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"All?..." Prince Eleanor, the person in charge of the opera house, was taken aback for a moment.

In fact, he could also see that the master's face was a little irritated, and he knew that he wanted to shorten the time for the contestants to enter and leave the field and announce the scene, but he still couldn't help but reminded him politely:
"Master Luckert, there are more than 20 people in the back. If you let them enter the venue first, the lower ranked ones may have to wait for three hours. Some things may be inconvenient."

In fact, the logistics support in the cast and crew lounge is not bad, and his starting point is also good. At the moment, he is implicitly expressing that the singer needs to drink water, touch up makeup, or be urgent.

Who knew that these "three hours" completely overwhelmed the master:

"The people behind don't need to sing two songs, one will do."

Most people knew what level they were when they opened their mouths, and Lückert felt that he had selected candidates too reluctantly before, as if trying to force the number of people together for the "usual selection ratio".

"Okay." Prince Eleanor was taken aback for a moment, and then agreed with a smile.

"Don't comment, vote directly, maybe 1-2 more people will be enough." Luckert took a sip of the cold drink on the table and added, "Don't be influenced by my personal preferences, choose your own favorites Yes, if there are more words, vote as usual."

"Okay, okay." All the judges nodded their heads.

In the previous selections, the ratio of 5 to 1 went to the finals was roughly maintained, but the master was so ruthless that there were still 25 singers left. They began to feel deeply worried about the fate of the latecomers.

From the point of view of the selection mechanism alone, as the main judge, Master Luckert is just one person equal to three people's weight, but in reality...
Almost half of the other ten people in the seat today, whether they are from the royal family, church, theater background or freelance artists, have been taught or supported by this master!Even the three senior famous singers, including Ms. Kuci, were students who had a formal relationship with him. The fame of these opera singers has long been not limited to the southern continent. The remuneration of the main characters in the scene is worth the income of others for several years!

Even the Western Continent, which claims to be "Janus orthodox" in serious music, has to admit that the Southern Continent is a magical land rich in famous opera interpreters. The name is like thunder.

And the reason why the Famous Singer Contest here can last forever is that half of the gold content is because Luckert sits on the judging table.

Master Luckert, Poet of the New Moon, Master of "Pond", Honorary Bishop of the Church, has written many poems praising love, debating desire, or discussing life and death. He doesn't stick to secular etiquette, but those who are more familiar with him have to add one more: he has a strong personality and a hot temper.

Or it can be said this way: Ever since the master got old, his temper was much better than when he was young.

It is a legendary story of the past to directly draw a gun and fight a duel because of a beauty dispute or a disagreement of ideas.
This is a good thing for the younger generations who deal with this poet today.

Think on the bright side of everything, he will never pull out a pistol at you in the music salon, drama association or judges' seat.

Ann had obeyed the arrangement and entered the theater stage ahead of time, and sat down in the side waiting seats with everyone. She wondered why the breathing of the people around her sounded so rapid.

She has not accepted the scrutiny of the New Moon Poet, because she did not make it to the finals in the past three years, but after experiencing it today, she feels good.
Miss Nightingale was very optimistic.

With the master's attainments and aesthetics, he has "appreciated" so many good and bad singing voices one after another. It is certain that his face is expressionless and he does not say a word. Even the winners are just some immature talents and skills. Do you still expect the master to have a smile on his face? Are you intoxicated?

It's not my teacher singing here.

Although the ranks of the eleven judges are spread out, the people in charge of the two art hubs of "Eleanor National Opera House" and "Festival Grand Concert Hall" are sitting on the left and right sides of Master Luckert. There are also members of the royal family, clergy and senior famous singers, such as Miss Kuci, who I have admired for a long time. But you will know that after going to the final scene, there were forty or fifty judges and more than 100 guests that day. You made two full circles!

Is it because there are nearly a thousand citizens and tourists watching in the auditorium area behind, so you feel nervous?
But as a vocal learner and a potential opera singer, isn't the stronger the sense of stage attention, the more lively and active the state is?I still think they didn't listen attentively enough, there were too many people walking around, or sleeping on the seats paralyzed!

The main reason is that the teacher said that his help to himself would be "a bit bullying" on today's occasion, so maybe it's hard to make yourself nervous with ten Luckerts.

"Ah~~~~~~~~Ah. Ah."

A female singer chose a non-lyric vocal practice song written by Master Dominique with a more flamboyant style, and then in the first slightly difficult segment, her voice trembled twice in a row.

And the next male singer grabbed a beat before the prelude to his own song, making the assistant who had been playing the piano conscientiously have question marks all over his head.

Hey friends, relax!

You are on the stage, not the operating table!
Miss Nightingale was closing her eyes, holding her forehead, and shaking her head.
Master Luckert watched with a blank face one after another singers came on stage, announced the curtain, sang, called the curtain, and left.
In order to ensure the relative fairness of the performance, the piano accompaniment arranged by the competition party was sent away again...

The participating singers were submerged from the 35th to the 44th, and most of the people behind felt that their legs had begun to weaken.

Hell, it's already nine o'clock. The great troubadour and director of the festival's grand concert hall Senessino, sitting on Luckert's left, raised a piece of information and looked at the time on the pocket watch pressed below.

If it were me who waited so long, it's hard to say that I wouldn't shake off the famous singer Ku Ci on the left, and show consideration for the poor state of these contestants later, and suddenly feel that the current juniors are really difficult to mix.

Prince Eleanor, who is in charge of the opera house on the right of Lückert, is thankful that the master made a decision and everyone will only sing one song.

"No. 45 Singer 'Miss Cuckoo' Renilla, Introduced by: The Great Troubadour, Director of the Great Festival Concert Hall Senessino; Prince Eleanor of the Royal Family of Princess Tia; Bishop Calestini of the Sanctuary of Fanghui ; the famous singer Nicolino; the music critic of Akobi Art Newspaper..."

Luktor silently read out the luxurious recommendation signatures on the invitation letter, which included a "Forging Lion" + a "Blade Holder" + several celebrities, and then looked around and asked, "Are you two recommenders?"

There was a slight sense of anticipation in his mental state.

"This is exactly the student I mentioned to you just now, and she is also the youngest sister in Prince Eleanor's family." Senessino chuckled, "Her talent and singing voice will definitely not let you down. If only 1-2 of a group of contestants are left to enter the finals, it must be her."

Renee debuted in a bright orange dress.

"Ah, why is there someone with the same name as me..." Ann quietly looked at this Miss Cuckoo, "It sounds like a singer with a lot of supporters, from the upper class and with good talent, but, I There is my teacher..."

I saw Renilla strolling in the middle of the courtyard, the gorgeous puff sleeves, lace shoulders and cuff pockets rippling with the pink light in the theater, the delicate and flawless red lips slightly raised, with pride and a little reserved He gave a salute to the judges:
"Maestro Meyer's opera Rinuccini, Queen's Aria."

The piano prelude sounded, followed by Miss Cuckoo's voice, which lifted the spirits of all the judges present, and even the drowsy audience in the back row.

The delicacy and high pitch of the soprano are well reflected in her, and it also has profound energy, especially in the climactic cadenza, where she sang the two sets of reciprocating arpeggios in one breath, and accurately Landing on the opening note, then changing to a bright and colorful vibrato...

Unexpectedly deduced a unique charm.

"it is good!!"

After the end of the song, warm applause, cheers and whistles sounded from the back of the theater.

"The breath is amazing, the lung capacity and diaphragm support are amazing, and the intonation is extremely stable and excellent." Luckert nodded slightly for the first time. This level sounds like it can finally be called "appreciation", at least thrown into the finals Groups do not hesitate.

Amid Senessino's complacent smile, Miss Cuckoo lifted her trailing skirt and exited.

Then came the next Miss Nightingale.

Faced with such an occasion, An Luo walked up to the judges generously and said hello with a pure voice.

Master Luckert was in a slightly better mood before, and the girl's self-confidence and pure temperament brought a good impression. He picked up the next invitation letter.

oh?Is this No. 46 player also a recommended combination of a 'Forged Lion' and a 'Blade Holder'?He saw that the orange and pink bands above were signed.

Then he frowned, and after thinking for a while, he asked the left and right:

"Who is this Scheler?"

The judges began to look at each other in blank dismay.

Yes... who is Scheler?
A troubadour who has won the laurels?Or the great class musicians of the Gentiles?Never heard of it?

Each recommender will only write his own name on the invitation letter, but those who can enter the colored band are at least "groom" and above, that is, the background is a talented young artist or a respected old artist. Maybe none of them know, and the invitation letter is just a formal document, and its authenticity will also be reviewed by the church behind the event.

In theory, no one is stopping you from signing the "Master"'s bright red strip out of nothing, but for the above reasons, normal people cannot do such sensational things.

The troubadour Senesino spread his hands and smiled, the student's smooth promotion made him feel relaxed: "It may be a hidden 'great' colleague, because he is too low-key, even I have never made friends with him, I want to see him This friend, the singer he is optimistic about is also a bird, which is somewhat of a fate..."

His words seemed to acquiesce in the authenticity of Scheler's "greatness", but they were actually full of ridicule.

"But why did Miss Nightingale pass the review?" Prince Eleanor doubted the accuracy of the staff's screening.

"Because there is another 'blade holder'." At this time, the famous singer Kuci spoke softly.

Everyone suddenly realized.

That's right, it doesn't really matter who Scheler is, getting the recommendation of "Blade Holder" is enough to pass the preliminary screening.

At least Mr. Bruno Walter, the famous travel conductor, everyone here knows.

In fact, Luckert doesn't care much. He has already criticized the recommendation mechanism, and just made a decision to further raise the threshold next year, so he was just confused and asked casually.

This unexpected episode delayed the time a bit. An, who was dressed in a white dress, stood in front of the stage and looked at everyone in doubt. Seeing this, Kuci hurriedly reminded: "Little girl, you should introduce the song you prepared again, only one song is needed."

An Wenyan quickly saluted again:
"Then I'll sing the first song of "Lückert's Song": "I Breathe the Fragrance of the Linden Tree."

... Good guy?

These two main and sub-titles immediately cheered up the judges, and everyone's eyes were on Master Lückert in the middle.

Hey guys, what kind of novel idea is this?

Knowing that the main judge is Master Lückert, he wrote an art song with his masterpiece?

This level of logic was quickly understood, and the three famous singers including Kuci on the judging panel all thought of this in unison.

The purpose of the contestants or the mentors behind it is not difficult to guess.

but……

In fact, as the teacher's favorite masterpiece of early love poetry, they discussed the possibility of adapting it into an art song a long time ago, and they discussed it with the teacher.

But in the end there was no result.

——Lückert himself couldn't find a suitable way to present it. This love poem is very short, its vocabulary is extremely simple, and its artistic conception is also very special: it does not hide its throbbing heart chasing beautiful things, but the writing Restraint, restraint, and purity express a noble and elegant youthful love.

The creation of the melody is the difficulty. For the melody of love poems, aestheticism is definitely a necessary characteristic, but many common techniques of romanticism will break the purity and restraint, making it look gorgeous or sentimental...

This is only one aspect, the more difficult thing is the accompaniment!
What are the texture forms of an art song accompaniment?The conventional ones are nothing more than column chords, broken chords, half broken chords, flowing fast arpeggios, and flower-filled deformations based on them, but this song "I Breathe the Fragrance of the Linden Tree", Luckert feels that all of them are not ideal!Either it is too static and loses the sense of agility, or it is too thick and destroys the purity... So those creative discussions all ended in failure.

The three students secretly glanced at their teacher Luckert.

There was no change in his expression.

But they are very clear that if the art songs brought by this little girl fall into the clichés they have discussed long ago in terms of melody or accompaniment, or in terms of interpretation style, the effect for Master Luckert will definitely be great. is counterproductive.

This poem depicting youthful love, in the original words of the teacher before, is something that I "can no longer experience" and "can no longer write".

The lost youth of a crescent poet!
Even if you want to take a slant and use the teacher's poems to write art songs, it's best not to choose this one!

This idea... is not only novel, but also very dangerous!