawaka amabini anesibhozo amawaka eedola kwiinkqubo zokucula, njenge Umnyhadala woMculo we-Aspen , ukulungiselela uqeqesho kunye nokusebenza kwehlobo. Ezi nkqubo ziyakhuphisana kwaye zinokuhlawulisa abadlali nokuba baphicothwe. Abadlali ngokufanayo kufuneka baqeqeshele olu phicotho-zincwadi, bahlala benomqeqeshi welizwi ekufuneka behlawule naye.
Olu qeqesho luqhubekayo luyimfuneko kwishishini, linikezwe ngokungqongqo iiparameter zemveli. Ngokungafaniyo nomdlali weqonga kumdlalo weqonga okanye wefilimu, iimvumi ezininzi zeopera, kwezinye iindlela, kulindeleke ukuba zidlale indima ngokuchanekileyo njengoko ibisenziwa kumashumi eminyaka, ukuya kuthi ga kwisilabhasi yokugqibela. Ngenxa yeendleko zemveliso, iiseti kunye nesinxibo ngamanye amaxesha ziphinde zisetyenziswe. Iimvumi zinokulindelwa ukuba zingavakali nje njengomlingiswa wesintu kodwa zikwabukeke zifana nazo, kwaye zinokulingana nakwimpahla yazo efanayo.
Ukuba uyacula Inkqubo ye- IBohemia , ukuba ucula iMusetta, ukuba uculaMnaUyachazwa ngokurekhodwa okuthe ngaphambi kwakho, uxelele uKayleigh Butcher we-mezzo-sopranoUmjongi. Kulindeleke ukuba uvakalise ngathi konke ukurekhoda okhe weva ngako 'Ewe,bayandibizaMna. ’Ukuba nangayiphi na indlela uyaphambuka koko ukurekhodwayo kuvakala ngathi abantu bothukile.
Abaphulaphuli be-Opera kunye nabaxhasi skew ngokungalinganiyo abadala, abamhlophe, kwaye batyebile. Idama labanikeli lifuna ukubona ezona ntandokazi zakudala zisenziwa njengoko bezisoloko zisenziwa. Ngokukodwa e-United States, apho urhulumente exhasa ngemali ubugcisa bunqabile, imisebenzi emitsha, okanye nokutolikwa okutsha kwemisebenzi yakudala, kunzima kakhulu ukuxhasa ngemali.
Kwiimvumi, phakathi koqeqesho, ukhenketho, noqeqesho, iindleko ziyaxokozela, nditsho nakwabo bazenzileyo, abahamba bodwa eqongeni kwiindawo eziphezulu. Uninzi lweemvumi, nkqu nakwiindawo eziphambili, zisasebenza gig ukuya kwi-gig, zisuka esixekweni ziye kwesinye.
Ukuchaneka kwabo kuhlelwe kwizivumelwano zabo ngemanyano yabo, iAmerican Guild of Musical Artists (AGMA). UMonica Dewey, isoprano eyayicwangciselwe ukuba imenze i-Metropolitan Opera kwi-20-2021 yexesha elirhoxisiweyo, uxeleleUmjongi,
Ukufumana kwam ikhontrakthi yokuqala ye-AGMA, ndandinemincili kuba ndandicinga ukuba zonke ezi zinto zimangalisayo ziza kuza nayo. Emva koko ndafumanisa ukuba, hayi, andikabi nalo ukhathalelo lwempilo… Iimvumi zihamba umhlaba wonke zisela iti kwaye zithatha i-zinc ukuze zihlale zisempilweni ngenxa yokuba zingenakho ukubonana nogqirha.
Ezi zinto zixhalabisayo, ngakumbi xa iimvumi zikhula kwaye ubomi babo bunzima kakhulu, zinefuthe elibi kwiyantlukwano yeshishini. Iqela elinokwenza olu hlobo lobomi lusebenze, nokuba linee-gigs zecala, lincinci kwaye linobuntu obahlukeneyo.
Ngokuqinisekileyo, ukuzibophelela kubameli obahlukeneyo sisiqalo esihle seMet. Nangona kunjalo, iyantlukwano iya kuhamba kuphela ukuza kuthi ga ngoku ngemodeli yenkxaso-mali yokuxhasa eyinika amalungelo abo bathanda kuphela abaxhasi. I-Opera endaweni yoko iya kufuna inkxaso kurhulumente, ngakumbi iithiyetha ezincinci apho uninzi lwabadlali abancinci abavela kwimvelaphi eyahlukeneyo banokuhlawulwa umvuzo wokuphila ukuze bafunde iindima okokuqala. Amazwe akuMbindi weYurophu, kunye neJamani ngokukodwa-apho iithiyetha ezincinci, zengingqi zihlala zixhaswa ngurhulumente-zingqine ukuba imodeli yezemali ethe kratya ingasebenza njani. Ngenxa yokuncipha kwesiseko senkxaso-mali kunye nekamva eliqinisekileyo ngokubanzi lobugcisa obuphezulu emva kwendyikitya yokufa, ukwandisa, ezantsi, inkxaso exhaswa ngurhulumente yokuxhasa ngemali i-opera kunye nokuqinisekisa ukwahluka kwayo kunesibonelelo esongeziweyo sokwenza ukuba iphile.
