歌剧,一般指综合音乐、诗歌、舞蹈等艺术而以歌唱为主的一种戏剧形式,从这一点上说,我国以唱、念、做、打并重的各种戏曲,亦属于歌剧之一种。但这是“歌剧”的广义概念,要言之,凡以歌唱为主的戏剧,皆可谓之“歌剧”。但从专业上说,我们所说的“歌剧”,是狭义的概念,是指16世纪末产生于意大利的西洋歌剧,后逐渐流行于欧洲各国,按照地区与时代的不同,又分正歌剧(18世纪盛行于意大利,以那不勒斯为发展中心,后流传至德、奥、法、英等国,为宫廷贵族所支持和提倡,以希腊神话或历史故事为题 Opera generally refers to a form of drama mainly based on singing, such as music, poetry and dance. From this point of view, all kinds of operas in our country that sing, read, do and fight are also part of the opera . However, this is a broad concept of “opera.” In short, all the major plays of singing are the “operas.” However, professionally, what we call “opera” is a narrow concept. It refers to the Western operas originated in Italy at the end of the 16th century. Later, it gradually became popular in European countries. According to the differences between regions and times, Century prevailed in Italy, with Naples as the development center, then spread to Germany, Austria, France, Britain and other countries, supported and promoted by the court aristocracy, the Greek myth or historical story