Adapted from Stendhal's century-old masterpiece "The Red and the Black", the "father of the modern novel" and created by the creative team of the "phenomenon-level" French drama "Rock Mozart", the French musical "Rock and Roll Red and Black" landed in Guangzhou this week. After finishing the shanghai and Beijing performances, the play will land at the Guangzhou Opera House from November 8 to 10, 2019, and then move to Shenzhen Station to open the final station of the year at the Nanshan Cultural and Sports Theater.
On November 7, the crew of "Rock and Roll Red and Black" came to the Guangzhou Grand Theatre to hold a meeting, and the five leading actors in the play shared the behind-the-scenes story of this "new classic" with the audience. As the return of the original card, the popular contestants CÔME Como (as Julien) and Haylen Elaine (as Madame Dreina), the new French actor JULIEETTE BEHAR (as Mathilde), LAURENT BÀN Laurent Ban (as Mr. Valenau), who is affectionately known as the "old flight" by Chinese fans, and his "wife" ELSA PÉRUSIN (as Madame Valenne) all appeared. Actor CÔME Como (playing Yu Lian) said, "I like the food in Guangzhou, especially the pig buns. It turned out that during his time in Guangzhou, he also went to the Guangzhou Tea House to eat snacks.
The main cast also sang the classic "LAURENT BÀN, ELSA PÉRUSIN" and "Should Have Been Content with IL AURAIT SUFFIT" (CÔME, HAYLEN, JULIETTE BEHAR).
The first Sino-French joint production of the original repertoire
Upgrade the stage to present a bursting rock feast
The French musical Le rouge et le noir - L'Opéra Rock is based on Stendhal's literary classic The Red and the Black, the "father of the modern novel," and is the first musical adaptation of the century-old masterpiece. The musical tells the story of love and hate, desire and evil fate between Jullien, a lowly born "young careerist" and the mayor's wife Louise and the daughter of the Marquis of Paris, Mathilde. "Rock Red and Black" constructs the love-hate relationship between the male protagonist Yu Lian during the Bourbon Restoration with the French rock style, and on the basis of restoring literary classics, the music of modern rock is used to present the work and the audience closer. Since its premiere in Paris, France in 2016, it has quickly caused a stir in France, and its word of mouth has exploded, and it was nominated for the Crystal Ball Award for Best Musical in 2017, and once received a large-scale online discussion. This China tour is the first time that the original version of "Rock and Roll Red and Black" has been re-presented in the world, and the Ju Orange Musical not only serves as the organizer, but also participates in the production of this tour together with the French creative team.
According to the organizers, unlike the characteristics of other traditional French musicals with "big sets and big installations", "Rock Red and Black" for the first time uses 3D multimedia presentation methods, through the stage design of the upper and lower floors, the musicians and sets are "integrated". It allows musical actors and musicians to be presented in front of the audience at the same time, and gives the audience the ultimate viewing experience of both story drama and Live live atmosphere in terms of audiovisual dual sense, and is a musical with "subversive traditional 3D multimedia stage presentation" and "real live band performance". There are 21 classic songs with "unforgettable" upper ear melodies, which not only allow the audience to vertically enter the burning charm of French rock, but also let the audience feel the complex and intertwined love story between the songs, between the songs, between YuLian and Madame Derina and Mathilde. "Glory Bows to Me", which has been sung in "Sound into the Heart 2", that is, "La gloire à mes genoux", is Yu lian's character song.
More than 13 heavyweight creators are subversive masterpieces
More than 10 immortal lords formed a luxurious lineup
As a new subversive masterpiece of the main creative team of "Rock mozart", the French-language musical "Rock and Roll Red and Black" is a combination of more than 13 heavyweight creators who not only bring together the gold producer albert Cohen & legendary director François Shukye (the two have co-created famous works such as the French musical "The Ten Commandments", "Gone with the Wind", "The Sun King", "Rock Mozart" and "1789: Lovers of the Bastille"), but also Alexander Schulkeye, who has starred in "Cats" and "Les Misérables"). Bostan served as screenwriter.
In addition, the musical "Rock Red and Black" also has the composer and lyrics "King Fried Four" - William Rousseau, Sorel, Vincent Baguian and Zazie. Among them, William Rousseau and Vincent Baguian have participated in the songwriting of French musicals such as Rock Mozart, 1789: Lovers of the Bastille, and After the Troubled World. Songwriter Sorrel changed his name to Sorrel at the age of 19 because of the protagonist of Stendhal's work, and all the demos of "Rock and Roll Red and Black" are in his hands. Zazie has written for many artists, such as Florent Pagani, Johnny Halliday, CarloGello and others.
This China tour is the first time that the original version of the French-language musical "Rock and Roll Red and Black" has been presented again in the world, and not only 6 of the original major casts have returned, but also 4 powerful new casts have joined. "The Voice of France" popular player Côme (Como) as the male protagonist, known as "from the book out of the Yulian" Côme little brother, in 2016 Paris premiere with super singing strength and table (Yan) present (value) won the hearts of many audiences, this China tour of the small friends can also feel the unique charm of his own rock voice.
Haylen (Elaine), also from The Voice of France, will continue to play Madame Dreena on this tour. Haylen is also a proper royal sister temperament in reality, with a charming voice, she can also play violin, guitar and other instruments, excellent strength. Regarding the bone-chilling love between Madame Drena and Yu Lian, I believe that the audience who went to the scene will have a deeper understanding.
French musical theater actors who have starred in French musicals such as "Rock Mozart", "Notre Dame de Paris", "Zorro" and the super popular rock singer Laurent Bàn (Laurent Bàn) joined "Rock and Roll Red and Black" this time, playing the role of Mr. Valerno, when the sexy magnetic voice of the old flight meets the villain role, I wonder if it will make the audience hate it?
Written by: Nandu reporter Xu Xiaolei
Editor: Nandu reporter Zhang Pei