Dong X. The semantics of opera image in N. A. Rimsky-Korsakov's works: dialogue of interpretations

The dissertation is devoted to the study of opera creativity of N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov in the context of artistic and aesthetic realities of the relevant historical time. The study implements relevant musicological approaches to the genre semantics of opera as a dialogue of cultural, historical and artistic and compositional factors of the reproduction of the "semantic world" of the human personality. The artistic and semantic nature of the characters-personalities in N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov's opera is revealed, their musical specificity is determined. The semantic connections between the opera image and the opera character are revealed, and their correlation with the idea of the opera hero is determined. The concepts of opera language as a cultural artifact and a specific musical phenomenon are developed. The highlighting of the originality of the fideistic attitude in the N. Rimsky-Korsakov’s operatic creativity helps to define the conceptual and semantic foundations of N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov’s operatic poetics. Based on the study of leading images-personalities in the N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov’s operas, the characteristic of operatic intonation as a synthetic artistic and expressive phenomenon is unfolded. The disclosing of the semantic purpose of the category of harmony in N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov's opera works helps to consider the phenomenon of melodic thematization of text in his operas, to elucidate the individual-author's understanding of opera language and its musical components. The magistral using of the interpretative approach allows to justify the importance of the typology of N.A. Rimsky-Korsakov's opera characters and the systematic consideration of his operatic method, both in the scientific-theoretical aspect and in the creative-performing process. The necessity and advantages of musical-linguistic presumption of figurative-semantic content and the performer's interpretation of N. Rimsky-Korsakov's operas are proved.