Shanghai Opera House was founded in November 1956 as Shanghai Opera and Dance Theater and Shanghai Orchestra. Turning the history of the development of Chinese opera and vocal art, the Shanghai Opera House is a shining page in it, and has become an accomplished and reputable musical drama and vocal art performance group in China. Over the decades, the opera house has created and performed many influential operas, dance dramas, choruses, singing and dancing, instrumental music and other plays (festivals).

Chen Yufeng and Xia Zhihan came here, chartered a VIP box, divided their entourage, and sat side by side. The theater is magnificent, and there is no noise about it. Both the band and the audience sat quietly in their seats, giving the theater respect.

"The quality of the people here is good. Chen Yufeng praised.

Xia Zhihan said with a smile: "Of course, enjoying opera is a solemn and mysterious thing, but I still yearn for the La Scala Opera House in Milan, Italy, which is one of the most perfect opera houses in the world! After speaking, Xia Zhihan shook her head with some regret.

In fact, tonight is the first time Chen Yufeng has come to listen to the opera, and there is an inexplicable excitement in his heart. Tonight's opera is the last opera of the French composer Bizet, "Carmen". It tells the love tragedy of a beautiful and stubborn gypsy girl. Over time, it has become enduring.

The curtain opened, and a group of cheerful children were singing "We Are with the Soldiers" briskly, cheerful and lively, and the enthusiasm of the gypsy girl infected all the audience.

"Love is an unruly bird, no one can tame it, and if it chooses to refuse, its call is in vain, and threats or begging are in vain.

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Love is far away, you can wait, you don't have to wait, it's here!

Right next to you, quick, quick!

It comes and goes, back and goes!

You think you have it, but it dodges, you think you dodge, but it catches you!"

This is Carmen's aria "Love is like a free bird", full of wildness and bohemianism, which makes it a little embarrassing to interrogate her dragoon lieutenant Suniha.

"The desire for love is what every young girl wants to have. But as the lyrics say: love is an unruly bird, and no one can tame it. It's still up to you to find the right one. Xia Zhihan couldn't help but sigh.

Chen Yufeng was silent, drinking the drink he took from his entourage, and his heart was a little fluctuating. "If that's the case, why don't you put it in a birdcage and tame it for the rest of your life?" Chen Yufeng muttered. ushered in Xia Zhihan's stunned eyes.

The second act is also mixed with gypsy-style music, and the two gypsy girls dance and sing in the hotel. Gypsies are passionate and unrestrained by nature, full of enthusiasm for life, and no matter what difficulties they encounter, they will be able to solve them.

The climax of the second act arrives, when Escamillio presents his famous "Matador's Song" to the people who welcome him, and the image of the heroic bullfighter who has won a hundred battles is vividly set off. Just as Napoleon returned triumphantly and ordered the construction of a triumphal arch.

"Men always have to make some merits, and cowardly men will only do nothing in their lives, and then be forgotten by the merciless history: only brave and fearless men can go down in history, even if they fail, at least they have worked hard and struggled in this life. Such a man is the magnet that attracts women the most. Xia Zhihan suddenly turned her head to look at Chen Yufeng and said playfully.

Chen Yufeng didn't go to see her, and said to himself: "The husband is the only one who can't fight, so the world can't fight with him." Do you have to shed blood all over the earth to be able to achieve fame and sanctification?"

Seeing Chen Yufeng say this, Xia Zhihan sighed lightly: "It's really an elm head!"

In the blink of an eye, "Carmen" has reached the second half, Carmen and Escamillio are in love, tender and sweet, the original large-scale music has become soft, the flute and harp complement each other, full of veins and warmth. Everyone present couldn't help but be stupid, even Chen Yufeng was like him, he felt the most wonderful thing in the world, indescribable.

But good things don't always last.

The final act of Carmen arrives, as fast as a storm, and Carmen dies under Don Hauser's dagger. The music becomes sad, resentful, weeping. Chen Yufeng could tell with his amazing hearing that some people had begun to choke, even Xia Zhihan couldn't hold back his sad emotions. As Tchaikovsky put it: "When I watch this last scene, I can't hold back my tears, on the one hand, the screams of the audience when they see the matador, and on the other hand, the terrible tragic ending of the final death of the two protagonists, whose unfortunate fate leads them to an inevitable end." ”

The opera is over, the lights have dimmed, and the curtain has been drawn. Chen Yufeng and Xia Zhihan were still sitting in place, both silent. The drama is like life, although it is just a simple love tragedy, but it can affect people's subjective emotions! I have to say that this opera is very successful.

"What do you think?" Xia Zhihan was the first to break the silence and asked Chen Yufeng.

Chen Yufeng shrugged his shoulders and replied: "This is a very sad story, it is worthy of Bizet's last work, and it makes sense to be able to live for centuries." ”

Xia Zhihan was noncommittal, played with the wine glass in her hand, and said, "I'm sorry to bring you to listen to this beautiful tragedy on your birthday today. "Indeed, it is a joy to be born in Japan, and it is not very auspicious to have something sad.

Chen Yufeng chuckled and said, "It's nothing, let it be." I don't pay attention to this. ”

Xia Zhihan was silent for a while, and then said, "I think you seem to be very repulsive to everything you have at the moment. ”

Chen Yufeng was shocked, and then said: "How come, do you feel wrong, I enjoy it very much!"

"Really?"

Xia Zhihan pressed forward step by step. "From the time you came to the Supreme Academy, I noticed that you seemed to have a cold attitude towards all these circumstances, and you had a feeling of not being happy with things and not being sad about yourself. It's not that we don't have machines with seven emotions and six desires, we have flesh and blood, even the character of Lao Zhuang is not exempt from vulgarity. In my opinion, although the controversy of a hundred schools of thought in the pre-Qin period has high literary value, after all, it is a product of troubled times, and in modern times, it would be unwise or even stupid to insist on carrying out this move!"

Xia Zhihan analyzed in an orderly manner, not noticing Chen Yufeng's increasingly painful expression at all.

"Okay, I'll be here tonight, I'm not feeling well, so I'll go first. I'll have someone send Xia back. Chen Yufeng got up and said to Xia Zhihan. Without waiting for Xia Zhihan to answer, Chen Yufeng left first.

Xia Zhihan was a little stunned, she didn't expect that Chen Yufeng, who was gentle on weekdays, would be so out of shape!, "Maybe what I just said is a sting in your sore spot." Xia Zhihan smiled bitterly and left.

The opera house became empty, dead silent. But in the red veil, a man was weeping alone.

"Sorrowful God, your people are weeping, why do I have to bear all the sins of the world?

This man is Dugu Shuoshi. Dugu Jinghong, the head of the Dugu family, is also the father of Dugu Shuoshi.

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