摘要
在中国歌剧80余年的历史中，曾出现过两次歌剧高潮，当年“万口传唱《北风吹》，处处皆闻《洪湖水》，哪个不知《刘三姐》，谁家不哼《红梅赞》”的盛况至今在许多人心目中记忆犹新。当然，自20世纪60年代之后，愈趋酷烈的政治运动、越来越“左”的文艺思潮和益发僵化的创作模式也使我国歌剧创作受到严重戕害，终在“文革”中遭遇灭顶之灾。
Over the past 30 years since the beginning of reforms and opening up,remarkable achievements have been made in the field of opera and musical production in China.However,there do remain some issues that can only be handled by furthering reform policies. First of all,great productions should always be targeted at the market of a country like China with its particular situation and conditions, and should be conducted very,very cautiously so as to create small- and medium-sized operas and musicals with less investment but higher artistic quality while in the meantime keeping on searching for various market-oriented producing modes. Secondly,in the present age of multiple opera concepts and styles,the mainstream productions should be as such:the script writing with a complex and vivid plot;the music composition with focus on tonality and with cantabile melody and voice as the main means of expression which can be actively assisted by the dramatic expression of the orchestra,making the main part of the singing easily acceptable to the audience;and the majority of singers with their eyes on the market and the audience,taking the theatric nature and appeal of an opera as the major starting point from where the artists should be able to draw the audience to the theatre by creating exquisite plays that can be enjoyed by every single spectator. Thirdly,the popularity,entertaining nature and urban culture of a musical should be studied with great attention,while investigation should also be undertaken to find out the real interest of ordinary people and the regularities of musical production and marketing.We should also learn from the mature experience of Western musical productions and make the best use of our traditional culture as well,trying our best to integrate all relevant elements such as scripts,music and other artistic means so as to create something that would'look beautiful, sound great and be enjoyed by all'. Fourthly,composers and playwrights should have the sense of high morality and quality and should be fre
出处
《人民音乐》
CSSCI
北大核心
2009年第6期5-10,共6页
People’s Music
