愈陰森就愈華麗,愈難唱也愈刺激:
令人血脈賁張的《遊唱詩人》
《遊唱詩人》和同時寫作的《茶花女》以及稍早的《弄臣》,是威爾第中期歌劇的頂冠三連作。「如果你去非洲深處,肯定也能聽到《遊唱詩人》。」作曲家的自信果真不假:它從彩排就轟動,聲樂曲譜很快就傳至世界各地,跨越時空一路熱演,至今仍是劇院寵兒。不只著名詠嘆調與二重唱膾炙人口,第二幕的鐵砧合唱更已成為流行文化,在影視作品、廣播廣告、甚至運動賽事裡頻繁出現,名列古典音樂最為人熟知的作品。
如此佳績並非僥倖。自第三部歌劇《納布果》揚名立萬之後,威爾第在九年內一口氣寫了十二部歌劇。巨大的寫作壓力雖然無法保證品質,至少為這位天賦勤奮皆備的作曲家積累了豐厚經驗。他知道如何從浪漫文學取材,不重複傳統義式歌劇的老路,段落編排也更多樣化。聲樂上,威爾第拓寬了男中音與次女高音的音域,高音更高、低音更低,要他們更強勢、更具威脅性也更富誘惑性,和男女高音拚搏較勁。即使角色情感表現直接,幾乎不外愛恨、家國、榮譽、夢境,普遍缺少獨立個性與發展,威爾第仍然以他深富衝勁與動感的音樂彌補了這個弱點,打造出令人熱血沸騰的聲樂饗宴。
《遊唱詩人》正是這樣的代表。它的劇情完全是浪漫主義的恐怖美學,開場就籠罩在不安夜色與邪門傳說,繼之而來的則是鬥毆、復仇、逼姦與死亡。歌劇敘事分散開展,遊唱詩人捲入手足冤孽,情愛糾葛血染女巫哀歌,觀眾必須全神貫注,方能從唱詞拼出故事全貌,解開折磨兩代、令人毛骨悚然的懸疑謎案。與之對應的則是豐富多變的舞台場景:鬧鬼宮殿、古堡要塞、幽暗地牢、吉普賽營火與修道院迴廊,被打斷的婚禮以及等著受害者的刑場,在在令人目眩神迷。雖然它不符合歷史,也沒有深刻的文學內涵,卻真正把音樂與浪漫主義合而為一,從頭到尾都刺激感官,又有誰會抱怨呢?
比視覺效果更驚奇的,自然是威爾第的音樂。聲樂家得使出渾身解數,還要超越極限,才有可能達到他的要求。女主角蕾歐諾拉要有最全面的美聲技巧,是歌劇舞台上最難唱好的絕頂角色,光是登場詠嘆調就是艱鉅考驗,之後更有諸多艱深獨唱與重唱。男主角曼里科本質是抒情詩人,經過義大利傳統催化,如今變成得具備衝擊性唱法的戲劇男高音,〈看那可怕的烈焰〉已是男高音的永恆惡夢。然而,「《遊唱詩人》要成功,你得找來四位偉大歌唱家。」傳奇巨匠卡羅素的評語一點沒錯,吉普賽女巫、曼里科的母親阿祖切娜,其實是另一位女主角,威爾第甚至考慮以她命名歌劇。這個角色以最華麗魅惑的唱段高歌最陰森駭人的咒怨,著實令人難忘。至於既壞又狠的魯納伯爵,是義大利歌劇裡最咄咄逼人的角色。看他發動所有攻勢,掀起音樂的驚滔駭浪,沒有人能不被打動。
面對經典,衛武營這次將與2024《瑪儂.雷斯考》導演與舞台設計再度合作,以《冰與火之歌:權力遊戲》的古裝意象,透過家族旗幟與烈火狂燄,打造視覺強烈的中世紀舞台,展現劇本與音樂獨特的陰暗美學。加上國內外頂尖音樂家齊聚一堂,絕對令人難忘。歡迎大家共襄盛舉,親自體會威爾第名作的不朽魅力,永恆的《遊唱詩人》!
(撰文/焦元溥)
The more sinister, the more magnificent; the harder to sing, the more thrilling: The Exhilarating Il trovatore
Il trovatore, along with La traviata (written concurrently) and the slightly earlier Rigoletto, forms the triumphant trio of VERDI's middle-period operas. The composer's confident prediction — "If you go to Africa, you will surely hear Il trovatore" — proved prophetic. A sensation from its very first rehearsal, the opera's vocal scores spread rapidly across the globe. It remains a theater staple, performed continuously across time and distance. Its famous arias and duets are widely beloved, and the "Anvil Chorus" from Act II has become a fixture in popular culture, appearing in films, television, radio advertisements, and even sporting events — cementing its place among the most recognizable works in the classical canon.
This success was no accident. After rising to fame with his third opera, Nabucco, VERDI wrote twelve operas in nine years. While such relentless output couldn't guarantee quality, it gave this gifted and disciplined composer an extraordinary wealth of experience. He mastered the art of drawing from Romantic literature, steering away from the well-worn paths of traditional Italian opera and broadening his structural palette. Vocally, VERDI pushed the baritone and mezzo-soprano to new extremes — higher highs and lower lows — demanding greater power, menace, and seduction, and setting them in dramatic rivalry against the tenor and soprano. Though his characters' emotions are broadly drawn, revolving around love, hatred, honor, loyalty, and longing, and rarely develop as individuals, VERDI more than compensated for the weakness with music of fierce energy and momentum, crafting a thrilling vocal spectacle.
Il trovatore is the perfect embodiment of this approach. Its plot is steeped in Romantic Gothic atmosphere: the opera opens in a night thick with unease and dark legend, then plunges headlong into brawls, vengeance, attempted assault, and death. The story unfolds in fragments — a troubadour caught in fraternal enmity, a love triangle shadowed by a witch's curse — and demands close attention from the audience, who must piece together from the libretto the full horror of a mystery spanning two generations. The stage settings are correspondingly rich and varied: a haunted palace, a fortified castle, a shadowy dungeon, a Gypsy campfire, a convent cloister, an interrupted wedding, and a scaffold awaiting its victims. All of it is utterly mesmerizing. Whatever it may lack in historical accuracy or literary depth, Il trovatore is a seamless fusion of music and Romanticism that electrifies the senses from first note to last — and who could ask for more than that?
Even more astonishing than the visual spectacle, of course, is VERDI's music. Soloists must summon every ounce of their skill and push themselves to the limit to meet his demands. The heroine Leonora calls for the most complete bel canto technique, making her one of the most challenging and rewarding roles in all of opera; her entrance aria alone is a formidable test, followed by a succession of difficult solos and ensembles. The hero Manrico is at heart a lyric poet who, by the imperatives of Italian dramatic tradition, must transform into a powerful dramatic tenor capable of visceral impact; his "Di quella pira" ("See that dreadful flame") remains the eternal nightmare of tenors. Yet as the legendary CARUSO rightly observed: "To succeed with Il trovatore, you need four great singers." The Gypsy sorceress Azucena — Manrico's mother — is effectively the opera's second female lead, a status VERDI himself acknowledged by considering naming the opera after her. She delivers the most sinister and chilling imprecations through the most magnificent and seductive vocal writing, making her utterly unforgettable. And as for the ruthless, implacable Count di Luna — the most ferocious baritone role in the Italian opera repertoire — watching him unleash his attacks and whip up a musical tempest leaves no one unmoved.
To take on this classic, National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts (Weiwuying) will once again collaborate with the stage director and set designer behind the 2024 production of Manon Lescaut. Drawing on the visual language of Game of Thrones, they will deploy family banners and roaring flames to conjure a visually striking medieval world, giving full expression to the libretto and score's distinctive dark aesthetics. With a cast of top-tier musicians from Taiwan and abroad, this production promises to be an experience like no other. We invite you to join us and discover for yourself the immortal power of VERDI's masterpiece — the eternal Il trovatore.
(Written by CHIAO Yuan-pu)
演出人員名單
指揮|簡文彬
導演|皮耶.弗朗切斯科.馬埃斯特里尼
舞台設計|尼古拉斯.博尼
影像設計|王奕盛
服裝設計|謝建國
燈光設計|黃羽菲
魯納伯爵|丁一憲(9/3、9/5場次)、羅德里戈.艾斯特維(9/4、9/6場次)
蕾歐諾拉|耿立(9/3、9/5場次)、瑪爾塔.馬利(9/4、9/6場次)
阿祖切娜|翁若珮(9/3、9/5場次)、琪亞拉.莫吉尼(9/4、9/6場次)
曼里科|喬治.歐尼亞尼(9/3、9/5場次)、卡司後續公告(9/4、9/6場次)
費蘭多|謝銘謀
伊妮絲|林雯華
魯伊茲、傳令員|張殷齊
樂團|國立臺灣交響樂團
合唱團|微行星聲樂藝術工房
Conductor|CHIEN Wen-pin
Stage Director|Pier Francesco MAESTRINI
Set Designer|Nicolas BONI
Video Designer|Ethan WANG
Costume Designer|Jeffy CHEAH
Lighting Designer|Faye HUANG
Il Conte di Luna|JUNG Ilhun (Sep 3 & 5), Rodrigo ESTEVES (Sep 4 & 6)
Leonora|KENG Li (Sep 3 & 5), Marta MARI (Sep 4 & 6)
Azucena|WENG Jo-pei (Sep 3 & 5), Chiara MOGINI (Sep 4 & 6)
Manrico|George ONIANI (Sep 3 & 5), to be announced (Sep 4 & 6)
Ferrando|HSIEH Ming-mou
Ines|LIN Wen-hua
Ruiz / Un messo|CHANG Yin-chi
Orchestra|National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra
Chorus|Planetesimal Vocal Art Studio
5/15(五)12:00起 -5/29(五)12:00止,衛武營會員早鳥預購
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