“现代戏”是泛指反映辛亥革命前后以来的历史和生活故事为题材的戏曲,也就是不穿古装、清装的戏曲。它面向当代观众塑造现代人物形象,反映现代生活,以吸引今天的中、青年为自己的目的,是时代审美赋于戏曲艺术的任务,也是戏曲本身发展的需要,关系到当今戏曲艺术的生存、发展、繁荣。有记载说,戏曲最早的现代戏是十九世纪初的《烟鬼叹》。之后,到二十世纪最早排的现代戏是《新茶花》(杨韵谱改编)。当时有的剧种称为时装戏、西装旗袍装戏等。自二十世纪初以来,历经一个世纪,在艰难地探索现代戏创作中,各剧种发挥自己的特点,寻找自己的路子,不乏有影响的作品。比如五、六十年代以来,沪剧、评剧等 “Modern Opera ” refers to the drama that refers to the story of history and life since before and after the Revolution of 1911, that is, no traditional costumes and novels. It faces the contemporary audience to create a modern image of the characters and reflect the modern life in order to attract today’s young and middle-aged for their own purposes, is the task of the aesthetic endowment of theatrical art of the times, but also the needs of the development of opera itself, relates to the current art of opera, Development and prosperity. It is well documented that the earliest modern drama in the opera was “The Sigh of Smoke” in the early nineteenth century. Later, the first modern drama in the twentieth century was “Nemelette” (adaptation of Yang Yun spectrum). At that time, some operas were known as fashion shows and cheongsam suits. Since the beginning of the twentieth century, after a century of hard exploration of the modern drama creation, the operas have their own characteristics, find their own way, there are many influential works. For example, since the fifties and sixties, Shanghai Opera and Pingju Opera