Analysis And Interpretation Of Two Oscar Arias In Verdi's Un Ballo In Mascher

"Volta La Terrea fronte alle stelle" and "Saper vorreste" are two songs sung by Oscar,the Page of Boston governor Riccardo in Giuseppe Verdi’s opera Un ballo in Maschera.Although Oscar is not the most important role in the opera,he plays an indispensable role in the drama development of the opera,the penetration of the plot and the connection of the relationships between characters.Oscar is Verdi’s first comic role in tragedy,which contrasts the tragic color of the whole play.Verdi followed the creative technique of the traditional opera"trouser roles",played a male teenager in reverse with a soprano,and wrote these two wonderful songs for him,which added another wonderful example to the"trouser roles".This paper will discuss Verdi’s Un ballo in Maschera based on the in-depth study of the creative background of the above two songs,this paper makes an all-round analysis and research on the above two songs,states the causes and current situation of the "trouser roles",and expounds the voice part locational of Oscar by analysising the drama and music specifically and comparing the singing versions of famous singers.Finally,discuss the deductive experience of the above two songs comprehensively by combining with my own experience of learning and singing.