洛杉矶歌剧院重金打造首个《指环》制作

LA Opera's first expensive Ring Cycle

洛杉矶歌剧院第一个《尼伯龙根的指环》是直探人心幽微之境，还是不着边际的想象？德国视觉剧场艺术家阿契．弗雷耶（Achim Freyer）的舞台世界是把观众带入奇幻的神话世界，还是让歌手难以发挥的陷阱？剧院投下3100万美元的制作费，是大步跨入成熟期的里程碑，还是好高骛远的致命错误？

OUTLINE/ Against all odds,LA Opera finally presented its first Der Ring des Nibelungen in June.German director Achim Freyer's staging has generated quite a lot of controversy since the cycle was unveiled two years ago. Was it a timeless exploration into the unconscious or a mishmash of unrelated images? Was it a bold interpretation of the new century or imagination that ran amok? Will the LA Opera survive this $30-million-plus endeavor? These are questions that will not and cannot be answered for some time to come.