A Summary and Comment on the Study of National Opera Canal Ballads

摘要

Director Liao Xianghong's national opera Canal Ballads has aroused the touching and affection of many domestic music researchers, singers and performers since the debut of National Grand Theater in 2012. The drama is based on the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal which is comparable to the Great Wall. It depicts the Chinese story of the joys and sorrows of the two sides of the canal during Wanli of Ming Dynasty. In addition to the successful singers such as Lei Jia, Wang Hongwei, Wang Zhe and Wang Zenan who have successfully performed Yin Qing's vocal music works, the drama is also astonishing because of its strong creative team and its nationalized, localized and just opera conception, guiding the correct contemporary aesthetic direction and values of life. By collecting and studying the researches of others in recent years, this dissertation makes a more comprehensive assessment of the play and hopes to make theoretical explanations for furthering "Chinese story" and spreading "China's good voice". Since its debut in June 2012, Chinese opera Canal Ballads has aroused widespread concern of many critics, researchers and music lovers. So far, a great deal of research achievements has appeared. The author enters the key word "canal ballad" in the periodical network. There are 42 articles directly related to it, including 15 master's theses, accounting for 36% of the existing achievements. This shows that the opera Canal Ballads has had widespread influence in recent years. At the same time, it highlights the opera's rich musical features and dramatic conception, which provides vast space for researchers. In this article, the author chooses several representative ones to sort out greatness, and to carry on the author's interpretation and thinking to strive to stand on the predecessors and continue to do some bedding of the future study of Canal Ballads. According to combing and analysis, in recent years, the relevant scholars' research on Canal Ballads focuses on the following aspects.