The epic novel "Les Miserables" Victor Hugo was created over thirty years . French writer put two strictly opposite way of his era - the convict and the righteous , but not in order to show their moral differences , and in order to combine them into a single entity.It was my favorite book since childhood and I was highly excited to see a musical performance. Moreover , how is possible to move more than one thousand pages of classic works of Victor Hugo on the scene,but still not as long boring narration , but as a musical. As soon as we enter the theater, we were imbued with the tremendous mood of broadway show spotlights , full house and playbill in a hand. The entire show lasted about two hours, there were two acts.Big stage, spoken theater acting ,scenery ,costumes ,and dance dipped into the Opera atmosphere.The style of this performance brought me to the Romantica Era and made aesthetically pleasing. …show more content…
A man is defined by who he is , weighing their actions through the lens of Christian piety and righteousness of conscience . Behind it all conscious life hunting inspector Javert . The main story , for those who have not read the novel , takes place after the death of the unfortunate Fantine , which Jean has promised eternal care of her daughter Cosette .The most dramatic piece I think was story sung by Fantine,powerful and memorable: started with mezzo-soprano vocal accompanied with piano and guitar. Flowing chords that sound wonderful, the singer’s heartbreaking disillusionment of her
The production ‘Chores´ had a fantastic impact on the audience. It successfully covered all elements of drama into the production
The other element of a successful play that stood out in this production was fluidity. This musical moved smoothly from beginning to end and was easy to follow. Overall, this production was a success and the performance was
Act one consists of eight scenes whereas Act two consists of six scenes. The play alternates between the past and the present and is a performance within a performance. There are several locations
In turn, the play’s musical adaptation emphasizes the importance of lyrical and instrumental music enabling the audience’s mood to be transformed from an outside perspective to an inside
The actions themselves within these two stories characterize the interior life of Jeanette’s character, first within the stories of Sir Perceval. An example is the stories’ disruption of traditional gender roles. The non-binary roles manifest within the story through the cross-gendering of characters, which expands possible identities for Jeanette. In Sir Perceval’s story, Jeanette experiments with a male.
As the lights dimmed and the cast took the stage to sing their opening number, the first thing to catch my eye was the costumes of the cast. Having never heard of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, I wasn’t aware of what type of musical it would be. The moment I saw the cast in their rock star themed costumes, I knew it was
This piece consisted of two different movements. The second part of it was a lot more allegro, upbeat, and energized. It symbolized the eternal love that no one, not even a powerful king, could take away. The whole orchestra had more active roles and a polyphonic texture. Together they made a beautiful
The productions of this play were successful through stage design, lighting crewing, and acting. Those three aspects made the quality of the play stand out to me, as an audience member. The production of the set design of the play was a good effort. The set design for the play staging aims for the sweet spot between feeding adult nostalgia and satisfying a new generation of children.
The musical opens with the song “No-one Mourns the Wicked” which announces the death of the Wicked Witch of the West, and the population’s joy at her
A Chorus Line was different from any of the plays that we had seen during the semester, given that it was a musical. This is definitely what I am more accustomed to from watching my friends through the years preform this style alone essentially as well as my sister playing any Broadway musical soundtrack she could get her hands on for weeks on end. This felt so drastically different from anything else we had seen in the semester because it seemed that there was no end goal or resolution, it just ended. Sure, a handful of characters grew but a lot was left to the imagination at the end of the play. One thing that always sticks out within a musical are the songs itself.
“A writer is a world trapped in a person”. This famous line given by Victor Hugo could apply to many lives throughout history, but none more than his own. Through his dozens of literary works and countless poems, Victor Hugo has created worlds that have changed his world and the political landscape around him. His works are the foundation of Broadway Musicals, hit movies, and even serve as the inspiration for writers such as Charles Dickens, Fyodor Dostoevsky, and Albert Camus, according to Megan Behrent, an English literature graduate and writer for the ISR. Victor Hugo was a French novelist, dramatist, and poet, and his works, still popular today, are known around the world.
Through a series of tales of love, the novel, by Victor Hugo reveals a tragic story of medieval Paris. The deformed Quasimodo, befriended by the archdeacon of Notre Dame, Frollo, falls in love with a gypsy dancer, Esmeralda, who in turn is enamored of the aristocratic soldier, Phoebus, who once saved her life. Frollo, also blinded by his lust of the dancer, stabs Phoebus when the two lovers meet and allowing Esmeralda to take the blame. Esmeralda, accused of murder is destined for a public hanging, but she is saved by Quasimodo, who carries her into the sanctuary of the cathedral. There, he manages to fight off the mob of Paris who were demanding her death.
Victor Hugo was given the chance at a life of prosperity with little work, but decided to build from the ground up and become an author. His life experiences affected his works in ways many authors wish they could have endured to have such an insight. Hugo was born into a world where men were beaten for being poor and executed for having the slightest deformity. Hugo indirectly shared his thoughts on social injustice in the forms of works that include, but are not limited to Les Miserables, The Hunchback of Notre-Dame, The Last Day of a Condemned Man, and Claude Gueux. There was not a day in his life in which his fellow countrymen were not dying on the vast plains of Spain, the marshes of Italy, or the frozen Russian abyss that is Siberia.
The orchestra was melodic and colorful, although was sometimes a bit stoic. In all, the texture of the orchestra was crisp and spirited. Act I starts with a beautiful scenography in the countryside where Aricie is waiting to serve Diana, but Aricie finds her love for Hyppolyte, the son of Thesee. The scene where is the introduction of Aricie ceremony Diana arrival was presented by the orchestra with thunderous noises.
All of these groups did an exceptional work but Act IV did the most thorough analysis and made the important connections that other groups lacked. Nevertheless, these presentations provided me a general idea of what to search for and include in my close reading notes for Twelfth Night. My knowledge of the play started with act three. This group presented did not only specific themes and ideas of the act; they also showed how these tie into the play as whole, which gave me a vague idea of what the whole play is about, not only act three.