The Opera "rodrigo Leto Duke Of Music - The Dramatic Image Of Its Shape

The research objective of this thesis is : a splendid achivement fromone of the greatest opera artist: Verdi. The author will analyse the creation ofmusical and dramatic image for the major character: Duke Mantua.The first part: " Preface" will briefly introduce Verdi himself. Meanwhile, theproduction of will be introduced and analysed.Rigoletto and theDuke's diverdified characteristic will be evaluated as well.The second part is the main part, it is divided into 3 chapters.The first chapter: from< Le Roi's amuse> to . In this chapter, thereason why Verdi chose Hugo's to be the original text will beexplained. Meanwhile, the author will descibe the process of writing through the libretto from Piave and how did they fight with the inspection of thegovernment for remaining the orginal Hugo's critical spirit.The second chapter: the story of . This part will mainly go throughthe whole story of . It will be the basis of the future analysis.The third chapter: the musical and dramatic character of the Duke and itscreation process. Here is the major part of the thesis. The author will explore themusical and dramatic character of the Duke and analyse it by 4 elements. In thisprocess, for making the analysis be more resonable, the author will use a lot ofrefrences and staffs. Meanwhile, the author will analyse the character bycombining himself's experience as a tenor.The last part is conclusionThis part is about how does reflect Verdi's musical style anda brief explanation of Verdi and his opera achivement.