Chapter 1403: Hardship
Wu Hongqin is much more model than Qin Fangge, and her progress is also the most obvious, insisting on more than eight hours of piano practice every day is really not something that ordinary people can do. Qin Fangge is busy all day long, and he doesn't have much time to practice the piano well, but Deng Hongmei obviously doesn't think that Wu Hongqin and Xiao Yuran can be like him, if they don't practice the piano, they will have a high level, and they still have to rely on them to practice the piano by themselves. have such good conditions, if they don't practice well, it must be their own problem.
If they don't work hard, Qin Fangge can't help them more. He also has to be busy during this time, and in addition to checking his homework this night, he is assigning homework. Speaking of which, they are really happy to learn the piano, Huang Jing and Chen Tianhong are worried that they have no music to practice and perform, Qin Fangge's piano music can be described as a big grasp, to practice these piano songs to the best, it will definitely not work without ten or eight years of hard work. So, in a sense, these two girls are also quite unlucky.
When Qin Fangge was a teacher at night, he also tried to minimize nonsense, they were two students, and they didn't need to rest at all. He also hurried and tossed until half past eleven. It's a pity that Deng Hongmei still has to accompany the two students, and the supervision work behind is still Deng Hongmei, the professor.
After the day's class, several people also went back to rest, they were all familiar people who couldn't be more familiar, and there was no need to say those things that were too pretentious. Qin Fangge only asked them to work hard to practice, the repertoire they participated in symphonic music was similar to Long Xueyao, and each session would be different, which was the best opportunity for them to exercise. Especially for Xiao Yuran, she has no chance to participate in too high-level performances, Wu Hongqin has participated in competitions and won many awards before, and she has basically had championship concert performances, not to mention anything else, the performance experience is much richer than Xiao Yuran.
Qin Fangge didn't go out to wave, and after Xi Wanqing and the others returned to Beijing, they all went to work, and even Xu Jing was busy. However, we have already made an appointment to meet together tomorrow night, and now Qin Fangge is starting to get busy, and he only has free time at night.
When he went back to the courtyard by himself, Chen Yushan had already fallen asleep, and after washing and scrubbing himself, he went back to the recording studio to make music, no matter how busy he was, tossing other messy things, music creation was the most unavoidable. It is also thanks to the fact that he has the welfare of crossing, and he wants the body and spirit of ordinary people, not to mention singing every night, and his current work intensity alone is completely unbearable.
Rao is like this, Qin Fangge still went back to his bed to lie down for two hours this night, and it was rare to give his chickens a vacation.
Chen Yushan has a regular life, and also took the opportunity to have breakfast together after practicing in the morning, and discussed music with Qin Fangge.
Then she went to the company, and Qin Fangge went to Zhou Xiuying's house to pick her up and go to the National Center for the Performing Arts, and also communicated with Fang Xiping about the opera "Liang Zhu" for a short time at her home.
Zhou Xiuying didn't bother to care about Qin Fangge's amorous, but she was quite concerned about his opera career. It's not just her, but other brothers and sisters also have similar opinions, Qin Fangge can write the role of Don Juan and interpret it vividly, the fundamental reason is another copy of him!
Zhou Xiuying is still under some pressure, after all, this opera, from beginning to end, is all made of talents from the Chinese opera industry, and she is also worried about what will go wrong.
In the past, even if it was a Chinese opera that performed Chinese affairs, there were basically foreign counterparts involved, and the stage art and lighting design were really good.
Qin Fangge was quite open to this, and on the way to the Grand Theater, he also said to Zhou Xiuying, "In the past, we all crossed the river by feeling the stones, but now we have learned a lot of advanced technologies and concepts, and it is time to show our abilities." Even if there are any shortcomings, they can be improved later!"
Zhou Xiuying said, "Then you have to come up with high standards of requirements and guidance, don't look like you don't care about anything, you have to do your best." Urging other people's progress is also what we should do! It's like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, and sometimes you just need some pressure from the outside, or even push it up. ”
Zhou Xiuying has quite a lot of thoughts, "Our country's opera industry and classical music can't rely on you alone, and the safflower has to be set off by good green leaves! ”
Qin sang and was happy, "Only Mr. Zhou can do this, where do we dare to speak out!"
Of course, Zhou Xiuying also knows, but she still requires him to be strict when he should be strict, such as the opera "Don Juan" this time, she is required to be the most perfect, whether it is the stage lighting, or the performance of the opera singers, orchestra and choir.
It was almost nine o'clock when the two arrived at the National Center for the Performing Arts, after the last performance of the opera hall last night, and during this time, the opera hall belonged to their group performing the opera "Don Juan". Time is actually a bit tight, but there is no way, the opera hall is like this, and the Grand Theater also needs to produce different operas to attract the audience.
Qin Fangge and Zhou Xiuying didn't think about it so much, and devoted themselves to work.
When the staff dismantled the stage construction equipment of the previous opera, they began to plan the new stage equipment with the person in charge of engineering and technology, how to arrange it, and whether the scene of the opera could be switched in a timely and effective manner. There is also the issue of security, which also needs to be taken into account.
Fortunately, the technical staff of the Grand Theater have also experienced more than ten years of testing, from the opening of the Grand Theater to the present, there have been hundreds of large-scale operas performed here, not to mention very well. Small accidents are inevitable, but it's okay if they don't cause a big accident.
Small operas with simple scenes don't have to be so troublesome, the scenes of Qin Fangge's opera are actually quite good, not particularly complicated, and some scenes can also be solved by projection.
The main thing is that the city walls, pillars, windows, and banquet scenes have a relatively high demand for equipment.
But this is not a difficult task, two hundred years ago, when the opera was performed, the equipment was the most simple and crude, but the opera house would put a lot of thought into it. When the scene art set is done, it is easy for the audience to have a sense of substitution. You can even get some new gadgets to attract the audience, such as some more fantasy operas, there will be all kinds of people and animals flying in the sky, and then there will be waves and ships by the sea. and some fantasy creatures such as unicorn horses, which were basically played by people wearing props at that time, but there were also real people riding on the opera stage......
In the movie "The Biography of Mozart", there is a quite vivid performance, and when the opera composed by Mozart is performed in the opera house, there are quite a lot of tricks. At that time, there were many operas with more tricks than him, and everyone was used to performing in this way.
Now, more than 200 years later, Zhou Xiuying and her sisters definitely don't want to be more humble than they were at the beginning. However, in many opera houses abroad, due to the shortage of funds, many operas are really worse than two hundred years ago, and they even wear modern costumes and jeans to perform.
At the end of the day, it's the money that's in the works.
The production and performance of this "Don Juan" is naturally not bad for money, whether it is Zhou Xiuying and Qin Fangge, or the National Center for the Performing Arts, they don't want to leave the audience with a bad impression that your crew is too picky, the scene is too fake, and you are reluctant to restore the scene.
Of course, spending money is also to be particular, where to spend it, to what extent, how to balance the cost and visual effect, etc., are quite particular.
As the chief director and art director, Zhou Xiuying is also the most vocal, in the case of the entire domestic lineup, that is, without inviting foreign directors and directors for stage design, only Zhou Xiuying is the most qualified to carry this banner.
She works quite seriously and has very high requirements, before this, she has put forward all the requirements, and then let the engineering and technical department of the Grand Theater come up with satisfactory renderings. Of course, at that time, there was no way to make it into a physical object, and now these days, it is time for acceptance.
Zhou Xiuying didn't think they could do it all at once, but fortunately, there was still time for them to make the final adjustments.
The opera singers did not come to participate in the rehearsal today, for example, Shen Jianping was still teaching students at the Conservatory of Music, Zhai Liyin and they were also busy with their own things first, and Zhou Xiuying also asked them to deal with their own affairs first, and after two days, they would devote themselves to the rehearsal of this opera.
What Zhou Xiuying and Qin Fangge have to do in the past two days is to participate in and direct the construction of various scenes on the stage here, and ensure that when the scenes are switched, they are fast and fast, and nothing goes wrong.
Normally, when preparing for scene changes, the actors do not start the performance immediately, and it is also when the orchestra plays the middle of the over-the-top music, which also gives the backstage staff enough time to move the stage, switch backgrounds, prepare props, turn the lights on again, turn on the lights, and so on.
Of course, the costumes, stage design, set production, sound effects, lighting, etc. of the whole opera are also the focus of their two-day inspection. What's not satisfied, it's too late to change.
The team responsible for these is all Chinese from the Grand Theater, and after learning the production and performance of Western opera, they should always come up with some achievements!
It was the first time that Qin Fangge had participated in all the preparations for the opera, and he had not been so meticulous in the previous operas, including "Alonso", which was performed here.
However, "Alonso" at that time was also performed by the Grand Theater before, and all kinds of scenes, props, stage lighting, etc., just need to be carried out step by step.
This new opera requires a lot of thought.
For the first time, he also truly realized the complexity of making an opera, and it was not for nothing that the cost of producing an opera was so high. Needless to say, the salaries of these staff members alone are quite a lot, and they have to work overtime.
In comparison, a symphony concert in a concert hall is much simpler, and for a solo piano concert, even the preparation of the orchestra can be dispensed with.
This kind of hard work is still rewarded, as long as you do it well, the sense of accomplishment in your heart is also full.
Even Zhou Xiuying, who is over 80 years old, is so serious, and Qin Fangge and the other staff members are embarrassed not to work hard! The Grand Theater is also very familiar with Qin Fangge, a big star, even the staff of the engineering and technology department who have just dealt with it for a long time. It's just that Qin Fangge didn't communicate with them much before, and he was also busy, at most, he was present during rehearsals and performances, preparing for the preliminary scenes, etc., and he had no reason to participate.
This time for his own opera, everyone laughed and said that he couldn't do it if he didn't put a little more effort into it! On the top of the name, Qin Fangge didn't care about it, and he couldn't run away from the opera author and leading actor, but everyone still gave him the title of chief creator and deputy artistic director, but he didn't have a salary to pay him......
Qin Fangge usually works all kinds of prodigalities, but when he works seriously, he is also like Zhou Xiuying, a complete workaholic. Lunch is also served in the staff cafeteria of the Grand Theater, and after a short rest, it resumes. I worked all afternoon in the afternoon, and dinner was also solved in the cafeteria, and I continued to work overtime in the evening until ten o'clock.
This week, there will be no opera performances in the opera hall, and everyone has to hurry. Overtime pay or something, of course, it was not Qin Fangge's turn to give it, so he just said good things to encourage everyone.
After finishing work and going home, Qin Fangge still sent Zhou Xiuying home first, after all, this old lady is old, no matter how good her spirit is, after tossing it for a day, her physical strength will still be very large. Fortunately, there are Qin Fangge and a few brothers and sisters who are specifically responsible for opera production, and most of the people in charge of opera in the Grand Theater have graduated from the Huaxia Conservatory of Music. can all be regarded as Qin Fangge's senior brothers and sisters, they are quite a backbone.
Qin Fangge naturally didn't forget to tell Zhou Xiuying to have a good rest, and he also felt sorry for her efforts, and even suggested that Ming'er should take a day off, but Zhou Xiuying sternly refused, "I haven't reached the time when I'm too old to move, how can I leave it alone at this most critical juncture." ”
Just like Zhou Xiuying can't do anything with Qin Fangge, Qin Fangge can't do anything with this stubborn old lady. These complicated preparations have to be done, so they can only do it hard by themselves, let her just move her mouth, and everyone will run more errands. Then again, with an opera titan like Zhou Xiuying in charge, everyone will be very confident when preparing for the opera. 2k reading web