Virginia Zeani

Virginia Zeani Commendatore OMRI  (an haife ta Virginia Zehan ; 21 Oktoba 1925 - 20 Maris 2023) mawaƙin opera ne ɗan asalin ƙasar Romania wanda ya rera wakokin soprano a gidajen opera na Turai da Arewacin Amurka.

A matsayinta na mawaƙiya, an san ta da ƙarfinta na ban mamaki da kuma kyawunta, faɗin murya, da kuma sassaucin muryarta, wanda hakan ya ba ta damar rera waƙoƙin waƙoƙi 69, tun daga jarumai a cikin wasannin opera na belcanto na Rossini da Donizetti zuwa na Wagner, Puccini da Verdi. Ta kuma ƙirƙiri ayyuka a cikin wasannin opera da dama na ƙarni na 20, ciki har da Blanche a cikin Dialogues of the Carmelites na Poulenc.

Zeani ta fara fitowa a matsayin Violetta a cikin fim ɗin La traviata a shekarar 1948, wanda hakan ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan rawar da ta taka; ta yi wannan rawar sama da sau 640. 

Bayan ta yi ritaya daga muƙami a shekarar 1982, ta zama sanannen malamar murya. Ta auri bass na Italiya Nicola Rossi-Lemeni daga 1957 har zuwa rasuwarsa a 1991. Dukansu sun koyar a Makarantar Kiɗa ta Jacobs ta Jami'ar Indiana tsawon shekaru da yawa (kuma sun ci gaba da koyar da waƙa a ɓoye daga baya).  Mesa, Franklin (2007). "Zeani (Zehan), Virginia", p. 450. Opera: An Encyclopedia of World Premieres and Significant Performances, Singers, Composers, Librettists, Arias and Conductors, 1597–2000. McFarland;  Bagnoli, Giorgio (1993). "Zeani, Virginia", p. 381. The La Scala Encyclopedia of the Opera. Simon and Schuster;  Stinchelli, Enrico (2002). Le stelle della lirica: i grandi cantanti della storia dell'opera, p. 85. Gremese Editore;    Ta yi shekarunta na ƙarshe a Palm Beach County, Florida .

 Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Zeani a ranar 21 ga Oktoba, 1925 a Solovăstru, wani ƙauyen tsakiyar Transylvania da ke Romania . Ta bayyana wa masu yin tambayoyi a lokacin ƙuruciyarta, duk da matsalolin numfashi, tana rera waƙa, koda lokacin da take ɗebo ruwa daga kogin don girki. Ta ce kiɗa ta "shiga cikin ranta" bayan ta ji ƙungiyar mawakan Gypsy, ɗaya daga cikinsu tana buga waƙa mai ƙarfi a kan goge, kuma a lokacin tana da shekaru tara ta ƙuduri aniyar zama mawaƙin opera bayan ta ji wasan Madama Butterfly .  

Lokacin da take da shekaru 13, mai taimakon jama'a a ƙauyen ta biya mata kuɗin karatu don yin waka a Bucharest tare da Lucia Anghel, wata 'yar mezzo-soprano wacce ta horar da ita a matsayin mezzo-soprano a lokacin ƙuruciyarta.  A lokacin da take ƙarama a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, ta fara karatu tare da Lydia Lipkowska, 'yar Ukraine a Bucharest. Lipkowska ba ta yarda da kimantawar Anghel game da muryarta a matsayin mezzo-soprano ba, kuma ta sake horar da muryarta a matsayin mai waka . Zeani ta bayyana abin da ta fuskanta a wannan lokacin.

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Rukuni:Mutuwan 2023
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1925