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thumb Enid Hartle (1935–2008) was born in Sheffield in 1935 and studied singing first at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama and after with Vera Rozsa, with whom she had a long and fruitful relationship. ==Operatic career== Enid Hartle's early appearances included Mrs Grose "a firmly sketched-in portrait of a comfortable old woman out of her depth" in ''The Turn of the Screw'' in London.〔Blyth, A. (Brief Chronicles, Obituary, and London Opera Diary) Review of Morley College Opera Group production of ''The Turn of the Screw'', February 1966. ''Opera,'' April 1966, p334.〕 She began singing in the chorus of Glyndebourne Festival Opera in 1968 and the following year made her debut on the Glyndebourne Tour, singing Filipyevna in ''Eugene Onegin'' by Tchaikovsky. This role was to take her to, among other places, Toronto, Amsterdam, and The Royal Opera House in London. She also took part in the Decca recording of ''Eugene Onegin'', under the direction of George Solti. She was a lyric character mezzo-soprano and was employed by Glyndebourne both in the main season and on the tour for many years, where her roles included:〔Enid Hartle artist pen portrait, ''Glyndebourne Season Book, 1985'', p155.〕 *La Natura and L'Eternità in ''La Calisto'' – Cavalli *Dryade in ''Ariadne auf Naxos'' – Strauss *Third Lady in ''The Magic Flute'' – Mozart *Forester's wife, Owl, Woodpecker in ''The Cunning Little Vixen'' – Janáček *The Fortune Teller in ''Arabella'' – Strauss *Florence in ''Albert Herring'' – Benjamin Britten *Baba the Turk in ''The Rake's Progress'' – Stravinsky. She created the role of Miss Reid in ''Winter Cruise'' by Hans Henkemans which won her great praise from the Dutch press and whose "committed approach" allowed her to present Act 1 "virtually a monologue for her... with consummate skill".〔Kasow, Joel. Holland – A Maugham opera. ''Opera'', May 1979, p478-9.〕 When not at Glyndebourne or abroad Enid sang with Kent Opera, where her roles included: * Little Buttercup in ''H.M.S. Pinafore'' – Gilbert and Sullivan〔Milnes, R. Review of HMS Pinafore at Canterbury in December 1973. ''Opera'', February 1974: "Enid Hartle's north country Buttercup was richly comic".〕 * Arnalta in ''The Coronation of Poppea'' – Monteverdi, directed by Norman Platt * Maddalena in ''Rigoletto'' – Verdi, * Mistress Quickly in ''Falstaff'' – Verdi, both of these Verdi operas directed by Jonathan Miller, * The Nurse in ''The Return of Ulysses'' - Monteverdi * Nurse in ''King Priam'' – Tippett, directed by Nicholas Hytner, * Auntie in ''Peter Grimes'' – Britten, * Mrs Chin in ''A Night at the Chinese Opera'' – Judith Weir.〔Kent Opera, Twentieth Anniversary. Artist biographies in Programme booklet for the King's Theatre Southsea, June 1989 unnumbered.〕 Many of these operas were conducted by Roger Norrington. Enid's perceptive and sensitive interpretation of these roles, infused by her love of music and language, made the characters real. She was a keen observer of and commentator on life, and her humour and enormous sense of the ridiculous brought previously unthought-of dimensions to these roles. One critic noted "Enid Hartle's impeccably timed and cleverly under-played Marquise de Birkenfeld ... which conquered all in the second half. Her piano accompaniment to Marie's song, at once hesitant and bold, was an especial joy, while the agonised examination of her music when Marie and Sulpice broke into the Song of the Regiment roused gales of delighted laughter from the audience."〔Forbes, E. Review of ''La FiIle du regiment'' by Northern Ireland Opera Trust at the Grand Opera House, Belfast, March 1983, 665-6.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Enid Hartle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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