2023考研英語閱讀集中練The Adventuresome Soprano
2023集中練：The Adventuresome Soprano
冒險的女高音
Anna Riviere was one of the most admired of 19th-century English sopranos. She was also one of the most adventuresome.
She was born in London on January 9th, 1810. She entered the Royal Academy of Music at the age of 14. Seven years later, just after her professional debut, Anna married Sir Henry Bishop, who was 24 years her senior. Her reputation as a singer grew rapidly, based largely on her tours with Sir Henry and harpist Nicholas Bochsa. After a tour of Dublin, Edinburgh, and London, Anna Bishop deserted her husband and three children and eloped with Bochsawho was reputed to be a forger and bigamist.
From then on, Madame Bishopas she continued to be knowntraveled and sang as if her life depended on it. Between 1839 and 1843 she traveled to every major town in Europe, where she sang in 260 concerts. In the course of two years in Naples, she performed in 20 operas. In 1855 she and Bochsa sailed for Sydney, Australia. He died there the following year, and Anna went on to tour South America before returning to New York, where she married a diamond merchant.
Then she began what proved her most dangerous adventure. After another American tour in 1866, she and her husband set sail across the Pacific. They were shipwrecked on a small coral reef, and for more than a month they drifted in a small boat before they finally reaching Guam. She had lost her music, her wardrobe, and her jewelry, but Madame Bishop was not to be stopped. She went on to Manila and began a concert tour that led to Hong Kong, Singapore, and India before she went back to England. After another two-year world tour she returned eventually to New York, where she gave her last public performance in 1883at age 73.
Meanwhile the husband she left behind, Sir Henry, had become famous for writing the music to lyrics that might eventually have been meaningful to Anna BishopHome, Sweet Home.
安娜瑞維爾是19世紀英國最杰出的女高音之一。同時，她也是最為膽大妄為的一位藝術家。
安娜1810年1月9日出生于倫敦，14歲時進入皇家音樂學院。7年后，她嫁給了年長她24歲的亨利比肖爵士。當然，安娜能夠在演唱事業上蒸蒸日上，在很大程度上得益于她和亨利爵士、豎琴師尼古拉斯波奇薩的巡回演出。在都柏林、埃丁堡、倫敦的巡演后，安娜比肖拋棄了她的丈夫和三個孩子，和波奇薩私奔了。波奇薩因為撒謊和重婚臭名昭著。
從那時起，比肖夫人人氣不減。她旅行、演出，似乎她的生活理應如此。從1839年到1843年，她走遍了歐洲的每一個城市，舉辦了260場音樂會。其中在那不勒斯的兩年間，她就出演了20場歌劇。1855年，她和波奇薩遠航澳大利亞的悉尼。次年，波奇薩死在那里。安娜繼續她的南美巡演，后來返回紐約，在那里，她下嫁于一個鉆石商人。
隨后，安娜開始了她最危險的舉動。在1866年另一輪美洲巡演之后，她和她丈夫開始橫跨太平洋的航行。他們的船因觸礁失事，他們在一個小船上整整漂流了一個月才到達關島。她的樂器、演出行頭以及珠寶首飾全部都弄丟了，但比肖夫人并沒有被嚇倒，在返回英國之前，她繼續前往馬尼拉、香港、新加坡和印度巡演。在另一次為期兩年的世界巡演之后，她終于返回紐約。1883年，在紐約，安娜以73歲高齡舉辦了她一生中最后一次公開演出。
而被她拋棄的前夫亨利比肖爵士，因為給一首抒情詩《家，甜蜜的家》譜曲而一舉成名。這首歌曲對于安娜比肖而言，可能終歸還有點意義。
2023集中練：The Adventuresome Soprano
冒險的女高音
Anna Riviere was one of the most admired of 19th-century English sopranos. She was also one of the most adventuresome.
She was born in London on January 9th, 1810. She entered the Royal Academy of Music at the age of 14. Seven years later, just after her professional debut, Anna married Sir Henry Bishop, who was 24 years her senior. Her reputation as a singer grew rapidly, based largely on her tours with Sir Henry and harpist Nicholas Bochsa. After a tour of Dublin, Edinburgh, and London, Anna Bishop deserted her husband and three children and eloped with Bochsawho was reputed to be a forger and bigamist.
From then on, Madame Bishopas she continued to be knowntraveled and sang as if her life depended on it. Between 1839 and 1843 she traveled to every major town in Europe, where she sang in 260 concerts. In the course of two years in Naples, she performed in 20 operas. In 1855 she and Bochsa sailed for Sydney, Australia. He died there the following year, and Anna went on to tour South America before returning to New York, where she married a diamond merchant.
Then she began what proved her most dangerous adventure. After another American tour in 1866, she and her husband set sail across the Pacific. They were shipwrecked on a small coral reef, and for more than a month they drifted in a small boat before they finally reaching Guam. She had lost her music, her wardrobe, and her jewelry, but Madame Bishop was not to be stopped. She went on to Manila and began a concert tour that led to Hong Kong, Singapore, and India before she went back to England. After another two-year world tour she returned eventually to New York, where she gave her last public performance in 1883at age 73.
Meanwhile the husband she left behind, Sir Henry, had become famous for writing the music to lyrics that might eventually have been meaningful to Anna BishopHome, Sweet Home.
安娜瑞維爾是19世紀英國最杰出的女高音之一。同時，她也是最為膽大妄為的一位藝術家。
安娜1810年1月9日出生于倫敦，14歲時進入皇家音樂學院。7年后，她嫁給了年長她24歲的亨利比肖爵士。當然，安娜能夠在演唱事業上蒸蒸日上，在很大程度上得益于她和亨利爵士、豎琴師尼古拉斯波奇薩的巡回演出。在都柏林、埃丁堡、倫敦的巡演后，安娜比肖拋棄了她的丈夫和三個孩子，和波奇薩私奔了。波奇薩因為撒謊和重婚臭名昭著。
從那時起，比肖夫人人氣不減。她旅行、演出，似乎她的生活理應如此。從1839年到1843年，她走遍了歐洲的每一個城市，舉辦了260場音樂會。其中在那不勒斯的兩年間，她就出演了20場歌劇。1855年，她和波奇薩遠航澳大利亞的悉尼。次年，波奇薩死在那里。安娜繼續她的南美巡演，后來返回紐約，在那里，她下嫁于一個鉆石商人。
隨后，安娜開始了她最危險的舉動。在1866年另一輪美洲巡演之后，她和她丈夫開始橫跨太平洋的航行。他們的船因觸礁失事，他們在一個小船上整整漂流了一個月才到達關島。她的樂器、演出行頭以及珠寶首飾全部都弄丟了，但比肖夫人并沒有被嚇倒，在返回英國之前，她繼續前往馬尼拉、香港、新加坡和印度巡演。在另一次為期兩年的世界巡演之后，她終于返回紐約。1883年，在紐約，安娜以73歲高齡舉辦了她一生中最后一次公開演出。
而被她拋棄的前夫亨利比肖爵士，因為給一首抒情詩《家，甜蜜的家》譜曲而一舉成名。這首歌曲對于安娜比肖而言，可能終歸還有點意義。
