《永远的花样年华》陈燕独唱音乐会唱响经典

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2018年10月12日晚，重庆大剧院中剧场座无虚席，《永远的花样年华》中外歌剧经典唱段—陈燕独唱音乐会，吸引了近千名观众现场聆听，女高音歌唱家、重庆大学艺术学院副院长陈燕，以13首脍炙人口的曲目唱响经典。

On the evening of October 12, 2018, the Chongqing Grand Theater was filled with audience. The Solo Concert of Chen Yan, a classic among Chinese and foreign opera arias named "The Everlasting Blossom Age ", attracted nearly 1,000 audience for the live performance. The soprano and associate dean of the Art College of Chongqing University, Chen Yan, performed the classics including 13 popular songs.

师者，以身作则，弘扬爱国奋斗精神

陈燕，重庆大学艺术学院声乐教师，经过多年潜心专研、刻苦训练，演唱了大量中外声乐作品，对歌剧更是颇有造诣。曾经成功举办过7场个人独唱音乐会。特别是 2010年她在美国密苏里大学做访问学者期间举办的个人独唱音乐会，获得了极大赞誉，她用德语、法语、意大利语和英语，以及母语中文演唱了16首中外艺术歌曲和歌剧咏叹调；同年，陈燕应邀随密苏里管乐团在北京音乐厅、成都娇子音乐厅等6个城市巡演，担任独唱。2017年教师节，她在重庆国泰艺术中心举办《九月放歌—陈燕独唱音乐会》，获得极高的评价。

《永远的花样年华》陈燕独唱音乐会是2018年重庆市高校教师获批市级剧院公益场次的首场演出。“能参加本次演出我感到特别荣幸，申请这场演出入场券的人数是观众席数量的两倍。”演出前，陈燕告诉记者，举办独唱音乐会非常考验演唱功底，任何人都不可能做到尽善尽美，“但我身为声乐教师，应该给学生做好榜样，把自己的演唱表演置于舞台之上，接受声乐同行和广大观众的评审，获得的评价越多，越有利于自身水平的提升和进步。”陈燕经常鼓励学生走上舞台锻炼胆量。

演出当天，正是重庆大学89周年校庆的日子。陈燕告诉记者，这次演出是为了回馈社会、感恩人民，同时也向重庆大学89周年校庆献礼。为了今年的校庆，她特意在演出中加入《重庆大学校歌》的演唱环节，演唱者都是她的学生。“为了校歌的演唱，我有两个已经毕业的学生，专程从广州赶过来，让我特别感动。”陈燕深感欣慰。

“让远山描我的黛眉，让流水梳我的秀发。战火中的女儿，还是那样俊美……”《永远的花样年华》选自歌剧《野火春风斗古城》，也是本场音乐会的点题曲目。陈燕说，“我特别喜欢这首歌曲，表达了革命者昂扬向上的奋斗精神，值得我们一代代传承和弘扬。”陈燕的演唱给人留下最为深刻的印象是她丰富的艺术表现力和感染力，清澈、纯净、甜美的极佳音色和高超的演唱技巧，在中外两类声乐作品演唱中做到游刃有余。

陈燕坚持让艺术走近群众，把正能量的音乐传递给更多人。

Setting Example and Carrying Forward the Spirit of Patriotism as a Teacher

Chen Yan, a vocal music teacher in the Art College of Chongqing University,has performed a large number of Chinese and foreign vocal music works after years of intensive study and hard training, and is quite accomplished in the aspect of opera. 7 solo concerts have been held successfully, and the one when she was a visiting scholar at the University of Missouri won great praise for her solo concert in 2010. She sang 16 Chinese and foreign art songs and opera arias in German, French, Italian and English, as well as in her mother tongue Chinese. In the same year, Chen Yan was invited to accompany the Missouri Wind Orchestra to perform in Beijing Concert Hall, Chengdu Jiaozi Concert Hall and other 6 city tours as solo singer. On Teacher's Day 2017, she won high praise for the performances at her solo concert "Song of September" at Chongqing Guotai Arts Center.

The concert was the first proved performance for public benefits performed by university teachers in municipal theater of Chongqing in 2018. "It's a great honor for me to be here. The number of people applying for admission to the show has doubled that of the audience seats." Before the performance, Chen Yan told reporters that performing a solo concert was a test of singing skills, and no one could be perfect. "But as a vocal music teacher, I should set a good example for students, put my singing performance on the stage, and accept the evaluation of vocal music peers and the audience. The more evaluation I get, the more improvement and progress I gain." Chen Yan often encourages students to take the stage to gain courage.

The day of the performance was the 89th anniversary of Chongqing University. Chen Yan told reporters that the performance was to show thanks to the community and the people and as a gift to the 89th anniversary celebration of Chongqing University. For this anniversary, she specially added the "Anthem of Chongqing University" in the singing performed all by her students. "In order to perform the anthem, two of my graduates came here all the way from Guangzhou. I was deeply touched." Chen Yan was very gratified.

"Let the distant mountains draw my eyebrows and let the water comb my hair. The daughter in the war is still so beautiful... " "The Everlasting Blossom Age" is selected from the opera "Old City Fight in Wild Fire and Spring Winds", and it was also the theme song of the concert. Chen Yan said, "I particularly like the song that expresses the revolutionaries' vigorous struggle spirit, which is worth passing on and carrying forward for our generation." The most profound impression that Chen Yan's singing left on people is her rich artistic expression and appeal, her clear, pure, sweet, excellent timbre and superb singing skills in the Chinese and foreign vocal music works that were performed with ease and skill.

陈燕天籁般的歌喉、纯净的心灵、对艺术独到的理念，吸引着一批又一批热爱音乐的学子来到她的课堂。陈燕认为，音乐艺术可以让孩子获得一种人生的浸润，艺术的力量可以对他们产生身心的柔化和包裹，这是一种温柔的力量。在她看来，站好三尺讲台与坚守歌唱舞台同样重要，教学相长，以演促研，都是在新时代弘扬爱国奋斗精神的重要方式。她用歌声唱出对祖国的热爱，用勤耕不辍的演唱记录着一位声乐教师在新时代建功立业的步伐。

学者，胸怀开阔，传播艺术正能量

这场演出，陈燕带给观众13首中外经典歌剧的唱段，包括《红梅赞》《珊瑚颂》《我的爱将与你相伴终生》《求爱神给我安慰》《我亲爱的爸爸》等脍炙人口中外经典歌剧唱段。

当晚的音乐会，许多观众是陪学声乐的孩子一起来听，也有很多音乐爱好者。他们表示，以前认为歌剧是西方的音乐形式，现在在家门口能听到本土音乐家的演唱，还有中国的传统优秀歌剧曲目，感觉很不错，非常享受这样的音乐盛宴。

陈燕用勤耕不辍的演唱记录着一位声乐教师在新时代建功立业的步伐。

Chen Yan’s sound-of-heaven voice, pure heart and unique idea of art have attracted groups of students who love music to come to her class. Chen Yan believes that music and art can let children gain the nurture of life, and the power of art can produce physical and mental softening and surrounding,which is a gentle force. In her opinion, standing on the teaching platform is as important as sticking to the singing stage. Learning while teaching and studying while performing are both important ways to carry forward the spirit of patriotic struggle in the new era. She sings out her love for the motherland and records the pace of a vocal music teacher's achievements in the new era with her diligent singing.

陈燕与学生共同演唱《重庆大学校歌》。

歌剧是主要以歌唱和音乐来交代和表达剧情的戏剧。它起源于西方，距今已有几百年历史，留下来很多经典剧目和经久不衰的优秀唱段。陈燕介绍，她本次演出选择的中国歌剧主题向上，以讴歌女革命战士为主要线条，每部歌剧都反映感人的故事，具有深刻的思想内涵，坚定的革命信念，扎根于人民的深厚情谊和丰富的人文情怀，旋律优美动听，沁人心脾。如《江姐》《党的女儿》等既有观赏性、可听性，更富有教育意义。

曾经有人问陈燕，“你不担心演唱会没有观众吗？”她说，“以前我有过这样的顾虑，但是2010年在美国做访问学者期间我改变了想法。”在美国密苏里大学做访问学者期间，陈燕观摩了大大小小100多场音乐会，有些演出高朋满座，有的现场也只有很少的观众，可是艺术家们仍然坚持把每场演出做到最好，“我问过他们‘为什么？’，他们说，只要去做了，结果不重要。”

在美期间，令陈燕印象最深的一次经历，是在密苏里大学很有影响力的剧院的踢踏舞演出，第一天面向普通市民，每张票价35美元。第二天是小学生专场，只要5美元，并且每场观众都爆满。这让陈燕深受感动，她认为艺术家、高校老师一定要有社会责任感，让人们走进剧场，让艺术走近大众，把正能量的音乐传递给更多人。

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Broadening Minds and Spreading Positive Energy of Art as a Scholar

In this performance, Chen Yan brought the audience 13 classical opera arias, including "Paean of Red Plum", "Ode to the Coral", "My Love Will Be with You Forever", "Love God Please Comfort Me", "My Dear Father" and other popular Chinese and foreign classic opera arias.

At the concert that evening, many audiences were parents of vocal music learners and many were music lovers. They said that they thought opera was a Western form of music. But now they can enjoy the performance of local musicians at home, including some excellent repertoire of traditional Chinese operas, making them feel very good while enjoying the music feast.

Opera is a drama that expresses the story mainly by singing and music. It originated in the West with a history of several hundred years, leaving a lot of classical repertoire and longlasting aria. Chen Yan introduced that the theme of the Chinese opera she chose for the performance was positive, with the eulogy for women revolutionary fighters as the main line. Each opera reflected touching stories with profound ideological connotations, firm revolutionary beliefs, deep friendship and rich humanistic feelings rooted in the people. And the beautiful melody was refreshing. Performances such as "Jiang Jie" and"Daughter of the Party" were great to watch, to listen to and of educational value.

Chen Yan was once asked, "don't you worry that there may be no spectators in the concert?" "I had such concerns before,but I changed my mind when I was a visiting scholar in the United States in 2010," she said. During her visit to the graduate faculty of the University of Missouri, Chen Yan watched more than 100 concerts of all scales. Some of them were crowded, while others had only a small audience. But the artists would still do their best. “I asked them why, and they said that as long as they did it,the result was not important.”

One of Chen Yan's most impressive experiences during her stay in the United States was a tap dance performance in a very influential theatre in the University of Missouri. On the first day,the performance was facing ordinary citizens at a price of $35 per ticket. The second day was special for pupil at a price of only $5. Both performances were crowded with audience, which made Chen Yan deeply touched. She believed that artists and university professors must have a sense of social responsibility to arouse people to enter the theatre, enable art to approach the public, and transmit positive music energy to more people.

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