Opinion On The Characterization Of Micaela In The Opera "Carmen" By Bizet

"Carmen" is the creation of the French composer Bizet and one of operas with the world's highest attendance. It conquered the world audience by the strong dramatic conflicts, the unique style of folk music of Spain, rich harmonies and orchestration techniques, the distinctive characterization, and also made Bizet rank among the world famous composers because of an opera but only. This is a realistic opera with comic form having the significance of the milestone in history of the development of opera in France and Europe. In this opera, Bizet created one after another lifelike characters, such as, Carmen and Don Jose, the hero and the heroine, Micaela, Matador, etc.. Micaela as Don Jose's fiancee, the opposite of Carmen, appears in the play, which is not in the original characters. While not as glamorous as Carmen, her gentle good characters and classical aria makes her become an indispensable figure in the whole opera.The paper, based on Bizet and his opera "Carmen" as the background, discussed the characterization of Micaela. The whole paper consists of the introduction, the main body of four chapters and the conclusion. Introduction is on the significance and research situation of the topic. The four chapters of the main body of the paper are specifically as follow:The first chapter introduced the life of Bizet and summarized his music style and characteristics; Second Chapter inquired the opera "Carmen" mainly from four aspects. Sectionâ… discussed from the creative background and the creative process of the opera "Carmen", Sectionâ…¡described the opera plot; Sectionâ…¢analyzed the original and the script; Sectionâ…£is on the relationship between characters in opera, the drama conflict and the comparative analysis of roles;The third chapter is the analysis of Micaela's personality and music, respectively discussing from the three aspects of Micaela's character traits and psychological changes, such as shy and naive, kind and gentle and brave and strong, and specifically analyzing her musical language, where the author's musical understanding is also included; The fourth chapter treated the main aria of Micaela in the opera, which is the key part of the paper, specifically addressed in four sections. Sectionâ… is the discussion of the use of sound features and tamber of Micaela; Sectionâ…¡, the focus of Chapterâ…£, is the analysis of the singing of the main aria of Micaela's, respectively carrying out specific analysis on the aria, "Je dis,que rien ne m'epouvante", and the singing of the duet of Micaela and Don Jose, where the author has infiltrated the actual experience of singing; Sectionâ…¢portrayed the body performances in the characterization, where the author discussed from three aspects "Show feelings through eye contact," "forms following the music", "combine both static and dynamic aspects ", which is the skills in three areas on the theoretical basis of body performance, coupled with my practical conclusion in shaping this character. Main conclusion is the summary on the artistic characteristics of opera "Carmen" and its impact on the creation of future generations.