354. The Magic Flute: Whose baton and whose six credits?
"The love story of a prince and a princess."
After a quiet moment, a girl holding a flute laughed.
With the first person taking the lead in speaking, there was a lot of chatter on the stage.
"I think it's Revenge of the Night Queen."
"Light will never be a slave!"
"No matter how you look at it, it looks like a diaosi bird catcher's counterattack journey."
"Ha ha ha ha--------"
"This is so cool~"
The counterattack journey of the diaosi and birdman is also a good answer.
Qin Jian nodded and smiled at everyone: "Everyone is right. In fact, from a story perspective, The Magic Flute only tells this much."
As Qin Jian spoke, the stage became quiet again.
"The young prince Tamino fell in love with Pamina, the daughter of the Queen of the Night, because of an accident. He thought that his beloved had fallen into the clutches of the high priest Sarastro, so with the help of the magic flute, he was rescued by the bird catcher Papaji.
Please accompany me and look forward to rescue."
"Later, Tamino discovered that all this was the conspiracy of the Queen of the Night. Sarastra was a kind sage, and the Queen of the Night was the source of evil."
"In the end, after various tests, Tamino and Pamina finally got married, and the Queen of the Night finally received the punishment she deserved."
""Good triumphs over evil."
After a pause, Qin Jian looked at the boy whose speech caused everyone to laugh and said, "Of course, Papageno did counterattack and married Papagina after a lot of experience."
"A happy ending."
"The story is just that."
"but."
Qin Jian changed his voice and tapped the baton in his hand again: "What is the meaning behind such a magical story? This should be a question that everyone who wants to enter this opera should think about."
After the words fell, everyone started thinking, but they didn't seem to have thought about it deeply.
"I actually didn't think about it until I learned about an organization called the Kiwanis."
"You may have heard this name more or less while learning about this opera. The Kiwanis Club is a religious organization that emphasizes morality and charity and firmly believes in the immortality of the soul."
"After Mozart joined the Kiwanis, he wrote a lot of creations, and The Magic Flute was the last opera he completed during this period."
"For more than two hundred years, there have been many different opinions on the relationship between the Kiwanis and the Magic Flute."
"This is another mystery that Mozart left for future generations."
"I tried to approach this opera from the perspective of Mozart's life story, and found that from this perspective, we can view The Magic Flute as a metaphorical story about character growth and exploration of the mind."
"Each character in the play is actually a symbol of complex personality and multiple personalities. Their final harmonious coexistence marks the final soundness and maturity of personality."
"Here, the music greatly enriches the metaphorical nature of the story. We can see that Mozart's score for The Magic Flute fully presents the balance of the eighteenth-century Baroque period."
"At the beginning of the story, Prince Tamino represents the party of kindness and truth, Papageno represents the party that blindly pursues material things, Princess Pamina represents the party that advocates freedom, and the high priest represents the wisdom of the elders.
The Queen of the Night represents the evil camp."
"After a series of events, at the end of the story, Prince Pamino's kindness rose to perseverance, the bird catcher Papageno saw a broader world behind material things, the Duke understood the price of freedom, and the great priest Sara
Stroll inspired the revenge from the Queen of the Night with his noble sentiments."
"Yes, this is the eternal theme throughout Baroque music."
"Counterpoint, development, change."
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"Wait a minute."
“If, according to you, the characteristics of Baroque music and the plot of The Magic Flute are combined, this combination is indeed amazing, but will it be too difficult to present the band accompaniment?
"Our band is made up of freshmen."
In the evening, in a small cafe outside the Mozart Memorial Hall in Salzburg, young men and women sat face to face by the fire. Qin Jian had gained a lot from the four-hour trip to the memorial hall that had just ended.
Duan Ran thought for a moment and continued to answer: "Actually, I don't think it is that difficult. Take the Tamino aria in the first act as an example. It was conceived as part of the finale of the first act. Mozart's arias are always
It begins after a definite conclusion of the preceding recitative, and the ending is clearly and completely concluded.”
"You know more about the rhythm that prevailed in the Baroque period than I do. It has no possibility of transition, and from a certain perspective it is almost impossible to operate with dramatic goals."
"So I said it's too difficult." Qin Jian interjected.
Duan Ran shook his head, "Don't forget that the harmonic movement always relies on the downward mode. Although this enhances the heaviness of the music, it can also be used as a favorable factor to deepen the stage of the final act."
"After all, the solo part is a static part of the opera stage. The singer only needs to rely on a clear moment in the music, or even a sudden stop of an emotion, to deepen the character."
"A gloomy minor key can create a scene where the sky is clear after the rain, and a bright major key can also make people cry."
Qin Jian nodded thoughtfully, "Keep talking."
Duan Ran said: "As for the rest, I think it's how the conductor adjusts the harmony of the orchestra, and how the actors grasp the mood of the music."
"Uh, okay." Qin Jian nodded.
Duan Ran looked at Qin Jian who looked a little frustrated and couldn't help but said: "I am neither a conductor nor an actor, so the only help I can provide you is this little suggestion.
moment.
"It's a really great idea. I think I already know the direction to think about next." Qin Jian's expression was serious, "Thank you very much."
"Huh, not sincere~"
Just then, the messenger brought two cups of coffee.
A latte, an Americano.
"The coffee is good," Qin Jian said, "By the way, Duan Ran, where did you get all this theoretical knowledge?"
Duan Ran looked at Qin Jian and smiled for a long time.
"You guess."
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"Mr. Rigel, if I give up the duet course, is there any other way for me to make up for these six credits?"
On the morning of the next day, Duan Ran finished her morning exercises and went directly to Rigel's office. She considered this issue all night. She needed these six credits for her major in ensemble class, which was related to her graduation time.
Looking at the stubborn girl in front of him, Rigel really didn't understand why she was so unwilling to participate in a simple ensemble course.
"Okay, you can go find Michelle, she will provide you with some help."
Taking Rigel's answer, Duan Ran left here.
After arriving at Michelle's office, she expressed her intention to come.
The kind Michelle nodded, then handed her a form, "Tick it and give it to me."
Duan Ran looked at the form in his hand and made some calculations in his mind.
One tick represents three credits.
She quickly drew two check marks and left easily.
Michelle looked at the form back in her hands and couldn't help but smile.
"Funny piano girl."
On the elective course schedule, there are two bright red check marks.
"History of Western Opera"
"Miscellaneous Essays on Mozart's Opera Art"
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Not every music student is willing to give up an interesting major course to choose two boring elective courses.
But it is undeniable that opera, as a major category in the history of classical music development, naturally has its charm.
This is a course and a knowledge.
Following Qin Jian's words, everyone began to think deeply.
All this is too new for them.
Off stage.
Ning Qianxia listened carefully to every word on the stage, as if she suddenly caught something at a certain moment, and suddenly felt a sense of enlightenment.
That was something she had been ignoring for two months.
Looking at her back on the stage at this moment, although she didn't want that strong sense of surprise to appear in her heart again, she had no choice.
The story seems to have just begun.
"alright."
Qin Jian took off his coat, stood on the podium, and picked up the baton.