双“城”记:旧金山和威尼斯的《死城》

A Tale of Two "Cities"

乐评人最近找出很多关于为何埃里希·科恩格戈尔德（Erich Korngold）的第一部全本歌剧《死城》至今还没法打进各大歌剧院常规剧目的理由。他们中有人认为应该归咎于音乐，指出当年才23岁的作曲家所塑造的人物不够深刻；也有人则怪罪保罗·舍特（Paul Schott）编写的笨拙的、超现实的剧本。

Critics have recently found plenty of excuses why Die tote Stadt,Erich Korngold＇s first full-length opera,has never found a place in the repertory,Some blame the music,saying that composer（only 23 years old at the time）failed to sketch memorable characters;