Curly River

Japanese: 《カーリュー・リバー》 - かーりゅーりばー
Curly River

…This opera has been translated and performed in many languages, and was the first British opera to achieve international fame. His 14 operas up to his final one, Death in Venice (1973), have been performed in countries around the world, and he has also demonstrated his talents in small-scale operas such as Curlew River (1964), based on the Noh play Sumida River, which he saw when he visited Japan in 1956. In addition to operas, his Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra: Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Purcell (1945) and War Requiem (1961) are also performed worldwide. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Curlew River" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…このオペラは各国語に翻訳・上演され,イギリスのオペラとして初めて国際的な名声を得た。最後の《ベニスに死す》(1973)に至るまでの14作のオペラは世界各国で上演されており,56年来日した際に鑑賞した能《隅田川》に基づく《カーリュー・リバーCurlew River》(1964)など小編成のオペラにも特色を発揮している。オペラ以外でも《青少年のための管弦楽入門――パーセルの主題による変奏曲とフーガ》(1945),《戦争レクイエム》(1961)なども世界的に演奏されている。…

※「《カーリュー・リバー》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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