For some of us, the oldest mysteries, the ones before our time, are the most compelling. Sometimes, we stumble upon an answer like a happy accident. Other times, someone just wont let go until he or she finds the solution.
对于我们中的大多数人来说,最能引起我们注意的古老秘密往往是早于我们所生活的这个时代的。有时,我们偶然得到一个答案就像是经历了一次快乐的历险,而有时候对于有的人来说,不找到结果他们就不会放手向前。
10. The 20-Year Search For A Missing Opera
10.寻找失踪了20年的歌剧
Enrique Granados, a renowned Spanish composer, wrote an unpublished opera called Maria del Carmen in 1898. The story of a love triangle in Murcia, the opera was so celebrated when it opened in Madrid that the Queen of Spain gave Granados the distinguished Charles III Cross for his music. Even so, the original version of the opera was never performed again.
著名的西班牙作曲家恩里克·格拉纳多斯在1898年谱写的歌剧“玛利亚德尔卡门”,这是一个发生在穆尔西亚的三角恋故事,歌剧在马德里第一次演出,随后迅速成名,西班牙女王为格拉纳多斯颁发了查尔斯三世十字勋章,以显示其杰出的音乐才能。但是即便如此,歌剧的最初版本也不会再现。
When the New York Metropolitan Opera performed another of the composers works in 1916, Granados and his wife sailed to America with the only copy of Maria del Carmen. Granados hoped to persuade the Met to perform his masterpiece. When they didnt agree, the Granados set sail to Spain via England, but a German submarine torpedoed their boat in the English Channel.
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