Tosca , eyenziwa yiNew York City Opera Renaissance. (Ifoto ngu-Sarah Shatz) Ngasekupheleni kwesenzo sesibini seIPuccini Tosca , I-heroine ekhungathekileyo ithandazela isisombululo kwingxaki yakhe enzima kwingoma emnandi enyukela phezulu kuluhlu lwesoprano kumagama athi perchè, perchè, Signor, okanye Kutheni, Nkosi, kutheni?
Ngentsebenzo enkulu, okanye nokusebenza kakuhle kwale opera, awunakukunceda kodwa uchonge ingxaki ekhoyo ye-diva. Kodwa kwintsebenzo engathethekiyo njengaleyo ibinikelwe kwiveki ephelileyo yiNew York City Opera Renaissance, ingqondo iya kwicala elahlukileyo. Awucingi kakhulu ukuba kutheni le nto isenzeka eTosca kuba kutheni le Tosca yenzeka kum?
Ngokuqinisekileyo-ndivile okuninzi okubi Tosca s kule minyaka idlulileyo, ubusuku xa inenekazi elikhokelayo liyitshitshisile inqaku eliphezulu kuloo Perchè, perchè, kunye nobusuku xa indawo ekuthiwa yomlilo eqinisekileyo yokulandela ngoko nangoko ilandela ishiye abaphulaphuli begxadazela. Hayi, oko kuhanjiswe yi-NYCOR kwakungekho kubi Tosca , kodwa enyanisweni into embi kakhulu: a Tosca ngaphandle kwantoni, nantoni na, akukho sizathu sokukho.
Kukho izizathu ezibalaseleyo zemvuselelo okanye yokuvuselelwa kweNew York City Opera, inkampani emi kubudlelwane ne-monolithic Met phantse njengoko i-off-Broadway isenza kwi-Broadway. Ukusukela ngo-1943 ukuya ku-2013, i-NYCO yaveza izinto ezinqabileyo, yavavanya kwakhona i-repertoire eqhelekileyo ngokuvelisa izinto ezintsha, kwaye yanikezela umboniso wezizukulwana ezibini zamagcisa amancinci aseMelika avela kuDorothy Kirsten ukuya kuDavid Daniels. 
Tosca , eyenziwa yiNew York City Opera Renaissance. (Ifoto ngu-Sarah Shatz)
Kodwa i-Renaissance eqhutyelwe kule nkqubela phambili yenkampani ibonakala, ubuncinci kwisiseko semidlalo edlulileyo kwiveki ephelileyo eRose Theatre eJazz eLincoln Centre, ithemba lobuxoki. Le yayiyi-opera kwelona phindo lwayo lukhulu, umzamo wokuphinda ubudala begolide ukusuka kwisandla esincinci se-tinsel.
Ingqwalasela yale projekthi yayikwinkcazo-ntetho ebonakalayo, ukuzama ngabom ukukhupha ubuqaqawuli bemveliso ethandwayo eyilwe nguFranco Zeffirelli ukuba kwisiqingatha senkulungwane yayingumqolo weMet. Ngoku ezi zinto ziyekiswa ngokuthe ngcembe ngenxa yokuma okungaphaya, okufana nokuqaqamba, nokungakhathali Tosca ngumlawuli uLuc Bondy owaqala ngo-2009.
Ithemba lokuqala le-NYCOR lide lacebisa ngemvuselelo kaMnu. Zeffirelli's Met Tosca , apho kwathathwa uMnu. Bondy. Into eyagqitywa yinkampani ekugqibeleni, nangona kunjalo, yayiyinto yakudala nangakumbi kunaleyo: ulonwabo lwe-opera's world premiere ngo-1900. Imizobo yoqobo ukususela ngeloxesha ngumyili obekekileyo u-Adolf Hohenstein yafezekiswa kwi-antique medium ye-canvas backdrops .
Iziphumo zazithandeka kwaye zinemvakalelo, kunye nemifanekiso yeqonga efana neefoto ze-sepia zeediliya zenkulungwane edlulileyo. Ngalo lonke ixesha umphathi wamapolisa okhohlakeleyo uSparpia embakraza ucango lweofisi yakhe, udonga lwangasemva lwelo gumbi lwaluphaphatheka okweyile enomoya ovuthuzayo, kwaye icawe enkulu ekuthiwa yeyomqolomba yaseSant'Andrea della Valle yayibonakala ixinene njengendawo yokuhlala e-East Village.
Emuva ngo-1900, kwinto ekumele ukuba yayiyindawo efanelekileyo yokwenza ngokufanelekileyo, iimvumi zokuqala Tosca mhlawumbi ngewamkele isitayile sokubambela esihambelanayo nemiboniso engeyonyani ebangqongileyo, uthotho lwemifanekiso eqingqiweyo kunye neentshukumo zangabom, ezintle. Kodwa kwimveliso kaLev Pugliese, abadlali beqonga badlala kwimigangatho esemgangathweni emva kwexesha kwisitayile senkulungwane yama-20, ngokungacacanga Indlela kodwa ngokungathandabuzekiyo yanamhlanje. Isiphumo yayingekokuzihlaziya okungokwembali okanye nayo nayiphi na into eyanelisayo kwezobugcisa ngokwawo. Yayiyimishmash ebonakalayo.
Ukuba le ntetho ibinemilinganiselo emihle yomculo, into etyhilayo ekuculeni okanye kumculo weokhestra, ibiya kuba sisizathu esaneleyo sokuphinda utyelele Tosca . Kodwa oko kwaviwayo kwezi zinto zimbini zatshintshayo ngoJanuwari 20 kunye no-21 zanikezela kuphela ngamaxesha athile kunye nolonwabo phakathi kweetemps ze-funereal kunye ne-turgid sonorities ezivela kwiokhestra, eyayikhokelwa nguPacien Mazzagatti.
Yeyiphi eyona nto iphambili ekubunjweni ephepheni yajika yaba ngowona msebenzi uwanelisayo. Kwityala lakhe njengeTosca, i-American soprano Latonia Moore yaqhayisa ngelizwi elisisigidi seedola, esisityebi negolide kwii-octave ezimbini ezizeleyo. Ngokukodwa ubuqaqawuli yayiyeyona nto iphambili kuluhlu lwayo, iiflethi eziphakamileyo ezikhanyayo ze-B kunye ne-steely, ifaka ii-C's. Yedwa phakathi kwenkampani wayebonakala eyongena kwindawo engqonge isitayile, ehamba ngesidima kunye nenjongo kwinto eluhlaza kunye nekelly eluhlaza eyamenza ukuba abonakale njengeDiamond Lil kwi-Bowery bar crawl. 
Tosca , eyenziwa yiNew York City Opera Renaissance. (Ifoto ngu-Sarah Shatz)
Tenye inkampani yokuma, i-baritone uMichael Chioldi, ngelishwa wayengenalo unxibelelwano noNks. Moore okoko wenza enye indawo. Lo mculi unobundlobongela, ukuma kweenkampani ze-opera zengingqi zaseMelika, ngokulula nje yiSparpia eyoyikisayo, ehambisa ububi bomntu obubi xa ephalaza isandi se-baritone eshushu. Okwakhe yayingowona mlinganiso upheleleyo kunye neenkcukacha zomdlali weqonga.
Kude ezantsi kuluhlu lweendaba kwakungekho khuthazo kangako. U-Kristin Sampson, enye i-Tosca, yajija isitayile esomeleleyo, kwiglasi encinci. Kwezi tenors zimbini (edlala uCavaradossi, umthandi kaTosca), uRaffaele Abete waqhayisa ngelizwi elithandekayo elonakaliswe ziimpazamo zomculo ezitenxileyo, kodwa uJames Valenti wayengavakali ubukhulu becala ngaphandle kwamanqaku aphakamileyo.
Okona kubi ngaphezu kwako konke, yayiyenye indoda eyayinguSparpia, uCarlo Guelfi, owayengaculi inowuthi ubusuku bonke. Ukukhonkotha okunje ngokufihlakeleyo kunye nokuhlwaya akubikho nakweliphi na inqanaba lehlabathi, kungasathethi ke ngeebhloko ezintlanu kuphela emazantsi eMet.
Ngelishwa, Mnu. Guelfi unayo bacule le ndima kwi-Met, njengelinye lamalungu ebango leBondy enengxabano Tosca . Ukuthatha ngolunya i-Puccini melodrama yafumana ii-boos ezivela kubaphulaphuli bayo ebusuku xa yayizama ukushiya iinkcukacha zesiko lokuvala isenzo sesibini, xa iTosca ngentlonipho ibeka amakhandlela kunye nomnqamlezo ecaleni kwesidumbu sikaSparpia obuleweyo.
Ukuvuselelwa kwe-NYCO kubuyise ishishini elithandekayo kwiveki ephelileyo. Kodwa, nanjengoko kwenziwe ngobuchwephesha nguNks. Moore, yaziva itrite kwaye ingenantsingiselo njengayo yonke enye into malunga nale nkampani.
