The Kyoto Opera House invested millions of dollars to create scene props for "The Phantom of the Opera", and in order to sign this musical, Zhou Yijun withstood huge pressure and overcame public opinion before he was allowed to invest.

For an opera house, developing a new musical is too much to lose.

There are so many classic musicals in the world, which are staged alternately every day, as long as the acting skills are superb and the quality is above the standard, they still make a lot of money, and the development of new operas is at risk of losing money.

But once it becomes a famous product, the profit earned is definitely several times and dozens of times.

It's just that famous products can easily appear, and in the whole of China, there are only a handful of musicals that can be on the stage.

And these famous products, the audience is not only tired of watching, but also tired of listening.

The reason why these musicals have been able to make profits so far is probably because of the continuous influx of new audiences.

After all, for modern people, watching musicals is still relatively compelling.

Imagine what you would think when the opposite sex extended you an invitation and handed you a ticket to the front row of a concert.

"Damn, he's so tasteful!"

"Wow, musical!"

"Although I can't understand it, it has a cultural connotation!"

"Don't accept it, I'll marry!"

What if this concert ticket is exchanged for a movie ticket?

"It's annoying, it's ...... to watch movies again"

"You want to take advantage of me again......"

But musicals are imported products after all, and the acceptance of ordinary audiences is low, and after watching it once, there is no one in ten who can watch it again, so the profit is also declining year by year.

However, with the reform and opening up, the gradual integration of Eastern and Western cultures, people's appreciation of musicals is also increasing year by year.

In recent years, all kinds of new operas and musicals have continued to appear, although most of them are embarrassing performances, but there are also boutiques that will appear high-quality products, which are vying to be purchased by major provincial opera houses to attract audiences, so that the opera houses will not lose profits.

The quality of "The Phantom of the Opera" is naturally undoubted, so even if it felt that the development was risky, under the persuasion of Zhou Yijun, the senior management of the opera house finally collectively passed the resolution of development.

Especially after Liao Yuan's popularity became more and more popular, "The Phantom of the Opera" has gradually become one of the famous products expected by the audience, but whether it can afford the title of "famous product" depends on the data performance after the release.

At the rehearsal site, Liao Yuan personally watched the opera for more than two hours before he said to Zhou Yijun: "What is the most feedback from the audience?"

"The depth of the story is insufficient, the logic is too simple, many details are not self-consistent, and the dialogue is too simple......"

Zhou Yijun glanced at Liao Yuan and said embarrassedly: "To put it simply, it's a little plain......"

Liao Yuan smiled: "Isn't it good to be white?"

Zhou Yijun was stunned.

Liao Yuan continued: "Musicals from all over the world can be described as bright as stars, but works with regional history, religion and political themes have a threshold for audiences outside their cultural contexts, while romantic love themes are suitable for almost all ages. The dialogue and lyrics of "The Phantom of the Opera" are indeed very popular, but you have to understand that a musical is not a movie on the screen, and in the absence of subtitles at all, whether it is English or Chinese, this kind of plain dialogue and lyrics are not a problem for the average audience to understand. ”

Zhou Yijun thoughtfully: "What you said does have some truth. ”

Liao Yuan asked again, "Who are the audience you invited?"

"In addition to some professional theater critics, most of the opera house loyalists, there are also some university students who specialize in musicals......"

"Why don't you find some regular viewers?"

"Ah, this is a screening after all, according to ......"

"Let's find some regular audience!"

Liao Yuan said indifferently: "The Phantom of the Opera is different from other musicals, the work is full of many diversified expressions, and the creative techniques also include classical, pop, folk, modern avant-garde, etc., including bel canto and popular chorus, a combination of traditional symphony and pop electronic music, which is somewhat unacceptable for some audiences who specialize in musicals, because once people's aesthetics are fixed, it is difficult to change, and "The Phantom of the Opera" is for the public, not to cater to that small number of people. ”

Zhou Yijun's eyes lit up, and his breathing became more and more rapid, as if the door to a new world had suddenly opened.

At this time, Liao Yuan poured a basin of cold water on him again: "Of course, there are still shortcomings, the actor's bel canto is up to standard, but the actress's voice is not loud enough to stimulate the audience, which resonates with the audience." ”

"Change actors?"

Zhou Yijun was stunned, and said with some embarrassment: "This is not good, Zhou Na is our queen actress, and she has performed very well in other operas." ……”

"There's nothing bad about it, it's not suitable, it's not suitable, and forcing it will only cause trouble for other people. ”

Liao Yuandao: "And it's not suitable in terms of age, the heroine Christine is a young woman in her early twenties, it's too much for you to find a forty-year-old eldest sister, even if you use makeup, but the sagging skin and wrinkles at the corners of the eyes can't be concealed, do you think the actor will like such an eldest sister? And this is a poor sense of substitution for the audience." ”

Zhou Yijun said embarrassedly: "I understand, I'll arrange it." ”

Liao Yuan nodded and said: "There are no obvious shortcomings in other aspects for the time being, the story is narrated smoothly, the lines are very clear, remember what I said, next time you screen it, find some ordinary audiences." ”

After Liao Yuan pointed out some shortcomings of "The Phantom of the Opera", Zhou Yijun immediately corrected them.

Five days later, the young Christine took to the stage after three short days of rehearsals.

The loud voice and moving singing gave the audience at the screening a layer of goosebumps, even if there are still some flaws in the acting, but the flaws are not hidden, driven by the actor "Phantom of the Opera", everything that happened to the young Christine firmly caught the audience's attention, and every paragraph made people worry.

At this point, the legendary story of the "phantom" of the theater began to unfold slowly in the eyes of the audience......

When the screening ended, the musical came to an end with beautiful music.

At this moment, the audience gave a standing ovation.

A woman about fifty years old applauded while wiping her tears and said: "The male protagonist is too miserable, and his life is too bitter!"

Even Dean Zhou Yijun, who has watched the plot many times, couldn't help but be enthusiastic and applauded vigorously after watching the whole performance, and he had an admiration for Liao Yuan in his heart!

It's a gold hand......

With just a slight flick, the whole musical turned decay into magic, touching all the audience.

And Liao Yuan, who was hiding behind the scenes, didn't care about it after hearing about the praise of the audience at the screening.

In the previous life, "The Phantom of the Opera" premiered in 1986, and once it was released, it became popular all the way, not only becoming the pinnacle masterpiece of the original author Weber, but also won more than 50 musical theater awards, and has been performed in more than 100 cities around the world, enjoying global fame, with a box office of up to 3 billion US dollars, and successfully selected as one of the world's four major musicals.

This kind of world-class musical, how many critics dare to comment on it?

This is simply an insult to Master Weber.

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