Chapter 670 669 "La Traviata" Opera
It was already nine o'clock in the evening when we arrived in Nevento.
Danevento is a small city. Li Li said that its population is less than 60,000, which is not as large as a town in the mainland. It is only a ten-minute walk from the train station to the hotel where Li Li lives.
The hotel is not big, and the typical Gothic architecture looks very simple. Fang Minghua went through the check-in procedure and had a room next to Li Li's.
Being tired after more than two hours on the train, the two of them went back to their rooms to rest.
After Fang Minghua took a shower, he saw the phone on the bedside table. He tried it and it was able to make international long distance calls, so he called home.
The person who answered the phone was Song Tangtang.
The first sentence is: "Minghua, have you seen Lili?"
"Yes, she returned to Rome specifically to wait for me." Fang Minghua went to pick up Lili. I took the plane and talked about the process of the two of them traveling for a day, including meeting Jiang Wen and the others halfway.
"Okay, then you two can take care of each other, and you can also accompany her around. She is quite lonely in a foreign country these days. Hey, you can't just accompany her around. Any other ideas?" Song Tangtang finally warned.
"I know, that's your cousin, how dare I think about it?" Fang Minghua replied angrily.
"Huh, I know what you men are thinking? Sisters and so on!"
"God, Tangtang, when did you become so open-minded?" Fang Minghua said. Surprised tone.
“There are video halls all over the streets now, and the state doesn’t care about the messy movies they play.” Song Tangtang muttered on the other end of the phone: “Okay, let’s not talk about this anymore, I’m going to go the day after tomorrow. Shen Cheng is attending the inauguration ceremony of the building. If anything happens, please hit me."
"Okay, please be safe on the road. How are the two kids?" Fang Minghua asked again.
"It's good. Ruirui heard that her aunt and you were in Italy, so she clamored to go there."
"It's winter vacation this year or summer vacation next year. Let's take the children abroad to see the world. It’s much easier to go abroad now than before.”
“Let’s talk about it then. I won’t talk to you. Where does Lili live?”
"She lives next door to me. I'll go over and ask her to call you."
"Okay."
Fang Minghua hung up the phone and knocked on Li Li's room next door. After Li Li opened the door in her pajamas, Fang Minghua explained his purpose.
Li Li happily picked up the phone and started chatting with her cousin. Of course Fang Minghua would not just stand there stupidly and go back to his room.
Women also have secrets that they don’t let men know.
The next morning, the two of them ordered a latte and a croissant each at the hotel restaurant. After a brief meal, they went to the City Hall to report to the Strega Literary Award Jury, saying that they were invited.
The staff enthusiastically sent invitations to the two of them, which allowed them to enter the ceremony.
The awards ceremony was held at the San Marco Theater at eight o'clock in the evening. There were no plans during the day, so the two planned to visit the city.
Although the city of Benevento is small and not very famous, it still has many tourist attractions.
The Ancient Roman Theater, Trajan's Arch, Rettori Castle, the Basilica of San Bartholomew, and the Medieval Cathedral of Benevento.
Li Li changed her clothes today. She is no longer wearing the cool clothes of yesterday, but is wearing a T-shirt with a light yellow floral skirt underneath, looking very much like the girl next door.
The two of them were walking on the street. There were relatively few vehicles and the small town seemed very quiet.
"Brother-in-law, let's go to the Benevento Conservatory of Music. I heard it's very famous." Li Li suggested.
"Okay, nothing happens anyway." Fang Minghua said. The Conservatory of Music of Benevento is located in the famous Simone Palace in the city in the early 18th century.
Fang Minghua originally thought that it was a holiday and there were not many students in the school. The two walked into the ancient Inside the Roman-style school gate, I discovered that there were a lot of people inside the school. Not only were students dressed in different age groups, many of them looked like tourists, carrying travel bags.
Li Li saw a poster in the advertising column not far from the school entrance.
"Brother-in-law, the opera "La Traviata" is being performed in the school auditorium!" Li Li pointed at the poster and said to Fang Minghua.
The above is in Italian, which Fang Minghua cannot understand.
“You want to see it?”
“Hmm.”
“Then let’s go and see it.” Fang Minghua said.
Li Li asked passers-by, and the two soon arrived at the school auditorium, where the college students rehearsed themselves, performed publicly and sold tickets.
The two entered the auditorium. The auditorium was not big and there were not many people watching the performance. They found an empty seat and sat down quietly.
There is already a performance on stage.
"La Traviata" is the last part of Italian opera master Verdi's "Popular Trilogy" (the other two parts are "Rigoletto" and "Il Trovatore"), based on the French writer Xiaozhong Adapted from Ma's novel of the same name, it is also one of the best-selling classic works in the history of world opera.
Fang Minghua had never seen this opera before coming to the Times. The students on the stage also performed it in Italian, so some of them could not understand it.
But Li Li watched it with gusto.
“Brother-in-law, I saw this opera performed by the Royal Opera House team in London’s Covent Garden in the UK. Although these student performances were a bit immature compared to the Royal Opera House team, I felt it was very sincere. Originally In the novel, the heroine Margaret is a young girl.”
Fang Minghua took a closer look at the protagonist in a white evening dress. She was indeed very young and beautiful.
"I like this opera very much, and I also like this novel very much!" Li Li whispered again.
Fang Minghua’s mouth twitched.
I don’t understand the opera, so I don’t dare to judge it randomly, but the novel "La Traviata".
Whether it is the plot setting or the character creation, in future generations, it will definitely be the routine of romance novels.
The domineering president fell in love with Cinderella and became a wealthy nobleman here and fell in love with the prostitute.
However, the novel is still very well written, especially the portrayal of the protagonist Margaret, who is beautiful, smart and kind. Although she has fallen into the world, she still maintains a pure and noble heart.
But Fang Minghua always feels like "I smoke, drink, get tattoos, and dance, but I'm a good girl."
It is said that "La Traviata" was the first Western literary masterpiece introduced to China during the Wanqing period at the end of the 19th century.
After the translation came out, it had a great impact on the Chinese literary world, and the traditional love novels of gifted scholars and beautiful ladies were quickly eliminated. Chinese novelists have written many love novels with new meanings and new structures under the direct or indirect influence or imitation of "The Legacy of La Traviata in Paris".
"Hey Margaret is so miserable. Every time I see this, I feel sad for her." Li Li sighed quietly.
Fang Minghua glanced at the stage and saw the heroine, dressed in white gauze, lying sickly on the big bed in the center of the stage, looking like she was about to die.
"As for novels, you are engaged in literature, and you also know that the more tragic it is, the more touching it is." He comforted in a low voice.
"Yes, that's right, brother-in-law, you promised me one thing." Li Li suddenly remembered something:
"You promised me that after finishing the book "In the Name of the People", you would write a This is a warm and healing poem. Now I have another request: no tragedy!”
(End of this chapter)