ʻO Kathleen Battle kahi mele mele ʻAmelika me ka leo hoʻohiwahiwa. Ua huakaʻi nui ʻo ia me nā ʻuhane a loaʻa iā ia nā makana he 5 Grammy.
Nānā: ʻO nā ʻuhane nā hana mele ʻuhane a nā Protestant ʻAmelika-ʻAmelika. Ma ke ʻano he ʻano, ua hoʻokumu ʻia ka ʻuhane i ka hapakolu hope loa o ke kenekulia XNUMX ma ʻAmelika ma ke ʻano he ala kauā i hoʻololi ʻia o ʻAmelika ʻAmelika o ʻAmelika Hema.
ʻO ke kamaliʻi a me ka ʻōpio ʻo Kathleen Battle
ʻO ka lā hānau o ka opera a me ke keʻena mele ʻo ʻAukake 13, 1948. Ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia ma Portsmouth, Ohio, ʻAmelika. ʻO ia ke keiki ʻehiku o ka ʻohana. He ʻohana nui ka noho haʻahaʻa.
Ua hoihoi nui ʻo Kathleen i ke mele mai kona hānau ʻana. ʻO ke koho ʻana o kāna kaikamahine i hoʻoikaika nui ʻia e kona makuahine, ka mea i hoʻomaikaʻi i ke mele kahiko a me ka opera. Ua hiki i ka wahine ke wehe i ka puka i ka honua nani o nā mele opera no kāna kaikamahine.
Ua moe ʻo ia i kahi ʻoihana ma ke ʻano he mele, no laila ʻaʻole ia he mea kupanaha ma waho aʻe o ka hoʻonaʻauao ākea, ua hele pū ʻo ia i kahi kula mele. ʻO Charles Warney kāna kumu.
Uaʻikeʻo Charles i ke kālena maopopo o ke kaikamahine - a hoʻomaka kokeʻo ia e hoʻomohala. Ua wānana ke kumu iā Kathleen i ka wā e hiki mai ana. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia no kāna haumāna: "kahi hana mana me ka leo kupua." Ua hoʻomanaʻo ʻo Warney iā Battle ua hānau ʻia ʻo ia e lawelawe i ka mele.
Ua maikaʻi nō hoʻi ʻo Kathleen ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe. Ua ʻōlelo nā kumu iā ia ʻo ia kekahi o nā haumāna mākaukau a akamai. Ua ʻike lākou i kona hoʻomanawanui a me ka hoʻoikaika nui. Ua mākaukau ka mea pena i ke kahua mele, a i kona wā ʻōpiopio ua loaʻa iā ia nā hopena maikaʻi. Ma hope o kekahi manawa, no kāna mau hana ma kēia wahi, ua loaʻa i ke kaikamahine ke kēkelē haku hanohano.
E like me nā mea mele Negro he nui, ua moe ʻo ia e lilo i kumu mele. Ma hope o kona puka ʻana mai ke kulanui ma Cincinnati, ua aʻo ʻo Kathleen i nā keiki ʻeleʻele ma kahi kula aupuni. Ma kēia manawa, ua hoʻomaka kāna ʻaha mele: i ka makahiki 1972 ma kahi ʻahaʻaina ma Spoletto.
Ua ulu wikiwiki ka hana a Kathleen. Ua ʻike nui ʻia ʻo ia i loko o ka pōʻai o nā alakaʻi alakaʻi kaulana, nā mea mele a me nā haku mele. Mai ka waena o nā makahiki 70 o ke kenekulia i hala, ua hoʻomaka kona ala wikiwiki i ka lanakila ʻana o ka Olympus mele.
ʻO ke ala hana o Kathleen Battle
Ua hoʻohana ʻo ia i kekahi mau makahiki ma ka mākaʻikaʻi ʻana i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa. A laila kipa ʻo ia i New York, Los Angeles a me Cleveland. I hoʻokahi makahiki ma hope mai, ua lanakila ʻo ia i kekahi mau makana hanohano no kāna hāʻawi ʻana i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā mele ʻAmelika. Pīhoihoi ka poʻe hoʻohewa i ka piʻi ʻana o ka meteoric o Battle i ke kahua mele.
A laila ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia e ke alakaʻi o ka Metropolitan Opera, ʻo James Levine. Ua makemake ʻo ia i ka hana a Kathleen ma ke kahua. Ua kono ʻo ia iā ia e hoʻokani i ka ʻāpana o Mahler's Eighth Symphony. I kekahi mau makahiki ma hope mai, ua hana ʻo ia i kāna hana mua ma Wagner's Tannhäuser. Mai kēia manawa, hoʻokani ʻo ia ma nā keaka nui o Vienna, Paris, Lādana, Kapalakiko. Ua lilo ʻo Battle i kekahi o nā mea mele opera uku kiʻekiʻe loa ma ka honua.
He mea kupaianaha ʻo Kathleen Battle i kāna hana ʻana i nā hana mele no ʻekolu mau kenekulia: mai ka Baroque a hiki i kēia manawa. Ua like ka manaʻo o Kathleen i ka wā e hoʻokani ana i nā mele opera a me ke keʻena.
Ma hope o ka hoʻokō ʻana i ke kuleana o Zerbinetta ma Covent Garden, ua lilo ʻo Battle i mea hoʻokani ʻAmelika mua loa i hāʻawi ʻia i ka makana ʻo Laurence Olivier no ka mea hoʻokani maikaʻi loa ma kahi hana Opera Contemporary. Eia kekahi, ua hōʻike mua ʻia ma luna aʻe he 5 mau makana Grammy ma kāna papa.
Haʻalele i ka Metropolitan Opera
Ua kūpaʻa ʻo ia i ka Metropolitan Opera no ka manawa lōʻihi, akā ua manaʻo ʻo ia he pono e haʻalele i kahi i loaʻa ai ka kaulana honua i ka manawa. Ua ʻōlelo ʻia ʻaʻole i holo mālie ka haʻihaʻi. ʻO ka mea nui paha, ʻo ke kumu o ka haʻalele ʻana iā Kathleen ʻaʻole kāna hoʻoholo ponoʻī. ʻO ke kaua ma kāna ʻoihana e hahai ana i kahi hōkū hōʻino me kahi ʻano paʻakikī.
Ua haʻalele ʻo Battle i ke kahua keaka, me ka ʻōlelo ʻana he aloha nui ʻo ia i ke mele, no laila ʻaʻohe o nā kūlana, e hīmeni ʻo ia. Ua hoʻomaka ka mea pena e hoʻokani i nā lullabies, spirituals, folk songs a me jazz.
Mahalo i nā ʻano loea loea, ua hōʻike ikaika ʻo ia iā ia iho ma nā ʻaoʻao like ʻole. I ka makahiki 1995, kani ka leo o Battle ma nā album ʻehā. Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo ia ma "An Evening with Kathleen Battle and Thomas Hampson". Ua wehe pū ka mea pena kiʻi i ka makahiki jazz Lincoln Center i ka makahiki 1995-96 me ka ʻaha mele a kaʻahele iā ʻAmelika.
I ka makahiki 1996, ua paʻi ʻo Kathleen i kahi hōʻiliʻili ʻoluʻolu o nā ʻāpana Kalikimaka (e hōʻike ana iā Christopher Parkering), i mahalo nui ʻia e nā mea pā a me nā mea hoʻokani mele.
Me ka hiki ʻana mai o ke kenekulia hou, ua lohi iki ʻo Kathleen. Eia naʻe, ua hoʻopaʻa ʻo ia i kekahi mau mele mele no nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni. Hoʻopiha kona leo i nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni Fantasia 2000 (1999) a me House of Flying Daggers (2004).
Ma hope o kēlā, ua nānā nui ʻo ia i nā hana ʻahamele. Ua kamaʻilio pinepine ʻo Kathleen i nā poʻe kaulana a me nā luna ʻAmelika. Ua komo pinepine ʻo ia i nā polokalamu kīwī.
ʻO ke kaua ʻo Kathleen: Ko mākou mau lā
He mea kupanaha ka ʻike i ka makahiki 2016 ua hoʻi hou ʻo ia i ka Metropolitan Opera. I kēia makahiki, ua mālama ʻia kāna ʻaha mele ma ke kahua o ka hale keaka. Ua haku ʻia ka papahana hana a ka mea hīmeni ma ke ʻano ʻuhane.
I ka makahiki 2017, ua hana ʻo ia ma Iapana me kahi ʻaha mele, e hōʻike ana i kāna papahana, ʻo ia kekahi o kāna mau ʻaha mele. I kēlā makahiki hoʻokahi, hōʻike ʻo ia i kēia mele ma ka Detroit Opera House, e hoʻopau ana i ka hoʻolauleʻa National Opera Week.
No kekahi mau makahiki, hoʻomau ʻo ia i ka leʻaleʻa i nā mea aloha mele me ka leo kupaianaha. Akā ua hoʻohana ka mea mele i ka makahiki 2020-2021 me ka mālie. Malia paha he hana koi ʻia kēia e nā mea paʻa i waena o ka maʻi maʻi coronavirus.
