戏曲现代戏自命名之日起,便承担着双重历史重任:一是表现现代生活,二是创造现代戏曲样式。前者是题材方面的规定,后者则是美学方面的诉求。严格算起,戏曲现代戏应以20世纪初的“时装新戏”作为起点,至今已有百年历史,但长期以来现代戏赖以生存的是题材优势,不是艺术优势,它实际上仍然被 Beginning from the date of naming, opera modern drama undertakes a double historical task: one is to show the modern life and the other is to create a modern opera style. The former is the subject of the provisions, the latter is the aesthetic demands. Strictly speaking, modern opera plays should start from the “new fashion show” of the early 20th century and have a history of more than a hundred years. However, modern drama has long been subject-dependent rather than artistic superiority. In fact, it is still