Claude Schoenberg, a Frenchman, adapted the musical of the same name from the famous work Les Miserables by Hugo, a French writer. Since it was released in 1985, this musical has been on stage. It is called the four major musicals in the world together with his own other musical, Miss Saigon, and the British's Cat and the Phantom of the Opera. I haven't seen Phantom of the Opera and Miss Saigon without finding the disc, but from Les Miserables and Cat, Cat is a mixture of many musical elements: jazz, blues, metal and so on. The soundtrack of Les Miserables is mostly classical music, and I am a lover of classical music, so I prefer Les Miserables. Unfortunately, Les Miserables has become an off-season and is no longer performed on Broadway. It's really a pity that you can't experience this classic drama in person. In addition to enjoying the disc of the global tour 10 anniversary of the play in class, I also watched it completely twice in my spare time, and I was deeply shocked every time I enjoyed this musical. Although I haven't seen Hugo's original work, this musical has made me deeply realize what the original work should reflect through its visual and auditory impact. Here are a few pieces of music that impressed me the most to talk about my own feelings.

The first music that touched me was at the end of the day, which described a female worker named Fantine in the factory. Her beauty was envied by other female workers. When they saw Fantine's indifference to the boss and learned that Fantine had a dependent illegitimate daughter, they used this as an excuse to encourage the factory owner to fire her. The rhythm of this song is very fast, and the actors have many words, but the same tune and the same rhythm show different feelings under the interpretation of two people. One kind of people are leading women workers. Each of them said a word, and the lyrics popped out of his mouth like a barrage, as if he wanted to eat Fantine in one bite. The contempt and disdain revealed in their words make people feel disgusted with them. And their arrangement-a solo and a chorus-echoed with the women workers who followed the trend, exposing the eagerness of the women workers to drive Fantine away. The other kind of person is the lonely Fantine. Although it is still the same tune and the same rhythm, the singer's slightly crying voice and helpless expression show Fantine's loneliness and helplessness. Fantine had not had time to argue a few words before she was overwhelmed by the unreasonable accusations of the women workers. The same fast pace, put on Fantine, is not so much a strong rebuttal, but rather the difficulty and helplessness of seizing the only breathing space to refute when the female workers bully the less. In the words of the factory owner, "On your way! (Get out at once) ",Fantine was driven out of the factory helplessly, and she also lost the source of her life.

The second piece of music that touched me was Castle on the Cloud, which described Cosette, who was fostered in Thenardier's home for five years and was subjected to inhuman abuse all day. But this black-hearted couple likes their two daughters very much. Poor Cosette fantasized that she could go to the castle in the clouds, because no one shouted and no one asked her to do heavy work again. This ethereal song appeared after a "heavy" piece of music, and the whole scene suddenly became quiet. Only the symphony orchestra played a weak prelude, and then Cosette dressed in dirty rags sang this ethereal song. Here I have to mention Cosette's expression: red and swollen eyes, dusty cheeks and nose, which makes people feel pity. She sang "There is a castle on the cloud, and I like to go there in my sleep …" and looked longingly into the distance, as if she saw such a cloud castle, which could help her get rid of endless hardships and live happily there. Suddenly, this beautiful melody was interrupted by the bossy singing of the proprietress, and Cosette returned to the tragic reality, and there was still a lot of hard work to be done. As soon as Cosette made the request, she was rudely scolded back, which showed the sad side of the song even more.

This musical has many highlights. For example, describing "Did you hear the people sing", a song sung by Gavroche, a homeless child who brought about the death of General Lamarck, and led by Enzola, is also the most exciting music in this musical. It pushed the audience's atmosphere to a climax when singing this song with Jean Valjean at the end of 17. For example, the comedy rhythm of the pub owner's "Lord of a House" can't help but make people swing with the rhythm; For example, Cosette, Marius and Eponine confided in each other in my life, and their sincere feelings deeply touched me; For example, Ai Boning's "Just Me", which tells the suffering of lovesickness alone; For example, when Eponine died for the revolution, he sang "A Light Rain" with Marius in his arms ... These songs vividly depict the vivid image, as if standing in front of the audience: lovely, hateful, contemptuous and sympathetic ... all of which constitute this classic musical.

Les Misérables

Adapted from Hugo's literary masterpiece of the same name, the classic musical Les Miserables, and the founders of the musical Les Miserables, French Alain Bubier and Michel Schoenberg, are all enthusiastic fans of the musical. 197 1 year, they watched Weber's musical "Jesus Christ Superstar" in new york, which led to the idea of creating an epic musical. They drew a lot of inspiration from Weber's classic musicals "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Aouita", which made them both epic and rich in pop culture essence. 1978, Burberry and Schoenberg "miraculously" completed this magnificent project in Paris.

1In the autumn of 980, the two-hour musical Les Miserables premiered at the Paris Gymnasium. Incredibly, it was forced to be between boxing and circus performance, and it was forced to end in the sixteenth week after it was staged. While sighing, MacIntosh, a famous British performance producer who successfully packaged cats on the music stage, found Burberry and Schoenberg and made up his mind to move Les Miserables to Broadway, the "world song and dance capital". The three hit it off, and six years later, the repackaged Les Miserables settled on Broadway and officially set foot on the international stage.

As a large-scale musical, Les Miserables employs 42 1 actors, and the number of employees behind the scenes is as high as 1.633. The reason why the play can last for 16 years is that the story and theme are timeless and touching, and the dedication of the actors, moving music and changing scenes are also fascinating reasons. For example, on the eve of the war, the protagonist Jean Valjean prayed to God to bless Marius, the lover of his adopted daughter Cosette, whose solo "Let me die, let him live" is unforgettable with its sincere expression and beautiful melody; Moreover, the director of Les Miserables used a large turntable for the first time to vividly present the "trenches" piled up by revolutionary youth and Parisian citizens. Coupled with passionate military music and gunpowder-filled gunshots and explosions, the audience was immersed in the scene and achieved a more real shocking experience than the film.