一波未平一波又起

Shock waves on both sides of the pond

判决现在起生效——瓦格纳有害于健康。上月底,大不列颠高等法院法官尼科拉·戴维斯(Nicola Davies)发表了一份长达83页的、猛烈批评皇家歌剧院的司法意见书,其中提到歌剧院违反了员工安全条例,没有提供音乐家遭遇高分贝噪音伤害时的保护措施。高等法院站在诉讼人的立场:一位歌剧院乐团团员的听力,因为在2012年《女武神》排练过程中的高分贝噪音受到永久性的伤害——这个伤害甚至影响到了他的职业生涯。中提琴手克里斯托弗·戈德沙伊德(Christopher Goldscheider)在自己的诉讼里,要求歌剧院起码赔偿他失去的工资75万英镑(约合660万人民币)。至于他最终可以得到多少额外赔偿,还是未知。

The verdict is now in:Wagner is officially dangerous to your health.In late March,Justice Nicola Davies of Great Britain’s High Court of Justice delivered a blistering 83-page legal opinion that the Royal Opera House had violated safety regulations by failing to protect musicians from dangerous noise levels.The High Court agreed that at least one orchestra member’s hearing-and by extension,his career-was permanently ruined during rehearsals for Die Walküre in 2012.Violist Chris Goldscheider had sued for￡750,000(6.6 billion RMB)in lost income alone.How much more he will actually receive has yet to be decided.