奇幻怪异的瓦格纳史诗——观英国国家歌剧院《莱茵的黄金》

A fantastic and weird Wagnerian epic:On the English National Opera's The Rhinegold

为吸引新观众群,英国国家歌剧院2021年11月推出了新版瓦格纳《尼伯龙根的指环》中的第二部《女武神》其他三部,英国国家歌剧院原计划将与大都会歌剧院合作,并在几年内持续推出。但在2022年,英国艺术委员会(Arts Council England)大幅度削减预算,给包括英国国家歌剧院在内的一些艺术机构投下重磅炸弹一英国国家歌剧院被要求从伦敦迁往费用相对低廉的曼彻斯特。

OUTLINE/With their sights set on new audiences,the English National Opera cut straight to the action when they launched their new Ring cycle last year,plunging in with its second instalment,The Valkyrie.But before you get to the horned helmets and the incest,you really need a primer on the knotty dynastic wranglings that set it alloff,and that's where The Rhinegold comes in.