《波吉与贝丝》在芝加哥抒情歌剧院引起轰动

Familiarity breeds love for Porgy at Lyric Opera of Chicago

正如在芝加哥抒情歌剧院上演的其他剧目一样,音乐剧《波吉与贝丝》里的独唱曲目印在了节目手册的摘要内,但《波吉与贝丝》又属于独一无二的案例,与大多数歌剧,甚至是广为熟知的普契尼和莫扎特作品不同的是,观众在欣赏《波吉与贝丝》时会跟着一起哼唱那些耳熟能详的歌曲,像《夏日时光》、《女人是靠不住的》、《我的男人离我而去》、《我一无所有》、《贝丝,现在你是我的女人了》、《不必如此》、《有一艘船即将开往纽约》等。

Hearing these irresistible pieces in the full context of a grand opera—and director Francesca Zambello s production,which opened on November 21 at the Chicago Lyric Opera,is certainly massive in scale—is an altogether different experience. On the one hand,the full glory of the Gershwins vision comes into focus,with highly trained voices that caress every musical curve,revealing the brilliant melding of African-American vernacular speech,blues, jazz and spirituals,and full European classical music.On the ot...