英国国家歌剧院新近演出的《浮士德》的旋律尚在耳畔萦绕;这厢,《罗密欧与朱丽叶》已经粉墨登场。凡是听过这两部歌剧的观众都一定很疑惑:它们出自同一位作曲家之手?虽然歌德的这个有关诅咒与救赎的传说促使古诺的创作倾向于大歌剧、音乐戏剧方向,然而,莎士比亚这个著名的爱情悲剧还是唤醒了作曲家内心深处最炙热的情感,从而激发了这样一部据说最温柔甜蜜的歌剧的创作灵感。 The “Faust” melodrama newly performed by the National Opera House is still lingering in the ears; this car, “Romeo and Juliet,” has come to light. Everyone who has ever heard of these two operas must be wondering: they all come from the same composer. Although Goethe’s curse and redemption legend prompted Cournot’s tendency toward grand operas and musical theater, Shakespeare This famous love tragedy still awakens the hottest emotions in the composer’s heart, inspiring such a creation as the poetiest and poignant opera.