名ソプラノ，キリ・テ・カナワ短信

確か昨年日本でサヨナラ公演をやったキリ・テ・カナワが，オーストラリアのオペラ・ハウス公演で，まだまだオペラの仕事も続けると発言したニュースがニューヨークまで伝わって，TheNewYorkTimes　の短信に掲載されていて，ちょっと意外な感じを受けました．

in August, she was quoted by The Daily Telegraph as saying that a production of Strauss’s “Rosenkavalier” （「薔薇の騎士」）at the Cologne Opera in April 2010 would be her last. といっていたはずで，その後はオペラ界からは退いて，コンサートに専念するモノと受け取られていたのです．

それが，まだまだ調子が良いようで，もっと続ける気持に傾いているようです．

短い記事ですから，どうぞ飛ばし読み下さい．

 

Arts, Briefly

Te Kanawa Now Says She’s Not Retiring

Compiled by DAVE ITZKOFF

Published: September 3, 2009 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　                            

Only weeks ago, it seemed that the New Zealand soprano Kiri Te Kanawa was preparing for her exit from the operatic stage: in August, she was quoted by The Daily Telegraph as saying that a production of Strauss’s “Rosenkavalier” at the Cologne Opera in April 2010 would be her last. “It’s not as if I want to do it on a regular basis now, because it’s exhausting,” she said. This was interpreted to mean that she was winding down her opera career though she would continue to perform concerts. But on Thursday, Ms. Te Kanawa, above right, told ABC News in Australia that she had no plans to retire after a set of concerts this week at the Sydney Opera House. “I haven’t got any plans to die either,” she said, according to the ABC report. “I mean, that could be on the cards too before I retire.”