极简音乐和极“不简”的内涵——先锋派室内歌剧《祝你好运!》在上海的一次突破

Minimal music with rich connotations: Have a Good Day!in Shanghai

《祝你好运!》（HaveaGoodDay!）在上海的上演，成为先锋派室内歌剧的又一次小小的突破。 室内歌剧（Chamber Opera）的概念是英国作曲家本杰明·布里顿在上世纪40年代提出的，为满足当时英国歌剧团小型化和轻量级演出需求而创设的歌剧编制概念。不拘一格的室内乐、合奏团为主的小型乐团编制成为其最主要的特点，而在制作上也符合小型舞台的现实需求。《卢克莱修受辱记》成为布里顿践行室内歌剧的开山之作，13人的室内乐团、包括一名饰演主角的女高音在内共8名演出人员的编制，也给这种歌剧体裁订立了范本。

The chamber opera Have a Good Day! centers around the inner lives of cashiers in a shopping center,revealing what lies beneath their mechanical greetings(Good afternoon,Thank you,Have a good day) and fake smiles.Faceless,robot-like shopkeepers are transformed into lively characters;their secret thoughts and stories are turned into short,personal dramas,creating a social landscape in the human context.Have a Good Day! premiered in Vilnius,the capital of Lithuania,on April 11,2011.After numerous European performances,this work was presented at the Shanghai Drama Art Center on November19 and 20 on the occasion of the Shanghai International Contemporary Theatre Festival.