莎士比亚与歌剧——伯恩斯坦的《西区故事》

Shakespeare and opera:Leonard Bernstein's West Side Story

【歌剧内容】纽约的西区是一个大城区,这里生活着两个不同帮派的青年人,一个是由世居的美国人后裔组成的杰茨帮,一个是波多黎各移民组成的鲨鱼帮,两个帮派互不往来,视如死敌,经常发生械斗。属于杰茨帮的托尼,爱上了鲨鱼帮头领贝尔纳尔多的妹妹玛丽亚。由于杰茨帮打算一劳永逸地解决与鲨鱼帮的纠葛,心怀恐惧的玛丽亚央求托尼去阻止这场即将发生的血性械斗。

West Side Story is a musical with a book by Arthur Laurents and music by Leonard Bernstein.It was inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.The story is set in the Upper West Side neighborhood in New York City in the mid-1950 s,explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks,two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds.