盛宗亮决定把焦点放在小说核心的三角恋爱上,并且说服一开始拒绝了邀请的黄哲伦与他联手创作剧本。
Deciding to focus on the central love triangle, Mr. Sheng was able to persuade Mr. Hwang, who had rebuffed initial requests, to write the libretto.
扎根于美国的作曲家盛宗亮认为,在更深一层次上,这些都已经带来了“一种微妙的西洋歌剧风格的审美变化。”
The U.S.-based composer Bright Sheng believes that on a deeper level, these practices have created nothing less than “a subtle aesthetic change of the Western opera genre.”
旧金山——距离首演还有一个星期,新歌剧《红楼梦》的剧本作者之一,作曲家盛宗亮已经准备好迎接强烈的反对意见了。
SAN FRANCISCO - It was a week before the premiere, and Bright Sheng, the composer and co-librettist of the new opera "Dream of the Red Chamber," was already bracing for the backlash.
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