The next night, Su Xiaoyu took everyone to watch Russian opera, and when it comes to opera, Qu Lihua will think of the world's top ten operas, "Faust", "Cavalleria Rusticana", "Carmen", "Turandot", "Aida", "La Traviata", "Rigoletto", "Tosca", "Othello", "Madama Butterfly" and "The Artist's Life".

Some rankings also place Rossini's The Barber of Seville and Mozart's The Magic Flute and The Marriage of Figaro among the top 10 operas.

The classics of these operas cannot be surpassed, and one of the ten operas in the world can be picked out at random, all of which are artistic treasures, especially the difficulty of European singing pitch, which requires the singer to have skilled skills and ingenious expressions, which requires years of training.

In China, Qu Lihua also followed her friends to listen to the opera a few times, very impressed, especially admired the profound skills of those male and female opera singers with high octaves, the treble is very loud, can prolong the tone, especially when singing arias, especially test the singer's skills, it requires a lot of lung expansion, push the treble to the climax, the voice is loud, you can sing very long, it is difficult for ordinary people with no experience to train, which requires talent and later training.

"Mr. Su, I have listened to a few operas with my friends in China before, and I don't know much about opera, I only know that Italian opera and French opera are more famous, and I really don't know much about the history of opera in Russia, can you tell us about it?"

Su Xiaoyu nodded, "The germination of Russian opera Compared with the major music countries in Western Europe, the history of professional music art in Russia started relatively late, when the European Renaissance movement was vigorously launched, the reform of Peter the Great in the late 17th century and early 18th century opened the prelude to the Westernization and modernization of Russia. ”

Due to the efforts of Peter the Great and his efforts to learn from the West, after the 17th century, Russia gradually formed a systematic aristocratic intellectual class with Western education and high cultural and artistic accomplishments. However, at that time, the mainstream of Russian music was all kinds of foreign music cultures, and art music with Russian national characteristics had not yet been produced. ”

"Music culture is actually closely related to a country's politics, economy, social background at that time, and people's lives, the upper class of aristocrats need entertainment, like to listen to opera, will invite talented composers to compose opera soundtracks, the people also need entertainment, and the music gatherings organized by the people will also be developed and preserved. ”

"The accumulation and nourishment of rich folk music for a long time, accumulated to a certain time, there will be representative musicians, there are some talented musicians who are not willing to be mediocre, pursue in music, continue to explore, climb the peak of art, will create opera scripts and score them. ”

Xia Yuxiang, the head of the troupe, said: "Xiaoqu's generation is a young post-90s generation, you are definitely not familiar with opera, you are all like to listen to pop music, like rock, like punk exaggerated heavy metal, with a very fast rhythm, it sounds very dynamic, and makes young people passionate." ”

Qu Lihua smiled, "Yes, Captain Xia knows us young people quite well, my parents' generation likes Soviet songs, and they also like to listen to opera, and they like to listen to our quintessential Peking Opera, Yue Opera, and Huangmei Opera. ”

Meng Wenjie said: "I am also the same as Xiaoqu, at the beginning, as soon as my parents turned on the radio, I listened to the opera, I felt annoyed, I felt that the ancient people sang opera and dragged their tunes, and they had to hum a word for a long time, it was too slow, I didn't have the patience to listen to it, and I couldn't appreciate it." ”

Head Xia Yuxiang smiled, "Then you are an urgent child, listening to opera, listening to opera, you can't be in a hurry, the opera has a magnificent musical background of Western symphony, the drama is relaxed, and the plot design is ups and downs, those works are created in combination with the social background at that time, there are many realistic works, which can reflect the social state and people's living conditions at that time, very realistic, very popular, and the reason why it can be handed down shows that it has been recognized and loved by the audience." ”

"Xiaoqu, Xiaomeng, you are still young, you have to learn more, we go abroad to go to the countries along the line of field investigations, is to broaden the horizons of young people, and constantly broaden their knowledge structure system, the knowledge learned is your true ability, accumulated, after you start a family, after having children, educating children, also need a certain amount of knowledge reserves, otherwise the children will ask you, one question three do not know, the children will be very disappointed. ”

Meng Wenjie was a little embarrassed, "Head Xia, you are right in your criticism, I usually like to listen to pop music when I go home from work, and I am not very interested in opera and opera, listening to you say this today, I also think that I should broaden my knowledge, listen to Mr. Su tell us, let me open my eyes, I should humbly learn more from Mr. Su." ”

Su Xiaoyu smiled, "I was also arranged to work in Russia, only to learn slowly, let me tell you about the development of Russian opera, Russian musicians in the 19th century, made amazing achievements, become a well-deserved European music power, among these achievements, Russian opera is undoubtedly the most representative and national great classic." ”

"I think the development experience of their opera is still worth learning and learning from, we also have opera in China, mention these familiar operas, impressive, they are the treasures of our culture and art, my parents' generation likes to listen to them, young people are not very interested, some operas are going to be lost, and I feel very regrettable, how to inherit the traditional opera, there are successors, generation after generation, to retain our culture and art, this is worth pondering. ”

"When it comes to the characteristics of Russian opera, we have to start with its history, Russian opera was influenced first by Italian opera, then by French opera, and in the late 18th century, French opera replaced Italian opera on the opera stage in St. Petersburg and Moscow. ”

"Since the aristocracy could hear French, French opera, known for its elegance and delicacy, was more admired by the general audience than Italian opera. The import of foreign operas has improved the appreciation level of Russian audiences, and has also prompted some aristocratic music lovers to consciously learn Western European composition techniques and try to compose operas in Russian, which has greatly developed Russian music culture. ”

"Glinka, Russian composer, folk musician. Born in Novobaskoy in Smolensk in 1804, he traveled extensively in Western Europe, visiting the artistic capitals of Milan, Rome, Naples, Vienna and Berlin. ”

In Italy, he carefully observed the masterpieces of Bellini and Donizetti, and got acquainted with the French composer Berlioz, the German composer Mendelssohn, the Italian opera composer Bellini, and the romantic opera master Donizetti. ”

At the same time, he also developed a strong interest in Italian Romantic opera, which led to the idea of writing operas, although the melodic elements in Italian opera are colorful and admirable, and he has a deep understanding of the concept of romantic music. The long tradition and practical achievements of Italian opera did not lead him to blind worship, but to a determination to create a truly Russian opera that was national in subject matter and music. ”

To this end, he devoted himself to the study of composition techniques in Germany and composed some studies, which laid the foundation for his later great creations. After returning to China in 1834, Glinka devoted himself to opera. He has created works such as "Ivan Susanin" and "Ruslan and Lyudmila". ”

The success of Glinka's first opera opened a new classical era in Russian musical art, which received due praise not only in Russia, but also by foreign critics, who wrote in France: "This is not just an opera, but a national epic." ”

Glinka's second opera, Ruslan and Lyudmila, was a magnificent work, which premiered at the Bolshoi Theatre in St. Petersburg in 1842 and was a great success, followed by other musicians, Dalgomezhsky, who made a great contribution to the development of opera in Russia, based on Pushkin's poem of the same name. ”

After two years of seclusion, Glinka traveled to France and Spain, recording Spanish melodies played by folk singers and guitarists, and observing Spanish folk music, which left a deep impression on him, resulting in two famous symphonic overtures: "Alla Horta" and "Memories of a Summer Night in Madrid". ”

Glinka is not only a giant in the Russian music scene, but also an immortal music master in the world music scene, the reason why he can have such an honor is because he loves the people, deeply understands the people's nature, and respects the people's nature as his own creative principle. ”

He himself once said, let me be with the people all the time, I want to share the joys and sorrows with the people, and the composer was inspired by folk songs to compose a representative work that depicts folk customs and reflects their thoughts and feelings. ”

"From the personal experience of these musicians, they all have something in common, they have lofty aspirations, based on the people, drawing from the folk, their own personal experience and ups and downs, life encounters all kinds of setbacks and difficulties, life is sometimes difficult, mentally boring, they have a lofty pursuit of art, let them survive, through the hardships of life, more down-to-earth, stand with the people, and integrate deep emotions into music creation, so they have rich life experience and experience, and the works created have been recognized by the society and the great resonance of the people, making them famous, becoming masters of art, and being praised by future generations。 ”