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The Influence of the Opera on the Spirit and Psychology of People in the 19th Century: Taking the Social Background and Singing Passage of “La Traviata” as an Example
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Abstract
Opera has now become one of the forms of entertainment for the public, not only because people have higher quality artistic pursuits but also because they can relieve the anxiety brought about by life and work when enjoying opera in the concert hall. The acceptance of classics by modern people is significant. However, in the era of opera’s origin and rapid development, the relationship between the masses and the social background and the works has essential reference significance for how modern art and stage theatre adapt to the development of the times. This article uses an example of a fragment of the Italian musician Verdi’s masterpiece La Traviata to explore its influence on the thinking of the masses in the 19th century. The study found that the emergence of La Traviata is not only a continuation of the Enlightenment in the last century but also affects people’s re-examination of the darkness of the aristocratic class at that time, the inequality between men and women, and the difficult life of vulnerable groups.
Keywords
La Traviata, Verdi, 19th century, Enlightenment, men and women
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- Volume Title
- Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Interdisciplinary Humanities and Communication Studies
- ISBN (Print)
- 978-1-83558-185-8
- ISBN (Online)
- 978-1-83558-186-5
- Published Date
- 07 December 2023
- Series
- Communications in Humanities Research
- ISSN (Print)
- 2753-7064
- ISSN (Online)
- 2753-7072
- DOI
- 10.54254/2753-7064/21/20231408
- Copyright
- 07 December 2023
- Open Access
- This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited