一、歌剧《红楼梦》的诞生千古奇书《红楼梦》面世两个半世纪以来,不同形式的再创作便不绝于世;电影、电视剧及大小地方戏无所不及,但却从未登上西洋歌剧的舞台。主要原因是小说的篇幅。全文一百二十回近五百个人物,其史诗性的篇章在世界上亦属罕见(俄国作家托尔斯泰的《战争与和平》也只有《红楼梦》不到一半的篇幅),改编成歌剧是巨大的 First, the birth of the opera “Dream of Red Mansions” Amazing storybook “Dream of Red Mansions” Since its launch two and a half centuries, different forms of recreations have never ceased to exist; movies, dramas and local games of all sizes and sizes have never boarded Western operas Stage. The main reason is the length of the novel. The full text of 120 nearly 500 characters, its epic chapter is rare in the world (Russian writer Tolstoy’s “War and Peace,” only “Dream of Red Mansions,” less than half the length), adapted into Opera is huge