英语时文:歌剧《猴王悟空》旧金山首演.docx

英语时文:歌剧《猴王悟空》旧金山首演.docx

英语时文 歌剧《猴王悟空》旧金山首演 莘莘云课堂

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歌剧《猴王悟空》旧金山首演

InNovember2025,auniqueoperamadeitsworldpremiereattheSanFranciscoOpera(旧金山歌剧院).TitledTheMonkeyKing,itbringsoneofChina’smostbelovedmythicalfigurestotheWesternoperastage,blendingEasternandWesternartstylesinacreativeway.

AdaptedfromtheearlychaptersofJourneytotheWest(西游记),aclassicChinesenovelbyWuCheng’en,thestoryfollowsSunWukong—theMonkeyKing,bornfromastoneegg.Heseeksimmortalityforhistribe,defeatspowerfulfoesyetstrugglestogaintherespectoftheHeavenlyCourt(天庭).ImprisonedunderFiveElementsMountainfor500years,helearnshumility(谦逊)anddecidestoassistthemonkXuanzangonhissacredpilgrimage(朝圣)toTianzhu(ancientChinesetermfortheIndiansubcontinent)toretrieveBuddhistscriptures.

Theopera’screationisacross-culturalcollaboration.Chinese-borncomposerHuangRuowrotethescore,whileDavidHenryHwangcraftedthelibrettoinbothEnglishandMandarin.TobringtheMonkeyKing’smagicaladventures—suchasflyingoncloudsandbattlingcelestialbeings—tolife,threeperformersportrayhim:asinger,adancer,andapuppet.Puppeteer(木偶大师)BasilTwistdesignedsetsfeaturingsilksthattransformintowater,clouds,andmountains,andaPekingOperaspecialisttrainedthecastintraditionalgesturesandmovements.

Musically,theproductionmergesaWesternorchestrawithtraditionalChineseinstrumentslikethepipa,afour-stringedpluckedlute.Thisblendcreatesenergeticbattlesequencesandserene,reflectivemoments,leadingdirectorDianePaulustodubita“magicalKungFuopera”foritscombinationofsinging,KungFu,dance,andpuppetry.

MatthewShilvock,generaldirectoroftheSanFranciscoOpera,hopestheoperawillresonatewithallaudiences.“ForthosewhogrewupwiththeMonkeyKing,itevokesnostalgia(怀旧之情);forothers,it’sachancetodiscoveratreasureofChineseclassicallitera

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