Author(s)

Qin Yin

Corresponding Author

Qin Yin

Abstract

As a form of music, opera is closely related to the expression of humanistic spirit and human emotion from its birth. This paper explores the profound effect of humanities spirit in the development and changes in Chinese and western operas from L'Orfeo and White-Haired Girl, which are the starting points of western operas and the Chinse opera respectively.

Keywords

Opera, Humanistic spirit, Music.