一出与时俱进的《乞丐歌剧》

Beggar Opera:An Opera That advancing with times

《乞丐歌剧》可算是音乐剧的先导或雏形。它以18世纪初英国伦敦发生的两大事件为背景,表现了下层人的生活,藉以暴露社会的堕落与官场的腐败黑暗,具有批判现实主义里程碑的意义。本文探索剧名"乞丐"的来由及其产生的历史渊源,研究分析该剧成功之处和历演不衰的原因以及局限性以试图揭示其中值得借鉴之处。

Beggar Opera should be the forerunner or embryonic form of musical drama.The background of this opera is that the two incidents happened in London in the early 1900s,at the same time,this opera shows the life of lower-class.Based on this,it exposes the degradation of society and corruption of government and has ciritically realistic significance.This article explores the cause of name ＂Beggar＂ and its origin,analyses its merits,the reasons for its prosperity and limitation.Through these analyses,this article tries to disclose the advangtages of Beggar Opera.