溫州“夜鶯”在海外引吭高歌

張銀燕?陳克力?王綜

如果說有人生來就屬于舞臺，葉璐毫無疑問就是這一類人。

她是從溫州走出去的世界級女高音歌唱家，在音樂路上，她先后收獲了“意大利歌劇終身成就獎(jiǎng)”、意大利“文化騎士”和“文化形象大使”等烙著音樂印記的榮譽(yù)勛章。

她很喜歡奧黛麗赫本說的一句話：“The word IMPOSSIBLE means Im POSSIBLE（“不可能”意味著“我可以”）”。這也是她的座右銘。

生而為歌者

聊起藝術(shù)之路，葉璐用四個(gè)字來形容：逆流而上。

葉璐是一位地道的溫州人，出生于溫州鹿城一個(gè)高級工程師家庭。葉璐覺得，自己與音樂十分“投緣”。從3歲起，她就喜歡唱歌，愿望是長大以后當(dāng)一名歌唱家。

葉璐的朋友、原溫州電臺資深主持人林達(dá)這樣評價(jià)他對葉璐的第一印象：“進(jìn)入廣播電臺不久，有一次去看溫州市中學(xué)生的一個(gè)文藝匯演，整臺節(jié)目下來給我印象最深的就是一個(gè)扎著兩條辮子的當(dāng)主持人的小女生，聲音很甜美，普通話沒的說，表情呢很到位，形象又好，對我來說這是一個(gè)很少見的很有潛力的小女生?！?/p>

中學(xué)的時(shí)候，葉璐作為藝術(shù)特長生被溫州第二中學(xué)錄取，并得到了溫州聲樂教育家胡成輝的悉心指導(dǎo)，畢業(yè)后她順利考上了杭州師范學(xué)院音樂系。

上世紀(jì)80年代，多才多藝的葉璐如魚得水，開始了她在藝術(shù)之路上的實(shí)踐之旅。她在浙江省歌舞團(tuán)、上海歌劇院當(dāng)過獨(dú)唱演員，曾是浙江電視臺戲曲欄目的主持人，還上過中央電視臺的金牌欄目“正大綜藝”。

當(dāng)年，香港一家名為“永恒”的唱片公司找葉璐簽約，一簽就是三張唱片。這家曾推出過徐小鳳、張明敏等歌星的唱片公司，為葉璐制作了《葉璐·女人的勇氣》《葉璐·現(xiàn)代小周璇》《葉璐·系列1》等三張專輯，收到了不錯(cuò)的市場反響，葉璐也因此入選“中國最佳流行音樂百名歌手”。

但是身為高級工程師的父母，卻始終不同意她選擇這樣一條藝術(shù)道路，要送她去意大利學(xué)習(xí)貿(mào)易和經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)。

在意大利求學(xué)期間，她陰差陽錯(cuò)地靠一曲中國民歌《蘭花花》，結(jié)識了恩師雷納托·薩巴蒂尼。這個(gè)機(jī)緣，也開啟了葉璐的音樂專業(yè)的學(xué)習(xí)之路，她毅然開始尋找自己的生命道路。

在學(xué)習(xí)意大利音樂史、意大利藝術(shù)史及文學(xué)史的同時(shí)，她還在意大利名聞世界的無伴奏合唱團(tuán)“I C antori di Perugia”里擔(dān)任獨(dú)唱及領(lǐng)唱演員。

重拾歌者身份

勤奮加上天賦，葉璐很快便在意大利的舞臺上占有了一席之地。熱愛音樂的她也有著無比浪漫的情懷，正當(dāng)她的事業(yè)如魚得水之時(shí)，她卻為了愛情遠(yuǎn)赴加拿大蒙特利爾。

婚后，葉璐一直以家庭為重，成為加拿大國家航空公司的白領(lǐng)職員。期間有5年，葉璐都不敢聽音樂，把自己封閉起來。

可是對音樂的愛趕不走，也逃不脫。一邊是無比熱愛的音樂事業(yè)，一邊是骨肉至親的溫馨家庭，葉璐難以抉擇。沒有了音樂，就好像沒有了生命。就在她獨(dú)自糾結(jié)時(shí)，兒子的一席話鼓勵(lì)了她，“如果你覺得意大利能對你的發(fā)展有好處，你就放心去吧。我沒關(guān)系，再說你不是還會回來的嗎！”

兒子的理解與支持，給了葉璐再次前往意大利發(fā)展的勇氣。就這樣，她帶著提前錄制好的唱片重回意大利，她也終于在闊別舞臺多年之后重返舞臺。

2004年，葉璐受朋友之邀參加當(dāng)年的加拿大蒙特利爾國際電影節(jié)，就在她等待朋友之際，被一位好萊塢導(dǎo)演看中。于是，這一年，葉璐連拍了兩部電影：在好萊塢電影《維克·帕克》中，葉璐飾演一名中文女翻譯;在加拿大法語片《希望》中，她扮演一名寡婦。

2013年6月到7月，葉璐在不到一個(gè)半月的時(shí)間里，先后4次出現(xiàn)在意大利國家電視臺特別節(jié)目的轉(zhuǎn)播演出現(xiàn)場。在意大利最重要的文學(xué)節(jié)上，她曾作為國際女高音歌唱家上陣。

同年，她以國際歌唱家的身份在一年一度、由意大利國際臺向世界各地轉(zhuǎn)播的圣誕音樂會上獻(xiàn)唱。

2014年，在蒙特利爾舉行的北美冰球職業(yè)聯(lián)賽上，葉璐受邀演唱加拿大國歌。

2017年，她接受了由意大利歐洲經(jīng)濟(jì)文化關(guān)系科學(xué)院頒發(fā)的“終身成就獎(jiǎng)”，表彰她為加強(qiáng)意大利在國際文化社會經(jīng)濟(jì)上的專業(yè)形象作出的努力和貢獻(xiàn)。

難忘故鄉(xiāng)情

近年來，葉璐開始頻繁地往返意大利、加拿大和中國之間，傳播著不同國家的文化。

多年闖蕩海外，葉璐對家鄉(xiāng)的思念和依戀之情溢于言表：“溫州在我心里就是溫暖、溫情的地方，是我出生成長的地方，有親人、有同學(xué)、有回憶，是我生命中很珍貴的一部分。”

2018年夏，世界溫州人博物館展品征集團(tuán)隊(duì)趕赴歐洲三國，征集展品，在意大利征集的第一件展品，就是葉璐的“意大利歌劇終身成就獎(jiǎng)”的榮譽(yù)獎(jiǎng)牌。她雖有不舍，但還是很高興，并表示將自己在音樂領(lǐng)域上獲得的最高榮譽(yù)捐獻(xiàn)給了世界溫州人博物館，是一種榮耀。

“溫州，是我生命中非常重要的一部分，把這個(gè)榮譽(yù)捐贈給世界溫州人博物館，是希望能和家鄉(xiāng)父老分享我用心血換來的在國際舞臺上的點(diǎn)滴成功?！比~璐笑著說，希望能用自己多年在國外從事音樂、影視及文化交流的經(jīng)歷，為有需要的溫州年輕藝術(shù)家、藝術(shù)團(tuán)隊(duì)提供幫助，并尋求與企業(yè)的更多合作，“文化與經(jīng)濟(jì)的協(xié)同發(fā)展是一條共贏互惠之路，借助國際上的文化活動(dòng)、文化盛事，把溫州商品推向世界，也讓更多的溫州人才在世界舞臺嶄露頭角，這是我的一大心愿?！?/p>

在海外多年，除了思念親人、朋友，葉璐最想念的是溫州的美食。“魚丸湯、溫州餛鈍、江蟹生、牡蠣、鴨舌等等……每當(dāng)想起這些，我都會流口水呢。”

葉璐告訴筆者：“我覺得走遍天下，美食還是溫州的最好。我去巴黎、紐約、羅馬等很多大都市演出的時(shí)候，都會特意去找溫州人開的中餐館。有時(shí)候還特地從我居住的科莫城，坐一小時(shí)火車去米蘭的中國城喝魚丸湯?！?/p>

對美食的懷念，其實(shí)也是對家鄉(xiāng)情的另一種表達(dá)方式。

Born to be Heard around the World

By Zhang Yinyan， Chen Keli， Wang Zong

Ye Lu is one of those born for the world stage. A native of Wenzhou， a port city in southeastern Zhejiang and now a Chinese-Canadian， she is a soprano who has conquered numerous hearts across the world and won some honors including a Medal of Excellence， an International Prize for Lyric Music， and an Opera Music Award. She was appointed an ambassador of Italian culture to the world.

Ye Lu was born into a family of engineers. Her genius for singing showed when she was three years old. As a special student， she was recruited into No. 2 Middle School of Wenzhou where she studied under the guidance of Hu Chenghui， a music educator. She majored as a vocal student in Hangzhou Normal University in Hangzhou， the capital of her home province Zhejiang.

In the 1980s， she was a high-profile soloist and presenter who appeared at various important television programs at the provincial and national studios. A Hong-Kong-based studio made three albums of her singing.

However， her parents didnt wish to see her become a professional soprano. So she studied trade and economics for a while when she first arrived in Italy. However， she switched to study singing later. Pretty soon， she made her reputation as an excellent soprano in Italy. After she got married， she settled down in Montreal， Canada and did office work for Air Canada. For five years， she painfully kept herself away from music. In 2004， she appeared at a film festival in Montreal， Canada where she was spotted by a film director. In 2004， she appeared in two Hollywood films.

In June and July 2013， Ye appeared on Italian national television RaiUno & RaiNew24 as actor， presenter and soprano; at “Premio Letterario Cimitile” as soprano soloist; at first edition Italian Film Festival “Green Road Movie Festival” as presenter; at “Premio Braille” as Madrina; and at “Festival Magliano Ti Amo” as soprano soloist. In December 2013 she sang at the annual Christmas concert in Rome， Italy， which was broadcast live to the world. In April 2014 she sang the Canadian anthem at the beginning of a NHL match in Montreal， turning her into the first artist of Asian descendent to sing the Canadian National Anthem in hockey history.

As a principal actor， she has appeared in the Hollywood feature film Wicker Park， Canadian feature film IEsperance， Canadian television series “Un Tueur Si Proche “， American reality show series “The Property Shop” and the documentary Import-Export. She has more recently been invited as a special guest to “The Actors Studio” in New York.

In recent years， Ye has frequently visited China as her part of work schedule. She has appeared as special guest and solo singer on CCTV， Beijing TV， Nanjing TV， Zhejiang TV and Wenzhou TV. She hopes for closer ties with Wenzhou and share her experience with budding artists there.

In the summer of 2018， a team from World Wenzhounese Museum came to Italy in search of exhibits to put into its collection. Ye donated the medal of Opera Music Award she won in 2017. It was the first donation the team collected in Italy.

“Wenzhou is important in my life. I donated this medal to the museum simply because I want to share this honor with the people of my hometown，” says Ye Lu. “Coordinated development benefits both culture and economy. One of my wishes is to promote Wenzhou overseas and make more talents from Wenzhou find international audiences through cultural activities and events.”

Though living abroad for years， the soprano loves the local food of Wenzhou very much. “Merely thinking of these hometown delicacies makes my mouth water，” she confesses. “I have traveled a lot， but Wenzhou cuisine is the best. When I am in Paris， New York and Rome， I go out of my way to find Chinese restaurants where chefs from Wenzhou work. Occasionally， I travel from Como where I live an hour by train to visit China Town in Milan for the only purpose of having a taste of fish ball soup.”