SANTUZZA’S CHARACTER FROM CAVALLERIA RUSTICANA BY PIETRO MASCAGNI, CEATED BY MARIA BIEȘU

Abstract

Santuzza from Pietro Mascaghi’s opera Cavalleria Rusticana is a complex, upstanding character which requires a profound understanding, great dedication and penetration into the specifics of the contents from the interpreter. Maria Bieșu succeeded to create a unique and unrepeatable character of Santuzza due to her artistic, unerring feeling of dramaturgy, vocal-interpretative and psychological skills. Her musical-artistic expressiveness can be qualified as perfect. The passionate personality of the main character was reflected by the genuine vocal colours of Maria Bieșu’s voice, revealing in this way Santuzza’s multi-dimensional and harmonious inner state. The complexity of the female character of Santuzza can be understood due to prima’donna’s excellent vocal techniques and her acting talent that deeply reflect Santuzza’s feelings, the state and inner conflict throughout the work. The singer conquers the public by means of her remarkable elegance of vocalizations and the filigree technique in the aria ”Voi lo sapete o mamma”. Possessing extraordinary musical endowments, Maria Bieșu knew how to convey the main character’s spirit and namely by means of this role she testified her enormous potential as a vocalist and proved herself as an actress with unequivocal dramatic force.

Keywords

• maria bieșu
• cavalleria rusticana
• pietro mascagni
• santuzza
• soprano
• vocal art
• opera