The same repertoire, the same role, the same stage performance, what does such a stage challenge mean?
This Saturday (April 9th) at 21:00, Dragon TV’s first full-industry chain musical cultural promotion program “The City of Philharmonic” will kick off the second stage. The official video broadcast platform Blockbuster TV is presented simultaneously. In this episode of the program, actor A and actor B will stage a 1vs1 confrontation with the same play and role, striving to collide with new understanding and sparks of the role on the same stage.
Although the “Philharmonic Support Group” generally thinks that this competition method is extremely “cruel”, when they co-create selections of classic musicals such as “Butterfly Dream”, “Crazy Flower Shop”, “Notre Dame de Paris” and “Cat”, they are both rivals. The actors, who are also collaborators, withstood the pressure and presented a surprising stage effect, which also made the audience and the five “philharmonic helpers” Liao Changyong, Zhang Yuqi, Ayunga, Huang Shujun and Da Zhangwei. “Being caught in a dilemma: how to choose after acting so well!
The competition system is cruel, the cooperation is warm
The same play and the same character 1vs1 strong confrontation
Saying goodbye to the first round of competition, “The City of Philharmonic” put forward higher requirements for the 32 actors in the new stage: according to the results of the internal votes, the actors in the A corner will select the plays in reverse order. Among them, the top ranked actors can be replaced by the bottom ranked actors, and the replaced actors enter the pending area. After the selection of role A, the actors of role B will determine the opponents and plays they want to challenge according to their rankings and wishes. In the end, two groups of actors A and B will be paired together to bring about a 1vs1 confrontation with the same play and role. “Hand-on, hard-faced!” As Huang Shujun, “A Music Helper” said, this kind of competition is very “cruel”, “They must not only conform to the character setting and spirit of the original work, but also highlight their own characteristics, which is quite difficult. “.
Brand new rules give “La City” more vitality. During the selection process of the repertoire, some actors were well-intentioned, but were accidentally replaced; some were willing to look like adults, and were willing to find another way; Different choices reflect different personalities and convey their common insistence on art.
What’s even more surprising is that, facing pressure, the competition of the actors is extraordinarily warm, and the spark of sincerity collided. In order to interpret the “Housekeeper Rebecca” in “Butterfly Dream”, “Master Sister” Jiang Qianru took the newcomer Chen Tian to watch the original film together, and “opened a small stove” to give each other a “little lesson in vocal music”. When restoring the excerpt “The Dentist” from “Crazy Flower Shop”, “North and South Twists” Shi Zheming and Liu Siwei learned from each other. Challenging the role of “troubadour” in “Notre Dame de Paris”, Ye Qisheng’s “French cheat sheet” amazed his peers. He also enthusiastically sent a “mysterious gift” to Nan Feng and invited him to watch the original version together. When dealing with “Symphony of Wrath” from “Rock Mozart”, Zheng Qiyuan and Wang Zhuocheng repeatedly ran in and staged a “mirror-style” rehearsal. Zhang Huifang and Feng Difei encouraged each other and bravely challenged the classic musical “Cat” that surpassed their experience… The attitude of progressing together and achieving each other enhanced the charm of the 1vs1 stage, and the performances of multiple plays made “Philharmonic Help People” praise Absolutely.
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Liao Changyongda Zhang Wei’s first comment has many feelings
One static and one movement, one village and one harmony, the debut of “Philharmonic Helper” Liao Changyong and Da Zhangwei in “The City of Philharmonic” was brilliant. As the dean of Shanghai Conservatory of Music, Liao Changyong brought more professional comments and suggestions to the stage. For example, when commenting on the excerpt “Rebecca” of “Butterfly Dream”, he first affirmed the richness brought by Jiang Qianru and Chen Tian’s cooperation to the characters, and more keenly discovered that the original main creator was specially created for “The City of Philharmonic”. The uniqueness of the harmony, “It’s three-dimensional at once!” When evaluating “The Moon” from “Notre Dame de Paris”, Liao Changyong also revealed his true feelings. He bluntly said that he had a soft spot for the song, and even praised Ye Qisheng and Nan Feng. One pop singing style and one opera singing style do not conflict and complement each other. “The two people pay tribute to each other on the stage. Compared with the original version, you have sublimated, and you have your own expression, which is amazing!” “Cat”, Liao Changyong sincerely suggested that the character’s characteristics should be fully considered in the movements, and the “flow of music lines” should be more focused. The delicate suggestions made Ding Zhenying who was waiting in the waiting room seemed to “dream back to the classroom”. The sound is in class!”
In contrast, Da Zhangwei brought more joy to “The City of Philharmonic”: when he heard Liao Changyong claiming to love “The Moon”, he immediately coaxed, “You want to sing, accompaniment”; The exaggeration of “The Dentist” in “The Flower Shop” exaggerated, he jumped up and shouted “I almost wanted to go on stage”; and when commenting on the classicity of “Memory” in the musical “Cat”, Da Zhangwei was even more A pun made the audience laugh: “‘Old Memory’ is over!”
Of course, the wonderful performances and rich life stories of the actors also made the “Philharmonic Support Troupe” and the audience moved and tangled. The perfect partners of Jiang Qianru and Chen Tian, Zhang Yuqi couldn’t help but shout: “Adults don’t make choices, I want them all! I don’t want to vote!” Seeing that Ye Qisheng did not choose himself as the “original card” play, but Bravely challenged and honed French pronunciation repeatedly, Ayunga nodded frequently, praising the other side as “a gentleman in his bones”. Knowing Shi Zheming’s inferiority complex and helplessness since he started his career, Huang Shujun couldn’t help but sigh with warmth and encouragement, “The tears of such a man represent the sadness experienced by many musical actors…”
What kind of stage makes the rookie actor with “determination to lose” win applause? What kind of interpretation makes B actor “counter-attack” to prove himself? What other plays have been creatively adapted and sublimated? Everything is wonderful. Dragon TV’s entire industry chain musical cultural promotion program “The City of Philharmonic” broadcasted at 21:00 on April 9, waiting for you to witness!Return to Sohu, see more
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