Chapter 670 669 Opera "La Traviata"

It was already nine o'clock in the evening when we arrived at Nevento.

Nevento is a small town. Li Li said that the population is less than 60,000, which is less than the population of a town in the mainland. It takes only ten minutes to walk from the train station to the hotel where Li Li lives.

The hotel is not big. The typical Gothic architecture looks very simple. Fang Minghua checked in and lived next to Li Li's room.

They were tired after sitting on the train for more than two hours, so they went back to their rooms to rest.

After taking a shower, Fang Minghua saw the phone on the bedside table. He tried it and found that it could make an international long-distance call, so he called home.

It was Song Tangtang who answered the phone.

The first sentence was: "Minghua, did you see Lili?"

"Yes, she returned to Rome to wait for me." Fang Minghua told her about Li Li's pick-up at the airport and the two of them playing for a day, including the process of encountering Jiang Wen and others on the way.

"Okay, then you can go together and take care of each other. You can also accompany her to go around. She has been alone abroad for many years and is quite lonely. Hey, just accompany her to go around, don't you have other ideas?" Song Tangtang finally reminded.

"I know, she is your cousin, how dare I think about it?" Fang Minghua replied angrily.

"Hmph, I know what you men are thinking? Sisters and such!"

"Oh my God, Tangtang, when did you become so open?" Fang Minghua said in a surprised tone.

"Now there are video halls all over the street, playing those messy movies, and the country doesn't care at all." Song Tangtang muttered on the other end of the phone: "Okay, let's not talk about this. I will go to Shanghai the day after tomorrow to attend the opening ceremony of the building. If you have any problems, just call me."

"Okay, be safe on the road, how are the two children?" Fang Minghua asked again.

"Very good. Ruirui heard that her aunt and you were in Italy, so she clamored to go and have fun."

"During the winter vacation this year or the summer vacation next year, let's take the children abroad to see the world. It's much easier to go abroad now than before."

"Let's talk about it when the time comes. It depends on whether I have time. I don't want to chat with you anymore. Where does Lili live? I want to chat with her."

"She lives next door to me. I'll go over and ask her to call you."

"Okay."

Fang Minghua hung up the phone and knocked on Li Li's room next door. After Li Li opened the door in her pajamas, Fang Minghua explained her purpose.

Li Li happily picked up the phone and chatted with her cousin. Fang Minghua certainly wouldn't stand there stupidly and went back to her room.

There are also secrets between women that men don't know.

The next morning, the two of them ordered a latte and a croissant each in the hotel restaurant. After a simple meal, they went to the City Hall to report to the Strega Literary Award Jury and said that they were invited.

The staff enthusiastically sent the two invitations, which allowed them to enter the ceremony.

The award ceremony was held at 8pm at the Teatro San Marco. There was nothing planned during the day, so the two of them planned to go around the city.

Although Benevento is small and not very famous, there are still many tourist attractions.

Ancient Roman Theater, Arch of Trajan, Castello Rettori, Basilica of St. Bartholomew, Medieval Cathedral of Benevento.

Today Li Li changed her clothes. She was no longer wearing the cool clothes of yesterday. She was wearing a T-shirt with a light yellow floral skirt underneath, which looked like a girl next door.

The two of them strolled on the street. There were few cars and the town seemed very quiet.

"Brother-in-law, let's go to the Benevento Conservatory of Music. I heard it's very famous." Li Li suggested.

"Sure, there's nothing to do anyway." Fang Minghua said.

The Benevento Conservatory of Music is located in the famous Simone Palace in the early 18th century in this city.

Fang Minghua originally thought that it was a holiday and there were not many students in the school. The two walked into the ancient Roman-style school gate and found that there were many people in the school. The age and clothing were not just students. Many of them looked like tourists, carrying travel bags.

Li Li saw a poster in the advertising column not far from the school gate.

"Brother-in-law, the school auditorium is performing the opera "La Traviata"!" Li Li pointed at the poster and said to Fang Minghua.

It was in Italian, which Fang Minghua could not understand.

"Do you want to see it?"

"Yes."

"Then let's go and see it." Fang Minghua said.

Li Li asked passers-by, and the two soon came to the school auditorium. It was rehearsed by the college students themselves, and was open to the public and sold tickets.

The two entered the auditorium. The auditorium was not big, and there were not many people watching the performance. They found an empty seat and sat down quietly.

The performance was already on the stage.

"La Traviata" is the last of the "Popular Trilogy" by Italian opera master Verdi (the other two are "Rigoletto" and "Il Trovatore"), adapted from the novel of the same name by French writer Alexandre Dumas, and is also one of the best-selling classics in the history of world opera.

Fang Minghua had never seen this opera before she came to the era, and the students on the stage also performed in Italian, which was a bit difficult to understand.

But Li Li was enjoying the show.

"Brother-in-law, I've seen this opera performed by the Royal Opera House team at Covent Garden in London in the UK. Although the performances of these students are a bit immature compared to the Royal Opera House team, I think it's very sincere. In the novel, the heroine Margaret is a young girl."

Fang Minghua took a closer look at the protagonist in a white evening dress on the stage. She was indeed very young and beautiful.

"I like this opera very much, and I also like this novel very much!" Li Li whispered again.

Fang Minghua's mouth twitched.

I don't understand the opera, so I dare not comment on it, but the novel "La Traviata".

Whether in terms of plot setting or character creation, if it is placed in the future, it is definitely the routine of romance novels.

Here, the domineering president falls in love with Cinderella, which becomes a wealthy aristocrat falling in love with a prostitute.

However, the novel is still very well written, especially the characterization of the protagonist Margaret, who is beautiful, smart and kind. Although she has fallen into the dust, she still maintains a pure and noble heart.

But Fang Minghua always feels that there is a feeling of "I smoke, drink, have tattoos and dance, but I am a good girl."

It is said that "The Lady of the Camellias" is the first Western literary masterpiece introduced to China, and it was in the late Qing Dynasty at the end of the 19th century.

After the translation came out, it had a great impact on the Chinese literary world, and the traditional love novels of talented scholars and beautiful women were quickly eliminated. Chinese novelists have written many love novels with new meanings and new structures under the direct or indirect influence or imitation of "The Lady of the Camellias in Paris".

"Ah, Margaret is so miserable. Every time I see this, I feel sad for her." Li Li sighed faintly.

Fang Minghua glanced at the stage and saw the heroine, dressed in a white veil, lying sickly on the big bed in the center of the stage, looking like she was going to die.

"As for the novel, you are a literary person, and you know that the more tragic it is, the more touching it is." He whispered to comfort her.

"Yes, brother-in-law, you promised me something." Li Li suddenly remembered something:

"You promised me that after finishing the book "In the Name of the People", you would write a warm, healing and poetic one. I have another request now: no tragedy!"