Powder Her Face 艾得斯

托马斯-阿德斯（Thomas Adès）和菲利普-亨舍（Philip Hensher）早熟得令人眼花缭乱的室内歌剧《粉饰她的容颜》（Powder Her Face）在 1995 年首演后，便将作曲家推向了国际舞台，至今仍是过去二十年中最常上演的英国歌剧之一。这部歌剧描绘了声名狼藉的社交名媛玛格丽特-阿盖尔公爵夫人的华丽崛起和肮脏堕落，其配乐就像'肮脏的公爵夫人'本人一样诙谐、凄美，令人难忘，它向卡巴莱和探戈等流行元素以及威尔、伯格和斯特拉文斯基致敬"

作曲家: Adès, Thomas
乐器: Voice, Piano
出版社: Faber Music
原文简介:
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