UJezibaba (uJamie Barton) upela iRusalka (Kristine Opolais).UKen Howard / iMetropolitan Opera. Nangona i-opera kaDvorak Mermaid Iqhayisa ngomculo omnandi wothando kunye nebali elinomdla elisekwe kwiintsomi, ayibonisanga kwiMetropolitan Opera phantse iminyaka engama-90 emva kosuku lokuqala luka-1901. Ngelishwa, emva kwemveliso yasebusuku emitsha ngolwesine lwesi siqwenga, isenokuba yenye iminyaka engama-90 ngaphambi kokuba ibuyele kwiMet.
Mermaid ayisiyonto ilula ukuyibeka ngaphezulu. Umntu ophambili ubonakaliswa ngabom ngendlela engacacanga, ephazamisayo: URusalka ayilogama elifanelekileyo, kodwa ligama eliqhelekileyo elithetha umoya wamanzi okanye mermaid. Kwaye, njengoko isihloko sibonisa, i-opera yinguqulelo yentsomi ye-Mermaid encinci malunga nesidalwa esingaphaya kwendalo esilangazelela uthando lomntu. Sisakhiwo esibhityileyo kwisehlo, ngakumbi i-opera eqhuba kakuhle ngaphezulu kweeyure ezintathu.
Intloko yentsimbi yale mveliso nguKristine Opolais, opholile nesoprano sakhe esikhanyayo kula maxesha ambalwa edlulileyo abonisa iimpawu ezothusayo zokwehla. Ukusebenza kwangoLwesine ebusuku, wayebonakala ngathi ulilawula ngelizwi lakhe, enikela ivolumu kunye nombala kwitoni ehambelana nengqolowa. Nangona kunjalo, wayediniwe ngokukhawuleza, ecula isenzo sokugqibela esisezantsi kwenowuthi.
U-Opolais wadutyulwa waduma ngo-2010 kwimveliso yale opera eMunich eyathi yanobuchule obumangalisayo. Kweso siqendu sikaMartin Kusej, i-nymph yamanzi yayiyintombazana engumntu egcinwe ekuthinjweni kwigumbi elingaphantsi kwekhaya lasezidolophini, apho yabethwa kwaye yadlwengulwa nguyise owayenxilile. Nangona loo mveliso yayimbi kakhulu, ukungonwabi ukubukela nkqu nakwi-DVD, ibimele ukuzama ukujongana nemixholo ephazamisayo exhasa intsomi, ukuba yedwa kunye nothando olugqithisileyo.
KwiMet, umlawuli uMary Zimmerman ubonakala ngathi akaziqondi ezi zinto zimnyama, okanye eneneni nayiphi na imbono yokuba yeyiphi i-opera malunga nokuba kwinqanaba lomgangatho. Ubugqwirha obunamandla uJezibaba buguqula utshintsho lukaRusalka ukusuka kwi-nymph ukuya emntwini ngoncedo lwezidalwa ezinesiqingatha sezilwanyana eziphakamise ubungqingili obunzima UBeatrix Potter kwaye Isiqithi sikaGqirha Moreau . Indawo entle eyoyikekayo, apho ukwanga kukaRusalka kubulala isithandwa sakhe, kuncitshiswa ngemvakalelo xa umoya ongafiyo wamanzi ubetha phezu kwesidumbu kwaye unikezela ngengubo yakhe ngaphambi kokuba ungene ebusuku.
Eli lilinge lesine likaZimmerman lokukhokela i-opera kwi-Met kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, kwaye isiphelo asinakuphepheka: akanalo nofifi lwento ayenzayo. Akunjalo, kubonakala ngathi, umqhubi uMark Elder, obunkokheli bakhe obunzima bamshiya amanqaku e-Dvorak e-turgid kunye ne-opaque.
Ukuzabalaza ngenkalipho ngokuchasene nobunzima yayiyi-tenor Brandon Jovanovich njengeNkosana kunye ne-bass-baritone uEric Owens njengoyise kaRusalka, iVodnik. UJovanovich wayecula ngamandla nangona engakhazimli kangako kwilizwi, kwaye u-Owens waqhekeza i-legato etyebileyo kwisenzo sakhe sesibini sokulila, nangona ukungabikho kolwalathiso ngu-Zimmerman kumshiye ekhangeleka ngathi ngumntu opeyintiweyo u-King Henry VIII.
Ukubonelela ngomzuzu wokwamkela ukuba inkampu engenzi ngabom yayiyi-soprano uKatarina Dalayman, owathi wavula indlela yakhe ngomculo weNkosazana yaNgaphandle ngelixa wayehamba ngebhola ebomvu uLatrice Royale angayifumana ngaphezulu.
Yintoni eyenza lo mboniso uthwale, ukuba awunakubaluleka, bubukho be-mezzo-soprano entle uJamie Barton njengoJezibaba. Kunzima ukufumana izichazi ezibalaseleyo ngokwaneleyo ukuba zichaze ilizwi lakhe: likhulu kwaye linobunewunewu, kodwa ngokubanakho okubanzi ngombala kangangokuba imvumi iyalipholisa igazi ngokuqaqamba nje kwentsimbi kwithoni. Nangona andikhathalelanga ukuba ihlaya lithathe umlinganiswa uZimmerman ebekwe kuye, ndandothukile yindlela uBarton aziphose ngayo kwintsebenzo. Ukuphakama, ukujija kunye nokujija engayeki, wayejongeka ngathi angaqhuma nanini na ngenxa yobundlongondlongo.
Ukuba wonke umntu ubandakanyeka koku Mermaid bebesebenza kwinqanaba likaBarton, iMet iya kuba neyona nto ibalulekileyo kule minyaka ilishumi. Njengokuba kunjalo, inkampani inokuba ngcono xa icinezela i-opera kwisenzo esinye seyure esibizwa Molo, Jezibaba!
