Analysis for the Drama Image and Musical Image of Musetta in the Aria Stroll in the Street

Puccini is the greatest opera composer in Italy after Verdi, who is the representative of “verism” opera school. In this paper, the drama image and musical image of Musetta is discussed in details through analyzing the aria Stroll in the Street in Puccini’s opera Artist's Life. 1.Story introduction Poet Rudolph, painter Macello, musician Shawnal and philosopher Conerly live together in a shabby house. Though their lives are poor but they are happy. One day, Rudolph met needlewoman Mimmy by accident in their house and he fell in love with her at the first sight. Be brought her into the pub where his friends were dining together. There, Macello met his past lover Musetta, who was accompanied by an old man, Alcindoro, who was chasing after her. However, she loves Macello all the time. After tease and show-off, Macello tried to get rid of the old man and fell into Macello’s arms. Several months after, the relation between them became worse and worse. Moreover, the relation between Mimmy and Rudolph was on the brink of breaking. Mimmy got serious lung disease. When she went to meet with Rudolph for the last time, they got together again and planed their future. However, Mimmy died at last and Rudolph became sorrowful. As a result, Musetta and Macello got together because of the profound impact of the sufferings between Mimmy and Rudolph. 2.Analysis for the drama image of Musetta The protagonist in Stroll in the Street is Musetta, a young and beautiful prostitute who dares to love and hate. In the New Year, she met her previous lover, poor painter Macello on the street. To attract his attention and inspire his jealousy, Musetta sang this aria. 2.1 Musetta and Alcindoro Musetta is a young and beautiful prostitute who dares to love and hate. Sometimes, because of poverty, she has to associate with rich people to gain some material comforts. Alcindoro meets her standard completely. There isn’t any feeling between she and Alcindoro, expect money interests. Therefore, she expresses her feelings with the aria Stroll in the Street without considering the worries and annoyance of Alcindoro when she meets her lover on the street, so as to draw Macello’s