Kathleen Battle ndi woyimba waku America wa opera komanso chipinda chokhala ndi mawu osangalatsa. Wayenda kwambiri ndi zauzimu ndipo adalandira mphoto zokwana 5 za Grammy.
Umboni: Zauzimu ndi nyimbo zauzimu za Aprotestanti aku Africa-America. Monga mtundu, zauzimu zidayamba kutha kumapeto kwa zaka za m'ma XNUMX ku America monga akapolo osinthidwa a African American aku America South.
Ubwana ndi unyamata Kathleen Battle
Tsiku la kubadwa kwa opera ndi chipinda woimba ndi August 13, 1948. Adabadwira ku Portsmouth, Ohio, America. Iye anali mwana wachisanu ndi chiwiri m’banjamo. Banja lina lalikulu linkakhala moyo wosalira zambiri.
Kathleen wakhala akuchita chidwi ndi nyimbo kuyambira kubadwa. Kusankha kwa mwana wake wamkazi kunakhudzidwa kwambiri ndi amayi ake, omwe ankakonda nyimbo zachikale ndi opera. Mayiyo anakwanitsa kutsegula chitseko cha dziko lokongola la nyimbo za opera kwa mwana wake wamkazi.
Iye ankafuna ntchito ngati woimba, choncho n'zosadabwitsa kuti kuwonjezera pa maphunziro ambiri, iye analowa sukulu nyimbo. Mlangizi wake anali Charles Warney.
Charles adawona talente yodziwikiratu ya mtsikanayo - ndipo nthawi yomweyo adayamba kuikulitsa. Mphunzitsiyo analosera Kathleen za tsogolo labwino. Iye analankhula za wophunzira wake: "chozizwitsa pang'ono ndi mawu amatsenga." Warney adakumbutsa Nkhondo kuti adabadwira kuti aziimba nyimbo.
Kathleen nayenso anachita bwino ku sekondale. Aphunzitsi ankamunena kuti ndi mmodzi mwa ophunzira okhoza komanso aluso kwambiri. Iwo anaona kulimbikira kwake ndi khama lake. Wojambulayo anali wodziwa bwino za nyimbo, ndipo kale mu unyamata wake anapeza zotsatira zabwino. Patapita nthawi, chifukwa cha ntchito zake m'derali, mtsikanayo anapatsidwa digiri yaulemu ya masters.
Monga oimba ambiri achinegro, adalakalaka kukhala mphunzitsi wanyimbo. Atamaliza maphunziro awo ku koleji ku Cincinnati, Kathleen anaphunzitsa ana akuda pasukulu ya boma. Munthawi imeneyi, konsati yake kuwonekera koyamba kugulu zinachitika: mu 1972 pa chikondwerero Spoletto.
Ntchito ya Kathleen inakula mofulumira komanso mofulumira. Iye anaonekera kwambiri mu bwalo la otsogolera otchuka, oimba ndi olemba. Kuyambira pakati pa zaka za m'ma 70s za m'ma XNUMXs akuyamba njira yake mopupuluma kuti agonjetse nyimbo Olympus.
Njira yopangira Kathleen Battle
Anakhala zaka zingapo akuyenda mwachangu ku United States of America. Kenako anapita ku New York, Los Angeles ndi Cleveland. Patatha chaka chimodzi, adapambana mphoto zingapo zapamwamba chifukwa cha zomwe adathandizira pakukula kwa nyimbo zaku America. Otsutsa adadabwa ndi kukwera kwa meteoric kwa Nkhondo ku malo oimba.
Kenako anaona wochititsa Metropolitan Opera Dzheyms Levine. Anakonda zomwe Kathleen anachita pa siteji. Anamupempha kuti achite nawo gawo la Mahler's Eighth Symphony. Zaka zingapo pambuyo pake adapanga kuwonekera koyamba kugulu la Wagner's Tannhäuser. Kuyambira nthawi imeneyi, iye anachita pa zisudzo waukulu wa Vienna, Paris, London, San Francisco. Nkhondo yakhala m'modzi mwa oimba omwe amalipidwa kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi.
Kathleen Battle ndiwodabwitsa chifukwa amaimba nyimbo zaka mazana atatu: kuchokera ku Baroque mpaka pano. Kathleen amamva chimodzimodzi akamaimba nyimbo za opera ndi chipinda.
Atasewera Zerbinetta ku Covent Garden, Battle adakhala woimba woyamba waku America kuti apatsidwe Mphotho ya Laurence Olivier ya Best Actress mu Contemporary Opera Performance. Kuphatikiza apo, zadziwika kale kuti pali mphoto zambiri za 5 Grammy pashelufu yake.
Kuchoka ku Metropolitan Opera
Anakhala wokhulupirika ku Metropolitan Opera kwa nthawi yaitali, komabe amaona kuti ndi koyenera kusiya malo omwe adadziwika padziko lonse lapansi. Mphekesera zimati banjali silinayende bwino. Mwachionekere, chifukwa chosiya Kathleen sichinali chosankha chake. Nkhondo mu ntchito yake yonse yakhala ikutsatira nyenyezi yonyansa yokhala ndi mawonekedwe ovuta.
Battle adasiya siteji ya opera, ponena kuti ali ndi chikondi chachikulu cha nyimbo, choncho ngakhale zitakhala bwanji, adzaimba. Wojambulayo anayamba kuimba nyimbo zoimbira, zauzimu, nyimbo zamtundu ndi jazi.
Chifukwa cha maluso osiyanasiyana aukadaulo, adadziwonetsera mwachangu mbali zosiyanasiyana. Mu 1995, mawu a Battle adamveka pama Album anayi. Adawonekera pa "An Evening with Kathleen Battle and Thomas Hampson". Wojambulayo adatsegulanso nyengo ya jazi ya Lincoln Center ya 1995-96 ndi konsati ndikuyenda ku America.
Mu 1996, Kathleen adasindikiza zolemba zabwino za Khrisimasi (zokhala ndi Christopher Parkering), zomwe zidayamikiridwa kwambiri ndi mafani ndi otsutsa nyimbo.
Pofika zaka za zana latsopano, Kathleen adachepetsa pang'ono. Komabe, adalemba nyimbo zingapo zotsatizana ndi mafilimu. Mawu ake amakwaniritsa mafilimu a Fantasia 2000 (1999) ndi House of Flying Daggers (2004).
Pambuyo pake, adangoyang'ana kwambiri zochitika zamakonsati. Kathleen nthawi zambiri ankalankhula ndi anthu otchuka a ku America ndi akuluakulu. Iye wakhala akutenga nawo mbali mobwerezabwereza m’mapulogalamu a pawailesi yakanema.
Kathleen Nkhondo: Masiku Athu
Chodabwitsa kwambiri chinali chidziwitso chakuti mu 2016 adabwereranso ku Metropolitan Opera. Chaka chino, konsati yake yekha inachitika pa siteji ya zisudzo. Pulogalamu ya kuyimba kwa woyimbayo idapangidwa mumtundu wa mizimu.
Mu 2017, adasewera ku Japan ndi konsati payekha, akuwonetsa pulogalamu yake, yomwe ndi imodzi mwamakonsati ake osayina. Chaka chomwecho, adapereka nyimboyi ku Detroit Opera House, kutsiriza zikondwerero za National Opera Week.
Kwa zaka zingapo, iye anapitiriza kukondweretsa okonda nyimbo ndi mawu odabwitsa. Koma woimbayo adakhala 2020-2021 modekha momwe angathere. Mwina iyi ndi njira yokakamizidwa chifukwa cha zoletsa pakati pa mliri wa coronavirus.
