歌剧起源于欧洲,是集音乐、戏剧、表演与舞美于一身,在所有音乐体裁中最受人崇尚的艺术形式。今人对于歌剧的认识大都基于对18世纪末与19世纪初伟大的意大利作曲家威尔第、普契尼、罗西尼等人的名作的了解。一般认为,比较完善的歌剧体裁的形成从17世纪开始,距今已有300多年的历史。而事实上歌剧在16世纪之前,还经历了一个漫长的酝酿和准备时期。音乐与戏剧的结合可以追溯到古代戏剧中,齐声朗诵和抒情道白与中世纪的宗教仪式和戏剧都是唱出来的。到了14世纪文艺复兴时期,在喜剧或悲剧的 Originated in Europe, Opera is a form of art that combines music, drama, performance and dance and beauty, and is the most admired of all musical genres. Contemporary people’s understanding of the opera mostly based on the famous works of Verdi, Puccini, Rossini and other great Italian composers from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Generally believed that the more complete genre of opera formation from the seventeenth century, dating back more than 300 years of history. In fact, the opera went through a long period of brewing and preparation before the 16th century. The combination of music and drama goes back to ancient drama, singing together and lyricism, and religious rituals and plays of the Middle Ages all sing out. By the 14th century Renaissance, in comedy or tragedy