令人陶醉的音乐,扣人心弦的悲剧——观英国皇家歌剧院《乡村骑士》和《丑角》

Passion Plays:Michieletto’s interwoven Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci

多年前听到马斯卡尼的歌剧《乡村骑士》中优美的"间奏曲"时,仿佛沐浴在圣洁的光辉中,心灵为之融化。而《丑角》中著名的咏叹调"穿上戏装"是因为哥哥常听,我便也十分熟悉了。但那种充满愤怒的情感爆发、寒气逼人的笑声以及悲痛近至哭泣声的结尾,于我只是困惑。音乐是歌剧的精髓,在无缘看到这两部歌剧并对故事毫无概念时.

Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci have been locked together in a fatal embrace since 1893 when they were first paired as a double bill.Dalliances with other partners followed and even the occasional solo outing,but the double act became so familiar,it even has its own"Cav’n’Pag"abbreviation.Covent Garden’s last new production was Franco Zeffirelli’s in 1959,so a new staging was long overdue.Damiano Michieletto doesn’t just set both operas in the same southern Italian village in the 1980 s,he allows characters from one opera to drift into the other…with inspired results.