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"King of Opera" Placido·DomingoHis legendary career in metropolis has opened a new chapter. He successfully portrayed the "First Emperor of China" in the world premiere of Tan Dun's epic drama Qin Shihuang.This opera directed by Zhang Yimou not only shows the magnificent picture of the Qin Dynasty, but also depicts the first emperor of Qin thoroughly.Tan Dun acts as the conductor himself, and Wu Siguo, the Peking Opera performer, plays the role of Yin Yang mage.
"King of Opera"Placido Domingo His legendary career in metropolis has opened a new chapter. He successfully portrayed the "First Emperor of China" in the world premiere of Tan Dun's epic drama Qin Shihuang.This is byZhang YimouThe directed opera not only shows the magnificent picture of the Qin Dynasty, but also depicts the first emperor of Qin thoroughly.Tan DunAs a conductor, Wu Siguo, a Peking Opera performer, plays the role of Yin Yang mage.
The first performance of the opera Qin Shihuang caused a sensation in Chinese and Western culture
The long-awaited opera Qin ShihuangUS Eastern TimeOn the 21st, the mysterious veil was finally lifted at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, and the world premiere officially began.Zhang Yimou, Wang Chaoge and Fan Yue of the Iron Triangle of Impression were invited to direct the fourth new opera of the American Metropolitan Opera, Qin Shihuang. The news was noticed by the mainstream media in the United States, including the New York Times, as soon as it was announced.Exploring how the theme of China's first emperor impresses the Iron TriangleZhang Yimou、Wang Chaoge、Fan YueUnder the direction of the Western most classic art form of opera integration.Everything finally has an answer.Everyone exclaimed: "All this is wonderful, really a genius idea!"
Metropolitan Opera House is full of splendid lights
The rehearsal of the opera "Qin Shihuang" went smoothly on the 18th, and the public's expectation of the opera "Qin Shihuang" was even greater than that of the first floor.On the day of the first performance, all the audience came to the Metropolitan Opera House early and dressed up to attend this opera feast.The Metropolitan Opera House welcomed Clinton and other distinguished guests. The fifth floor of the theater was shining with beautiful crystal lights. The stage was magnificent and magnificent. The theater layout was very different from the past. Everything was just for the opera that had been prepared for ten years.The first performance of the opera Qin Shihuang officially began.
Domingo Five Costumes is magnificent and heroic
At the beginning of the performance, the first emperor of Qin, played by Domingo, is heroic and heroic in military armor.Domingo wore five sets of clothes with different colors throughout the performance. The clothes were appropriate to the plot, and they showed different feelings of Qin Shihuang in two five act operas.Domingo is full of passion, beautiful singing and high voice.Just like what Domingo said to director Wang Chaoge after the rehearsal on the 18th, "My performance is great. I will be better on the first day." Domingo gave his best performance.Domingo is not only showing an emperor's doting on his wayward daughter, but also interpreting the heroic character of an emperor through the ages.It can be called perfect, which dispels the concern of the audience that a foreigner cannot understand the feelings of the Chinese emperor.As director Zhang Yimou praised, "Domingo is the most skillful pattern actor I have ever seen."
For this moment, Domingo, an old man in his late 70s, studied all the documents about Qin Shihuang that he could find.In order to be closer to Qin Shihuang in action, Domingo asked to learn Chinese operas such as Peking Opera with Wang Chaoge.The director group of Impression Iron Triangle also took great pains to let Domingo understand the loyalty, filial piety and righteousness in Chinese monarch and minister culture.One detail is enough to illustrate this point.Domingo could not understand how Qin Shihuang could allow Gao Jianli to remain alive after taking away the innocence of Princess Queyang.Every time the rehearsal comes to this point, Domingo glares and waves his sword to Gao Yili.Under the repeated explanation of director Wang Chaoge, Domingo finally understood this emotion.
High involutionLoyalty and righteousness destroy the zither and die for love
Paul Groves plays Gao Yili, who is enslaved by tsinglass at the beginning of the plot.Seeing the angry words of Qin Shihuang, he was arrogant and unyielding but wanted to die.To write the national anthem for Princess Queyang.At the end of the play, Gao Jianli curses Qin Shihuang for the death of Princess Queyang, and bites his tongue and dies for love.Paul Groves used superb performance and singing skills to show the arrogance and love of Chinese literati.It represents the purity of a generation of Lesheng.In one scene, Gao Jianli rushed down from the top of the high platform where Qin Shihuang ascended the throne with a zither in his arms and smashed the zither at Qin Shihuang. Qin Shihuang should hold the zither properly.Paul Groves repeatedly tried different methods and angles in each rehearsal, trying to find the best way to smash the Qin Shihuang's zither, so as to better interpret the state of mind at this moment.
Fan Yue, the choreography director, tried to discuss with Paul Groves and said: "You have performed very well. Although the zither is a prop, it is very beautiful. It is a pity to smash one every day. Don't smash it in rehearsal." Paul Groves insisted: "It is worth everything to succeed in the performance."
Princess Queyang is unrestrained and determined
Princess Queyang, played by Elizabeth Futral, is unrestrained, elegant and gorgeous in her performance. In the performance, an imperial princess who loves music and dares to pursue love will be presented with both form and spirit.
The audience seemed to follow her back to the ancient city of Qin thousands of years ago, and personally experienced the sad fate of Princess Liyang who could not stay with her lover.Some audiences even shed tears of excitement for Princess Queyang.Although Elizabeth Futral is an American, her role as Princess Queyang has the charm of an oriental princess.Director Zhang Yimou repeatedly ran in and collided with Elizabeth Futral in rehearsal about Princess Queyang's complex feelings for Gao Jianli, and kept dancing when excited.Director Zhang Yimou and Elizabeth Futral were very satisfied with the final performance results.
The jumping and flying melody of dance beauty soul
What amazed the audience most about the whole opera was the stage set designed by the talented choreography director Fan Yue. "It's so spectacular, it's an unprecedented innovation!" After the performance, the audience's praise was endless.Change and move through one brick and one rope combination;The complex traction changes perfectly show a series of completely different scenes such as the palace, the Great Wall, the battlefield, and the sacrificial ceremony.And everything is so natural that it is integrated with the feelings of the characters.On the stage, I felt the passionate emotional entanglement in the play.
In the opera Qin Shihuang, dance and stage layout complement each other.The sacrificial dance of yin-yang musicians, the dance of ascending the throne hall, the dance of indomitable slaves... The dance moves the soul of music, condenses the sad songs of the times, and indomitable, angry, sad, and passionate are shown incomparably in the silent language of dance.
With the help of unique stage design, dance expresses the singing of the soul.No need to be proficient in English, no need to understand the opera, the audience understood the opera "Qin Shihuang" in the dance, no language.
Zhang Yimou: "The Opera Qin Shihuang is the intersection of two traditions"
"The opera Qin Shihuang is my second opera《Turandot》This is a new opera, we have more space.Our impression of the Iron Triangle has been maximized through the creation of impression series, the most tolerant art form.In this play, we collide with new passion.I was amazed by the performance of Chaoge and Fan Yue in this play. I had no idea that they would have such a new creation.This play can be said to be our impression of the movement of the Chinese color in the course of the cooperation of the Iron Triangle. "Director Zhang Yimou said in an interview after the performance.Zhang Yimou said when talking about the cooperation with Metropolis, "They are all elites and very dedicated. The makeup team thought of countless ways to reproduce the imprint on Gao Yili's forehead, and finally used a piece of resin props to stick on Paul Groves's forehead, which was fully fitted. There are many such details. The whole play can be said to be the crystallization of the painstaking efforts of the crew of Qin Shihuang."Finally, Director Zhang Yimou said, "In this play, we try to find a meeting point between Chinese traditional culture and western opera, which can let two different traditional cultures meet and embrace. Through opera, we interpret Chinese culture to the western mainstream society.""If this opera can arouse American society's enthusiasm for oriental culture and enhance our understanding of China, it will be the greatest satisfaction of the Iron Triangle in our impression."
After the performance, the audience applauded bitterly.All cast members took curtain calls again and again.After the performance, Metropolitan Opera House held a grand thank-you dinner.The first performance of the opera Qin Shihuang in the United States was a great success and a perfect curtain call.Let's look forward to the next masterpiece of the Iron Triangle.[1]
