Notre Dame in Paris, France, recently suffered a fire that made the world feel worried. The church is not only the symbol of Paris, but also the 'protagonist' in literary masterpieces and musicals. Notre Dame in Paris, a musical set in this church, is a representative work of French musical. It will be performed in Shanghai in July this year, which attracts the attention of musical fans. So why did Notre Dame in Paris burn for nearly 20 years?
In 2002, French musical Notre Dame in Paris and les miserables came to Shanghai for the first time, which caused a heated discussion and opened the prelude of international musical performance in Shanghai.
Broadway in New York and west end of London are the most important birthplaces of musicals. Many famous musicals in the world will be influenced by these two places. Notre Dame in Paris, which premiered in 1998, is an exception. It is a pure French musical and its unique French style is loved by audiences all over the world.
Plot, music and production are the key to the success of a musical. In the plot, "Notre Dame de Paris" faithfully presents Hugo's original works. The scene of the story is set at Notre Dame in 1482. It tells the tragic love story between Casimodo, a bell ringer with a hunchback, and Esmeralda, a beautiful gypsy girl. The characters and scenes are full of opposition and conflict: oath and betrayal, fate and struggle, original sin and redemption, sink and sublimation. The drama tension of the whole play is very full.
In most musicals, actors not only sing, but also dance. Notre Dame in Paris adopts the form of separation of dance and singing. Dancers do not sing, while singers do not dance. The songs of the whole play are all sung by seven main actors, who do not participate in any dance when they sing.
The aerial stunts in the play are also impressive. For example, when Quasimodo poured out his love for Esmeralda to the big clock, the three big clocks suddenly fell from the sky. In each clock, there was an stunt actor who played the role of the pendulum and swayed vigorously, hitting the big clock, making a soul shaking sound.
There is no dialogue in the whole play of "Notre Dame de Paris", but it is composed of one song after another. The composer Richard middot Corleone did not adopt the usual 'theme' method of most musicals in his creation, that is, several musical themes were constantly changed in the play, making it throughout the whole play. More than 50 songs of the whole play are relatively independent. Among these pop songs, you can hear French chant music, gypsy music and church music. The singers adopted the popular singing method completely and could hardly hear any beautiful sound. In the performance of musical instruments, all of them are electro acoustic instruments, and there is no orchestra. And in most musicals, more or less will be integrated into the bel canto, in the accompaniment instruments, most of them are orchestra instruments.
"People record how dreams come true. They are on a par with the stars, engraved on the glass and printed on the bricks." the prelude of the musical "age of the cathedral" was sung by the minstrel gangois. It tells the story of how human beings wrote history in the cathedral. It is extremely sad to listen to this song after the fire at Notre Dame in Paris.
Beauty is one of the most popular songs in the play. Three people who fall in love with the heroine Esmeralda express their love for her in different ways. This song has won the world music award and has been sung by many famous singers.