Janácek: The Excursions of Mr. Broucek (豆瓣)

表演者: BBC Singers / BBC Symphony Orchestra / Jirí Belohlávek
流派: 古典
专辑类型: 专辑
介质: Audio CD
发行时间: 2008-08-12
出版者: Deutsche Grammophon
唱片数: 2
条形码: 0028947773870

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　　Synopsis
　　PART 1: The Excursion of Mr. Brouček to the Moon
　　Scene 1: Prague, 1888. The Vikárka street in Hradčany on a moonlit night
　　The beer-soaked Matěj Brouček tries to find his way home after an evening’s drinking at the Vikárka Inn. He comes across Málinka who is so upset by the two-timing behaviour of her lover Mazal (Brouček’s tenant), that she threaten... (展开全部) 　　Synopsis
　　PART 1: The Excursion of Mr. Brouček to the Moon
　　Scene 1: Prague, 1888. The Vikárka street in Hradčany on a moonlit night
　　The beer-soaked Matěj Brouček tries to find his way home after an evening’s drinking at the Vikárka Inn. He comes across Málinka who is so upset by the two-timing behaviour of her lover Mazal (Brouček’s tenant), that she threatens to kill herself. In an attempt to calm her down, Brouček says he’ll marry her but then retracts the offer and instead dreams of escaping to a less stressful life on the moon.
　　Scene 2: A moonscape
　　The moon turns out to be the worst possible choice for the robustly Philistine Brouček: it has become home to the arty intellectuals he so despises, and he finds himself in the company of the avant-garde lunar artist Blankytný (a lunar parallel to Mazal). He describes his platonic passion for Etherea, a lunar maiden. Etherea arrives with her militant sisterhood to sing an ode to a healthy lifestyle. Unlikely as it seems, she falls for the dissipated Mr. Brouček, and flies away with him on Pegasus, leaving Blankytný distressed.
　　Scene 3: The Lunar Temple of All Arts
　　Etherea arrives with Brouček at the Temple of Arts. Initially, his appearance causes terror, but he is soon accepted as the newest craze, and is shown the very latest in lunar art. A meal of sniffing flowers does nothing to improve his mood, and when he is attacked for eating sausages, he flees, leaving the aesthetes – complete with a Child Prodigy – singing hymns to art.
　　Scene 4: Prague
　　Mazal and Málinka return home as dawn is breaking. A kitchen boy tells them that Brouček has been found in a drunken stupor, but their thoughts are elsewhere as they sing of their tender love for each other.
　　PART 2: The Excursion of Mr. Brouček to the 15th Century
　　Scene 1: The castle of Wenceslas IV
　　Brouček has been arguing with his drinking cronies about the underground tunnels constructed beneath medieval Prague. He staggers home only to find himself in one of these tunnels, where he encounters shadowy figures from the past. The poet, Svatopluk Čech, appears. He laments the moral decline of the Čzech nation where heroes have been replaced by greedy non-entities (like Mr. Brouček). Čech sings of how he longs to write anthems for a reborn nation, rather than bitter satires – such as this one.
　　Scene 2: The Old Town Square, 1420
　　Brouček finds himself in 15th-century Prague, which is under siege from the German armies of the Holy Roman Empire. Because of his dreadful Čzech, Brouček is initially taken for a German spy by the Hussite rebels, but he manages to bluff his way out of trouble.
　　Scene 3: Domšík’s house
　　Brouček has been taken to the house of the sacristan, Domšík, and his daughter Kunka. The people of Prague sing a stirring hymn in preparation for the conflict that is to come. Brouček is horrified when his hosts explain that he is expected to join in the defence of the city. In the heat of battle, he grabs the first opportunity to run away.
　　Scene 4: The Old Town Square
　　The people of Prague celebrate a famous victory, but it has come at a price: Domšík is among the dead. Brouček is discovered in hiding, and is accused of treason. His sentence is death in a beer barrel.
　　Scene 5: The courtyard of the Vikárka Inn
　　Back in the 19th century, Würfl, the landlord of the inn, hears groans coming from his cellar. He finds Brouček there, inside a barrel. Brouček is relieved to be home at last, boasting that he liberated Prague single-handed.
　　Nigel Simeone
　　10/2007