掌声还是番茄——在马德里“剧吧”看戏剧

To applaud or throw tomatoes?

在阅读欧洲音乐家或者剧作家的传记时，我常常为了历史上。的臃洲人对待艺术作品的极端态度而震惊：在那个时候，一部好的歌剧或者音乐作品固然会享受到雷鸣般的欢呼，无数的鲜花与掌声，以及全城上下的瞩目，其地位远远高于当今的好莱坞大片；然而，当年的群众对待一部失败作品的严苛与不留情面，也足以令人发指。除了在表演过程中吹口哨、发出嘘声、喝倒彩以及中途离场之外，

OUTLINE / A great opera performance is often greeted with applause, cheering and flowers. But in the old days, a bad opera performance might end up with real tomatoes on the stage. In Madrid, there＇s still an opera house that follows the old tradition： every weekend the Sala Mirador puts on a show entitled Aplauso o Tamatazo？ Audience members can choose to applaud or to throw tomatoes, and to date, a total of 15,000 kilos of tomatoes have been used in this theatre. In tact, this tradition began a decade ago, and performers all come from drama schools and music colleges.After all,this is a great training ground for young performers.