Lella Cuberli

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Lella Cuberli (born September 29, 1945 in Austin , Texas as Lela Alice Terrell ) is an American opera singer (soprano) whose name is particularly associated with Mozart and the bel canto repertoire of the early 19th century, especially Rossini . Her technically perfect, flexible coloratura voice was characterized by a rich, warm and shiny timbre , and her singing was characterized by an elegant sense of style and a fine and sensitive art of phrasing.

biography

Lella Cuberli studied first at the Southern Methodist University in Dallas and later in Milan . She made her operatic debut in Siena in 1973, and won several prizes at international singing competitions.

In 1975 she appeared in Hungary as Violetta in La traviata and began an intensive international activity. Her debut at La Scala in Milan followed in 1978 in Mozart's Die Entführung aus dem Serail , and she was soon recognized as a recognized specialist in Mozart and Handel . She also sang the leading roles in numerous operas by Rossini with great and well-deserved success: In La donna del lago , Il turco in Italia , Il viaggio a Reims , Bianca e Falliero (at the Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro), in Semiramide and in Elisabetta regina d'Inghilterra ; thus she was rightly considered one of the greatest Rossini sopranos of her time.

In 1982 she was invited to Carnegie Hall in New York to sing with Marilyn Horne in Tancredi . In September 1985 she sang Beethoven's Missa solemnis in Berlin under Karajan , with whom she also worked in 1986 and 1988 in Salzburg. Under Karajan's direction she also sang the soprano parts in Beethoven's 9th Symphony and in Brahms ' Requiem . At the Salzburg Festival from 1986 to 1989 she sang the Countess in Le nozze di Figaro under James Levine (direction: Jean-Pierre Ponnelle ) and Donna Anna in Don Giovanni from 1994 to 1996 under the direction of Daniel Barenboim (direction : Patrice Chéreau ).

At the same time she devoted herself to other roles and thus proved her versatility, so she sang the roles of Lucia ( Lucia di Lammermoor ), Violetta ( La traviata ), Desdemona ( Otello ), Mimì ( La Bohème ), Mélisande ( Pelléas et Mélisande ), Anne Trulove ( The Rake's Progress ) u. a. The composer Nino Rota wrote the Rabelaisiana for soprano and orchestra for her voice .

Cuberli made a number of recordings, including some rarities such as La Senna festeggiante by Vivaldi (with the Capella Coloniensis ), Torvaldo e Dorliska and Tancredi by Rossini (with Marilyn Horne and Ernesto Palacio ), Pia de 'Tolomei by Donizetti, Il barbiere di Siviglia by Paisiello , Mitridate and Lucio Silla by Mozart, a recital with bel canto arias and a CD with Mozart's results, jubilate and Pergolesi's Miserere No. 2 (Stradivarius). There is also a Mozart trilogy under Daniel Barenboim, with Così fan tutte , Le nozze di Figaro and Don Giovanni.

She received numerous prizes and awards: In 1981/82 the Italian critics awarded her the Premio Abbiati Critic's Prize “for a whole series of performances of high stylistic value”. In 1986 she received the Grand Prix du Disque from the Académie française in Paris as the best interpreter in the recording of Rossini's Il viaggio a Reims . In Campione d'Italia she received the “Maschera d'Argento 1985/86” (silver mask) from a commission of experts and critics, and in 1995 she was named “Chevalier dans l'ordre des Arts et des lettres” by the French Ministry of Culture appointed. A biography has been published in French: "Les Divas". In 2010 she received the “Bellini d'Oro” (golden Bellini), in 2013 the Premio del Belcanto Rodolfo Celletti ( Festival della Valle d'Itria ) and in 2015 she received a prize from the Associazione “Amici della Musica” in Alcamo, a. a. for “the refined elegance and taste” of their interpretations in the bel canto repertoire, especially for Mozart and Rossini, where their interpretations can still be used today as a benchmark, and also for qualities such as “their openness and simple cordiality in interpersonal relationships” .

Lella Cuberli teaches at the "Accademia d'Arte lirica" ​​in Osimo and has given various master classes.

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Remarks

  1. ↑ “per tutta una serie di prove d'alto valore stilistico”
  2. ↑ "Raffinata eleganza e gusto esecutivo hanno costantemente caratterizzato le interpretazioni del soprano statunitense Lella Cuberli nell'affrontare vari ruoli del prediletto repertorio belcantistico, in particolare Opere di Mozart e Rossini, nelle quali ha conseguito an personi successi in ... Infine, di importanza non secondaria, la semplicità d'approccio e la sincera cordialità che sa instaurare nei rapporti umani ... "

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g h Biography of Lella Cuberli on the website of the Associazione "Amici della Musica" Alcamo (Italian) , accessed on December 8, 2017.
  2. ↑ Brief biography of Lella Cuberli on the website of the "Accademia d'Arte lirica" ​​in Osimo (Italian) , accessed on December 8, 2017.
  3. ↑ Advertisement for a master class with Lella Cuberli on cantarelopera.com from 2014 (Italian) , accessed on December 8, 2017
personal data
SURNAME Cuberli, Lella
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Terrell, Lela Alice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American opera singer (soprano)
DATE OF BIRTH September 29, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Austin , Texas