这部独幕歌剧是伯恩斯坦早年的作品,写于1952年。那时伯恩斯坦风头正劲,作为指挥已誉满全球,作为作曲家也在流行乐界和古典乐界都取得不小的成就,虽然还未作出像《西区故事》这样经久不衰的音乐剧。
伯恩斯坦称《塔希提的烦扰》是一部“轻量级作品”,由流行曲调激发的灵感。作品一开始就是一首爵士三重唱,一听就是四五十年代的美国电台小调。这些爵士三重唱贯穿了整部作品,但却丝毫没有影响整部歌剧的严肃性。其实歌剧的主题是相当贴近生活的质疑:对物质生活的质疑,往大处说也是对“美国梦”的质疑。
歌剧讲述一对普通夫妇(Sam和Dinah)之间的摩擦、争吵、互不信任以及最后几乎无奈的和解。
在轻松的电台小调之后,关于孩子的激烈争吵立即展开、继而发展到关于外遇的猜疑。伯恩斯坦的音乐很有异国情调,听来非常紧张,又有一种痛苦感;而他的剧本却写得更好:非...
Ensemble cast of off-the-wall Warner Brothers characters, appearing in a wide variety of roles. Wakko, Yakko, and Dot Warner, are WB Studio creations who were just too "zany" to be of any use to the studio. Pinky and the Brain are two mice bent on world domination. Rita and Runt are a cat and dog team, who get into perilous situations every episode, put always seem to find time...
Phyllida Lloyd's acclaimed adaptation for film of the opera that Benjamin Britten wrote for the celebrations of the Queen's coronation in 1953, based on the Opera North revival of a work now recognised to be one of the composer's great achievements. Paul Daniel conducts the English Northern Sinfonia, with a cast inspired by electrifying performances from Josephine Barstow and T...
Orlando paladino, Hob. XXVIII:11
Composer: Haydn, Franz Joseph
Libretto/Text Author: Porta, Nunziato
Libretto Source: Badini, Carlo Francesco
Conductor: Jacobs, Rene
Orchestra: Freiburg Baroque Orchestra
Alcina: Pendatchanska, Alexandrina
Angelica: Petersen, Marlis
Caronte: Kataja, Arttu
Eurilla: Im, Sunhae
Licone: Kataja, Arttu
Medoro: Staveland, Magnus
Orlando: Ra...