中国戏曲与西方歌剧

Some

Similarities and Differences between

Chinese Opera and Western Opera

Chinese opera and western opera are both one of type of artistic forms which formed in different regions, social patterns,national cultural backgrunds.And it is a comprehensive painting all together.

art which mix the music,drama,literature, dance and

.art foundation & background

They both brewed in folk songs,dances,dramas with plot,which are the same art foundation of their forming.

Chinese opera formed beforethe song and yuan dynasties in the 12th century,which earlier 400 years than western opera.

Western opera raised at the historic moment of the European Renaissance period in not the 16century,in the early 17 century.And it originated from Italy.

.instrumental music art

In the opera,the instrumental

music are not only for the vocalaccompaniment,but also can depict character of actors,reveal plot and foil the drama atmosphere.It is the common function of two.

The emergence of western opera promoted the development of manufacturing industry of European music instruments.At the same time,it also opened up a road and make the western orchestra standardization.

While chinses opera characterised by the unique

national instrumental music.

From the aspect of play,traditional chinses opera was composed from legends,historical characters and biography interseting which provide a large space to write the script.So,it fullfills with strong literature and

sociality and pay operas.

most attention to the practical

significance of

While western opera composed from legend or creat by dramatist,the plot is not as important as singing,even some classic opera is also regarded too simple to deeply deliberate.

.stage art

The most important feature of traditional chinese opera is the virtual

performance.Traditional chinese opera has been using small stage withsymbolic and simple scenery,mainly depends on the actors’talent and not quite pay attention to the scenery.The space of stage is not settled and the time is also flexible which changed following performance. Stage art dose not imitate life,but select,refine,exaggerate and beautify with original life,and bring us to the palace of art.

While western opera use large

and luxuriours stage to foilatmosphere where the space and time of the stage are

specific.If the time and spacechanges,you should move the scence.The most remarkable feature is to reflect life turly and western dramatists regard stage as a relatively settled space.

.the music in western opera

The music,the soul of western opera,mainly composed by music composer.As a artistic expression means,the music dose not used for accompaniment but also foil background.

The music is a main form in many consitituded elements of western opera.

Opera will generate enormous infection and shock when the emotion and drama of music mixed together.It easier to produce strong infectivity and resonance to our audiences. It forms opera’s unique s

tyle.