On The Application Of Musical Imagination And Emotion In The Re-construction Of Opera

According to The Book of Music from The Book of Rites,“Any music is derived from the innermost of human heart,and emotion in music is recollected in the tranquility of human emotion,from which is reflected from human vocal system and recorded in the written work.And hence music is composed from this”.Originating from human heart,music is the most prevailing and universal artistic expression and one of the most ways through which humans convey their thoughts and emotion.Musical imagination and emotion are categorized into musical psychology and aesthetics.Musical emotion is the indispensable gist in the creation of the musical works while musical imagination turns out to be the vital psychological pilgrimage to musical thought.As the medium of concrete musical material or segment,musical imagination provides musical perception for listeners to experience music and then to reach the mutual resonance on emotional cognition.Based on the creation process of the aria “Song of Departure” by the character,XUE ER from Chinese national opera,Red River Valley,the paper demonstrates on the fact that the musical imagination and emotion is undoubtedly the vital gist for opera actors or actresses to reconstruct the identity of the opera characters.The paper eulogizes the making of a successful completion of an opera: as an actor or actress,from the reception of the assigned task of opera performance,how he or she constructs the identity of the characters in the opera,coordinates with the director to fulfill the task of the re-construction of the characters in terms of musical imagination and emotion,and ultimately conveys the theme and emotion behind the opera.