Chinese National Opera in the Mirror of Musicology of the 21st Century
The article provides an overview and analysis of musicological works devoted to Chinese national opera of the 20th century. Based on the synthesis of the Chinese and Western European traditions, this genre is a unique kind of musical theatre. The scientifi c understanding of Chinese opera as a special phenomenon of national culture is activated at the turn of the 21st century. At present, the modern opera art of China demonstrates a variety of plots and imaginative concepts, forms of interaction between European and national traditions combined with the modern technical and stylistic means of musical composition. Musicological research develops issues of the history and theory of the Chinese national opera, and analyses the artistic achievements of composers in the fi eld of modern musical theatre of China, which becomes a form of integration of national art into the space of world culture.