I really don't want to fight with gods

Chapter 44 Life is like dust

"Miss Saigon" was a hit on Broadway last year, and not many people even listened to it behind closed doors.

But the piano playing under Jing Xiaoqiang's fingers is obviously much more exquisite than just now...

After all, for Antonio, it is good to remember the score of the opera, but "Miss Saigon", which is known as one of the four classic musicals in modern history, he really vomited.

This is the original genuine product, and Jing Xiaoqiang himself felt that the state was rubbish.

Countless souls are eager to try in the body, Alex wants to conduct, Larson wants to play the drums, Antonio holds them down, this is only the piano, Hudelssohn has walked on the stage in a full suit...

"Miss Saigon" is actually a song and dance adaptation of "Mrs. Butterfly". Even the plot is similar, but it has been changed to keep pace with the times and changed to the Citi soldiers from Vietnam War to Vietnam.

Then this "Bui-Doi" is the chorus of the illegitimate sons of countless Citi soldiers. The title of the song translates to "dust of life".

The children of soldiers and prostitutes are life as low as dust.

With their obvious mixed-race appearance, they cannot be recognized in either country.

Jing Xiaoqiang actually relied on his broad chest resonance and deep bel canto. From the first sentence of the lyrics, he simulated a good mix of people chorus, entering in a very quiet voice, and then in four sentences with a dozen or so words. Inside quickly pulled up to high pitched!

Gosh, goosebumps are going to explode for anyone who has never heard this song!
Even if you don't understand English, you can hear the drastic change from humbleness to anger inside!

Jing Xiaoqiang felt that all souls were trembling!
Maybe we haven't cooperated like this for a long time, the state is very good!

"They are called Bui-Doi"

"The dust of life..."

"Born in hell, grown in war!"

……

That sudden high-pitched aura made Tangtang Conservatory of Music look like the Bazhou Middle School back then.

Countless people gently opened the classroom and office doors in amazement, trying to listen to where the subtle but vital singing voice came from.

And the brothers and sisters who were sitting in the teaching and research room had already stood up involuntarily, because they all felt that the abundant emotions were spreading!
Crazy!

There are only a few lines in the chorus, and the vocals pause.

The previously unremarkable piano aggravated intro, just a few notes, actually presented an epic solemnity!

The solo began, the indictment of the war, the nightmare that could not be escaped after the war was over, and the feathers left behind.

Accurate and clear English articulation, a baritone as thick as a golden stone, and even a little bit of Jing Xiaoqiang's already skilled hoarse voice.

It's like reading a war indictment, those abandoned children, those by-products of the war, can't be forgotten...

The characteristic of musicals is that they are performed while singing, just like a stage play with lines!
Therefore, Jing Xiaoqiang only left his left hand to play the chords, and his right hand was so familiar that he seemed to be performing arm swings and Alex was playing the beat.

One person, doing all the things of a bunch of people.

Zhou Qingyun changed her folded hands to cover her mouth, with tears streaming down her face.

This is the most famous tearjerker on Broadway, and the audience often burst into tears during live performances.

The compassion for the weak and the respect for life in human nature make people infinitely sigh.

Jing Xiaoqiang was completely freeing his soul, and finally ended brilliantly in the long voice of "Our child...".

There were already a lot of people crowded outside the teaching and research room.

Yu Shufan and the others confirmed that they were the luckiest ones to witness such a wonderful performance with their own eyes.

When the heavy notes fall, applaud quickly.

There was also a big round of applause from outside!

But the traditions or rules of the Conservatory of Music are very good. They will not knock on the door rashly, but just wait outside, thinking in their hearts, is there any more?
Where is this visiting team from?
Definitely not alone.

Only Jing Xiaoqiang quickly cooled down from his emotional facial expression: "The third one, "Thousands of Miracles" from the musical "Flower Drum Song"."

This is outrageous.

Because no matter whether you know this popular drama in the 60s or not, you will immediately hear the clear female voice and the deep male voice singing alternately!
It is still the kind of male voice full of magnetism, although it is mainly used as a foil for the female voice.

But it can be switched seamlessly!
This is the only Chinese-centric play on the European and American stage in modern times. It shows the cultural collision between new immigrants and mainstream society like the movies "The Wedding Banquet" and "Gua Sha". This is also Citi's [-]th century literature one of the themes.

The point is that this is the work of the composer and screenwriter of the famous musical film "The Sound of Music".

It is typical to interpret the Chinese theme from the perspective of Europeans and Americans. Well, it is similar to the "Mulan" cartoon made by foreigners.

There are drum beats throughout this song, and Jing Xiaoqiang replaced it with a slap on the side of the piano!
Chords in the left hand, drums in the right hand, and male and female voices are switched in the mouth...

Don't you go to heaven?

The brothers and sisters who stood up in awe just now are almost all kneeling now.

Involuntarily supporting the back of the chair to not really kneel down.

Just a kind of singing is enough for them to drill and refine for a lifetime, and it may only reach the golden age at a certain stage.

There are several at the same time here!
No, since the bel canto of the first song to now, count how many singing voices have been used!
Without applause, applause cannot express inner emotions.

People outside are still a little puzzled. This song... is not as difficult as the first one, and its momentum is not as high as the second one. What's the point of putting it here?

But since it is the teaching and research office of Professor Zhou of the Department of Vocal Music and Opera, this must be meaningful.

And just from where the simulated drum beats, I know that it is definitely not a recording, but a live performance.

Jing Xiaoqiang did say: "Well, this is what I want to express, no matter opera, musical or musical, if we always use foreign countries as the standard, we will not be able to surpass this situation in the end, and we will always look at it from the perspective of Europeans and Americans. We, always following behind the ass of Europeans and Americans, are always not our culture, it is always their braids in their eyes, flower drums that make strange noises, coke pots, and Yuelan have already set an example for us, although they are complaining about this kind of culture. It is chaotic and abandoned at the beginning, but it is always a high and compassionate value. Will we also become the sad refugees they say in the end? There is nothing comparable to our 5000-year culture?"

Cultural self-confidence, this word, Jing Xiaoqiang must have never heard of it.

But he has been in New York for more than 20 years, and he understands the meaning too well.

The status of Asians and Chinese in New York, hehe, if it wasn't for his double iron fists, it would be nothing.

In terms of talent, Miss Saigon alone can get [-] actors a day!
Talent is the least valuable in New York.

The world's top artists are tirelessly gathering there.

But these days, teachers and students are sluggish and feel unbelievable.

The teachers and students gathered outside are even more inexplicably chaotic. Shouldn't it be a foreign exchange team?

Why did it suddenly become a Chinese language with a strong accent, or the accent of one's own people?

Zhou Qingyun nodded slowly, her face full of you, look at my doting, is there any problem?
Regardless of whether this view is right or not, she already has such a mature view at the age of eighteen or nineteen.

At least it proves that the child is always thinking.

Only thinking can make progress.

Compared with the stack in front of me, I just tried to come up with a thesis point of view, and then pass the defense, try my best to graduate to get a degree, and get into the stack of papers in a good unit.

The difference between clouds and mud.

satisfaction!

At this time, the outside finally couldn't help it. A middle-aged man who looked like a leader knocked on the door, and then he couldn't wait to push the door: "Okay! The topic is lofty, and then what?! How to do it specifically?"

That's right, it's just pick and choose. Worrying about the country and the people creates anxiety and doesn't help solve the problem at all.

Saying that you can only see the problem, not solve it, is either stupid or bad.

Zhou Qingyun couldn't help but get up and wanted to help: "He's still..."

Jing Xiaoqiang didn't need the old hen to protect him, and spread his hands with a smile: "It's very simple, where is the birthplace of opera? It's easy, why? The city-state system after the Renaissance gave Venice and other places enough economic strength. …”

"Why did "Mrs. Butterfly" at the beginning of this century and "Miss Saigon" in previous years premiere in London, because European and American countries have driven the industrial revolution."

"Look at the end now. Is London out of style? "Miss Saigon" will eventually go to Broadway to gain maximum influence. Why, Citi is the richest and most prosperous country on the planet."

"You can do art if you have money, comrades, the poor behind closed doors can't even afford a Steinway piano. To play any pure piano music, you must have money before you can drive all nations to come to the DPRK and lead our culture as an example. "

These rebellious words in the art academy suddenly ignited He Changling's mind!
　I highly recommend everyone to go to Grandma to find this song "Bui-Doi", it is very touching
　　


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