The Singing Of The Main Aria And Aesthetics Of "Chan Juan"in The Qu Yuan Opera

The opera Qu Yuan is last work of people’s musician Shi Guangnan, a classic one of art on which he has dedicated his whole life, reflecting the significant historical themes. The opera with enthusiasm and innovative composition techniques shows the glorious deeds of our great patriotic poet Qu Yuan, eulogizes Qu Yuan’s strong patriotic feelings, persistent character of defying power, and the indomitable spirit of the pursuit of truth. Apart from Qu Yuan, the heroine, Chan Juan is the major positive character.Her image complement each other with qu yuan, showing a unique integrity and good moral sentiment and at the same time adding the atmosphere to the image of Qu Yuan. Just as Mr Dramatist Guo moruo said:"the existence of Chan Juan seems to be the symbol of Qu Yuan’s poem, she is the visualization of moral beauty".On the base of combing the opera’s creative background, this paper focuses on the artistic image creation of Chan Juan, which will be analyzed from the following three aspects.Firstly, the aesthetic value of Chan Juan in the whole opera is discussed from the designing and developing of the plots. Secondly, the paper discusses the musical image of Chan Juan basing on the three main arias showing the development of her character. Thirdly, there is a comparatively comprehensive summary of the handling of Chan Juan’s singing, based on the handling of the technical level, such as breath, timber, language, body performance etc..In one word, to analyze the artistic image of Chan Juan in depth can make the author get an impressive improvement not only in the musical aesthetics, but also in singing, performance and cultural accomplishment. The author will try his/her best to do the study and research, to comprehend the excellent techniques of artistic image creation and musical designing, etc. in depth.