Chapter 632: This is the Master (II)
Opera is an important part of Western culture, since the birth of the first Italian opera "Daphne" in 1597, it has a history of more than 400 years, and the audience has always been quite hardcore and strong.
On October 30, the opera performed at the Paris Opera is performed by the famous contemporary tenor André Bocelli, who has the most exciting voice in classical operetta and has collaborated with countless musicians.
On this day, after he finished his performance, he was also very curious about the Chinese actor who came in later, he had cooperated with the Chinese singer Song Zuying before, but he had no contact with the actor industry.
Of course, Cannes Best Actor and Oscar Best Actor are quite famous, especially Forrest Gump is still the first Chinese Oscar Actor, but no matter how good he is and how famous he is, he is also an actor.
I've heard that acting and excellent will direct, but I haven't heard of acting and excellent will come to the Paris Opera.
It can only be said that money is really the root of all evil.
André sat in the second row of the auditorium, nodding to the crowd around him, while also hearing some other voices from the audience.
"Why is Dongfang Gan playing? Shouldn't it be Andre's special today?"
"Maybe it's just a duplicate name, it should be a singer from China. ”
"Do Chinese people only know 'Gan' in English names, why do they still have duplicate names?"
The whispered and fragmented discussion came to an abrupt end with the sound of a crisp gong, and the theater troupe from Oriental China appeared.
Andrei became extremely focused for a moment, he had only heard of this kind of oriental drama before, but he did not expect that he would now enjoy such a performance in his own special performance.
A gong sounded, two shouts, and a group of nine people took the stage.
Andre fixed his gaze on the performer in the middle, who was clearly the main character, and his costume props were obviously different from the eight people around him.
It's both elegant and grand.
It is both bright and graceful.
Is it a crown on his head? The armor on his body looks very heroic, and there are two long swords hanging from his waist.
André could see the actor's expression and makeup directly on the stage without looking up at the large screen, and he was intrigued by this very different oriental culture.
- Since I, with the king of the east and west, suffering from wind and frost and toil, year after year. Hate only hated the unprincipled Qin to ruin the lives of the people, and only caused the people to suffer.
The actor on the stage spoke, and Andre could not understand Chinese, but only savored the emotional color and dramatic tone.
As a world-famous tenor, Ander is not only accomplished in this area, he is involved in different pronunciation methods, and listening to the sound on the stage at the moment, he subconsciously moved his voice to try to simulate this tone.
Soon, he reacted and put away this impolite behavior, but his expression was more focused.
Music is the universal language.
Now this voice coming out of the mouth of the stage actor quickly made André realize that this artistic expression has its own unique charm.
However, compared to thinking off the stage, Gan Jing can be said to be engrossed on the stage, he never even glanced at the audience, the actor-level acting state made him incarnate Yu Ji under the stage, and the master-level Peking Opera level made his emotions and voice more mellow and perfect.
Western operas have arias and recitatives, and the audience has just enjoyed Andre's wonderful performance, and now Gan Jing is talking about another way of expression in the Eastern theater system.
The former is round and thick, and the latter is bright and tactful.
The former is the overall resonance, and the latter is the head cavity resonance.
The former is based on the cavity of the word, and the latter is the cavity of the word.
The similarities and differences between Eastern and Western artistic expressions were clearly displayed in front of the audience under the performances of the two masters of the arts, not all of whom could understand Italian, and not all of them could understand Chinese Chinese.
Gan Jing was suddenly unprecedentedly sober in the middle of the performance, and deliberately launched a wave of show-off skills under a slight distraction.
The emotionally charged recitation and the crisp and agitated singing can be perceived by the audience without understanding the meaning of the words - this is like a Chinese audience hearing the same level of English dialogue, even if they can't understand it, they will not be aware of it.
The focus of the unclear is the latter "strong".
Although I can't understand this performance on stage, it seems to be really powerful.
Although I can't understand the language on stage, the actor's timbre is really good.
When it came to the sword dance, a large group of audiences watched the performance of the actor on the stage with a confused face, and they saw a Peking Opera master with the addition of Chinese martial arts.
Time passed, and at the end of "Farewell My Concubine", Gan Jing sang it smoothly, which was a performance that he finally completed this link during this period of time.
It stands to reason that the performance continues, and Yu Ji will soon kill herself, but Gan Jing looked at the bewildered eyes and expressions of a group of white-skinned people in the audience, and was a little unsure of what the reaction would be for a while.
In a flash of lightning, he suddenly made a decision.
Gan Jing tossed two steps, signaled to the senior brothers, and then opened his mouth again to the surprise of both the stage and the audience.
This time, he sang in English, no more, no less, exactly four sentences.
——The Han soldiers have swept the land, embattled with singing, the king is exhausted, and the concubine is alive.
It's a tactful voice!
Its pitch is high-pitched!
Its color is intense!
Its feelings are grieved!
This unexpected operation immediately stunned everyone in the audience, and the English was understandable to the vast majority of the audience! In an instant, everyone also understood what kind of story was on the stage from these four sentences.
The emotionally charged recitations and singing voices in front of them were suddenly linked, some confusion disappeared, and the audience's brain replenishment ability exploded, supplementing a Shakespearean love story.
Gan Jing just sang these four sentences summarizing the full text of the English without singing more, and then continued to perform according to the rhythm.
At the end, he drew his long sword from his elder brother, screamed, and killed himself on the stage.
The audience held their breath and stared, and Andre forgot about anything else at the moment, his eyes fixed on the lying figure on the stage.
"Farewell My Concubine" is over!
The Peking Opera "Farewell My Concubine" from Oriental China is over!
The performance of Peking Opera "Farewell My Concubine" from Oriental China at the world-renowned Paris Opera has ended!
In less than a second, the audience erupted in warm applause!
Gan Jing exhaled and succeeded—just like the success of Master Mei Lanfang's performance in the United States in 1930!
That one is the master.
This one is also a master!