Powder Her Face 艾得斯

湯瑪斯-阿德斯（Thomas Adès）和菲力浦-亨舍（Philip Hensher）早熟得令人眼花繚亂的室內歌劇《粉飾她的容顏》（Powder Her Face）在 1995 年首演後，便將作曲家推向了國際舞臺，至今仍是過去二十年中最常上演的英國歌劇之一。這部歌劇描繪了聲名狼藉的社交名媛瑪格麗特-阿蓋爾公爵夫人的華麗崛起和骯髒墮落，其配樂就像'骯髒的公爵夫人'本人一樣詼諧、淒美，令人難忘，它向卡巴萊和探戈等流行元素以及威爾、伯格和斯特拉文斯基致敬"

作曲家: Adès, Thomas
出版社: Faber Music
原文簡介:
Thomas Adès and Philip Hensher’s dazzlingly precocious chamber opera Powder Her Face propelled its composer to international attention after its premiere in 1995 and remains one of the most frequently performed British operas of the last two decades. Charting the glamorous rise and seedy fall of the notorious socialite beauty Margaret, Duchess of Argyll, the score is as witty, poignant and memorable as the ‘Dirty Duchess’ herself, paying homage to the popular idioms of cabaret and tango, as well as to Weill, Berg and Stravinsky. ‘It already counts as a modern classic’ The Observer (Fiona Maddocks), 6 April 2014