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普契尼150年感动 　　150 Years of Puccini 　　 　　普契尼（1858-1924）被认为是威尔第之后最伟大的意大利歌剧作曲家。但让人意外的是，当时很多音乐评论家对其作品的评价不高。例如在1896年《波希米亚人》首映后，一位意大利评论家写道：“《波希米亚人》在我们的抒情戏剧史上不会留下多少痕迹。”即使在今天，仍然有很多评论家认为普契尼的作品过于伤感，过于甜蜜；他的曲调太明显，最后几幕软弱无力。 　　然而大众并不这样认为。要证明这点，只需把过去一百多年来全世界的票房收入列出即可。普契尼擅长戏剧、欢快的歌曲和优美的通俗剧；他也擅长热情明晰的旋律、和声与配乐法。无可否认，他创作了音乐史上最受欢迎的几部歌剧（中国的歌剧迷肯定对《图兰朵》当年在北京太庙上演的盛大场景记忆犹新）。在普契尼出生150年后，他的音乐仍然跨越国界，感动着台下的每一位观众。 　　 　　By the time Italian composer Giacomo Puccini wasborn in 1858, there had already been four generations ofPuccini musicians in his hometown of Lucca, Italy. 　　Most of the Puccinis were church musicians, butGiacomo had other ideas. As a teenager, he fell in love withopera. That was the kind of music he wanted to write. 　　(Excerpt[选段] from “Gianni Schicchi.”)Giacomo’s mother decided that her son should studyat the conservatory[音乐学校] in Milan, but, as a widow[寡妇]with seven children, she didn’t have money to send himthere. So she got the Queen of Italy to give him a scholarship.Some of Puccini’s student compositions woundup[以……告终] getting recycled in his operas. 　　Just as Puccini was graduating, he heard abouta competition to compose a new one-act opera. Hewanted to enter, but he had a hard time getting downto work. Thanks to his mother, who kept prodding[督促]and encouraging him, he finally turned his opera intothe competition on the last possible day. 　　But Puccini didn’t win. A few weeks later, he wasat a party with some of the competition judges, whodidn’t remember his opera at all. So they asked himto play through it on the piano. They liked it so muchthat they decided to produce it. Le Villi, Puccini’s firstopera, turned out to be a big success. But the opera thatmade him famous was his third one, Manon Lescaut. 　　(Excerpt from “Manon Lescaut.”) 　　Manon Lescaut wasa huge hit. Puccini traveledall over the worldto hear performances, andearned enough money tobuy his first house. It wasin Torre del Lago, a lakesidetown near the Alps,where Puccini loved tocompose?and where heloved to be dis