Reflections after watching Opera Carmen

The opera "Carmen" is the last opera by French composer Bizet. It is also the most frequently performed opera in the world today and is worth watching. Below I will bring you my thoughts after watching the Opera Carmen, welcome to your reference! Thoughts after watching the Opera Carmen Part 1

The opera "Carmen" narrates a tragic love story with vivid musical touches. There is a strong contrast between the bright tone of the music and the darkness of the narrative content. This wonderful character not only made the composer Bizet's immortal career, but also made the novelist Mérimée's original work pale in comparison to the opera "Carmen". There are many adaptations of literary classics that fall into the dilemma of simplification, dilution or even distortion. Literary adaptations in operas alone, Gounod's "Faust" and Thomas's "Hamlet" are famous examples of simplification and dilution. Even Verdi's "Otello" is recognized as equal to Shakespeare's original work. The opera adaptation is also at the expense of losing many essences of the original literary work. The rare thing about the opera "Carmen" is that it not only retains the essence of the original novel, but also fundamentally transforms and enhances the artistic quality of the original novel through the unique power of music. Mérimée's "Carmen" is at best a "famous" short story, while Bizet's "Carmen" is fully qualified to be regarded as a "great" opera.

Since the birth of Carmen by Mérimée, the name has become a famous symbol with multi-dimensional symbolism in Western culture. In the evolution history of nearly 160 years, the female character "Carmen" has attracted heroes from all walks of life and has been interpreted in different media such as literature, music, film, dance, etc. However, only in the opera "Carmen", "She" is Obtained a full and flesh-and-blood ontological existence. This is a character who must rely on the breath of music to gain all her life. Her coquettishness, wildness, enthusiasm and determination, and the sensual magic of her whole body, almost instinctively call for the addition of music, because music plays an important role in all art media. It is the most effective sensory weapon that directly penetrates the nerves. The advantages of using music to shape Carmen are self-evident. Carmen seems to be born specifically for music, and music is also looking forward to Carmen. Afterviewing the Carmen Opera Part 2

The opera "Carmen" is the last opera of the French composer Bizet. It was completed in the autumn of 1874. It is also the most frequently performed opera in the world today. The four-act opera "Carmen" mainly portrays a beautiful but stubborn Gypsy girl Carmen, a female cigarette factory worker. Carmen made the soldier squad leader Don Hauser fall in love and abandoned his lover in the countryside, the gentle and kind-hearted Micaela. Later, Don Hauser was arrested and imprisoned for letting Carmen fight with the female workers. After he was released from prison, he joined the ranks of Carmen's smugglers. Carmen later fell in love with the bullfighter Escamilio. When Carmen cheered for Escamilio's victory in the bullfight, she died under Don Hauser's dagger

Ben The play takes female workers, soldiers and the masses as the protagonists, which is rare and valuable in opera works of that era. Perhaps because of the author's deliberate innovation, this play was not accepted by the audience when it was first performed. However, as time went by, the artistic value of this work was gradually recognized by people, and it has become everlasting since then. This opera is famous for its chorus. There are more than ten choruses of various genres and styles in the opera. The overture of the opera is in the key of A major, in rondo form. The entire overture is built on images with sharp contrasts, and expresses the main content of the opera with gorgeous, compact, and fascinating music. The overture concentrates some of the most important melodies in the opera, and uses the effect of chiaroscuro to fully express the content of the opera. The theme is selected from the music when the matador comes on stage in the last scene of the opera. The overture to this play is often played alone in concerts.

The work is not just a work, in fact it reflects the real problems of a society. When the opera "Carmen" premiered at the Opéra Comique in Paris, it was a failure. One critic thought the band's playing was "a mess"; another commented that the music lacked "innovation and personality". But today, "Carmen" has gained both critical acclaim and popular popularity, and has become one of the few operas in the 19th century that can be compared with the works of the great genius Mozart. This only shows that the upper class society in Paris cannot tolerate operas with such themes.

Indeed, in the eyes of people nowadays, it is not easy to dare to love and hate.

She is willing to sacrifice everything for freedom, she dares to do things that only men can do, she likes to flirt, choose her own lovers, and toy with and deceive men before eventually abandoning them. She does whatever she wants, makes her own rules of the game, and always wins. Luxurious, free-spirited and unrestrained. She not only makes women envious, but also makes men jealous. They give everything to love her and are heartbroken to lose her. In an environment like the 19th century, can we understand it as the author's assumption of a better future through the novel? Anyway, the ratio is perfectly reflected in music, performance, and opera. This is also the opera "Carmen" Maybe it’s why it’s still so popular after hundreds of years. I'll check it out again when I have time.

The only thing I think is lacking is that the extras are a bit messy, because many large-scale dramas recruit temporary extras from the local area, and coupled with the language problem, Westerners are obviously not as neat as the Chinese in group projects. It seems It's too free. Think about the large-scale dances and dramas of our people, with neat and smooth movements. This may be the obvious difference between the Eastern collectivist spirit and the Western liberal spirit. Afterviewing Carmen Opera Part 3

Last night, I went to the National Center for the Performing Arts with Niu Jie, chief conductor of the General Political Opera Troupe, and Xu Sunan, director of the Military Star Philharmonic Chorus, to watch the famous French composer Bizet's performance at the National Center for the Performing Arts. Representative masterpiece? Opera "Carmen". This is a world-famous opera composed by two groups of Chinese and foreign actors. I was shocked after watching it. Because watching "Carmen," a repertoire of opera houses around the world, in a top hall like the National Center for the Performing Arts, the effect is incredible. I am not a critic, and it is my first time to appreciate a world-famous opera. It is difficult to sum up and describe my feelings in the most accurate words. I just feel that this opera is the best and most beautiful voice I have ever heard since I started singing. This night was well worth the trip!

To put it in simple layman terms, the vocal skills of the foreign male and female protagonists are astonishing, and the volume of the large-scale arias (arias) for more than 3 hours never decreased. What's even more wonderful is that they sing and dance at the same time, run and jump and perform. They sing while lying down, lying on their stomachs, raising their legs and twisting, bending backwards, no matter what they do, it does not affect the sound quality of the singing. The level of singing? It’s really high! The audience applauded for a long time. I admire the superb acting skills of foreign artists.

The chorus part of the opera is also outstanding. It also made me truly understand what a chorus is? The charm of chorus in opera. In particular, the extras in this opera are actors from the National Center for the Performing Arts Chorus and Beijing 171 Middle School Choir. They integrated singing and performance, and the sound they displayed was bright, clean, natural, three-dimensional, and impersonal. It was impossible to tell who was singing high notes and who was singing low. On stage, men and women were mixed, scattered, and interlaced according to the needs of the plot. Chaos, the sounds blended together, presenting a thick overall sound, and no one got out. National Center for the Performing Arts Chorus? Awesome!