为你读英语美文 · 第470期
主播:Nina Zhan (娇娇)
人生就像一本厚重的小说,一首悠扬的歌曲。我用歌声来叙述一个故事,用故事来演绎一首歌曲。
大家好,我是Nina娇娇,今年我初中毕业了,三年的初中时光让我长大也长高了。爱唱歌的我在节目中,从儿童自编歌曲 《睡得像只小兔》一直唱到了意大利咏叹调 “Sebben Crudele”。
塞本·克鲁德勒(Sebben Crudele)的歌剧主题是关于忠贞战胜背叛的爱情故事,它将我们引向另一个传世佳作《歌剧魅影》,一个由爱情战胜悲剧的故事。
《歌剧魅影》自1986年以来,至今已经在全世界20多个国家上演。Think of Me是这部音乐剧中的经典名曲之一。今天我要为大家送上《歌剧魅影》中的这首咏叹调以及歌曲背后的故事。在节目的最后你可以和我一起来唱这首名曲,感受这部浪漫的传世佳作。
The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux is a Gothic mystery novel first published in 1910. The novel follows a phantom who haunts the Paris Opera and the mysterious incidents attributed to this figure.
《歌剧魅影》(The Phantom of The Opera)是一部哥特式神秘小说,小说自1910年连续出版。这部小说讲述了一个“幽灵”在巴黎歌剧院出没以及发生的一系列神秘事件。
The story begins with an auction, in which a music box brings the old Raoul back to the past:
故事一开始是一场拍卖会,其中一只八音盒使年迈的拉乌尔回到了过去:
Carlotta is an opera singer in the bustling metropolis of Paris, France. One day, a mysterious phantom suddenly appears in the theater. The phantom threatens Carlotta to give up her role of singing in the opera Faust and give the role to a woman named Christine.
在繁华的大都市法国巴黎,卡洛塔是一名歌剧演员。剧院之中忽然出现了一个神秘的幽灵,幽灵威胁卡洛塔必须放弃她在歌剧《浮士德》中演唱的角色,并将这个角色让给一位名为Christine的女子扮演。
The phantom's real body is a masked man who has been lurking in the theater. An accident ruined his appearance and made him terrifying and ferocious. Thus, he has no choice but to wear a mask and hide in the cemetery.
幽灵的真身是一直以来潜伏在剧院中的一名头戴面具的男子,一场意外令他的容貌尽毁,变得恐怖狰狞,无奈之下只好戴上面具,躲藏在墓地里。
One day, Christine's song attracted his attention, and he found that he had deeply fallen in love with this beautiful woman, so he decided to appear and kidnap Christine. At first, Christine was afraid of the phantom. However, as time went on, Christine gradually found that this terrible phantom had a gentle and kind side. The phantom begins to teach her to sing, and threatened Carlotta through terror to let the theater give the leading role to Christine.
一天,克里斯汀 的歌声吸引了他的注意,并且他发现自己已经深深地爱上了这位美丽的女子,于是他决定现身将 克里斯汀 挟持。起初,克里斯汀 十分害怕这位诡异的男子,然而,随着时间的推移,克里斯汀渐渐发现,这恐怖的幽灵有着温柔善良的一面,幽灵开始教她声乐,并通过恐怖的手段威胁卡洛塔 让剧院使用 克里斯汀 出演主角。
But, when the phantom finds out that Christine and Raoul are in love, he is angry and tries to stop them. After a performance, he drags Christine into his hidden lair while Raoul chases him. The phantom then captures Raoul and threatens Christine that she can either live with the Phantom or let Raoul live or be free but let Raoul die. Christine bravely faces the terrible choice put forward by the phantom. She tells the phantom that he is not alone, and the phantom, overcome with emotion, lets them go. As Raoul and Christine leave, the Phantom sings softly to the music box in despair, and the music box begins to rotate magically... Upon hearing the sound of people coming for him, he flees, leaving only his white mask behind.
但当幽灵发现 克里斯汀 和 拉乌尔 相爱时,他试图阻止这一切,他在演出后挟持了克里斯汀,拉乌尔紧紧追赶到地下湖,幽灵同时擒获了 拉乌尔,并威胁克里斯汀,如果愿意和他一起生活,拉乌尔将得到自由,不然拉乌尔就将死去。克里斯汀勇敢地面对幽灵提出的可怕选择。她告诉幽灵,她不会放弃拉乌尔的,克里斯汀勇敢面对了幽灵提出的可怕选择。幽灵终于绝望了,他放他俩离去,自己却柔声地对着八音盒唱起了歌,八音盒开始神奇地转动起来......,最后当人们追来时,他已经消失,只在座位上留下了一个白色的面具。
Due to the twists and turns of the plot, it is full of strange and terrifying colors, the phantom of the opera has attracted a large number of readers, and has derived some films and drama works adapted from the original. The novel has been adapted into several formats.
《歌剧魅影》(The Phantom of the Opera)因情节曲折、充满离奇和恐怖的色彩,因此吸引了大批读者,并相继衍生出一些根据原作改编的电影和戏剧作品。
The phantom of the opera was premiered in 1986 and won seven Tony Awards in 1988. It is one of the most successful musicals in history. In 2004, director Joel Schumacher won three Oscars and three Golden Globe nominations for the adaptation of this musical.
《歌剧魅影》(The Phantom of the Opera)于1986年首演,1988年获得七项托尼奖,是史上最成功的音乐剧之一。2004年,乔尔·舒马赫( 导演)将这部音乐剧改编成电影获得了三项奥斯卡奖和三项金球奖提名。
China's early film "Midnight Song" is also based on this novel.
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主播介绍
Nina Zhan (娇娇):14岁,获2021年和2022 年“美国芝加哥音乐协会年度声乐大赛”百老汇歌剧唱及美声唱金奖。
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