Also on Unter den Linden, not far from the Berlin State Theater, there is the Berlin Opera Comique.
This comedy theater is the venue that Vaughn was entrusted by Qin Jian to rent for him as a private rehearsal venue for Qin Jian’s team during this competition.
Of course, Qin Jian paid for it, 14,000 euros for three days. This rental price is slightly more expensive than in previous years in this season, because the triennial New Opera Competition is coming.
With the popularity of the competition, the public's attention is higher than before.
Recently, several theaters on Unter den Linden are performing several major and minor plays every day.
It must have taken a lot of effort for Vaughn to help him find such a rehearsal place at this time.
The Comedy Opera House, as its name suggests, is an opera house that mainly performs operettas and comic operas.
On the way, Paul introduced Qin Jian, "But in order to be more competitive, the performance rate of operas here has been increasing in recent years."
Qin Jian: "The market share is limited. I have seen five opera houses along the way."
Paul: "That's right, and it's hard to sell opera tickets now. Young people in Berlin generally don't like to listen to operas, and middle-aged and elderly people are very picky."
"Very picky?" Qin Jian was curious, "Are you picky about scripts?"
"No, they choose the actors," Paul explained: "If a well-known star singer plays an important role in a performance, the ticket price of this performance will increase by 30%. If it happens to be a Mozart
Or Puccini, then this show will definitely be a hit."
"I see." Qin Jian nodded, "So the new opera competition is to select star singers?"
Paul smiled: "Of course, there are also excellent new plays. Everyone is tired of watching the same old stuff. Opera houses around the world are in urgent need of fresh blood to expand their advertising columns, such as your 'Ada and Kira',
Mr. Vaughn is very optimistic about this play."
There is no doubt that Vaughn does have a vision.
Qin Jian said in his heart and the car stopped.
Get off the bus and you will see the Berlin Opera House.
Qin Jian looked up and down, and saw that the entire store in front of him was being used, with clips of exciting performances and ticket booking advertisements playing in a loop on the large screen in the window.
The continuously scrolling subtitles are - [Welcome to the Berlin Opera Comique].
Listening to Paul's introduction on the road, he originally thought this was just a small theater, but at this time he was somewhat impressed by the scale of commercial operations here.
After the two of them walked up the steps and entered the gate, Qin Jian swore that this was the first time he had seen such a spacious, luxurious, and wasteful ticketing hall.
He doubted how the high-cost renovations and advanced ticket sales and booking systems in front of him could be made back by selling tickets alone.
"this way please."
Paul led the way, and the two of them arrived at the main hall.
Soon a middle-aged man dressed as a manager also arrived.
Under Paul's translation, the two parties successfully signed the venue rental contract.
Qin Jian then tried the stage sound effects with the piano. It was already four o'clock in the afternoon when the theater staff adjusted the stage sound effects according to his needs.
Qin Jian made a phone call, and everyone in the Figaro Club in the hotel started to move.
Everyone moved the instruments to the stage to adjust them, and they were busy until nearly six o'clock.
After three hours, the originally empty stage was set up according to performance standards.
"President, let's do it again?"
Wang Lin was a little excited.
"That's it, let's do it again, President.
Everyone followed.
Seeing everyone's high spirits, Qin Jian looked at Ning Qianxia and several singers. Whether he could do it again depended on the singers.
After a moment of discussion, the actors were chosen.
Then Qin Jian had nothing to say. He pulled off his jacket and a baton appeared in his hand. He learned Xia Dong's unique skills.
Then a "Come on stage."
Everyone shouted "Yes!"
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So Paul was lucky enough to be the first German to watch Adam and Kira, and he was very happy.
The reason is simple, because he felt the feeling of an orthodox German opera from the first act to the beginning.
Whether judging from the script or the orchestra's orchestration, to be honest, he really didn't want to believe that this was a modern opera.
If Qin Jian put down his baton and told him that the original composer of this opera was Mozart, he felt that he would believe it.
When the whole play ended with Ning Qianxia's last aria, everyone's expressions were very excited. This was mostly due to the fact that it was the first time to perform on a foreign stage.
But the person with the most intriguing expression was Qin Jian standing on the podium.
In everyone's eyes, Qin Jian was stunned, but his face kept changing with various expressions.
This scene made everyone a little timid again.
However, Qin Jian soon dispelled everyone's doubts. He straightened his expression and waved his hand.
"Pack your things and leave. We will rehearse on time at 8 o'clock tomorrow morning!"
"good!!"
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On the way back to the hotel, Qin Jian looked at Amadeus' last wish repeatedly.
After going through it all just now, he finally felt a response from the third chapter.
This long-awaited feeling directly dispelled his once confused doubts.
His previous thoughts were confirmed.
This opera really required him to complete rehearsals in Germany.
Perhaps the performance needs to include complete props, costumes, and other proper preparations to fully activate the next chapter.
No matter what, even if he couldn't activate the next chapter this time, he already knew it.
This was one of the few things he was happy about recently.
That night, Paul, as the landowner, invited everyone to have dinner nearby.
After dinner, Paul sent everyone back to the hotel.
Before leaving, I asked Qin Jian if he would like to attend the competition sponsors cocktail party tomorrow night."
"Steinway is the largest sponsor of the New Opera Competition?" Qin Jian really didn't expect this. He asked Paul who would attend this event.
"The competition judges, organizers, managers of major theaters, as well as some conductors and actors of participating teams," Paul explained, "You can bring some friends to attend, Ms. Ning, this cocktail party is more suitable for her."
Faced with Baudelaire's renewed invitation, Qin Jian replied to Paul that he would think about it again.
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Early the next morning, the Figaro Society went to the Berlin Opera House for a morning of rehearsals.
After a night of correction, everyone's condition is at least much better.
However, by Qin Jian's standards, there are still many defects and problems.
But he knew that for a student orchestra, the play had almost reached saturation after being filmed like this.
From the original purpose of establishing the team to now, Qin Jian's mentality has gradually undergone some changes.
He originally did it for Ya Da and Qi La, but now he is thinking about whether he can create an international symphony orchestra belonging to China.
Although everyone in Figaro is still young now, with the accumulation of time and continuous polishing, no one can predict the heights this orchestra will reach in ten years.
Qin Jian thinks this is an exciting and challenging thing.