From the debut of China's first original musical "Jinsha" male No. 1 to the debut of the variety show "Sound into people's hearts" circle fans, Zheng Qiyuan, who has just passed his 40th birthday, has been in Shanghai for two days, facing the biggest challenge in his acting career - Cheng Bao in the musical "Orphan of Zhao", a hero who would rather give up his own son's life and save Zhao's only lifeline. The musical "Orphans of Zhao" is divided into 18 performances and integrates 25 songs. Among them, there are 15 games, all of which are Zheng Qiyuan's plays. "It's a double challenge of physical strength and strength," said Zheng Qiyuan, a first-generation Chinese musical theater student in a baseball cap and sportswear. ”
Picture: Zheng Qiyuan Official chart
Don't want to repeat yourself
The composition of "The Orphan of Zhao" was composed by Hong Kong musician Kim Pei-ta, who won the Silver Bear Award for Best Film Music at the Berlin International Film Festival. During the epidemic, when he was creating this tragedy at home, he revealed to the producers from time to time: "It's so tiring to write! The difficulty of Cheng Bao's repertoire can be seen." This musical, almost a play will kill a person, and there are different ways to die. Therefore, the death depicted in music is divided into lyrical, majestic, exciting, and other different emotions..." Cheng Bao, played by Zheng Qiyuan, has witnessed from the opening that all the people who have sacrificed their lives for their ideals and faith have fallen in front of him one by one, so that he finally has to face a dilemma.
"Cheng Baby stepped on the stage full of corpses", Zheng Qiyuan had a solemnity on his face that did not match the entertainment industry when depicting the role he played, "He was 'framed' there by fate." For him, living is harder than dying, because he can't let so many people die in vain. Zheng Qiyuan said: "I can't simply repeat myself anymore, I want to try a more in-depth stage and life." ”
Pictured: "Orphans of Zhao" poster Official picture
I just want to get things done
"I think that in the future, when I look back, the musical 'The Orphan of Zhao' will be a watershed moment in my career." Zheng Qiyuan liked to sing when he was a child, "My parents always asked me to perform for everyone, and I enjoyed the process. With entering the Chinese Opera and Dance Theatre, he began to pursue a career path. In 2005, he played the male lead in China's first original musical "Golden Sands", allowing him to "enter the musical theater textbook" as the premiere of "Beyond the Horizon".
His experiments with costume musicals began with a collaboration with Wang Xiaoying, director of the National Drama Theatre. His 2003 musical Mulan, 2011's Broken Bridge and, more recently, A Thousand Years of Love, were all rehearsed by him at the Opera and Dance Theatre. Zheng Qiyuan said: "Usually I am not a person who is keen to think, I am feeling, I will do a good job in the things at hand, and die in the moment." ”
Pictured: Zheng Qiyuan in the musical "A Thousand Years of Love" official picture
No idol baggage
Since getting more attention in "Sound into People's Hearts", he feels that "the higher the attention, the more self-disciplined you need, and if you don't do a good job, you will be ashamed." Usually 80 points is an effort, after being concerned, you must do 100 points, this time the performance baby, is to do 200 points! He does not have idol baggage, but has self-discipline requirements: "I can't be sorry for people who see me, some people like you, pay attention to you, they want to see you improve, so that they will continue to pay attention." I don't really like to 'manage' fan relationships, I just want to do myself well. ”
He has experienced the dilemmas faced by original musicals for more than a decade: "Musicals have to tour to survive, and when they tour, they don't have the right theater in every place, and sometimes they go to the stadium. When you get there, there is an audience, melon seeds, children running around..." To this day, acting in musicals is still not a money-making business.
The epidemic has also made Zheng Qiyuan's state of mind fluctuate, "Seeing that someone has a job and has no job, he first let himself do 1 hour of aerobic exercise every day." But I believe that now we have more time to ponder Cheng Bao, to ponder "The Orphan of Zhao"... In fact, many of us were ignorant when we premiered, and we didn't come back until the second half of the first round of performances. He continued to make a simple analogy: "The meat is particularly delicious when you return to the pot!" (Xinmin Evening News reporter Zhu Guang)