庆祝西班牙本土专业歌剧杂志《当今歌剧》创刊30周年！

小琼：海纳百川的歌剧世界涵盖了众多国家和语种。我们正在阅读的这本来自中国的、于1984年创办的《歌剧》杂志，正是这一伟大的国际传统中的组成部分。许多主流国家创立这样的专业杂志，以本国语言为歌剧爱好者提供新闻资讯，以及深入歌剧界的采访文章。

小薇：我知道的美国最具历史的歌剧专业杂志是《今日歌剧》，它创刊于1935年，原先是一本关于大都会歌剧院的资讯类杂志，旨在让观众了解大都会的演出动态。后来，它演变成我们现在所知的、用亮光纸印刷的杂志，由大都会歌剧协会经营。

小琼：英国的《歌剧》杂志于1950年创刊，由哈伍德伯爵七世创办。多年后，第二份英国专业刊物出现，名为《歌剧今天》。但现在让我们把注意力转移到西班牙：我刚刚参加了西班牙的“當今歌剧大奖”颁奖典礼。

小薇：我在网上获悉，西班牙的《当今歌剧》杂志刚好庆祝其创刊30周年。这是唯一一本西班牙语的歌剧专业杂志，在全球范围内具有广泛的影响力，世界各地（尤其是拉丁美洲）的西班牙语歌剧迷都依赖它来获取业界的新闻和信息。

小琼：2021年“当今歌剧大奖”揭晓：哈比尔·安杜加获得“最具潜力青年艺术家奖”，间场合唱团凭借其在推广和传播工作中取得的成功获年度最佳机构大奖，拉脱维亚女中音艾琳娜·嘉兰查以其享誉全球的声誉赢得卓越成就大奖。今年更增加了一个非常特别的30周年纪念奖，授予马德里的萨苏埃拉剧院。

小薇：我看到了不少赏心悦目的活动现场照片，但我猜因为新冠疫情，所以庆祝仪式缩减了规模。此外，由于旅行限制，一些嘉宾只能凭借网络连线方式出现在视频投影中，而不能亲临现场，包括《当今歌剧》荣誉委员会成员普拉西多·多明戈，以及得奖者安杜加（他身在佛罗伦萨参与《法尔斯塔夫》排练，这将是他毕生第一次亮相威尔第歌剧）。

小琼：的确，仪式在巴塞罗那利索大剧院的镜厅举行，但为了保持社交距离，嘉宾的座位是隔开的，且仅限于70位宾客。你一定猜到了，除了独唱演出和拍照时，每个人都必须佩戴口罩。

小薇：我记得你描述过伦敦的“国际歌剧大奖”（通常是现场举办的大型盛会），上一次颁奖完全是在网上举办。我们真希望这些奖项能很快回到有观众的现场举办。我相信全世界的歌剧迷都想加入其中！

Joan： The world of opera is large and encompasses numerous languages sung by many nations. Founded in 1984， China’s Opera magazine， what we’re reading now， is part of a great international tradition. Many major countries establish such magazines to provide interested opera lovers not only news but in-depth interviews and articles in their own language.

Valery： I know the oldest magazine of this type in America is Opera News， which started in 1935 as a newsletter of the Metropolitan Opera to keep their audiences informed. It eventually evolved into the glossy magazine we know now， run by the Metropolitan Opera Guild.

Joan： In the United Kingdom， Opera magazine was launched in 1950， founded by the Seventh Earl of Harewood. Years later， a second publication appeared in England entitled Opera Now. But today I want to direct our attention to Spain， where I just attended the ópera Actual Awards.

Valery： I read online that ópera Actual of Spain is celebrating its 30th anniversary. This is the only magazine in the Spanish language on the lyrical genre and has a large worldwide reach， with Spanishspeaking opera fans all over the world （especially Latin America） relying on it for news and information.

Joan： The 2021 ópera Actual awardees were Xabier Anduaga as Most Promising Young Artist， IntermezzoCoros for its success in outreach and dissemination efforts， and Latvian mezzo-soprano Elina Garanca celebrating her successful international career. A very special 30th Anniversary Award was added this year， given to the Teatro de la Zarzuela in Madrid.

Valery： I see beautiful photos of the event， but I guess the ceremony was reduced because of COVID. Also， because of travel restrictions， some had to appear on video rather than in person， including Plácido Domingo who is a member of the Honorary Committee of ópera Actual， and Xabier Anduaga who was in Florence rehearsing his first Verdian role， in Falstaff.

Joan： Indeed， the ceremony took place at the Hall of Mirrors of the Gran Teatre del Liceu in Barcelona， but with seats separated to conform with social distancing and limited to 70 guests. As you must have guessed， everyone was masked， except during solo performance or photo-taking.

Valery： I remember you describing London’s International Opera Awards （normally held in person as a big gala event）， which was presented entirely online last time. We do hope these awards will soon return “live” with audiences. I’m sure opera fans around the world will want to be included！