《斷背山》將出歌劇版 預計年公演
New York City Opera has commissioned American composer Charles Wuorinen to write an opera based on Annie Proulx’s short story "Brokeback Mountain," a love story about two US ranch-hands that won three Oscars when it was turned into a movie.
The opera house's spokesman Gerard Mortier said in a statement on Sunday that Wuorinen had accepted an invitation to compose an opera of the short story. It is slated to premiere during City Opera's 2013 spring season.
This would mark New Yorker Wuorinen's second world premiere at City Opera. He also composed "Haroun and the Sea of Stories," an adaptation of a Salman Rushdie novel which opened in 2004.
"Ever since encountering Annie Proulx's extraordinary story I have wanted to make an opera on it, and it gives me great joy that Gerard Mortier and New York City Opera have given me the opportunity to do so," Wuorinen, 70, said in a statement.
"Brokeback Mountain" is the story of two men who meet and fall in love on the fictional Brokeback Mountain in Wyoming in 1963 with their complex relationship lasting 20 years.
The story was made into a film in 2005 by Taiwanese director Ang Lee which won three Oscars. The late Australian actor Heath Ledger, who died in January this year of an accidental overdose of prescription drugs at the age of 28, was nominated for an Oscar for his role.
紐約市歌劇院日前邀請美國作曲家查爾斯•沃裏寧操刀執筆，將安妮•普羅克斯的短篇小說《斷背山》改編爲歌劇。《斷背山》講述了兩個美國牛仔的愛情故事，根據該小說拍攝的電影曾獲三項奧斯卡大獎。
紐約市歌劇院的發言人傑拉德•莫爾蒂爾於上週日發表一份聲明稱，目前沃裏寧已接受操刀歌劇版《斷背山》的邀請。該作品預計將在紐約市歌劇院2013年春天的演出季期間首演。
這將是紐約作曲家沃裏寧的作品第二次在紐約市歌劇院舉行世界首演。沃裏寧根據薩爾曼•魯西迪的小說《哈倫與故事海》改編的同名歌劇曾於2004年在紐約市歌劇院首演。
70歲的沃裏寧近日發表聲明說：“自從我接觸到安妮•普羅克斯的這部優秀作品，我就一直想把它改編成歌劇。如今，傑拉德和紐約市歌劇院給了我這個機會，我很開心。”
小說《斷背山》以美國懷俄明州一個虛構的地點“斷背山”爲背景，講述了兩個男人開始於1963年的一段長達20年的複雜戀情。
這部小說曾於2005年被臺灣籍導演李安改編成電影，並獲三項奧斯卡大獎。該片主演、澳大利亞影星希斯•萊傑於今年一月死於意外服藥過量，年僅28歲。他憑藉該片獲得奧斯卡最佳男主角提名。
