本論文主要是以普契尼(Giacomo Puccini,1858-1924)的生平為背景,來了解普契尼的創作風格。以其歌劇作品《托斯卡》(Tosca,1900)與《曼儂.雷斯考》(Manon Lescaut,1893)為例,了解劇作家生平背景與歌劇內容,探討劇中兩位女主角的著名詠嘆調。 本論文共分緒論、四個章節及結論等部分。緒論中包括研究動機與研究範圍。第二章介紹普契尼的生平,並進一步探討其創作風格及對義大利歌劇的影響。第三章介紹《托斯卡》與《曼儂.雷斯考》兩齣歌劇劇作家及原著作家的生平與創作風格。第四章《托斯卡》與《曼儂.雷斯考》劇情概述。第五章是以女主角托斯卡與曼儂.雷斯考當中的兩首詠嘆調來做分析與詮釋。結論則希望藉由研究《托斯卡》與《曼儂.雷斯考》的兩部歌劇作品,讓我們更能深入了解普契尼的音樂創作技巧。
Puccini (Giacomo Puccini, 1858-1924) is considered one of the most important Italian opera composers of the late-19th-century. Puccini developed his work in the “realistic “style successfully, and then he became one of the leading exponents later. The purpose of this study is to research on Puccini’s musical style of opera from his background. Also, to analyze these two outstanding operas: “Tosca” (Tosca, 1900), “Manon Lescaut” (Manon Lescaut, 1893) and treated the famous aria of the two divas from the operas. In this essay, it will be divided into different sections, including: introduction, it is about the motivation and range of this research of the operas of Giacomo Puccini; background information on the composer and his musical language, such as the musical style and how he influences the Italian operas; introduction about his operas: “Tosca” and “Manon Lescaut”, as the original author's biography and the style of these two operas; the characters introduction and the plot of plays about these two Operas; an analysis and the interpretation with different arias performance by each divas of ” Tosca” and” Manon Lescaut”. Through the research of “Tosca” and “Manon Lescaut”, it hopes to deeply realize his composition skills, and help the performers to interpret these two Operas in the conclusion.