The Analysis On The Characterization Of Juliette In Gounod’s (?)pera 《Romeo Et Juliette》

Francois Gounod is one of the important composers of the romantic period in France, especially to the opera creation made outstanding contributions.His operas "Faust"and "Romeo and Juliet", as the representative of the French lyric opera have brought prosperity for the French opera, but also established the important position in the history of ancient music in Europe. Opera "Romeo and Juliet" based on Shakespeare’s literary classics, with the same plot on maximum retained the original essence, the use of the advanced music technique, makes the characters in the opera image more stereo and vivid.This article mainly analyzes the image of Juliet, the full text is divided into three parts.The first part briefly introduces the creation background of the opera.The second part, respectively from the two aspects of Juliet’s drama image and music image analysis of Juliet image.The third part, citing the aria "Je veux vivre " as an example, analysing the composer how to use music to build Juliet’s image, and discusses the technical problems of vocal singing, and help students have a more accurate understanding of the Juliet image.