2020年10月11日 19:00
ヤナーチェク劇場
リヒャルト・シュトラウス―サロメ
指揮：バラージュ・コチャール、監督：アンドラーシ・アルマーシ・トート
ハンガリー国立オペラ（ブタペスト）
In the palace of the Galilean tetrarch Herod, the soldiers are guarding the cistern in which the prophet Jokanaan, who had had the audacity to accuse Herod and his wife Herodiada of their sinful acts, is imprisoned. Narraboth, the commander, is watching the princess Salome, Herod’s stepdaughter. She is so beautiful and remarkable. In vain the guards warn him not to think about her any longer. Salome approaches the cistern. She has grown weary of the celebrations and the neverending quarrelling of the Jews, and the lustful gaze of her stepfather is beginning to worry her. She is interested only in the voice emanating from the cistern. She wants to see the man who is able to disseminate fear with words alone. She convinces Narraboth to break Tetrarch’s orders out of love for her, and bring Jokanaan to her. Although Jokanaan heaps abuse upon her, Salome is captivated and offers him her love. Jokanaan curses her. When Narraboth sees that Salome is possessed by the pophet he commits suicide with his own dagger.
Herod and Herodias arrive on the terrace. Herod is unable to pass without a glance at Salome, and not even hois wife is able to prevent this. Herod is followed by strange ideas, and Jokanaan’s curse awakens in him feelings of remorse. Herod wants the prophet to be silenced. Salome is indifferent to everything, and is led only by her passion for Jokanaan. In vain Herod offers her fruit and wine and invites her to dance. Only his promise that he will fulfill all of her wishes persuades her to dance the Dance of the Seven Veils. Salome completes her dance and asks for her reward – the head of Jokanaan on a silver plate. Even Herod is horrified by such a request; he offers her treasure and jewellery, but Salome stands firm. Finally he fulfills her wishes, but when he sees the passion with which Salome kisses the lips of the dead Jokanaan, he orders the soldiers to kill the girl.
Conductor: Balázs Kocsár
Stage Director: András Almási-Tóth
Set Design: Lili Izsák – Tamás Dobrosi
Costume Design: Krisztina Lisztopád
CAST:
Herodes: Fekete Attila
Herodias: Lukács Gyöngyi
Jochanaan: Szemerédy Károly
ハンガリー国立オペラが音楽祭ヤナーチェク・ブルノに出演するのは初めてのことではありません。しかし今回はヤナーチェク舞台を演じるのではなく、その誕生時期が、ヤナーチェクの新スタイルオペラ『運命』の製作時期と重なるオペラです。ヤナーチェクが『イエヌーファ』、そして続く『運命』で辿ったように、リヒャルト・シュトラウスも『サロメ』で新しい道―20世紀オペラへの道を歩みました。この作品をもって、リヒャルト・シュトラウスは音楽のアバンギャルドを代表する芸術家に数えられるようになったのです。『サロメ』はそれ以前の彼の作品から大きく踏み出したものであるのは明らかでした。その台詞は大胆で、今日までこの作品は20世紀最大の傑作のひとつと言われています。また、表現の大変難しい作品とされており、公演が成功するか否かは歌手の歌唱力とかなりの部分で主人公―サロメとヘロデ役の演技力にかかっているといわれます。
著：パトリツィエ・チャーストコヴァー