中国戏曲与西方歌剧

Some

Similarities

andDifferences

between

ChineseOpera

and

WesternOpera

Chineseoperaandwesternoperaarebothoneoftypeofartisticformswhichformedindifferentregions,socialpatterns,nationalculturalbackgrunds.Anditisacomprehensiveartwhichmixthemusic,drama,literature,danceandpaintingalltogether..artfoundation&background

Theybothbrewedinfolksongs,dances,dramaswithplot,whicharethesameartfoundationoftheirforming.Chineseoperaformedbeforethesongandyuandynastiesinthe12thcentury,whichearlier400yearsthanwesternopera.Westernopera

raisedatthehistoricmomentoftheEuropeanRenaissanceperiodinnotthe16century,intheearly17century.Anditoriginatedfrom

Italy..instrumentalmusicart

Intheopera,theinstrumentalmusicarenotonlyforthevocalaccompaniment,butalsocandepictcharacterofactors,revealplotandfoilthedramaatmosphere.Itisthecommonfunctionoftwo.

TheemergenceofwesternoperapromotedthedevelopmentofmanufacturingindustryofEuropeanmusicinstruments.Atthesametime,italsoopeneduparoadandmakethewesternorchestrastandardization.

Whilechinsesoperacharacterisedbythe

uniquenationalinstrumentalmusic.

Fromtheaspectofplay,traditionalchinsesoperawascomposedfromlegends,historicalcharactersandbiographyintersetingwhichprovidealargespacetowritethescript.So,itfullfillswithstrongliteratureandsocialityandpaymostattentiontothepracticalsignificanceofoperas.

Whilewesternoperacomposedfromlegendorcreatbydramatist,theplotisnotasimportantassinging,evensomeclassicoperaisalsoregardedtoosimpletodeeplydeliberate..stageart

Themostimportantfeatureoftraditionalchineseoperaisthevirtual

performance.Traditionalchineseoperahasbeenusingsmallstagewithsymbolicandsimplescenery,mainlydependsontheactors’talentandnotquitepayattentiontothescenery.Thespaceofstageisnotsettledandthetimeisalsoflexiblewhichchangedfollowingperformance.Stageartdosenotimitatelife,butselect,refine,exaggerateandbeautifywithoriginallife,andbringustothepalaceofart.

Whilewesternoperauselargeandluxurioursstagetofoilatmospherewherethespaceandtimeofthestagearespecific.Ifthetimeandspacechanges,youshouldmovethescence.Themostremarkablefeatureistoreflectlifeturlyandwesterndramatistsregardstageasarelativelysettledspace..themusicinwesternopera

Themusic,thesoulofwesternopera,mainlycomposedbymusiccomposer.Asaartisticexpressionmeans,themusicdosenotusedforaccompanimentbutalsofoilbackground.Themusicisamainforminmanyconsititudedelementsofwesternopera.

Operawillgenerateenormousinfectionandshockwhentheemotionanddramaofmusicmixedtogether.Iteasiertoproducestronginfectivityandresonancetoouraudiences.Itformsopera’suniquestyle..styleofsingingart

Inthewesternopera,thesingingstyleofactorsisnotdecidedbycharacter,butaccordingtotunesand

voice.Suchas:tenor(男高音),mezzo-soprano（女中音）,alto（女低音）andsoon.

Whileinthechineseopera,itisdecidedby“hangdang”,suchasbicolorparrotfish（青衣）,hsiaosheng（小生,usuallyayoungscholarorloverrole）,femalelead（花旦）andsoon.Eachspecific”hangdang”hasowndistinctsoundingandsingingways..kindsofopera

Therearevarioustypesofchineseopera:Beijingopera（京剧）,Kunquopera(昆曲),Cantoneseopera(粤剧),Henanopera(豫剧),Chuanopera(川剧)andsoon.Comparedwithkindsofchineseopera,undou