Yana da wuya a yi tunanin wani wasan opera da zai iya zama mafi tsanani—ko mafi jin daɗi—ga masu sauraron da suka taru a wurin. Taron ya faru ne a manyan dakuna masu kyau na National Opera na Ukraine a Kyiv, wanda ya nuna farkon wasu sassa daga Mothers of Kherson, wani wasan opera game da sace yaran Ukraine da mahara Rasha suka yi. Labari ne mai raɗaɗi, mai gudana na asarar rayuwa da zafi na gaske.
Tun da farko an yi nufin wasan opera ya mayar da hankali kan zanga-zangar Maidan na 2013-14. Amma marubucin wasan kwaikwayo na Amurka George Brant, wanda ya rubuta wasan kwaikwayo mai nasara Grounded, ya canza hanya a 2023 lokacin da labaran yaran da aka sace suka fara zama kanun labarai.
"Wataƙila a Amurka ko Burtaniya, babu wanda ya san Maidan, amma kowa ya damu da yara, don haka wannan batu yana haɗa mutane da yawa," in ji Maxim Kolomiiets, mawaƙin wasan opera na Ukraine, yana magana daga tushensa a Leipzig.
Wasan da aka yi a daren Alhamis da ya gabata a Kyiv ya wuce nuni kawai—aiki ne na diflomasiyyar al'adu. Manyan mutane sun fito da ƙarfi: a cikin kujerun gaba akwai Uwargidan Shugaban Ƙasa Olena Zelenska, Firayim Minista Yulia Svyrydenko, da Ministar Al'adu Tetyana Berezhna.
Amma ba shakka, mafi mahimmancin membobin masu sauraro sune iyalai daga yankunan da aka mamaye a baya waɗanda sace-sacen ya shafa. Akwai iyaye mata da matasa da suka sami damar dawo da su daga Crimea ko wani wuri, da iyalai da har yanzu suna gwagwarmaya don dawo da yaransu gida.
Idan aka yi la'akari da hawaye, tashin hannu, da furannin da aka jefa a kan mataki, wasan mai cike da motsin rai—wanda ya ƙare da ƙungiyar mawaƙa da ke yin alkawarin soyayya, tausayi, da kariya, waɗanda 'yan wasan da manyan ƙungiyoyin mawaƙa biyu suka rera da ƙarfi—ya tabbatar da jin daɗi.
Aikin yana magana game da korar yaran Ukraine da mahara Rasha suka yi. Yawancin yaran da suka ɓace na Ukraine an tura su zuwa sansanonin bazara a Crimea da Rasha ta mamaye bayan an gaya wa masu kula da su da ke zaune a ƙarƙashin mamayar cewa matasan za su fi aminci nesa da faɗa. Iyalai da yawa sun sami kansu a hana su da hukumomin Rasha su dawo da yaransu.
Bayan an 'yantar da manyan sassan Ukraine a cikin kaka na 2022, iyaye da yaran da aka kora sukan ƙare a gefe biyu na layin gaba. 'Yan uwa, waɗanda ƙungiyoyi masu zaman kansu kamar Save Ukraine ke taimaka musu, sun yi haɗari don tafiya mai nisa ta Poland, Belarus, da Rasha don isa ga waɗanda suke ƙauna. Hanyoyin da suka fi kai tsaye sun toshe ta wurin yankin yaƙi.
A cewar Bring Kids Back, wani shiri da Shugaban Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy ya ƙaddamar a 2023, an kiyasta yara sama da 20,000 an kora ko tilasta musu zuwa Rasha. Wannan na iya haɗawa da canza sunayensu, ba su zama 'yan ƙasar Rasha, sanya su cikin iyalan Rasha don reno, ko fallasa su ga ilimin soja na Rasha.
Maria Lvova-Belova, kwamishiniyar yara ta Rasha kuma hali a cikin wasan opera—wanda aka gani tana ba da taron manema labarai a cikin aikin—tana ƙarƙashin sammacin kama daga Kotun Hukunta Manyan Laifuka ta Duniya saboda rawar da ta taka a waɗannan abubuwan, kamar yadda Vladimir Putin yake.
Labarin wasan opera ya fara yayin da mutanen birnin Kherson na kudancin Ukraine ke daidaita da girgizar mamayar. Wata tsohuwa mace, Olena, ta rera wani aria inda take tunanin zubar da tsaban sunflower a cikin aljihu da jakar baya na wani sojan Rasha, don idan an kashe shi a ƙasar Ukraine, sunflowers za su tsiro daga jikinsa.
Wannan yanayin ya dogara ne akan wani lokaci na gaske da aka ɗauka a fim a kudancin Ukraine a farkon mamayar gabaɗaya, lokacin da wata tsohuwa mace ta kalubalanci mai mamayar ya tafi kuma ta gaya masa ya cika aljihunsa da tsaban sunflower.
Iyaye mata biyu, Kateryna da Olha, sun yarda su bar 'ya'yansu mata su tafi sansanin bazara a Crimea. Watanni bayan haka, sun...Sun sami damar tafiya zuwa tsibirin, wanda Rasha ta mamaye ba bisa doka ba a 2014, don ƙoƙarin dawo da 'yan matansu.
Ta hanyar tattara labarin zuwa wani abu mai sauƙi amma har yanzu daidai, kayan sun ɗauki kusan ingancin tatsuniya, na asali.
Don rubuta libretto, Brant da furodusa Sasha Andrusyk sun yi aiki tare da Save Ukraine. Wanda ya kafa ƙungiyar, Mykola Kuleba, yana cikin masu sauraro.
An ba da umarnin wasan opera daga Peter Gelb, babban manajan Metropolitan Opera a New York, a matsayin nuna haɗin kai da goyon baya ga Ukraine. Keri-Lynn Wilson, wacce ke da asalin Ukraine kuma tana magana da harshen Ukraine, ta jagoranci sassan. Ta kafa ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta 'Yanci ta Ukraine jim kaɗan bayan mamayar gabaɗaya ta fara.
Wasan ya sami tashin hannu.
Za a shirya wasan opera gabaɗaya a Warsaw wannan kaka, tare da farkon nunawa a New York a Metropolitan Opera a cikin bazara 2028.
Don wasan Kyiv, an fassara wasan opera zuwa harshen Ukraine ta marubuci Myroslav Laiuk na Kyiv, wanda ya cika da waƙoƙin ciki masu jituwa. Don nunawa a Warsaw da New York, za a rera shi da Turanci na asali.
Gelb ya ce, "Muna son wannan wasan opera ya sami mafi girman sha'awar duniya. Muna son yin shi a ƙasashe daban-daban, kuma mun ji Turanci ya fi dacewa."
Andrusyk ta yi hira da yaran da aka sace da iyayensu—amma kawai waɗanda suka sami kulawar tunani mai yawa bayan abubuwan da suka faru masu raɗaɗi. Ta ce an bincika libretto sosai.
Kolomiiets ya ce an duba shi don daidaito kuma an sake gyara shi sau da yawa.
Andrusyk ta ƙara da cewa halayen sun kasance na almara "amma kawai a ma'anar cewa sun haɗa labarai daban-daban, ba a ma'anar cewa an ƙirƙira wani abu ba."
Tana magana kafin wasan na ranar Alhamis, ta ce tana ɗan jin tsoro game da yadda aikin zai shafi masu sauraron Ukraine. Batun mai wuya ya kusa saduwa da nau'in fasaha mai zurfi na opera kuma mutanen da labarin ya shafa kai tsaye za su ji shi.
Ga mutane da yawa, raunin ya kasance ba a warware ba. Yawancin yaran da aka sace ba a same su ba, wasu an hana su izinin tafiya daga hukumomin Rasha, kuma wasu ba sa son dawowa gida.
Andrusyk ta ambaci wani yanayi inda ƙungiyar iyaye mata "suka rera game da baƙin cikinsu, laifinsu, da yadda suke jin ƴan ƙasa suna raina su... Ina saurara kamar ni daga Kherson, kuma na ɗan yi shakka."
Ta ce, "Aiki ne mai wuyar yi ga mutane a Ukraine, amma kuma ina tsammanin nan ne fasaha ke faruwa—inda take magana da kai da gaske, kuma ka gane abin da ka fuskanta."
Wilson ta yi nuni ga wani yanayi inda yaran da aka sace, waɗanda ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta yara ta Ukraine ta yi, suka rera godiyarsu ga "Mama Maria," Lvova-Belova. "Ina nufin, yana da muni sosai," in ji ta. "Amma suna da ƙwarewa sosai. Matsayi ne, kuma kana rera shi."
Harshen kiɗa na aikin yana da sauƙi kuma mai daɗi, yana jawo waƙoƙin jama'a na kudancin Ukraine. Kolomiiets ya ce, "Dole ne in tuna cewa ina rubuta wasan opera don Metropolitan Opera, don haka dole ne ya zama na zamani. Amma kuma dole ne in tuna cewa muna ba da labari game da mata daga Kherson. Haskena mai jagora shine cewa mata daga Kherson dole ne su ji muryoyinsu a cikin wannan wasan opera."
Tambayoyi da Aka Yi Yawa
Ga jerin tambayoyin da aka yi yawa game da farkon wasan opera na Kyiv wanda ke magana game da sace yaran Ukraine da Rasha
Tambayoyi na Matakin Farko
1 Menene wannan sabon wasan opera yake game da
Yana ba da labarin gaskiya na yaran Ukraine waɗanda aka tilasta musu rabuwa da iyalansu kuma aka kora su zuwa Rasha a lokacin yaƙi Wasan opera ya mayar da hankali kan raunin yaran da kuma neman da iyayensu suke yi cikin fidda rai
2 Me yasa farkon nunawa a Kyiv ya sa mutane suka yi kuka
Batun yana da zurfin motsin rai kuma na sirri ga mutanen Ukraine da yawa Kiɗan da aka haɗa da ainihin bala'in sace yara ya haifar da wani lokaci mai ƙarfi na baƙin ciki da sassauci ga masu sauraro
3 Wanene ya rubuta kuma ya yi wasan opera
Wasannin opera an ƙirƙira shi ne daga masu fasaha na Ukraine ciki har da mawaƙi da marubucin wasan kwaikwayo waɗanda suka yi aiki tare da shaidu daga iyalan da abin ya shafa An yi shi ne daga kamfanin Kyiv Opera
4 Shin wannan labari ne na gaskiya
Ee Ya dogara ne akan rahotannin da aka rubuta da kuma shaidun shaidu Ukraine ta zargi Rasha da tilasta korar dubban yara tun bayan mamayar gabaɗaya a 2022
5 Me yasa wannan batu yake da mahimmanci a yi magana game da shi a cikin opera
Fasaha na iya taimakawa wajen sarrafa raunin da ke da wuya a faɗi da kalmomi Wasan opera yana ƙara wayar da kan duniya game da laifin yaƙi kuma yana ba da murya ga yaran da aka yi shiru
Tambayoyi na Matakin Ci Gaba
6 Wane takamaiman dabarun kiɗa aka yi amfani da su don isar da raunin yaran
Rahotanni sun nuna cewa mawaƙin ya yi amfani da waƙoƙin da ba su jitu ba, waƙoƙin da suka wargaje, da ƙungiyar mawaƙa ta yara da ta rera a hanya mai karkatacciya da ban tsoro don wakiltar tsoro da ruɗani Kiɗan yana canzawa tsakanin shiru da sauti mai yawa don kwaikwayi girgizar sacewa
7 Yaya samarwa ya ɗauki shaidun rayuwa na yaran
An gina libretto kai tsaye daga hirarraki da waɗanda suka tsira da iyaye Wasu sassan wasan opera sun ƙunshi kalmomin da aka faɗa kai tsaye yayin da wasu ke amfani da wasan kwaikwayo na alama don wakiltar waɗanda suka ɓace
8 Menene muhimmancin farkon nunawa a Kyiv maimakon waje
Yin shi a Kyiv magana ce ta juriya Yana ba da damar iyalan da abin ya shafa kai tsaye su ga labaransu ana girmama su kuma yana tilasta wa al'ummar duniya su shaida zafin a inda ya faru ba kawai a gidan wasan kwaikwayo mai nisa ba
9 Shin akwai wani martani daga Rasha ko hukumomin duniya game da wasan opera
Rasha ta musanta korar tilas a hukumance Duk da haka, Kotun Hukunta Manyan Laifuka ta Duniya
