一部作为“音乐戏剧”的歌剧——写在国家大剧院版《青春之歌》首演之前

An Opera as Music Drama——Reflections before the Premiere of the State Grand Theatre Version of the Songs of Youth

国家大剧院版《青春之歌》作为一部根据同名革命历史题材小说改编的“全唱型”正歌剧风格歌剧,对原著中的情节和人物进行了大幅删减,但保留了“革命加恋爱”的叙事模式。该剧具有作为“音乐戏剧”的艺术特征,不仅将戏剧矛盾冲突诉诸“冲突性”音乐,用“音乐的冲突性”推动戏剧矛盾展开,而且旨在呈现“戏剧结构与音乐结构同一性”,在更高层面实现戏剧与音乐的统一。该剧还贵在探索求新,展露出注重体裁与题材的配适性、强调歌唱技巧性及凸显作曲家主体地位的创作理念。

This version, as an all singing pattern of grand opera, reduces in a large-scale the original plots and roles, yet reserves its “revolution plus love” narrative model. The opera features “music drama” with the identity between drama structure and music structure, thus unifying the two at a higher level.