In the Locked Room Opera in 1 act 瓦特金斯 歌剧 总谱 朔特版

以托马斯-哈代（Thomas Hardy）的短篇小说为起点，我们被带到现代，以当代的视角欣赏这部长篇小说，探索心灵对个人行为的影响。一扇紧闭的门引发了强烈的迷恋，现实与幻想的界限开始变得模糊。埃拉和她的高官丈夫斯蒂芬租住在苏珊拥有的海边度假屋中。埃拉发现，房子里一个上锁的房间被诗人本-帕斯科租用，而帕斯科的作品让她深深着迷。埃拉对帕斯科的痴迷与斯蒂芬在城市最大交易的进展同步增长。她一开始只是在阅读帕斯科的作品时想象诗人的声音，但很快就发展到幻想与帕斯科在他上锁的房间里邂逅。斯蒂芬从城里回来，与埃拉做爱，但这并不是她所希望的。我们只在苏珊身上看到过一次真正的帕斯科。当斯蒂芬的经济梦想得以实现，埃拉的幻想吞噬了她的时候，她得知了帕斯科的死讯。尽管环境发生了变化，但埃拉还是选择留在她的新世界里"

作曲家: Watkins, Huw
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出版社: Schott Music
原文简介:
Taking Thomas Hardy’s short story as its starting point, we are transported to the present for a contemporary take on the novella which explores the power the mind can have over that person’s actions. A closed door sparks an obsession so strong that the boundaries between reality and fantasy begin to blur.Ella and her high-finance husband Stephen rent a room in a holiday home on the coast, owned by Susan. Ella discovers that a locked room in the house is rented by a poet - Ben Pascoe - whose work holds a deep fascination for her. The room is held for Pascoe, though he visits rarely.Ella's obsession with Pascoe grows in parallel with the progress of Stephen's biggest City deal. She begins by imagining the poet's voice as she reads his work, but this quickly grows to fantasised encounters with Pascoe in his locked room. Stephen returns from the City and makes love to Ella, but it is not him she wishes for. We see the real Pascoe only once, with Susan.As Stephen's financial dreams are realised and Ella's fantasy consumes her, she learns of Pascoe's death. Despite her changed circumstances, Ella chooses to stay in her new world.