A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
歌剧
Opera
Opera is really fun.
歌剧真的很有趣。
I don't like rock opera with back beats.
我不喜欢有节奏的摇滚歌剧。
I want to get out of the major opera houses.
我想离开主要的歌剧院。
Sleep is an excellent way of listening to an opera.
睡觉是听歌剧的好方法。
A Librettist is a mere drudge in the world of opera.
在歌剧世界里，一个剧作家只不过是一个苦力。
Staid middle age loves the hurricane passions of opera.
古板的中年人喜欢歌剧的狂热。
Even in today's opera world, the position of the black tenor is problematic.
即使在今天的歌剧世界里，黑人男高音的地位也是有问题的。
Very few opera singers in history have been able to cross into popular music.
历史上很少有歌剧演员能够跨界进入流行音乐领域。
Half of my heart's got a right mind to tell you that I can't keep loving you.
我有一半的心告诉你，我不能一直爱你。
The first rule in opera is the first rule in life: see to everything yourself.
歌剧的第一条规则就是人生的第一条规则:一切由你自己搞定。
Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead of dying, he sings.
歌剧是一个人被背后捅了一刀，他没有死，而是唱歌。
I was on a soap opera before that for three years, where I was the nicest guy on earth.
在那之前我在肥皂剧里演了三年，我是世界上最好的男人。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
I think it was just an opera. Now, you go to opera, you expect to see and hear what the opera is. So, it was Catfish Row. It was singers. Marvelous voices. It didn't make no difference what color they were.
我想那只是一场歌剧。现在，你去看歌剧，你希望看到和听到歌剧是什么。所以，这是鲶鱼排。这是歌手。不可思议的声音。它们是什么颜色都没有关系。
Music - opera particularly - is a process which is endurable or successful only if it is achieved by people who love to collaborate.
音乐——尤其是歌剧——是一个过程，只有当它是由热爱合作的人完成的时候，它才能持久或成功。
Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have.
肥皂剧似乎是一个肮脏的词，但实际上它们是我们最受欢迎的节目。
Directing an opera is similar to directing a play. The singing must not get in the way of the drama.
导演歌剧与导演戏剧相似。演唱不能妨碍戏剧的发展。
People think top singers are overpaid, but opera houses have a top fee, which is a good thing. Of course concerts are different- everyone wants to make as much money as possible.
人们认为顶级歌手的薪酬过高，但歌剧院的收费很高，这是一件好事。当然音乐会是不同的——每个人都想赚尽可能多的钱。
If you approach an opera as though it were something that always went a certain way, that's what you get. I approach an opera as though I didn't know it.
如果你把歌剧当作某种总是以某种方式进行的东西来对待，这就是你所得到的。我走近一部歌剧，好像我不知道似的。