Hariclea Darclée Explained

Birth Name:Hariclea Haricli
Birth Date:1860 6, df=y
Birth Place:Brăila, United Principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia
Death Place:Bucharest, Kingdom of Romania
Resting Place:Bellu Cemetery, Bucharest
Nationality:Romanian
Alma Mater:George Enescu National University of Arts
Occupation:Operatic spinto soprano
Years Active:1888–1918[1]
Spouse:Iorgu Hartulari
Mother:Maria Haricli, née Aslan
Father:Ion Haricli

Hariclea Darclée (née Haricli; later Hartulari; 10 June 1860 – 12 January 1939) was a celebrated Romanian operatic spinto soprano of Greek descent who had a three-decade-long career.[2] [3] [4]

Darclée's repertoire ranged from coloratura soprano roles to heavier Verdi roles, including many in the Franco-Italian lyric repertory. Throughout her career she participated in several world premieres, creating the title roles in Giacomo Puccini's Tosca, Pietro Mascagni's Iris, and Alfredo Catalani's La Wally.

Puccini reportedly considered her to have been "the most beautiful and exquisite Manon".[5] Enciclopedia dello Spettacolo, regarded as the most comprehensive international performing arts encyclopedia, named Darclée "world's greatest singer for 25 years".[3] [6] Darclée was considered the equivalent, in the opera world, of Sarah Bernhardt.[7]

Early years

Darclée was born Hariclea Haricli in Brăila to a family with Greek roots. Her father, Ion Haricli, was a landlord in Teleorman County. Her mother, Maria Aslan, was a relative of the noble Mavrocordatos family. The family lived for a while in the town of Turnu Măgurele in southern Romania. She began her studies at Conservatoire of music in Iași, making her professional appearances as a concert performer in 1884.[8]

Career

She continued her studies in Paris under Jean-Baptiste Faure. She married a young officer, Iorgu Hartulari, and became known for a while as Hariclea Hartulari-Darclée, Darclée being the nom de théâtre she adopted when she made her debut at the Paris Opéra in 1888 as Marguerite in Charles Gounod's Faust. In 1889, she replaced Adelina Patti as Juliette in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette, to increasing acclaim.

In 1890, Darclée scored a great success in her La Scala debut as Chimène in Jules Massenet’s Le Cid, and was immediately engaged by all the leading Italian theatres. Highlights of her later career in Italy from 1890 on included the world-premières of the part of Odalea in Antônio Carlos Gomes' Condor at La Scala in Milan in 1891, the title-role in Alfredo Catalani's La Wally at the same theater in 1892, Luisa in Pietro Mascagni's I Rantzau at the Teatro della Pergola in Florence in 1892, and the title roles in Pietro Mascagni's Iris and Giacomo Puccini's Tosca, both at Teatro Costanzi in Rome in 1899 and 1900, respectively.

Between 1893 and 1910 she appeared frequently in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, Lisbon, Barcelona, Madrid, and Buenos Aires. She was very popular in Spain and South America, where she participated in many local premières of new operas by Puccini, Mascagni, and Massenet.

Among the many roles she portrayed are Gilda in Rigoletto, Ophélie in Hamlet, Valentine in Les Huguenots, Violetta in La traviata, Desdemona in Otello, Mimì in La bohème, Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana, and the title roles in Manon, Manon Lescaut, Aida, and Carmen. The last performance of her career was as Juliette in Roméo et Juliette at the Teatro Lirico in Milan in 1918.buna

Personal life

Darclée's son was composer (1886–1969), who was known particularly as a writer of operettas. Both she and her son are interred in Bucharest's Bellu Cemetery.

Legacy

The 1961 Romanian film Darclee, directed by Mihai Iacob and starring, is based on her life story.

Started in 1995, the Hariclea Darclée Festival and International Voice Competition is held every two years in Brăila.[9]

Repertory

Hariclea Darclée sang 58 roles on 56 operas (32 operas of tradition, 12 in absolute première, and 16 operas in important premières) by 31 composers (12 composers of the tradition and 19 young composers with new operas interpreted in absolute première); this artist occupies a singular position in the universal history of the opera:

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hariclea Darclée în istoria teatrului liric universal - Revista Muzicală Radio. revistamuzicala.radioromaniacultural.ro. 17 October 2017. ro. 1 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181001015349/http://revistamuzicala.radioromaniacultural.ro/?p=1161. dead.
  2. Web site: Arie d'Opera, Operetta e Napoletane Classiche d'Autore. DUO DARCLEE. beniculturali.it. it. 2014-06-22. 2017-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20171018072742/http://www.beniculturali.it/mibac/export/MiBAC/sito-MiBAC/Contenuti/MibacUnif/Eventi/visualizza_asset.html_187880430.html. dead.
  3. Web site: Darclée - un proiect vast - Fundația România Literară. romlit.ro. 18 October 2017. ro. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304085409/http://www.romlit.ro/darcle_-_un_proiect_vast. 4 March 2016. dead.
  4. Web site: Le Matin: derniers télégrammes de la nuit. 12 February 1907. [s.n.]. gallica.bnf.fr.
  5. Web site: Hariclea Darclée. Cea care a salvat Tosca. Jurnalul Național. 17 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171018071917/http://jurnalul.ro/special-jurnalul/hariclea-darclee-cea-care-a-salvat-tosca-635613.html. 18 October 2017. dead.
  6. Web site: Haricleea Hartulari-Darclee - Enciclopedia României - prima enciclopedie online despre România. enciclopediaromaniei.ro.
  7. Web site: Le Matin: derniers télégrammes de la nuit. 3 April 1903. [s.n.]. gallica.bnf.fr. 17 October 2017. fr.
  8. Xepapadakou. Avra. 2007. "Hariclea Darclée: Her French Debut". Parabasis. 9. University of Athens-Department of Theatre Studies. 305–322. Greek.
  9. Web site: ShortHistory. Darclee-voice-contest.com. 18 March 2019. 24 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180724134815/http://www.darclee-voice-contest.com/eng/history.htm. dead.

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Hariclea Darclée".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.