中英双语新闻 索菲亚·科波拉突破性执导歌剧《茶花女》

Italy invented Opera but its opera house in Rome has been in crisis. It’s been losing money and in recent years, its musicians have gone on strike. So the opera house came up with an idea—invite a member of a famous Italian and American film directing family to stage a performance. Our correspondent James Reynolds went to see the premiere of Sofia Coppola’s production of "La Traviata".

It’s opening night. There’s red carpet outside. And the auditorium¹ here is full. In recent years, this opera house has been as sick as Violetta, the heroin² of "La Traviata". But the arrival of Sofia Coppola in Valentino has changed all that. We’ll wait the performance. During the next three and a half hours, the heroin Violetta battles against tuberculosis³ whilst managing to win, break up with and then win back her lover Alfredo. She dies flamboyantly⁴ in his arms wearing a gown designed by 

Valentino. There is an after-party here at the opera which features guests who look just as gilded⁵ as anything we’ve just seen on the stage. And everyone is crowding around Sofia Coppola and also her father Francis Ford⁶ Coppola, the director of “The Godfather”.

It seemed to go well. And I was happy cuz the other night when I thought I was really nervous, I could actually enjoy it. So I think it went well.

How is the transition to opera been?

Really thrilling. Yeah, everyone here was so kind. It’s been fun to be part of the theatre, community and it was really exciting.

Sofia Coppola learned opera from her father. In his final “Godfather” film, he even cast her as a character who gets killed on the steps of an Italian opera house. 

Francis Ford Coppola watched the premiere of this, her first opera from the royal box.

How did you enjoy the performance?

I love that. I thought it was beautiful, very moving.

What role has opera played in the Coppola family life?

Well, my whole family was involved in.. We are all professional musicians, so you know… We know a lot about it. We have been to see it. And my father was always very kind. He always told me always the story.

意大利发明了歌剧，但罗马的歌剧院却陷入了危机，近年来亏损不断，导致音乐人集体罢工。因此歌剧院想出一个主意——邀请著名的意大利裔美国家庭中的一员筹划一场演出。本台记者詹姆斯·雷诺兹前去观看了索菲亚·科波拉制作的歌剧《茶花女》的首演。

这是首演之夜，外面铺着红毯，剧场座无虚席。近年来，这个歌剧院像《茶花女》的女主角维奥莱塔一样弱。但身着华伦天奴的索菲亚·科波拉一到就改变了这一切。让我们期待演出。在接下来的三个半小时里，女主角维奥莱塔与肺结核作斗争的同时，赢得爱人阿尔弗雷多、与之分手又重新追回。她穿着华伦天奴设计的礼服在阿尔弗雷多的怀中华丽地死去。在歌剧院的余兴派对上，嘉宾们仿照我们在舞台上看到的那些人物，盛装出席。索菲亚·科波拉和她的父亲——《教父》的导演弗朗西斯·福特·科波拉受到众人的簇拥。

演出看着还挺好的，我很开心，因为有天晚上我很紧张，不过其实还是挺享受的。所以，我觉得演得不错。

转型歌剧感觉怎么样？

非常令人兴奋。对，大家都很友善。这个剧院、这个大家庭很有意思、很刺激。

索菲亚·科波拉是从她父亲那里学的歌剧。在最后的《教父》电影中，他甚至给女儿安排了一个角色，让“她”死在了一家意大利歌剧院的台阶上。弗朗西斯·福特·科波拉在贵宾席观看女儿第一部歌剧的首演。

你觉得演出怎么样？

大爱。我觉得很美很感动。

歌剧在科波拉家族生活中扮演着什么样的角色？

我们家都是从事……我们都是专业的音乐人，所以说……很了解这一行。我们去看过这部歌剧，而且我父亲非常和蔼，经常给我讲这个故事。

1 auditorium   

n.观众席，听众席；会堂，礼堂

参考例句：

• The teacher gathered all the pupils in the auditorium.老师把全体同学集合在礼堂内。
• The stage is thrust forward into the auditorium.舞台向前突出，伸入观众席。

2 heroin   

n.海洛因

参考例句：

• Customs have made their biggest ever seizure of heroin.海关查获了有史以来最大的一批海洛因。
• Heroin has been smuggled out by sea.海洛因已从海上偷运出境。

3 tuberculosis   

n.结核病，肺结核

参考例句：

• People used to go to special health spring to recover from tuberculosis.人们常去温泉疗养胜地治疗肺结核。
• Tuberculosis is a curable disease.肺结核是一种可治愈的病。

4 flamboyantly   

adv.艳丽地、奢华地、绚丽地。

参考例句：

• He dresses rather flamboyantly. 他衣着华丽。 来自互联网
• The criticism of Mr Obama's handling of the oil spill has been especially and flamboyantly unreasonable. 对于奥巴马对漏油事件的处理，人们的批评尤其夸大得没有道理。 来自互联网

5 gilded   

a.镀金的，富有的

参考例句：

• The golden light gilded the sea. 金色的阳光使大海如金子般闪闪发光。
• "Friends, they are only gilded disks of lead!" "朋友们，这只不过是些镀金的铅饼！ 来自英汉文学 - 败坏赫德莱堡

6 Ford   

n.浅滩，水浅可涉处；v.涉水，涉过

参考例句：

• They were guarding the bridge,so we forded the river.他们驻守在那座桥上，所以我们只能涉水过河。
• If you decide to ford a stream,be extremely careful.如果已决定要涉过小溪，必须极度小心。