Singing Analysis Of China Opera Love Of Butterfly

Love of Butterfly is an excerpt from Tang Concubines,which is a contemporary new historical theme,largescale symphony Peking Opera.It is based on a classic drama,TaiZhen Gaiden,which is a masterpiece of Mei LanFang in the 20th century.It also refers to Bai JuYi' s Song of Everlasting Regret,Bai Pu' s Rain of the Plane trees,Hong Sheng' s Longevity Hall and other masterpieces at the same time.It was rewritten by Weng SiZai,composed by Yang NaiLin,and directed by Guo XiaoNan.It is a large historical modern opera as a result of combining traditional opera of Mei faction,modern symphony and western opera.Since the drama came out,it receives love and praise from numerous audiences and experts.Love of Butterfly has become not only a retained repertoire of Peking Opera performing artist Li ShengSu and Yu KuiZhi,but also a popular repertoire among millions of Peking Opera enthusiasts.Peking Opera art is our national drama,and valuable cultural heritage from our ancestors.It has a history of over 200 years,combining music,literature,dance,drama,art,acrobatics,martial arts and other art forms.It is a huge,inexhaustible cultural treasure for national musicians,and worths our profound study and research.This paper analyzes the Peking Opera,Love of Butterfly,from the perspective of creative thought,musical structure,tune,singing style,stage performance and so on,and summarizes its valuable,common and worth-learning knowledge and experience.The main body of this paper is divided into three parts.The first part is an introduction of the background and ideas of Love of butterfly.The second part,which is also the main part,analyzes Love of butterfly from several perspectives,including of ideological point of view,repertoire structure,tone,singing methods,stage.The last part is the conclusion.