韓德爾(Georg Friedrich Händel,1685-1759)的神劇《彌賽亞》(Messiah,1741)為著名的作品之一，僅花24天完成的一部曠世鉅作，在歷史的長河中綻放出光芒萬丈，至今仍是全世界演唱次數最多的神劇，也是每逢聖誕節及復活節前夕都會聽到的經典曲目，跨越超過兩個世紀卻歷久彌新，與海頓(J.Haydn,1732-1809)《創世紀》(The Creation,1797-1798)、孟德爾頌(F.Mendelssohn,1809-1847)《以利亞》(Elijah,1846)並稱三大神劇。
本篇論文將分為四個章節，第一章為緒論，包括研究動機與目的、研究範圍與方法；第二章為韓德爾神劇之概述與《彌賽亞》之創作背景與特色；第三章為樂曲分析與演唱詮釋；第四章為結論。
Oratorio "Messiah" is one of Georg Friedrich Händel's most famous works, only to spend 24 days a complete masterpieces, bursting out resplendent in the course of history, is still the world's highest number of concert oratorio, every Christmas eve and Easter also will hear classic tracks, spanning more than two centuries but timeless, and Haydn's the Creation, Mendelssohn’s "Elijah and said the three oratorios.
This paper will be divided into four chapters, the first chapter is an introduction, including research and motivation, purpose, scope and methods; The second chapter is an overview of the Händel oratorio "Messiah" and creative background and characteristics; third chapter analyzes the music and singing interpretation; The fourth chapter is the conclusion.
