英文摘要 |
According to Richard Strauss Werkverzeichnis by Franz Trenner, there are two works under the identical title of Ariadne auf Naxos, TrV. 228 and TrV. 228a, completed in 1912 and 1916 respectively. With their subtitles, it is obvious that the two versions have their individual forms. Whereas the first version incorporates two distinctive musical forms, incidental music and opera, the second version adopts the pure form of an opera. Due to several flaws for production, the first version has been difficult to stage. With its omission from the Richard Strauss Edition and the completion of the second version, the first version is doomed to oblivion and rarely appreciated by the general public. The first version of Ariadne auf Naxos consists of three parts: the frame, the opera, and the transitional scene. All three parts have its theatrical functions and meanings and are given a rather complicated musical structure. Fortunately, the correspondence between the composer and the poet records the development of the work, which makes it possible for the complexity of the work to be clarified. Based on the libretto and letters and with the aid of scores, this paper unveils the original contour of the first version of Ariadne auf Naxos and retrieves the work from obscurity. |