"Igama lakhe uStella libonisa ikusasa"

"Owesifazane osemusha [...] unethalente nokuzimisela ukusindisa"

"Umculi uyakwazi ukunqoba izithameli eziningi"

- Iphephandaba laseMarseillaise

 

UStella di Stefano ungumculi, umbhali, umqambi kanye nomculi indaba yakhe iqala kahle futhi enegama lokuqala: uStella, okusho inkanyezi ngesiNtaliyane. Leli gama lokuqala lakhethwa nguyise eminyakeni engu-3 ngaphambi kokuzalwa kwakhe. Isuka ezimpandeni zaseMedithera, ifa le-Italo-Corsican elifunwayo elivumela ngokuzithoba.

Kwakusekuseni kakhulu, eneminyaka engu-9, lapho uStella di Stefano, ngenkathi eshayela noyise, ezwa umsakazo kaHenri Salvador waseSyracuse. Ngaleso sikhathi kwaba isambulo: Wayazi ukuthi uzoba umculi.

Kamuva, u-Stella akazange alinde ukucula esiteji ngesikhathi sobuntwana bakhe nobusha ngokushesha nje lapho ithuba livela. Ngakho-ke kunengqondo ukuthi wawina inkontileka yakhe yokuqala yobungcweti eneminyaka engu-18 futhi kusukela lapho akakaze ayeke ukucula yedwa, noma ephelezelwa abanye abaculi.

I-Théâtre de l'Odéon e-Marseille, ohambweni oluya eSardinia noma e-Italy, eqashwe uhlobo lwe-Audi, umculi wezinsuku zokuzalwa ezisekelweni zomoya, ama-Andalusians, i-Tournée la Marseille, ukulingisa i-Nouvelle Star... Idlanzana le imicimbi phakathi kwabaningi abathi, ngenxa yobuningi bezindawo, bakha ulwazi lwakhe futhi bamvulela izitayela eziningi zomculo, okunothisa ingoma yakhe.

Ngo-2002, uStella Di Stefano wahlangana nendoda eyayizoba umbhali wezingoma zakhe kanye nomqondisi wakhe wezobuciko, kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke uthando lwempilo yakhe: u-Stéphan Degioanni. Uzomkhuthaza ukuthi ahambe yedwa futhi kuhlangene, ephelezelwa umculi onekhono ogama lakhe lingu-Sébastien Germain, umngane omkhulu kaStella, ukuthi bazoqamba i-albhamu yokuqala yesihlabani yesihlabani,

enesihloko esithi "Futhi ngokuzumayo ...".

  Umnqamulajuqu usenkondlweni ebhalwe nguStephan ayithole ngenhlanhla, okuzoba ingoma eqanjwe igama layo le-albhamu.

UStella ungumculi oneqoqo elikhulu, onamaphupho angakaze ayeke ukuvutha amalangabi kuye futhi ngaphezu kwakho konke ngezwi elithethelela igama lakhe lokuqala.