寻求震撼的创新演绎——观英国皇家歌剧院《阿依达》

The Royal Opera’s new Aida: An innovative interpretation seeking shock

威尔第的四幕歌剧《阿依达》是受开罗赫迪维亚歌剧院(Khedivial Opera House)庆祝开幕的委托而作,并非是因为1869年苏伊士运河的开通。两位法国人于歌剧的诞生发挥了关键作用:学者、考古学家和埃及学家奥古斯特·马里埃特(Auguste Mariette)为剧院经理和歌剧脚本作家卡米尔·杜洛克(Camille du Locle)提供了素材.

Robert Carsen dismissed the elephant from the room when, in 2018, he conceived of an Aida without the usual exoticism of a colonialist framing a colonized people’s history(whether well-intentioned or not).