Harrison Birtwistle's The Mask of Orpheus

哈里森·伯特威斯尔的《俄耳甫斯面具》是自第二次世界大战以来产生的最重要和最有影响力的音乐剧范例之一。这本专著是第一本致力于这位在世的主要作曲家的单一作品的书，将探讨《俄耳甫斯面具》的复杂起源和组织，包括对其组成部分和阶段的讨论。这项研究还将考虑这部作品在一系列跨学科背景下提出的更广泛的问题，包括对神话、记忆、自然和身份的晚期现代艺术的意义。

Harrison Birtwistle's the Mask of Orpheus is one of the most important and influential examples of music-theatre to have been produced since the Second World War. This monograph -the first book to be devoted to a single work by this leading living composer - will examine the complex genesis and organisation of The Mask of Orpheus, including discussion of its integral components and its staging. The study will also consider the wider issues raised by the work in a range of interdisciplinary context, including the significance for late-,modern art of myth, memory, nature and identity.