【單曲欣賞】聖-桑：The Yellow Princess Overture

【單曲欣賞】聖-桑：The Yellow Princess Overture

Van Gogh，1887

La princesse jaune (The Yellow Princess) is an opéra comique in one act and five scenes by composer Camille Saint-Saëns to a French libretto by Louis Gallet. The opera premiered at the Opéra-Comique (Salle Favart Theatre) in Paris on 12 June 1872.
Like many French artists at this time, Saint-Saëns was influenced by the Japonism movement in Paris. He appealed to this public taste by choosing a story about a Japanese princess, although it is set in the Netherlands. The music is characterized by a "light and brisk" quality that uses pentatonic harmony to evoke an "oriental" sound. The story follows Kornélis, a student who is fascinated by all things Japanese, and his cousin Léna, who is in love with Kornélis. Kornélis, however, is too obsessed with his portrait of Ming, a Japanese girl, to notice his cousin's affections for him. In a fantastical dream caused by a potion, Kornélis is transported to Japan. At first enthralled, he eventually becomes disillusioned as he comes to the realization that he is in love with Léna.

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• 坐沙發欣賞聖桑歌劇黃衣公主，音樂中有故事，音樂中有美畫。 -慧蘭- ♀ (28 bytes) () 07/20/2013 postreply 15:50:30

• 謝沙發！問好。 -塵埃2.0- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/20/2013 postreply 20:29:07

• 謝沙發，你請。 -塵埃2.0- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/20/2013 postreply 20:31:09

• 太喜歡了！讚！！謝謝塵埃！ -潛水聽- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/20/2013 postreply 18:40:57

• 很久不見，問好！ -塵埃2.0- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/20/2013 postreply 20:29:58

• 聖桑的音樂非常美，謝謝塵埃介紹這首融會東方色彩的樂曲！ -Rainier- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/20/2013 postreply 23:54:43

• 聖桑的音樂非常優美，謝謝塵埃介紹這首融匯東方色彩的樂曲~~ -Rainier- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/20/2013 postreply 23:58:19

• 謝謝珊瑚欣賞！ -塵埃2.0- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/21/2013 postreply 14:07:22

• 典雅，流暢又不失浪漫，謝謝塵埃大師分享聖桑經典作品和音樂故事。 -片片紅葉- ♀ (74 bytes) () 07/21/2013 postreply 14:07:34

• 很久不見，問候麗麗！ -塵埃2.0- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/21/2013 postreply 14:18:10

• 好喜歡這個曲調，謝謝～ -紫千葉- ♀ (0 bytes) () 07/21/2013 postreply 17:44:23

• 謝謝你。 -塵埃2.0- ♂ (0 bytes) () 07/22/2013 postreply 15:35:12