南艺英语课文Unit 9附课后全习题附翻译.docxVIP

Unit 9TextHave you ever seen such operas as Carmen and Tristan ? And , how muchdo you know about opera ?The Nature of OperaFor well over three hundred years the opera has been one of the mostalluring forms of musical entertainment. A special glamor is attached toeverything connected with it — its arias, singers and roles, not to mentionits opening nights. Carmen, Mimi, Violetta, Tristan — what characters infact or fiction can claim, generation after generation, so constant a public?An opera is a drama that is sung. It combines the resources of vocal andinstrumental music — soloists, ense