民族乐派歌剧之旅——柴可夫斯基《黑桃皇后》

Understanding opera and musical nationalism:Tchaikovsky's The Queen of Spades

【歌剧内容】青年军官赫尔曼热恋伯爵夫人的孙女莉萨,但莉萨已有未婚夫,这使得出身贫寒的赫尔曼深感痛苦。而伯爵夫人是位有名的赌牌高手,拥有秘笈,故每赌必赢,因此在赌场上人皆称之为“黑桃皇后”。赫尔曼为得到伯爵夫人的秘笈,夜晚闯入伯爵夫人的卧室,逼她说出赢牌的秘笈,伯爵夫人受惊而死,而这一切恰巧被莉萨看见,使她大为震惊。赫尔曼已经因赌博丧失了理智,他从伯爵夫人的幽灵中听到了三张牌的号码3、7、A,而莉萨在绝望中投河自尽。

The Queen of Spades is an opera in three acts(seven scenes) by Pyotrllyich Tchaikovsky to a libretto by the composer's brother Modest based on a short story of the same name by Alexander Pushkin.The operatic plot,however,was dramatically altered from the original.The Queen of Spades premiered in 1890 at the Mariinsky Theatre in St.Petersburg,Russia.