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On The Practice Of The Main Characters In The Opera Julius Caesar

Posted on:2020-10-03Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J X CaiFull Text:PDF
GTID:2405330575454663Subject:Arts
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Julius Caesar,also known as Julius Caesar in Egypt,is a representative work of opera by the late Baroque British-german composer Handel.Within the thematic framework of politics and passion,the opera presents the conflict between characters such as Julius Caesar and Cleopatra in war,love and treachery.The story is based on real events in ancient Egypt in 48 BC.On February 20,1724,the opera was an instant success in London.Its music melody is solemn and sacred,but simple and clear,the band sound magnificent,but also clear and clean.The aria is beautiful and moving,and the narration is full of artistic appeal.It is one of Handel's most popular operas to date.In this paper,the comprehensive music philology and music anthropology research method,taking music performance as the main research perspectives,widely collect relevant material,will be "Julius Caesar" the opera works are analyzed under the background of the history,culture,thought it is opera rise and Julius Caesar theme is the product of the combination of the heroes.In addition,the distribution of vocal music in the whole opera is sorted out,and the choirs of each character in each scene and scene are sorted out in detail.Starting from the social background of the opera creation and the composer Handel's personal creation process,this paper makes a detailed analysis of the aria of the leading actor and actress in this opera combined with the composing examples,and summarizes the experience.Julius Caesar is a famous hero in the history of Rome.In this opera,his image is tall and magnificent,with great glory of beautiful human nature.He is a completely positive and perfect image integrating justice,courage and nobility.In the whole opera,Caesar has experienced four stages: high position,sweet love,cruel war and freedom regained.The characters are very vivid and three-dimensional.Cleopatra's image is voluptuous,brilliant,witty,manipulative,and capable of using her beauty to her advantage.She combines sex and politics in a masterful way,juggling men and moving emotions in parts of the song.From the perspective of overall music performance,the exploration of the practice of the main roles in the opera Julius Caesar will help the opera actors better understand the connotation of the opera and present better stage effect to the audience in future practice.The paper also adopts the method of anthropological oral history to observe,experience and understand the research objects from all aspects,at all levels and from all angles,and brings together the views and Suggestions of professionals from three different perspectives of performance,theory and composition on the role building of baroque opera.Finally,the paper summarizes the analysis of relevant theoretical knowledge and the practice of artistic treatment of the chorus in the process of shaping the role of opera,and summarizes the three characteristics of lyric,integral and dramatic in the aesthetics of opera performance.
Keywords/Search Tags:Julius Caesar, Handel, Opera, Opera performances, character creation
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