high school, on a sleepy afternoon, the sunlight could not give us any hint of summer through the narrow window. The music classroom was damp and dark, and many people planned to take out their mobile phones and take a good rest. Including me of course.
Then it was very abrupt, a majestic piece of "The Age of the Great Sanctuary" rushed into my brain like this. I raised my head and looked at the somewhat rough projection cloth. A desolate bard was singing on the stage. the overture.
stopped the phone and watched the drama seriously.
This is the first musical I've watched, and it's been 9 years since today. Last year, I finally had the pleasure of watching the live version of the show on its 20th anniversary. New casting, new sets, only the songs are old. Even so, I still feel like a dream come true.
because this is my musical into the pits. Any drama that goes into the pit is more or less special.
01The grand music and lyrical interpretation
Whenever you mention "The Hunchback of Notre Dame", you have to mention some of the classic songs. One of the most classic and most magnificent is Le Temps Des Cathedrales.
A song that only relies on strings as the main accompaniment to perform a brilliant and imposing song. Strings are the main soundtrack , which gives Green Guo a great space for self-expression, and at the same time, the sense of narration is enhanced.
Bruno Pelletier has a voice with a sense of story , like a real troubadour telling everyone the story that happened. "Il est venu le temps des cathédrales" is repeated twice at the end of the song, each time an arpeggio changes the pitch, and the accompaniment also adds the corresponding portamento until the end, and the pitch becomes higher again.
"Il est foutu le temps des cathédrales The age of faith is over La foule des barbares hordes of barbarians gather at the gates of the city Est aux portes de la ville Laissez entrer ces palrens, ces vandales infidels and vandals flock to La fin de ce monde the end of the world is coming Est prévue pour l'an deux-mille prophecy in that vid two thousand years Est prévue pour l'an deux-mille prophecy in that two thousand years"
Lyrics are changing, express The belief that breaks down also hints at the ending of the story. A devastation of sheer grandeur.
"Ces Diamants-lа" is as sweet as the "AMIER" of " Romeo and Juliet ", the chorus of Sayuri and Phoebe. A clear girl gave her first love to a handsome knight , the gentle knight gave her diamonds in return, the girl believed the knight's sweet words, but she still felt doubts, she fell in love with the knight, but the knight is really like Do you love girls as much as you love her? Sayuri's voice was like a bird that had just left its nest, carefully visiting the world around her. Phoebes is gentle and intoxicating here, and I don't even know he is a scumbag after reading this song.
"Beau Comme Le Soleil" He is as bright as the sun, and is sung by Esmeralda and Sayuri. It is very interesting that in Esmeralda's aria, she thinks Phoebus is a noble prince, while Sayuri thinks He is both good and evil (knowledge of his nature). And the chorus of the two people think that their love is as dazzling as the sun.
Too bad Phoebes doesn't think so. The song "Déchiré" has made clear his attitude, one belongs to the day, one belongs to the night, and the only remaining conscience makes him feel as if torn.Phoebes' voice is elegant and gorgeous, the guitar's soundtrack is constantly strengthened, the middle drums are also strengthened, and the repeated string soundtrack with the accelerated rhythm creates a tense atmosphere. By the end of the soundtrack, Phoebes's own voice created a hoarse feeling to express his tiredness.
The song "Bella I" was sung by the three male protagonists together. The arias and the order of appearances here are interesting. Quasimodo's voice was like a bong, it sounded rough, but he just wanted to touch his hair. Frollo's deputy bishop had a calm and magnetic voice. He thought she was guilty. He desperately resisted her temptation, but he still wanted to push open the door of Esmeralda's garden. Phoebes voice light and beautiful, he lightly plucked Esmeralda's flower of love, because Esmeralda loves him. And he doesn't love her. Such an appearance hints at how much the three love her.
Esmeralda prays to the statue of Mary alone "Ave Maria païen" followed by the bishop "Tu vas me détruire" You will ruin me. On the one hand, there is a fire-like emotion on the other hand, and the cold reason is holding him back. The deep piano chords are like the bells of the clock tower , and like the whispers of the devil , in the end, reason wins over emotion, and she will destroy you. This also paved the way for the tragedy that followed.
There is also a song "The Valley of Love" that needs additional introduction. The reason for the plot is not expanded. If you are interested, you can go to station B to have a look.
After the hustle and bustle of "Florence", the bishop and the poet sang the duet, the accompaniment of this ratio used the piano-based superimposed accompaniment throughout. "New ideas are sweeping through everyone in the world. The small will defeat the big, the school textbook will defeat the church, and people will kill God ." When Frollo sings "Man will kill God", what will he be thinking? Humanity kills divinity, or passion kills reason.This sentence is like a metaphor that he will eventually betray God and die at the hands of men.
"La monture" Sayuri's blackening song. This song was performed very well by the actor. It's the kind of scumbag who knows that scumbags are scumbags, obviously hates scumbags deeply, but still can't let go of scumbags, and tells him that as long as you kill Esmeralda, all this will pass. You go back to the bridge and return to the road, or continue to be my fiancé. In a sense, according to this song, Sayuri's aristocratic status should be higher than that of Phoebus, otherwise Phoebus wouldn't immediately abandon Sayuri.
The last song "Lune", Green Fruit sings Quasimodo, you can also listen to it and sing the heartbreak of other people's love.
02Wonderful characterization
The narrator, Gringo, is a poet, as well as a narrator, a person who is beneficial between the stage and the plot. He is sometimes a participant in a story, and sometimes a storyteller. His gradual departure keeps the tragedy from being too sad, and his performance coupled with the grand setting can make people travel back to the time when ritual and music collapsed. bad times.
Vicar Frollo is a downright tragic figure. (But he's also the villain.) His tragedy is that he's so devout to God that he wouldn't be so miserable if he were like the bishop of Coloredo next door. He met Esmeralda and kept trying to suppress his emotions, which was the source of the pain. Because he can no longer suppress his emotions, his reason and his God are burned by his human side, by the passion of man, there is no reason for human beings and devils without reason, jealousy and anger make him fall for those he loves Poison hand.
Esmeralda's interpretation is the most controversial. Some people think that the singing skills are too weak, and some people think that there is no expression.But I think it is precisely the sense of alienation that is the most beautiful part of Esmeralda, especially when the three male protagonists sang "belle I" to her, and she slowly lay on the ground and put on a cross of martyrdom. That kind of shock does not need to be interpreted in words.
Therefore, this well-made musical could not be better as a pit play.
I'm just a thin talker, I drop all kinds of Amway from time to time, welcome to pay attention to me~
