The Artistic Characteristics of the "Major Aria" in Chinese Tragic Opera
Abstract
Background and Aim: "Major Aria" is the last aria before the end of the tragic fate of the main character of the opera, as one of the most important arias of the whole opera, and its emergence of the fate of the characters to explain the direction, predicted the sad end of the drama, the most representative embodiment of the work of the "sadness" and the artistic charm of the work. This paper takes typical 6 operas of Chinese tragic opera and 7 "Major Arias" as samples for research, and analyzes the artistic characteristics of "Major Arias" from the aspects of intention, music form, and artistic connotation by combining the theatre part, music part, and so on.
Materials and Methods: This paper utilizes the qualitative research carried out by the literature research method, case study, observation method, interview method, data from the literature related to this study, observation record sheet, interview record booklet, according to the content of the study to target sampling, to derive the sampled score data and audio-visual data in line with the content of the study, as well as the analysis of the arias data, observation record study, and then derive data related to the arias of the artistic Characteristic data.
Results: In terms of drama the "Major Aria" has poetic language to express the characters' emotions, and it likes to use the Chinese folk song rhetoric of "Bi" and "Xing" techniques. In terms of characters, the "Major Aria" is mainly designed to be sung by female characters, which can be divided into two categories. "Major Aria" through "dual emotional lines" blend, make the drama theme sublimation, character image fullness, and strong lyricism. In terms of music, the "Major Aria" has a variety of musical forms, with more use of Chinese traditional opera, folk songs, and folk music, as well as Western operatic techniques, and under the attribute of "aria", it embodies the artistic characteristics of having an aria part and a recitative part.
Conclusion: The artistic characteristics of "Major Aria" are diverse, mainly in theatre and music. By analyzing the dramatic and musical parts, it is possible to further facilitate the analysis of the vocal aspects, and at the same time to provide ideas for the creators of the "Major Aria" as well as for the performers of the opera.
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