Thebans

2014年在英國國家歌劇院首演的朱利安-安德森的首部歌劇《底比斯》改編自索福克勒斯的《俄狄浦斯三部曲》，作曲家與詞作者弗蘭克-麥克吉尼斯共同將其提煉為約100分鐘的教學戲劇。原著的主題--鮮血、謀殺、亂倫、政治野心、愛情和忠誠--在這部大膽、博學的改編作品中得到了強化。安德森寫道："戲劇生動而強烈，我不想讓人們在離開歌劇院之前就知道自己受到了什麼打擊。

作曲家: Anderson, Julian
出版社: Faber Music
原文簡介:
Premiered at English National Opera in 2014, Julian Anderson’s first opera Thebans is based on Sophocles’ Oedipus trilogy, which the composer, together with librettist Frank McGuinness, has distilled to c.100 minutes of taught drama. The themes of the original – blood, murder, incest, political ambition, love and loyalty – are, if anything, intensified in this bold, erudite adaptation. ‘The drama is vivid and strong,’ writes Anderson, ‘I don’t want people to know what’s hit them until they’ve left the opera house.’ ‘… arguably the most spectacular orchestral writing heard in any opera of the past half a century. For mastery of texture, color and invention, Mr. Anderson sets standards… a triumph of sustained intensity that has dramatic impact on its own terms. And its individuality is striking… this is an opera like no other… distinctively impressive.’ The New York Times (Michael White), 5 May 2014