Amelia (opera)
Amelia bụ opera n'ime omume abụọ nke Daron Hagen mere na libertto na bekee nke Gardner McFall sitere na akụkọ Stephen Wadsworth. Ọ nwere ihe ngosi ụwa ya na Seattle Opera na Mee 8, 2010.
Akụkọ ihe mere eme na arụmọrụ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]N'afọ 2007, Amelia ghọrọ ọrụ ọhụrụ mbụ nke Seattle Opera n'ime afọ iri abụọ na ise. Andrew W. Mellon Foundation nyere onyinye nke $ 500,000 na 2009 iji kwado mweghachi abụọ mbụ nke mmepụta ụwa.
Ọrụ | Ụdị olu | Mbido Cast8 Mee 2010 (Onye nduzi: Gerard Schwarz) Seattle Opera, Seattle |
Mbido nke Reduced Orchestration 27 Jenụwarị 2012 (Onye nduzi: Brett Mitchell) Moores Opera Center, Houston |
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Amelia | mezzo-soprano | Kate Lindsey | Megan Berti |
Ebe a na-anọ efe ofufe | tenor | William Burden | Chris Trapani |
Amanda | mezzo-soprano | Luretta Bybee | Elizabeth Evans |
Pọl | baritone | Nathan Gunn / David McFerrin | Trevor Martin / Jared Guest |
Ụgbọelu | lyric soprano | Jennifer Zetlan | Ashly Neumann / Kirsten Leslie |
Icarus / Nwa okorobịa | tenor | Nicholas Coppolo | Peter Tran / Aaron Casey |
Daedalus / Nna | bass | Jọdan Bisch | Joshua Green / Jacob Kincaide |
Helen | soprano | Jane Eaglen | Rebecca Kidnie / Lynda McKnight |
Amelia na-eto eto | lyric soprano | Ashley Emerson | Angela Schmidt / Melinda Harrison |
Trang / Nọọsụ | soprano | Karen Vuong | Marion Dickson |
Huy / Dọkịta | baritone | David Won | Fredy Bonilla |
Onye ntụgharị | baritone | Ebe Ngosi Ihe Mgbe Ochie Kim | Dennis Gallagher |
Onye ụkọchukwu | bass | Craig Grayson | Jordan Koenig |
Onye isi ndị agha | tenor | Wesley Rogers | Ryan Ford / Alex Bruce |
Onye ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị | Ọrụ ikwu okwu | Karl Marx Reyes | Ryan Frenk |
Ndị agha NVA | Ọrụ ikwu okwu | Monty Noboru Carter, Leodigario del Rosario, Alex Mansouri |
Eric Kao, Son Tran, Vincent Tran |
Nkọwa
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]A na-eme ihe nkiri ahụ na America na Vietnam n'agbata afọ 1966 na 1996. Ọ na-agba gburugburu onye isi, Amelia, onye na-atụ anya nwa mbụ ya ma na-enyocha mmekọrịta ya na nna ya, Dodge, onye na'ụgbọ mmiri United States nke nwụrụ na Agha Vietnam. A na-akọ akụkọ ahụ site na ịgwakọta oge dị iche iche, ihe ndị dị adị, na ndị dị adị n'akụkọ ihe mere eme, na akụkọ ifo.
Omume nke 1
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Ihe nkiri 1: America, n'etiti afọ 1960
N'èzí ụlọ dịpụrụ adịpụ, nwa agbọghọ dị afọ itoolu aha ya bụ Amelia na-abụ abụ maka kpakpando ka nne ya na-asa ukwe n'ime ya. Nna ya, onye na-anya ụgbọ mmiri aha ya bụ Dodge, si n'ụlọ ahụ pụta na uwe ọcha ma gosi ya na oge eruola maka àkwà. Nne ya, Amanda, natara akụkọ na a gbagburu di ya Dodge ma na-efu na Vietnam. Nna Amelia na-abụ abụ ụra ma na-arọ nrọ nke ụgbọ elu ikpeazụ nke Amelia Earhart. N'oge ihe nkiri ahụ, ọ na-apụta ìhè na anyị na-ahụ nna na nwa ya nwanyị na flashback na nne n'oge a.
Amelia, onye dị afọ 31 ugbu a na n'ime ọnwa atọ ikpeazụ nke ime ime, tetara n'aka di ya Paul, onye injinia ụgbọ elu. N'ofe ụlọ ahụ, Icarus na Daedalus na-arụsi ọrụ ike na nku ha. Ha bụ ihe Amelia chepụtara. Ọ na-apụta ìhè na Amelia nwere nnukwu nsogbu mmetụta uche na nke uche na ọnwụ nna ya nke ime ime ya mere ka ọ sie ike. N'ime flashback, ọ na-echeta oge nne ya gwara ya na nna ya efuola.
Ihe nkiri nke 3: Vietnam, n'etiti afọ 1980
Amelia na Amanda gara n'otu obodo dị na Vietnam mgbe di na nwunye North Vietnamese, Huy na Trang, ndị nwere ozi gbasara Dodge, kpọtụrụ ha. Ụmụ nwanyị na di na nwunye ahụ na-ekwurịta okwu site na onye ntụgharị. (A na-abụ ọtụtụ n'ime ihe nkiri ahụ n'Asụsụ Vietnamese.) Ka Huy na Trang na-akọ akụkọ ha, na-ezo aka n'ebe a gbagburu Dodge, a na-eme ihe ha kọwara gburugburu ha. Otu onye ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị obodo na-eyi otu nwa agbọghọ egwu iji manye Dodge ikwu okwu. Ọ gbagburu ya na mberede. Nwa agbọghọ ahụ bụ nwa nwanyị di na nwunye ahụ. Dodge na-agbadata n'ebe nwa nwanyị ahụ nọ, mechie anya ya, wepụta foto nke nwa ya nwanyị n'ime uwe ụgbọ elu ya, nye ya ndị nne na nna nwa agbọghọ ahụ. Ọzọkwa, ọ na-enye ha "akwụkwọ ozi ikpeazụ" ya, nke ha na-ezo n'aka Ndị agha North Vietnamese. "Gịnị mere i ji chere ogologo oge ka ị degara anyị akwụkwọ ozi?" Amelia jụrụ di na nwunye ahụ. "N'ihi na nwa agbọghọ ahụ bụ nwa anyị nwanyị," Trang zaghachiri. Ọ gara n'ebe ịchụàjà ezinụlọ, wepụ foto, ma nyefee ya Amelia. Ọ bụ foto Dodge nke Amelia dị ka nwa agbọghọ. Amanda jụrụ maka envelopu ahụ. "A akwụkwọ ozi maka gị", ka Huy na-ekwu. "Ị nwere ya?" ka Amelia jụrụ. "Anyị gbara ya ọkụ. Anyị were iwe. "
Omume nke Abụọ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Ihe nkiri 1: America: n'etiti afọ ndị 1990
Amelia, nke dị nso na nnyefe, gbawara n'ebe ọrụ Paul ma chee ya ihu na nchegbu ya. Ọ na-enwe nkụda mmụọ.
Ihe nkiri 2: Ụlọ ọgwụ, ụbọchị atọ ka e mesịrị
Amelia nọ n'ọnọdụ coma. N'ime ụlọ ọzọ n'ụlọ ọgwụ, otu nwata nwoke (nke onye na-eme ihe nkiri nke gosipụtara Icarus) na-anwụ n'àkwà, nna ya (nke onye omee nke gosipụtara Daedalus gosipụtara) jidere aka ya. Amelia nwere nrọ toro eto nke Amelia Earhart, onye ụgbọelu ya na-apụta n'elu àkwà ya, na onye na-anọgide na opera ndị ọzọ, isi iyi nke mkpali na obi ike nye Amelia nke ndụ. N'oge ihe nkiri ahụ, Amelia na-arọ nrọ banyere nna ya Dodge, onye na-abịa ịgwa ya okwu banyere ọpụpụ ya, ndụ ya, na ịmụ nwa. O kpebiri ịkpọte, ma mee ya, ozugbo nwata nwoke ahụ kwụsịrị ma nwụọ. Amelia, onye na-arụsi ọrụ ike, a kpọgara ya n'ụlọ nnyefe.
Amelia, onye siri ọnwụ na ịmụ nwa, n'agbanyeghị nnukwu ihe ize ndụ nye onwe ya, na-agafe nkeji ikpeazụ nke ọrụ ya ka, gburugburu ya, ndị dọkịta na-aga n'ihu na azụmahịa nke ụlọ ọgwụ, nna ahụ na-anata ihe onwunwe nwa ya nwoke n'ime obere akpa plastik, onye ụkọchukwu na onye ndụmọdụ iru uju na-adụ ya ọdụ. A na-emechi gburugburu ndụ ka ndị mmadụ si na ndụ Amelia (gụnyere ndị mụrụ ya) yiri ka ha na-apụta ọzọ dị ka ndị ọzọ - ndị dọkịta, ndị nọọsụ, ndị na-ahụ maka iwu. Nwa ahụ pụtara. a cappella nonette zuru oke na-esote maka ndị isi niile na-eme ihe nkiri nke Amelia Earhart ji obi ụtọ na-ele anya n'ime ụlọ ihe nkiri, nna ya na-eyi uwe ya ma na-apụ, Paul na Amelia na-enwe mmasị na nwa ọhụrụ ha.
Nzaghachi nkatọ
[dezie | dezie ebe o si]Heidi Waleson, na The Wall Street Journal, kọwara ọrụ ahụ dị ka "ma nke ukwuu nke mbụ na nke na-adọrọ adọrọ ... Amelia bụ opera ọgbara ọhụrụ nwere ụkpụrụ ọdịnala: Ms. McFall's multilayered libretto anaghị echefu akụkọ ya, na Mr. Hagen enweghị ike. egwu na-ajụ ajụjụ anaghị ada mbà n'obi."[1] George Loomis, na Financial Times, dere na "ụdị egwu egwu Hagen na-agbasawanye nke ọma iji nabata oke mmetụta mmetụta uche dị iche iche na-aga n'ọgbakọ na-enweghị atụ, nke na-akwado ndụ maka ndị na-eso ya. ndị isi na itoolu." [2] Anthony Tommasini, na The New York Times, kọwara opera dị ka "ezigbo obi na mbụ, ma ọ bụrụ na ọ dị arọ na ihe ụtọ ... ọrụ siri ike, nke sitere n'obi na nke na-adịghị ahụkebe."[3] Bernard Jacobsen , na Seattle Times, dere, sị, "E wezụga iji akọ mee ka ederede abụ pụta n'ụzọ doro anya, Hagen emepụtala akara mara mma nke na-adọrọ adọrọ ma na-adọrọ adọrọ. Ahịrị abụ ya na-abụ abụ nke ukwuu, na ihe odide egwu egwu ya na-adọrọ mmasị mgbe niile. ... ọ na-eguzo dị ka ihe enwetara ozugbo ọ dị omimi ma na-atọ ụtọ nke ukwuu."[4] Ivan Katz, na Huffington Post, dere " akara Daron Aric Hagen nwere nke ọma na, n'ọtụtụ akụkụ, ọrụ ọgụgụ isi. Ọ na-achọsi ike ide ihe n'ụzọ dị mfe karị maka ụmụ nwanyị, mana ihe odide ya maka ụmụ nwoke (karịsịa tenor William Burden) dị mgbagwoju anya ma dị irè nke ukwuu..[1][2][3]