摘要
《法尔斯塔犬》是威尔第的最后一部歌剧,也是他的第28部歌剧——他的第三部以莎士比亚名著为题材的歌剧(另两部是《麦克白》和《奥赛罗》),也是他的第二部也是最后一部喜剧作品。
Falstqff was the last opera completed by Giuseppe Verdi(1813-1901),with a libretto by Arrigo Boito adapted from Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor and scenes from Henry Ⅳ,parts 1 and 2.Verdi composed Falstqff at the age of 80,and the work premiered on 9February 1893.It was his second comedy and his third work based on a Shakespeare play(after Macbeth and Otello).The plot revolves around the thwarted,sometimes farcical,efforts of the fat knight,Sir John Falstaff,to seduce two married women to gain access to their husbands' wealth.
出处
《歌剧》
2016年第9期36-39,共4页
Opera