古乐新呈让巴洛克歌剧新鲜有趣

Old Baroque operas made new with novel productions

巴洛克歌剧不该是这么有趣的!这个与欧洲宫廷密不可分的歌剧形式,呈现的是大雅堂皇之音,有着固定的曲式结构,内容多半是神和英雄的事迹,不仅要让人生起敬仰之情,也在观众与舞台人物之间,保持精神上的距离。但是纽约本季却有两个歌剧团,以极新颖的舞台设计,表现出巴洛克歌剧逗趣的一面,让在座的观众感觉仿佛是出席了一场充满新鲜感与兴奋的首演。

Two Baroque operas received ingenious productions in New York recently.Gotham Chamber Opera presented Haydn's Il mondo della luna at the Museum of Natural History's Hayden Planetarium.In many ways,an unusual venue was rendered very appropriate by the subject of the opera.Les Arts Florissants also brought the seldom-performed'semi-opera'The Fairy Queen to New York:four hours just flew by thanks to a funny and refreshing production.