《领事》是梅诺蒂最具代表性的一部歌剧。针对以往人们对《领事》主题易有的片面解读,若从戏剧结构以及作品产生的人文环境等角度,对这部歌剧进行由局部到整体、由表及里的考察,可以说明该剧并非只是揭露官僚制度和极权主义的罪恶,作曲家真正的哲理命题是以政治为背景,表达人性对自由、和谐世界的殷切期盼。 Consul is one of Menotti’s most iconic operas. In the past, one-sided interpretation of the theme of “Consular” was easy. From the point of view of the structure of the drama and the cultural environment it produced, the study of this opera from the part to the whole and from the inside to the inside shows that the drama is not merely Exposing the evil of bureaucracy and totalitarianism, the true philosophical proposition of the composer is ardently looking forward to expressing human nature to a free and harmonious world on the basis of politics.