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Carmen's Three Arias Concert Version Of The Study

Posted on:2009-07-01Degree:MasterType:Thesis
Country:ChinaCandidate:J TianFull Text:PDF
GTID:2205360242994699Subject:Music
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The thesis studies the different singing editions of Carmen's three arias"L'amour est un oiseau rebelle","Près des ramparts de Séville"and"Les tringles de sisters"from Bizet's opera"Carmen"."Carmen"is a great opera in the world's theatres by French composer Georges Bizet. It was adapted from Mérimée's cognominal novelette, which was described a love tragedy between the Bohemian girl named Carmen and the corporal of the dragoon named Don Jose. The heroine Carmen is a beautiful, passional, brave, capricious and unruly Bohemian girl in opera. To build the inimitable image, Bizet chose three Spanish representative musical forms including Habanera, Seguidilla and Flamenco which were made for Carmen's three arias. Depending on the flowing melody, the exciting rhythms, the rich folk characteristic, the inimitable character and the appealing scenarios, these arias have to be the reputed songs for many opera stars ,so they recorded numerous singing editions. Although there were many internal studies for the three arias, most of them generally summarized singing disposal and image-building , and few come down to analyze the different singing editions of the same aria. For comprehending and performing the three arias roundly and deeply, the author choose three of many singing editions to do exploratory research which are recorded by Victoria de Los Angeles, Maria Callas and Teresa Berganza. These singing editions are well received both at home and abroad which delegate three different singing styles. The three singers succeeded in image-building of Carmen what supplied to vocal scholars splendid copys.The article divides five chapters:Chapter One discusses the composing background and the scenario of opera"Carmen".Chapter Two introduces three singers'stories and singing styles, also generalizes the interrelated singing editions. Chapter Three analyzes the three singing editions of Carmen's aria"L'amour est un oiseau rebelle". To start with the aria's musical style and connect with Angeles, Callas and Berganza that the three singers'throat, character, aesthetic concept and singing technique, especially discusses their singing disposal and image-building in six aspects which are melody, tempo, rhythm, strength, language and expression.Chapter Four analyzes the three singing editions of Carmen's aria"Près des ramparts de Séville". To start with the aria's musical style and connect with Angeles, Callas and Berganza that the three singers'throat, character, aesthetic concept and singing technique, especially discusses their singing disposal and image-building in six aspects which are melody, tempo, rhythm, strength, language and expression.Chapter Five analyzes the three singing editions of Carmen's aria"Les tringles de sisters". To start with the aria's musical style and connect with Angeles, Callas and Berganza that the three singers'throat, character, aesthetic concept and singing technique, especially discusses their singing disposal and image-building in six aspects which are melody, tempo, rhythm, strength, language and expression.The article's hard core is from Chapter Three to Chapter Five,which concretely analyzes the selective singing editions. In conclusion, the author summarize the three singers'commonness of original connotation and individuality of singing styles .
Keywords/Search Tags:Carmen's arias, singing editions, editions'research
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