On the evening of April 24th, the original French musical "Don Juan" main creators met at Nanjing Poly Grand Theater, where the creators met with the Nanjing audience in advance, shared the interesting facts and role understanding of the performance, and performed "The Flower of Evil", "Change" and "Loneliness" on the spot.
The high appearance of all the members online, the first ear-catching magic melody, and the enthusiastic and bright flamenco...... As a blockbuster performance of the "2024 Nanjing Musical Theatre Festival", the original French musical "Don Juan" will be performed at Nanjing Poly Grand Theatre for 5 consecutive performances from April 25th to 28th, leading the audience to experience the must-see classic charm of French musicals with French romance and Spanish enthusiasm. The reporter learned that this performance is a government-subsidized repertoire for cultural tourism consumption in Nanjing, and all audiences can enjoy a 10% government subsidy when they purchase tickets.
Don Juan, known as one of the "Four Immortal Figures" in the history of Western literature, is a noble son known for his romance, a playboy who maneuvers among countless aristocratic women, and is synonymous with love saints. Over the centuries, there have been more than 1,000 works of literature, drama, music, film and other works of art about Don Juan, including the French playwright Molière, the English poet Byron, the musician Mozart, Richard Strauss, etc., all of which have made their own interpretations of Don Juan in different genres and languages, and in different eras.
Don Juan in the play is played by Gian Marco Charati, who captured a lot of fans with his strong stage aura and super singing strength in last year's French musical star Gala concert, and was affectionately called "Sauce Marco" by the audience.
He said at last night's event that when Don Juan fell in love, it was as if he was a child who had just begun to learn to love. As an actor, he even used memories of his first love to try to better interpret the major transformation that Don Juan faces in the play.
Another popular actor Angelo del Vecchio will play Don Carlos, Don Juan's friend, and as Quasimodo of Notre Dame de Paris, he is the only actor who can perform the play in three languages. Angelo said: "Both the story and the music, Don Juan is very moving. Nanjing is the first performance of this tour, and I can't wait to meet the audience and friends. ”
In 2004, the musical Don Juan was staged in Canada by Gilles Mathieu, director of the French-language musical Notre Dame de Paris. The play gives a modern understanding of the legend of "Don Juan", and interprets the character of Don Juan and his story more from the perspective of human nature.
Over the past 20 years, "Don Giovanni" has been a hit, with 600,000 viewers worldwide and more than 300,000 music sales. Producer Nicolas Taral said: "This is the first time that Don Giovanni has toured China, and the Chinese audience is very passionate about the arts, which is in line with the 'passion and love' conveyed in the French musical. ”
It is worth mentioning that the musical "Don Juan" has a large number of golden songs that are suitable for looping. Occasionally, Spanish songs are interspersed with it, and it is full of rich and charming Spanish style. With rhythmic and dreamy flamenco dancing and brightly colored guitar syllables, the inner movements and changes of the characters are dramatically expressed, which is unique in a number of French-language musicals with a focus on pop and rock influences.
In 2024, at the important moment of the "60th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and France", the French musical "Three Treasures", "Don Juan", "Rock Mozart" and "Notre Dame Cathedral" will gather in Nanjing for the first time.
From June 7th to 9th, the French musical "Rock Mozart", a phenomenal masterpiece of French musical "Rock Mozart", which tells the story of the "musical genius" Mozart's uninhibited love for freedom, will be staged, and it is reported that the repertoire will be sold out on the same day as 5 performances; in October, the original French musical "Notre Dame de Paris" will also come to Ningning, which is the "enlightenment" of many musical theater fans, with an unshakable status and significance.
Yangtze Evening News/Purple Cow News reporter Kong Xiaoping
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