感悟《中国歌剧史》的诞生

Insights into The History of Chinese Opera

历经二十载磨出来的《中国歌剧史》终于在2010年3月面世,当时我曾写一小文,或因投稿传送有误或因其他原因未见录用。日前发现电脑文档中尚存旧稿,又引起层层思绪,便在原稿基础上重把自己的点滴感悟再记录下来,以还夙愿。《中国歌剧史》的出版,不仅令我由衷欣慰,更为之感慨万分。其中感触尤深的是,中国的首部歌剧史竟是由一群伏枥老骥历经20载,一点点"啃"出来的。

The History of Chinese Opera is a landmark monograph,the joint effort of a group of opera veterans that took twenty years to finish.They were spurred on by their devotion to the genre,resulting in a book that ran almost a million Chinese words.