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主持人：Lo King Man / Alex Tam 盧景文 / 譚天樂
Each week, tenor Mr. Alex Tam (first Sunday of the month) and veteran opera producer Prof. Lo King-man (rest Sundays of the month) will present you with an opera of their choice. Enjoy!!
每星期，男高音譚天樂先生 ( 每月首星期日 ) 和資深歌劇監製盧景文教授 ( 餘下星期日 ) ，為你精選一套歌劇精品！
Meyerbeer: Les Huguenots
Marguerite: Rita Shane (soprano)
Raoul: Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
Marcel: Justino Díaz (bass-baritone)
Radio Austria Orchestra and Chorus
Ernst Märzendorfer (conductor)
邁耶貝爾：胡格諾教徒
瑪嘉烈蒂：珊尼（女高音）
洛禾爾： 基達（男高音）
瑪西爾： 狄亞士（低男中音）
奧地利電台樂團及合唱團 ／ 馬辛杜化（指揮）
'Les Huguenots' is a masterpiece by the German-born French Jewish composer Giacomo Meyerbeer. Premiered in 1836 at the Paris Opéra with resounding success, this work soon established itself as one of the most popular and spectacular examples of French grand opera, a genre chiefly created by Meyerbeer with the fusion of powerful and colourful music, virtuoso vocal display, melodramatic plot, dazzling ballet, magnificent pageantry, sumptuous costumes and scenery, and stunning stage effects. With such a rich formula, Meyerbeer consolidated his artistic triumph and legendary status in his lifetime.
The text written by Eugene Scribe is based on a real historical event in which thousands of Protestants were massacred by the Catholics in Paris on St. Bartholomew's Day in 1572. Our programme offers the refined singing of Swedish tenor Nicolai Gedda, Spanish dramatic coloratura Enriqueta Tarrès, and American soprano Rita Shane performing with the Radio Austria Orchestra and Chorus conducted by Ernst Märzendorfer.
《胡格諾教徒》是德國出生、法國猶太裔作曲家邁耶貝爾的其中一首巨著。歌劇1836年在巴黎歌劇院首演時成為一時佳話，作品旋即成為法國歌劇的傑作之一。歌劇融合了滿有張力和色彩豐富的音樂、精湛的唱段、富戲劇性的情節、耀眼的芭蕾、華麗的場面、服裝、佈景和令人驚嘆的舞台效果。如此豐富的材料，成就了這套劇歷久不衰的傳奇地位！
劇作家史克里布以1572年，上千的基督徒在聖巴爾多祿茂慶日被天主教徒迫害的事件為骨幹。本週選來瑞典男高音基達，配上西班牙花腔女高音達莉絲和美國女高音珊尼，在馬辛杜化的棒下聯同奧地利電台樂團及合唱團送上精彩演出。
This English introduction is writ ten by Prof. Lo King-man.
英文歌劇介紹由盧景文教授撰寫。
主持人：Lo King Man / Alex Tam 盧景文 / 譚天樂
Siefried: Reiner Goldberg (t)
Mime: Heinz Zednik (t)
Der Wanderer (Wotan): James Morris (b-br)
Brünnhilde: Hildegard Behrens (s)
The Metropolitan Opera Orch. & Cho. / James Levine
齊格弗里德：高德保（男高音）
米梅：薩力（男高音）
流浪者（佛坦）： 占士‧莫里斯（低男中音）
布倫希爾德：比倫士（女高音）
大都會歌劇院樂團及合唱團 / 利雲
The third opera from the monumental tetralogy Der Ring des Nibelungen by Richard Wagner (1813-1883) will be presented on two consecutive Sundays. We shall play the first two acts of Siegfried on 13 Sept and the final third act on 20 Sept.
This way of splitting the opera into two parts roughly corresponds to Wagner’s own interruption of the compositional process of the Ring cycle in 1856. After completing the first two acts of Siegfried, Wagner broke off his work on the cycle for 12 years, during which time the composer turned his attention to creating his great tragedy of love, Tristan und Isolde (1865), and his unique comedy, Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg (1868).
By the time Wagner returned to the Ring project and completed Siegfried in 1869, his musical style and compositional technique had developed to such an advanced stage that he was able to approach his concept of the ideal music drama with great confidence and competence. It was from the third act of Siegfried onwards that Wagner began to come close to realizing his theory in which words, music, and stage action, participating in equal measure, blend into one cohesive work.
This opera describes the growth of the fearless and innocent young hero Siegfried to full stature of early manhood. It traces his first adventure through a Rhine journey guided by a mellifluous woodbird. The episode ends with Siegfried breaking through the circle of fire surrounding Brünnhilde. He awakens her and claims her as his bride.
Singing the title role is tenor Reiner Goldberg. Wotan, disguised as the Wanderer, is sung by bass James Morris; Mime is tenor Heinz Zednik; and Brünnhilde is portrayed by soprano Hildegard Behrens. James Levine conducts the Metropolitan Opera Chorus and Orchestra.
