"If death is inevitable, may our laughter mock death and fool time."
——《Live to die》
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"When the world began to praise Mozart, there was no more Mozart in the world."
December 5, 1791 Mozart dies in Vienna
Since then, winter has been harsh.
He is like a pure star, hanging on the earth for a short time; he is also like the darling of God, remembered by geniuses and regretted by the world.
Mozart, one of the few all-rounders in the music industry, brilliantly completed more than 600 works in the short period of 35 years that could cover almost all the musical themes of that era.
Sample of Mozart's manuscript
He was like an elf, wandering in the world of music, the notes like a hand to him, and the melody flowing rhythmically between his fingers.
So we repay the spirit with music and commemorate the soul with melody.
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Musicals about Mozart have appeared too much. From China all the way to Germany and Austria. In their own way, everyone paid the highest tribute to Mozart, a genius.
But if I could only watch one musical about Mozart in my life, I would not hesitate to choose the French "Rock Mozart".
As Moses L. Melvinsky said in The Science of Play, "Emotion is drama, and drama is emotion." "Same.
We can find its basic emotion in any play, just as "love" is to Romeo and Juliet, "jealousy" is to "Odyssey", and "desire for revenge" is to Hamlet.
The emotion of "Rock Mozart" lies in his "rebellion".
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The play is a French rock musical, released in Paris in September 2009, that tells the story of Mozart from the age of 17 until his death. In this play, a variety of rock stages show the opportunities and difficulties that Mozart faced in the division of the music world.
The whole drama not only subverts the traditional concept, but also pays tribute to the same crazy rock drama "Star Illusion" 30 years ago.
The image of Mozart in the play breaks our stereotype of this musical genius. In the play, he is crazy and arrogant, bold and rebellious.
Stills of Mozart (Michelangelo Leconte).
At the beginning of the musical, Mozart appears in the laughter of a group of girls. He chased the girls, behaving promiscuously, instantly catching the audience's attention with his gorgeous costumes and exaggerated smoky makeup. His self-confidence, stubbornness and stubbornness made Mozart's backbone and sharpness stand proudly.
Mozart appears
The plot begins with Mozart's travels accompanied by his mother, and at this point, the emotions of the whole play erupt with Mozart's rebellion in love, affection, creation, social and so on.
He had been frustrated, the use of him by the goddess of first love, the blow to him by the death of his mother, the downfall of wandering in the streets, the depreciation of him by the public, all confused him, and the unruly rebellion that had left him helpless but had long been carved into his bones made him never bow his head.
Thus, Mozart carried out the rebellion to the end!
Every word in the play is his war book for this era.
"I hate them, I hate their hypocrisy, their flattering behavior, but I will never give in. I will hold on until I reach the end of my music, until you are in your hearts. ”
"Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart paid tribute to his presence after being betrayed and humiliated."
The same songs in the play: "Tattoo Me" and "Where I Walked" are also the best interpretations of Mozart's protagonist image.
"A treble is busy looking for the right score
It's better to dance with me and take a high step
The melody came out
Born to be me, born to be me to shine
Born I Love Born to be my wandering skeleton
Come and pluck the holiness to burn the fire of the fingertips to me
Come and peel off the reticence, and the hot kiss is never too much (not much)
To let the madness break free of the inspiration tattoo me
How free, free to make mistakes, to reap the rewards."
- "Tattoo Me" (excerpt from the lyrics)
For those who lean over and kiss,
The toes of the magnates need not be displeased,
I scoff at their bed bug-like whispered life,
I was silent about the useless stupid words that shone brightly,
In the midst of the great rebellious crimes, I insisted on my own freedom,
There is no one in this world who is the titan of the power of the leader of mankind,
Where I walked,
I am the ruler of the freedom of the king of my dreams,
Dare to rebel against the madman,
Give favors.
- "Where I Walked" (excerpt from the lyrics)
Do not bow to the powerful and indulge in expressing your thoughts. Even if it is suppressed and degraded by the powerful and the public, it will not bow down.
However, this made him gradually fall into the inferior position in the open struggle with Salieri in love and killing.
So, when the messenger of death came, Mozart learned of his death.
The Messenger of Death bought the Requiem from Mozart for a hundred gold coins
"I can't go on, I can't catch the music." Mozart, who was nearly seriously ill, muttered while composing the Requiem. Just like that, he fell.
However, after he arranged the follow-up creation of "Requiem", he used the last strength of his life to sing a song "Indulgent Life" with his old enemy, Salieri.
This is his masterpiece. It is also the only one of the four songs that Saleri sang in the play that he heard.
When Mozart sang the phrase "May our laughter mock death and fool time." ”
He and Salieri looked at each other each other, one genius ended in his 35-year-old years, and the other walked alone in the world for more than forty years, and no song like Mozart's "Harem Escape" hit his heart and shook his soul.
Eventually Mozart bathed in the holy light behind him and returned to heaven with the angels.
Mozart bid farewell to the world
The musical is like a dream carnival, where rock bands combine with classical music, and the crazy and rebellious game world in the glitzy stage of France is like Mozart's life, out of the world.
A rock band in Rock Mozart
And what makes this play even more brilliant is that it breaks the "fourth wall" of the theatrical stage.
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It refers to the fact that on the frame stage, the general realistic interior scene has only three walls, and the non-existent wall along the entrance is regarded as the "fourth wall".
On a framed stage, a "wall" that does not actually exist at the entrance of the stage is imagined by people. It is generated by the association of the "three-dimensional" spatial entity of the stage and is related to the "three walls" of the box set. Its role is to try to separate the actor from the audience, so that the actor forgets the existence of the audience and only acknowledges the existence of the "fourth wall" in the imagination.
So when the actors on the stage intervene in the audience's space, the audience will wake up from a play and realize that "I was watching a play." ”
This phenomenon is very common in movies, such as the Marvel Universe's "Deadpool"
Screenshot of the movie Deadpool
In film and television, these seem to be easy and interesting.
But this phenomenon is no less than that in drama.
For example, in "Rock Mozart", in the song "The Victim of His Victory", Salieri led a group of actors on the stage to run off the stage and poured into the audience to interact with the audience. It caused a scream in the audience.
Interactive plot of Rock Mozart
And these interactions are not fixed, the actors of different performances will have different ways of interacting with the audience, such as the performance on Valentine's Day on 2.14, and the audience receives roses from the actor Florent Mott (who plays Saliery in the play).
This is not an exception, and there are many more dramas of breaking the fourth wall.
Among them, the musical "Spring Awakening" released in 2007 is the same as "Rock Mozart".
Poster of Spring Awakening
The show is a very direct expression of the emotions of the characters in the play, such as anger, frustration, motivation and longing.
Stills from "Spring Awakening"
In addition to some foreign works boldly adopt this form, many domestic dramas and dramas also use this form to close the audience.
For example: Apollonia (Tavern)
Apollonia promotional poster
The scene space of the "Apollonia" theater is very small, and there is no clear boundary between the stage and the audience. The design and distribution of seats all simulate the bar scene, with bar counters, booths, wine boxes, etc.; audiences who buy bar seats and booths will be accompanied by customized drinks by the crew. Split stage construction, immersive seating and wrap-around stage scheduling make interaction between actors and audiences very frequent.
Apollonia scene space
Since we talk about domestic dramas, we have to mention Lai Shengchuan's "Dream Like a Dream"
The "lotus pond" in "Like a Dream" is a concept that almost all viewers will mention.
The audience sits on the stage, surrounded by a circular stage like a runway.
The "Lotus Pond" of "Like a Dream"
When the dry ice on the stage is sublimated, the audience on the stage also becomes a kind of dream on the stage.
Stills from "Like a Dream"
Breaking down one of the fourth walls undoubtedly increases the distance between the audience and the stage, and when the actors perform and sing in front of you, they step down from the stage, rush out, and shuttle between the audience. You can hear their breathing, they paint exaggerated makeup, and they talk to you in gorgeous costumes just as you can reach. These unexpected moves often make the audience more expectant of the next plot. And this psychology of anticipation is also a kind of "manifestation of participation consciousness".
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The charm of "Rock Mozart" does not stop there, but it can intuitively let you experience the charm of drama.
Just like Mozart's life, he lived for music and died for music.
The audience enjoyed this two-hour immersion experience, they were moved by Mozart's ups and downs of fate, for Salieri's emotional screams, this is a dreamlike performance, here everyone hopes that this dream will never end, unfortunately, the world is full of feasts, when the music of the song finally disperses, all the actors return to thank you, this beautiful visual feast still has to come to an end.
But after saying goodbye to this feast, you will go to a feast that will never end.
Because - drama, never die.
There will be more wonderful dramas waiting for you to unlock and watch.
Everything, just the beginning.
"Hand in hand, sound the alarm bell
Overturn the clichés of previous generations
You and I appear to let the dance steps fly
Lavish dinner just tonight
Dreams hang high in the blue night sky
The long night is half folded to promote the dream of setting sail
Hope that dreams come true
Hope that the dream will come true And fame will spread all over the world
Come here
Watching the song eventually disperse
Look at the end of the world."
- "The End of the Song"