Donizetti Opera “La Figlia Del Reggimento” Actress Maria Major Aria In Analysis And Interpretation

Donizetti, who is famous for rapid creation and productivity, is one of the representative figures of the Romantic opera of Italy in the first half of 19 th century. His simple and natural style of creation and elegant and pleasant tune makes many opera singers love his works very much. As one of Donizetti’s typical comic opera, “La figlia del reggimento” has always been quite popular. Premiered on February, 11 th, 1840 in Paris, it gained enormous responses in France later, and is also well inherited and developed.The comic opera of “La figlia del reggimento” is an opera which highlights the female characteristics as the theme, and expresses the positive image of female. With a happy ending, the entire opera reveals the positive attitude towards life and stimulates the patriotism of the audience. In the opera, Donizetti compared the two sharp backgrounds-simple campsite of soldiers and the seemingly elegant, but uncomfortable castle where the nobles lives in, and showed the honest inner world of the daughter of the regiment Maria and her unrestrained, bold and great-hearted characteristics.With three chapters, and based on the life story of the composer of “La figlia del reggimento” Donizetti and his characteristics of opera creation, this paper focuses on analyzing and deducing the most representative aria of Maria, the heroine in the opera, from role shaping, presentation of music style and way of singing by combining with the author’s own practical experience, and hopes to provide reference and make contributions to other singers in performing this opera work.