The Importance of Being Earnest Opera in 3 acts based on the text by Oscar Wilde 白瑞．傑拉德 歌劇 歌詞 總譜 朔特版

當被問及劇本的主題是什麼時，王爾德回答道："我們應該非常認真地對待生活中所有瑣碎的事情，而對於生活中所有嚴肅的事情，我們也應該真誠而認真地對待瑣碎。吉羅德-巴里（Gerald Barry）根據該劇改編的第五部歌劇是一部真正的喜劇，卻有著陰暗的內心。前四部歌劇都有出色的劇本，但創作於 1894 年的《情何以堪》在結構上堪稱完美，而巴里大膽的創作手法成功地打破了人們的所有期待。正如巴里所描述的那樣 這部劇的骨骼是無法撼動的。我的版本就是它的 X 光片。從貝多芬到勳伯格，所有的音樂都以一種肆無忌憚的瀟灑和無厘頭的機智處理，讓觀眾眼花繚亂、驚愕不已並為之著迷"

作曲家: Barry, Gerald
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出版社: Schott Music
原文簡介:
When asked what the theme of his play was, Wilde answered “That we should treat all trivial things in life very seriously, and all serious things in life with a sincere and studied triviality. Gerald Barry’s fifth opera based on the play is genuine comic with a dark heart. The previous four have remarkable libretti, but The Importance of Being Earnest, written in 1894, is all but perfect in its construction, and Barry’s audacious approach triumphantly confounds all expectations. As Barry describes it: The play’s bones are unshatterable. My version is an X-ray of it. The musical references range from Beethoven to Schoenberg, all treated with a reckless panache and impish wit, by turns dazzling, startling and charming the audience.