Analysis Of The Music And Singing Version Of The Aria "For Art, For Love"

The aria "Vissi d’arte,vissi d’amore" is in the second act of the opera "Tosca",this opera is composed by a famous Italian composer Giacomo Puccini in 1900.It has a history of more than 100 years since its birth,but it still deeply attracts all periods,is favored by countless singers and vocal learners(including the author)around the world.Over a hundred years,this aria was sung and interpreted again and again by European traditional classical soprano singers and learners,making it a timeless and classic music piece.We know if a work wants to become a classic,it must have at least two conditions: One is the "excellence" of the piece itself,the other is that these "excellence" of the piece itself and the "reasonability" of the information it conveys should be accepted by the public,and they can arouse the public’s aesthetic and emotional resonance,and make the public be willing to pass it on from generation to generation.Similarly,for the aria “Vissi d’arte,vissi d’amore”,the music itself and the information contained in this piece of work should also have its "excellence","reasonability" and some constant "things",which can be performed and sung by the public again and again,generation after generation.Then the problem appears: what are the "excellence","reasonability" and constant "things" of this classic work? Are these "things" the basic laws and aesthetic principles of our musical performance?To solve these problems,on the basis of following the music creation process,let ’s start with the part where the composer once created and returned to the piece itself,to find out the "excellence" of the piece itself and the "reasonability" of conveying the message.Next let’s enter the second link of creating the piece which is also the performer’s creation link by analyzing and comparing the four Chinese and foreign singers selected by the author to sing this piece and this aria version to find out the "commonality" and "personality" in their singing.Therefore,following this logic,this thesis will make a detailed analysis of this piece and this versions sung by four different Chinese and foreign singers.The thesis is divided into five parts: preface,introduction to the creation of piece(first-stage creation),the music analysis(first-stage creation),the analysis of the versions of the singers(re-creation),and conclusion.The five parts are used to clarify the above problems.This study provides the author andcolleagues with some cognition and reference in both theory and practice in the future vocal performance and the interpretation of this aria.