维也纳宫廷歌剧院的工作是马勒一生中的第十个剧院工作。马勒费尽周折,甚至皈依天主教才得到这份工作。当然马勒也没有让维也纳失望,马勒对歌剧改革的不懈努力使得歌剧院进入了辉煌的“马勒时代”。维也纳爱乐乐团指挥的“兼职工作”也进一步提升了马勒作为指挥家的国际声誉,从而使得他的创作也广受关注,写下了第四到第八交响曲等重要作品,奠定了马勒作为作曲家的国际地位。然而这一切都无法让马勒彻底征服维也纳,最终被迫远渡重洋,去美国纽约继续他的第十一个剧院工作。这,于马勒而言,是不幸,也是幸事。 The work of the Vienna court’s opera house is the tenth theater work of his life. Mahler worked hard to get the job even after he converted to Catholicism. Of course, Mahler also did not let Vienna down, Mahler’s unremitting efforts on the opera reform makes the opera house into a brilliant “Mahler era.” His “part-time work” under the direction of the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra has further enhanced his international reputation as a conductor and made his creation of great interest. He wrote important works such as the 4th to the 8th Symphony and laid out Mahler as composer’s international status. However, all this failed to allow Mahler to thoroughly conquer Vienna, eventually being forced to travel across the oceans and to continue his eleventh theater project in New York, the United States. This, in the case of Mahler, is unfortunate, but also blessed.