Ngokwazi kwam, iLincoln Centre Theatre kuphela kwendawo yemidlalo kwihlabathi ukubuza abaphulaphuli ngaphambi komboniso ukuba bacime izixhobo zabo zokuva ukuba basebenzise isixhobo sokuva seso. Akukho siphoso-kodwa isixelela ntoni loo nto? Isixelela ukuba abantu abakwiZiko laseLincoln bacinga kakhulu. NDITHI IXELELA IINKCUKACHA KWI-LINCOLN CENTRE BAZICINGELELE KAKHULU.
Ubuncinci kuyahlaziya kwabo ukwenza izibhengezo zangaphambi kokubonisa ngesi-Itali. Kutheni isiTaliyane? Ewe, umculo ka-Adam Guettel eVivian Beaumont, UkuKhanya ePiazza, usetelwe eFlorence.
Hayi, ngaphantsi. Kodwa umbono o-cute-ish uyiphutha, inqaku elibonisa umboniso olandelayo, ngokungathi ulwimi lwesiTaliyane ngokwalo luzenzele umtsalane ngokungathandabuzekiyo. Esinye seziphene zokuKhanya kwiPiazza-ekwakuculwa ngokuyinxalenye ngesiTaliyane ade uMnu.Guettel ayilahle eyakhe indibano-kukuba unyanzelisa imvakalelo ngendlela ethe kratya yokuba onke amabakala amaTaliyane athandana kwaye ayathandana kwaye anxiba izihlangu ezinkulu.
Kuthethwa ngabanye, ngengqondo eqondakalayo yokuphumla, ukuba ukuKhanya ePiazza, kunye nencwadi kaCraig Lucas, ubuncinci ngabantu abadala. Kuyinyani, ayisiyiChitty Chitty Bang Bang. Xa kuthelekiswa ne-junkebox junk enje nge-All Shook Up, ngumsebenzi wobukrelekrele. Kodwa ingaba indala kangakanani le opera yothando isopera nyani-kwaye indlela yabantu-ivulekile ukubuza.
IZiko laseLincoln libonakala linencasa yokubhala ngaphezulu ukuthandana okungama-50 okubekwe e-Itali. (Ukuvuselelwa kuka-Arthur Laurents 'ka-1952 waseVenetian potboiler, iTime of the Cuckoo, kunye nokukhala kwayo ngobusuku beGondola, iGondola! Kuza engqondweni, ngelishwa.) UkuKhanya ePiazza kusekwe kwi-novella yothando kaElizabeth Spencer ka-1960 Igama elifanayo, kwaye malunga nomdala ophakathi, okhenketho olukumgangatho ophakathi ovela eWinston-Salem, UNksk.Margaret Johnson, otyelele uFlorence kunye nentombi yakhe eneminyaka engama-26 ubudala, uClara. Ingxaki iqhubeka xa intombazana emnandi, enomdla kunye ne-impetuous, intle eneminyaka engama-20 ubudala u-Fabrizio ethandana xa uqala ukuyibona.
Into ayilunganga ncam ngoClara. UNksk. Johnson ufihla imfihlo emnyama: Intombi yakhe yenzakele ebuchotsheni, nangona sicelwa ukuba samkele ukuba isenokungabonakali injalo kwenye i-naïve emnandi kwaye imsulwa.
Kubuza okuninzi. Xa uClara wayeneminyaka eyi-10, iponi yakhe yamkhaba entloko, kwaye washiyeka enengqondo eneminyaka eli-10 kumzimba oneminyaka engama-26. Iziphumo zilusizi, mhlawumbi zinomdla. Kodwa ndiyoyika ukuba ii-orchestrations ezimnandi zikaMnu. Guettel kunye nokuzisola okumnandi kukaSondheimean kuzisa imiba njenge-melodrama yakudala.
Ngaba umama ophethwe sisazela uya kumvumela uClara ukuba atshatele uFabrizio obethiweyo? Ngaba abathandi abancinci baya kubaleka kunye njengoRomeo noJuliet eVerona? Kutheni utata kaFabrizio onekratshi, uSignor Naccarelli, i-bespoke yaseFlorentine haberdasher, engaboni nantoni na engalunganga ngoClara? Kutheni kungekho mntu wumbi? Kutheni le nto umnumzana uNkosk. Johnson enomdla ngeSignor Naccarelli? (Kulungile, ungowase-Italiya ngokungxama.) Kutheni uMqondiso uNaccarelli emthanda uNksk. Johnson? (UDunno.) Kodwa kutheni le nto uMnu.Guettel kunye noMnu Lucas bekhethe esi sifundo somculo?
Ingenzeka njani into yokuba nabani na aqale ukuhambisa umntwana obanjwe emzimbeni womfazi? UClara owonakaliswe ngokwenyani akanakuba nakho ukwenza okanye ukucula. Kodwa u-Faara Clara, u-Clara onjengomntwana, udlula kakuhle kwi-Broadway. Iindidi ezifanayo ezicothayo ziboniswa ngokubonakalayo kwimiboniso bhanyabhanya yaseHollywood. Iingxaki zikaClara azichazwanga kuKhanya ePiazza de kube ngokutshekisha okuthe ngcembe kwinyani evela kumyeni kaNkosk. Johnson ongavumiyo, osekhaya eWinston-Salem. Utata uyabuqonda ubungozi nenkohliso. Kodwa abaqulunqi bezomculo bayayiphepha imiba yokwenyani ngokungangqinelani noNksk. Johnson.
UClara oneminyaka engama-26 ubudala, okhubazeke ngokwasengqondweni njengeNew Yorker emchaza ngesimilo kwesinye isenzo sokuphepha-akubonakali ngathi ubambekile ebuntwaneni, inokuba yingozi kuye nakwabanye. Unikwe njengebhinqa eliselula elihle elikhethekileyo.
Unokuba yiyo nayiphi na into yamashumi amabini anikezelwa kukucaphuka ngamaxesha athile kuba ilawulwa ngumama okhuselayo ogqithisileyo, ongumama oshushu. Iingoma uMnu. Guettel azibhalele abantu abadala kwaye bayazi, ukuba eneminyaka eli-10 ubudala. Ukutyelela i-Uffizzi kunye noMama, uClara ujonge kwilungu lobudoda lomfanekiso ongenentloko:
Lilizwe labafana abahamba zeemarmore
Into esingayiboni kakhulu kuyo
UWinston-Salem
Ngumhlaba wee-corduroys lowo.
Injalo? Ngaba ngumhlaba weentambo? Kodwa u-Fabrizio oneminyaka engama-20 uboniswa njengomntwana, njengoClara. Ngovuyo engayazi iminyaka yakhe yokwenyani, woyika ukuba akasokuze amthande umfana omncinci njengaye. Kude ekubeni ngumculo wabantu abadala, UkuKhanya kwiPiazza seso sizathu sidiniweyo sokulula-ukubhiyozela umntwana ngaphakathi.
UFabrizio uyancwina, uya kwinqanaba lokuphefumla. Uhleli ngokwenyani, uhlala ehleli, iintlungu eziya zisiba mbi kwaye zingathandeki, iintlungu zothando. Kwaye ucula ngesiTaliyane esingathandekiyo:
kucace
kucace
UClara, ukukhanya kwam, intliziyo yam.
Akukho manqaku aphezulu kuKhanya kwiPiazza. Ukuxhamla kwabafundi isiTaliyane sabo sinerusi encinci, ndiza kuguqula:
kucace
kucace
UClara, ukukhanya kwam, intliziyo yam.
o UClara
Wayengamthandi umntwana
Andikwazi ukuthanda inkwenkwana.
o UClara
Akayi kuthanda inkwenkwana
Akakwazi ukuthanda inkwenkwana.
Ngoku uyazi ukuba kutheni bengenazo izihloko eziphezulu.
Kwanele ukuba iingoma ngesiTaliyane zivakale-ziza si dice ngesi-Inglese? -INtaliyane yonke. Kwaye ayizizo izinto-zothando lwaphakade, izinto ezinesidima-eziphuculweyo ngokubhabha kwesiNgesi esaphukileyo xa yonke into ivakala njenge-bee bee pizza pie.
Ewe kuyinyani. UClara eeza-'ow sayz? -Ngoko unomdla! Kwaye umsulwa! Enkosi, akukho ngxaki. Wamkelekile nkosikazi. Unjani? Ubenemin emyoli. Wena lika cappuccino eneswekile? Ukugqwesa! Ndiyayithanda iwayini ebomvu. Ungathanda ukuhamba nam? Que sera, sera! Usuku lweDoris. Intle loo nto! Intle yaseMelika! Ncokola ngetafile. Winston-Salem eez umhlaba wecorduroy. Ewe kulungile! Ngaba sele ulucimile uncedo lwakho lokuva? Asinakulinda ngomso. Ngomso, i-eet kufuneka ibe ngoku. Ewe ndiyamthanda uGucci, naye. Jikela ngakwesobunxele eFerragamo. Molo!
Yiba njalo, imveliso kaBartlett Sher yeyona nto intle, kunye nokukhonkotha kukaMichael Yeargan, iinkundla ezinyibilikayo kunye nesinxibo sikaCatherine Zuber sika-1950. Isiqwenga siculwa kakuhle ngabo bonke, kwaye kukho intsebenzo entle esembindini evela kuVictoria Clark onqandekileyo nonemfesane njengoNksk. Johnson.
Kodwa, kwimizamo yakhe yokudideka yokungahoyi imeko yokwenyani yentombi yakhe ngenxa yothando lolutsha olunothando, uNkosikazi Johnson ngokwakhe ungumfazi osisidenge. Ukukhanya kuka-Adam Guettel waseSondheimean ePiazza akuyonto intsha yokwenyani. Iphelelwe ngumhla njengeenoveli zabafazi abathobekileyo besizukulwana sikatatomkhulu wethu. Ayisiyolisi. Ihlala isithembisa ngokusihambisa. Yisepha.
