The Influence Of Ancient Greek Drama On Western Opera

Ancient Greek is the birthplace of Western civilization,ancient Greek drama has had a profound impact on Western politics,philosophy,literature and art.Specific to the field of vocal art,the ancient Greek drama's renaissance in the revival of learning directly contributed to the birth of Western opera,and consolidate the basic style of opera genre.Also influenced the three great opera reforms in the history of Western music.Making the romantic opera reaches its pinnacle under the creation of Wagner's musical drama.And then realist opera which contain tragic spirit based on social reality,showing the reaction to the romantic opera.At last the 20th's modern opera composer in the new era of music creation techniques,also embodies the review of Greek drama which is the source of the opera.It can be said that since the birth of the opera,the primary and secondary status the about opera's "music" and "dramatic" has been much controversy.The composers of every era are trying to "copy" the ancient Greek plays with their imagination,thus creating many classical operas.In this paper,the influence of the ancient Greek drama on the western opera is taken as the object of study.From the historical point of view of the origin and development of things,the thesis is based on the rich literature and makes a comparative study of the ancient Greek drama and the opera.This paper also explains the influence of ancient Greek drama on the development of western opera in a more detailed way,with the typical Wagner "drama" inheriting the ancient Greek drama tradition.The research of these problems has certain practical and theoretical value in the music creation,performance and education.The introduction part of this paper is an overview of the research content of the paper.This part clarifies the object and significance of the research,analyzes and organizes a large number of related research literature at home and abroad,and points out the basic research methods used in this paper.The first chapter is the review of the development of ancient Greek drama,Combing the development of ancient Greek drama from Homer's epic,Greek mythology,lyric poetry and tragedy and comedy,and focused on the unprecedented prosperity of the ancient Greek tragedy.The second chapter of the thesis discusses the role of the ancient Greek drama revival in the Italian opera.This part mainly explains that,the direct factor of the birth of the western opera is the revival of the ancient Greek dramas by the Renaissance Italian artists,opera has laid its solid position in the history of Western music.The third chapter discusses the influence of ancient Greek drama on the development of western opera.It discusses the three controversies about the ancient Greek tragedy and the influence of the ancient Greek drama on the opera and opera in the 20th century.It further clarified that the ancient Greek drama not only influenced the western opera the birth of the Western opera also affected in the subsequent era of innovation and development.