前一阵子,我经历了作为音乐撰稿人最害怕的噩梦。这件事迟早都要公之于众的,就让我在这里向你们坦白。卡内基音乐厅上个月邀请我为哈利·比克特(HarryBicket)领导的英国古乐团(English Concert)将要演出的亨德尔歌剧《拉达米斯托》(Radamisto)撰写节目介绍。多年前,我在纽约市立歌剧院的制作中看过比克特指挥,去年在大都会歌剧院制作的《罗德琳达》(Rodelinda)上也碰到过他。这位指挥可以把一个名副其实的浪漫主义管弦乐团改头换面,变成一支听起来正正宗宗的巴洛克歌剧伴奏乐团。因此,我觉得万分荣幸。我把放在书架上那些关于亨德尔 A while ago, I experienced the worst nightmare as a music writer. Sooner or later it must be made public, let me confess it to you here. Carnegie Hall last month invited me to write an introduction to the Handell opera “Radamisto,” to be performed by Harry Pickett’s English Concert. Years ago, I had seen Beckett in the making of the New York City Opera House, and I met him at Rodelinda last year at the Metropolitan Opera. The conductor can turn a veritable romantic orchestra into a baroque opera accompaniment orchestra that sounds like a true religion. Therefore, I feel very honored. I put those on the shelves about Handel