Musical theatre

My familiarity with The Golden Age comes primarily from a film made ca. 1986 by a British company, if I remember correctly. It aired not long after on A&E, back in the days when Stacy Keach hosted its weekly performing arts program, and my homemade VHS tape subsequently got a lot of use. (Well, parts of it, anyway. Mostly the bits with Gediminas Taranda.) By then the ballet’s original Compere, Vladimir Derevianko, had left the USSR, so that part was played by Mikhail Tsivin, but otherwise the…

The Lion King is a very well-known movie from 1994. It was a Hamlet-inspired Disney film. It touched the hearts of many, young and old. And, although the plot was sad, it was a fun, family movie for all to enjoy. Lion King about a young lion, Simba, who lost his father at a young age, got banished by his uncle,who tried to kill him twice, and had to survive in the wild on his own until he finds two friends. Most people don’t know how Simba lost his father which is surprising because that’s…

“The Children of the Rune.” At the middle part of the story, the main character who has a great talent for music attempts to make an opera named ‘Maximilien’ for his travel cost. It was the first time I encountered an opera, one of the most famous musical genres as a part of the novel. I was 9 years old when I read that novel; therefore, I did not know the exact meaning of ‘Opera’ at that time. What I just knew about an opera is that it is associated with music and is quite luxurious and complex…

Multimodal translating of the Musical The Phantom of the Opera in China As the development of cultural undertakings, Chinese people have more diversified demands on art and voices for musicals are getting higher and higher. Musical is a form of theatrical performance which combines dialogues, music, movement, lightening and sounding technology as an integrated whole.it was born in western countries in the twentieth century, and enjoyed the highest popularity in American Broadway and the Western…

virtuosic vocal cadenza passage. Both covers are also framed by highlighting the voice. Simone starts off by singing the first verse-chorus of the song acapella. Bellamy does something similar. This is identical to how The Negro sung it in the original musical. Then the instrumentation kicks in and then both voice and accompaniment work together to create a homophonic texture. In Simone’s case, the classic jazz band composed of some strings, saxophones, trumpets, drums and a piano. In Muse’s…

The following events contributed to the tremendous success of a woman idolized by many, Lucille Désirée Ball. From an early age, it was evident that Lucy had an interest in dramatic arts when she convinced her mother to enroll her in a drama school in New York, at age 15. Unfortunately, these efforts seemed wasted when the school wrote her mother saying that Lucy was too quiet and shy, as well as a waste of time to the school. Ironically, Lucy continued on her path of perseverance and moved to…

Richard Charles and Oscar Hammerstein Richard Charles Rodgers was a composer. Richard wrote over 900 songs and did 43 broadway plays. He was born june 28, 1902 near long island, New York. He died december 30, 1979. His father was successful physician and his mother was a amueture musician. Richard started music when he was six, he played the piano. By the age of fourteen he had written two popular songs. His first song that was published was “any old place with you” in 1919. Richard met…

Are there any new stories left to tell? Many believe that The Lion King, one of Disney's most successful movies to date to be solely based off of the centuries old play Hamlet. Disney writers do a careful job at concealing some parts with others screaming out Shakespeare. With similar roles, scenes, and plot it cannot be denied that The Lion King is a remake of Hamlet. The characters roles from The Lion King closely parallels Hamlets. For example, Simba the main character in The Lion King,…

The film The Lion King has entranced audiences young and old alike since its release in 1994. The story follows protagonist Simba, a young lion cub, on his journey to find himself and restore peace in his homeland. Simba is the true embodiment of an epic hero. Cunning, brave, humble, and a natural leader, he encapsulates the spirit of a hero in almost every way. Simba is an epic hero because of his ability to overcome obstacles and his strong moral compass. A chapter of the hero’s journey that…

if you may be trying to decide whether or not to sit down to watch Oklahoma, allow me to make your mind up for you. Grab some popcorn, a cold drink, and prepare yourself for an enticing musical. This musical connects with many of its viewers on many different levels, not only with the dialogue but with the musical pieces that were chosen. Allow your mind to wander back to the early 1900’s, on a farm in Oklahoma, where the magic begins to happen. Oklahoma starts off with Gordon McRae playing…