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Original tekst

Peter Maxwell Davies. The Lighthouse. Libretto. Book. Lyrics only. LYRICS.

Oversættelse

Peter Maxwell Davies. The Lighthouse. Hæfte. Bog. Kun Lyrics. LYRICS.

Original tekst

Chamber opera in a prologue and one act. A ghost story telling of the mysterious disappearance of three lighthouse keepers in the Hebrides. This is a mystery story in the form of a chamber opera. The prologue is set as a court of enquiry into the unexplained disappearance of the three keepers from a lighthouse. Questions are posed by a solo horn, which may sound from among the audience, and three officers give answer. Gradually, they move from straight testimony into fantastical imaginings of evil during a 'flashback' to the lighthouse. but then we snap back to the courtroom. In the main act the three singers become the vanished keepers. They have been together for months, long enough to be fully aware of each other's weaknesses. petty bickerings suggest a relationship which is stable, but liable to become highly unstable at any moment. They sing songs to reduce the tension, Blazes beginning with a rough ballad of street violence, accompanied by violin and banjo. Sandy's song, with cello and out-of-tune upright piano, is a thinly disguised description of sexual bliss, and Arthur's with brass and clarinet, is a tub-thumping hymn. But the songs serve only to resurrect in their minds ghosts from the past, and as the fog descends each of the keepers becomes convinced that he is being claimed by the Beast. They prepare to meet its dazzling eyes, which become the lights of the relief vessel, and the three men reappear as officers, met at the lighthouse only by an infestation of rats. They leave, and at the end the last hours of Blazes, Sandy and Arthur begin to play over again. Libretto only. Duration c. 1h 25mins.

Oversættelse

Afdeling opera i en prolog og en handling. En spøgelseshistorie fortæller om den mystiske forsvinden af ​​tre fyr brugere i Hebriderne. Det er et mysterium historie i form af en kammeropera. Prologen er indstillet som en domstol i undersøgelse af uforklarlige forsvinden af ​​de tre brugere fra et fyrtårn. Spørgsmål er stillet af en solo horn, der kan lyde blandt publikum, og tre officerer giver svar. Gradvist de flytter fra lige vidnesbyrd til fantastiske forestillinger onde under en "flashback" til fyr. men derefter vi snap tilbage til retssalen. I de vigtigste handling de tre sangere bliver den forsvundne brugere. De har været sammen i flere måneder, længe nok til at være helt klar over hinandens svagheder. smålige skænderier foreslå et forhold, som er stabil, men kan blive meget ustabil på ethvert tidspunkt. De synger sange for at reducere spændingen, blazes begynder med et groft ballade af gadevold, ledsaget af violin og banjo. Sandy sang, med cello og out-of-tune opretstående klaver, er en slet skjult beskrivelse af seksuel lyksalighed, og Arthurs med messing og klarinet, er et kar-pumpende salme. Men sangene kun tjener til at genopstå i deres sind spøgelser fra fortiden, og da tågen ned hver af de brugere bliver overbevist om, at han bliver hævdet af Beast. De forbereder at opfylde sine blændende øjne, som bliver lysene i relief fartøj, og de tre mænd igen som officerer mødtes på fyr kun af et angreb af rotter. De forlader, og i slutningen de sidste timer af Blazes, Sandy og Arthur begynder at spille igen. Libretto only. Varighed c. 1h 25mins.