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Irina Arkhipova (1925 - 2010)
Faleceu, aos 85 anos, um dos maiores mezzo's do século XX. Nas décadas de 1960 e 1970, pelo mundo fora, brilhou em Verdi, Bizet e Mussorgski.
Em jeito de singela homenagem, recordo dois excertos da magistral cena de Amneris (Aïda, de Verdi), em russo - aqui e aqui -, para além deste momento alto de Azucena (Il Trovatore, de Verdi).
«MOSCOW (AP) — Irina Arkhipova, a Soviet-era diva who sang at the Bolshoi Theater for decades, died here on Feb. 11. She was 85.
The cause was cardiac arrest, said Nadezhda Khachaturova, the director of the Arkhipova Foundation.
Ms. Arkhipova, a mezzo-soprano and later a contralto, joined the Bolshoi in 1956 and went on to sing many leading roles. She reached the peak of her career in the 1960s and 1970s, making guest appearances throughout Europe and the United States.
Her most celebrated roles included Carmen in Bizet’s “Carmen,” Amneris in Verdi’s “Aida,” Marina in Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov” and Marfa in his “Khovanshchina,” and Hélène in Prokofiev’s “War and Peace.”
She was widely praised for the power and intensity of her voice, and for her technically skilled and highly emotional performances.
Ms. Arkhipova is survived by her husband, a grandson and a great-granddaughter.»
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Em jeito de singela homenagem, recordo dois excertos da magistral cena de Amneris (Aïda, de Verdi), em russo - aqui e aqui -, para além deste momento alto de Azucena (Il Trovatore, de Verdi).
«MOSCOW (AP) — Irina Arkhipova, a Soviet-era diva who sang at the Bolshoi Theater for decades, died here on Feb. 11. She was 85.
The cause was cardiac arrest, said Nadezhda Khachaturova, the director of the Arkhipova Foundation.
Ms. Arkhipova, a mezzo-soprano and later a contralto, joined the Bolshoi in 1956 and went on to sing many leading roles. She reached the peak of her career in the 1960s and 1970s, making guest appearances throughout Europe and the United States.
Her most celebrated roles included Carmen in Bizet’s “Carmen,” Amneris in Verdi’s “Aida,” Marina in Mussorgsky’s “Boris Godunov” and Marfa in his “Khovanshchina,” and Hélène in Prokofiev’s “War and Peace.”
She was widely praised for the power and intensity of her voice, and for her technically skilled and highly emotional performances.
Ms. Arkhipova is survived by her husband, a grandson and a great-granddaughter.»
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