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''Flight'' is an English opera in three acts, with music by Jonathan Dove and libretto by April De Angelis. The work was commissioned by Glyndebourne Opera and premiered on 24 September 1998 by Glyndebourne Touring Opera. After its large success, the work had its professional world premiere at Glyndebourne Festival Opera in a production by Richard Jones on their mainstage in 1999 and was revived in August 2005. De Angelis took part of the inspiration for the plot from the true-life story of Mehran Karimi Nasseri, an Iranian refugee who lived at Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, for several years, unable to exit the airport terminal.〔(Jessica Duchen, "I Wanted to Write a Show That I'd Like to See Myself' - Jonathan Dove on His Opera ''Flight''". ''The Independent'', 30 June 2005. )〕 (Some of the same real events surrounding Nasseri were later used in the story for the Steven Spielberg film ''The Terminal'', independently conceived after the opera.) Dove has also arranged music from ''Flight'' into an orchestral "Airport Scenes" for concert performances. This suite was first performed in Warwick in 2006. Stagings: ==Characters== * Refugee (countertenor) * Controller (soprano) * Tina (soprano) * Minskwoman (mezzo-soprano) * Stewardess (mezzo-soprano) * Older Woman (contralto) * Bill (tenor) * Steward (baritone) * Minskman (baritone) * Immigration Officer (bass-baritone) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Flight (opera)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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