802. Bring a few more oysters to accompany your little sister
On December 18, the first day of competition, the Berlin State Opera staged six wonderful performances.
Six teams from all over the world used a well-made stage to bring a whole day of audio-visual enjoyment to the judges and audience.
Especially for listeners who like the works of Mozart and Wagner, this day should not be missed.
By paying only 60 euros for a single-day ticket, you can listen from morning to evening.
Taking a closer look at the works of each participating team today, the most impressive ones are undoubtedly the prelude and first act of "Lohengrin" by the teachers and students from the Paris Opera Conservatoire, and the adaptation by the opera troupe of the Hannover Conservatoire.
"Tannhäuser".
Two of the most outstanding operas today are by Wagner.
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The former is a young team. The conductor Marion is only a first-year graduate student. He is not a professional conductor and is actually a stage choreographer.
The tall man of over 1.9 meters attracted everyone's attention as soon as he appeared. As a conductor, Marion's height really hindered the audience's sight. Fortunately, he bowed and left the orchestra pit.
When he played the prelude, the soft string music brought the entire hall into his stage world.
Qin Jian guessed that there should be some professional musicians in the orchestra of the Paris Opera Academy. Of course, if such a prelude was played by an orchestra composed entirely of student musicians, he would also be able to accept it.
After all, traditional opera overtures were replaced by preludes. In the process of Wagner's innovation, the requirements for the orchestra were also reduced to a certain extent.
The prelude naturally transitions to the full and powerful first act in C major, which is full of tenderness. When the messenger announces the arrival of King Henry I, the plot is officially staged.
Students from the Opera Academy demonstrated their stage skills and control of roles to the audience.
Each stage is performed with lifelike characters.
The heroine Agatha, who was wrongfully accused of murder, sang on the gallows in anticipation of a miracle. The actress's expression and singing here were textbook-like templates.
The audience was infected by her emotions, and the climax of the first act came when Lohengrin, who played the male protagonist, the Knight of the Holy Grail, fell from the sky in a cloud of smoke.
The wonderful dialogue and singing brought the first act of the play to the end.
Unfortunately, each team's performance time is only one hour.
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The opera troupe of the latter Hannover Conservatory of Music came on stage three hours later, and they still brought Wagner's work, "Tannhäuser".
The conductor of this scene was a conductor named Reynelt. To Qin Jian alone, this conductor was not famous.
However, when this young, gentle and elegant conductor brought the well-tempered music to the crowd, Qin Jian felt the pure and smooth orchestra tone and experienced handling.
This opera with the theme of Nacui has been adapted by the Hannover team, and some atrocities scenes in the original play have been removed from the work.
The Venus Castle in the first scene of the first act is no longer eerie, and the romantic dance beauty gives people tranquility on the blue carpet.
The actress who played Venus actually changed her classical attire and appeared in short hair, trousers and high heels. She looked like a modern German professional woman.
With the actors' singing and stage background as well as the actors' innovative costumes as the core attractions, the Hannover team also won strong favor from the audience.
The two singing actors who performed best today were the tenor actors in the two dramas respectively. There is no doubt about this.
The Tokyo Opera Company, which made its final appearance, also presented a wonderful excerpt from "Così", and its orchestra's score was a highlight.
The overall stage also achieved the artistic effect of Mozart's opera, except that the soprano who played Fiordiliki did not have much outstanding performance.
All six acts conclude with works by Mozart.
The first day of competition is over.
At the end of the night, Qin Jian led the team to conduct another stage rehearsal.
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On December 19, the first half of the second day's schedule continued with Mozart's works.
The Catu Opera Company opened the second day with an excerpt from "The Marriage of Figaro".
Kelly Liu, who played Susanna, performed well in today's performance, and her singing won loud applause from the audience.
For example, Ning Qianxia said bluntly, "If I were to sing this scene, I would lose to her."
Next on the stage was a professional opera troupe from Italy, whose repertoire was the Valkyrie sequence.
It can be seen that the conductor has worked hard on the script arrangement. The stage starts from the third scene of the first act.
This greatly reduced the boring procrastination of the first two scenes. When the door on the stage was blown open by the wind and the moonlight filled the stage, the scenery of the house was suddenly removed instead of slowly rising.
With the exciting soundtrack, it gives people a great visual impact.
The appearance of the Valkyrie has also been adjusted. At least the entry and exit of each character seems clear in the audience, and there is no confusion in the scene. This helps the audience focus on listening to the singing.
The actor who sang Sigmund was noticed in this performance.
His voice is exquisite, he carefully crafts the pronunciation and breathing of almost every word, and his character presentation is also richer.
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Then it was the turn of Figaro's Spring to take the stage.
This performance has already received widespread attention before it went on stage. As a team composed entirely of university students, being invited to participate in this competition is amazing in itself.
In addition, the team leader is a legendary figure.
When a young Chopin Competition gold medalist leads a student orchestra and brings an original German opera piece to the stage of the German New Singing International Opera Competition, what could be more exciting than this?
When Qin Jian came on stage dressed in a black tuxedo and holding the classical elongated conductor baton that was popular more than half a century ago, thunderous applause erupted from the audience.
To say that this scene is a bit excessive, it seems as if the performance has successfully ended.
Facing such applause, Qin Jian smiled and bowed gracefully.
His confident eyes and decent movements attracted applause from the audience instead of falling.
Then he walked into the orchestra pit.
"Are you nervous?" He looked around relaxedly at the circle of club members sitting tightly and walked up to the podium.
Everyone smiled and said nothing.
moment.
He looked at everyone and said, "It's time to test everyone's hard work this year."
at this time.
A huge curtain was raised on the stage. The huge gray curtain was depressing.
The dry ice created a sense of disgust, and the cold light hit the smoke, creating a scene of chaos beginning to unfold.
"Show your fighting spirit, everyone,"
After spitting lightly, Qin Jian raised his baton.
"We're going to make history."
His eyes were so bright that everyone seemed to be infected and became energetic in an instant.
"Prepare."
Everyone moved together and made preparations.
Qin Jian nodded, and at the next breath, he used his arms a little harder.
With his baton waved.
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"When-when-"
The wailing of the French horn sounded like a trumpet amid the trembling trembling of the bass string section, as if it had been summoned from ancient times to the stage scene.