musicians of old

Chapter 729 "Death of Love"!!! (Part )

When Isolde sang "Wie er lchelt", she used the "suspended breathing" technique of the academic Belcanto singing method to perfection!

The phrase stretches for 23 bars without any obvious breathing points, and all the endless contradictions mixed with pain and peace are expressed vividly!

"Did you see that, friends?

Friends, did you see it?

Eternal Light, he radiates eternal light,

In the glow of the stars, he rises high! "

The alto oboe played fragments of the "Shepherd's Motive", the notes were distorted and faded, like a rusty blade, constantly fading in the falling motion that cut through the tremolo group of the string group.

Isolde's tongue tip pressed against the roof of her mouth, and the word "ewige" (eternity) gushed out of her cavity. Suddenly, thousands of phosphorescent "glass thread" lights fluttered down from the stage arch at the same time, interweaving into a "cage of light" full of mysticism.

“Did you see that?

How noble and pure his spirit is,

Filled with enthusiasm.

His lips are so soft and gentle,

Serenely exhaling a fragrant breath——"

Phosphorescent glass threads resonate with the high notes, emitting a rainbow of light like a church's stained glass windows.

And Tristan’s “corpse” actually slowly floated up from the stage!

The red liquid flowing out of the wound gradually turned into silver-blue, and was then absorbed and assimilated by the dynamic image of the flames behind.

The flames began to devour the props on the stage, from far to near: the sails in the distance, the swaying sea water, the ruined castle, the withered forest farm

The moving and profound "Death of Love" aria, the captivating conductor and orchestra, the superb acting of the characters, and the poignant stage setting full of visual imagination! .

"Spiritual explosion! This song 'Death of Love' may be the spiritual explosion of tonight!"

"Unique, epic, indescribable, beyond the celestial!"

"One aria ended all vocal music, all opera, and even the entire era of Romanticism! The era before us has ended!!!"

More than thirty masters of art and great artists were screaming incoherently in their hearts.

It can be said that when the climax of the musical, "Death of Love", appeared, the audience simply fell into a state of "delirium"!!!

The entire orchestra pit floor tilted at an angle of 15 degrees under the maximum torque of the mechanical structure. The two large wind instrument groups used complex septuple rhythmic patterns to create a wall of sound like a swarm of bees passing through. The timpanists slammed the drumheads; the violinists clenched their feet tightly on the fixed music stands, and their bows drew almost atonal scrapes in panic!

After Fanning on the conductor's podium gave a series of precise and cold instructions, his five fingers suddenly gathered and lifted up. The string group synchronously switched to the overtone playing method, while the flute and piccolo players "bite" the mouthpiece with their teeth and blew out vibrato in the ultra-high pitch range.

This "soul-tearing sound" made the two renowned acoustics professors scratch their velvet chairs on the spot!

"Look, my friends!

Don't you feel it?

Didn’t see it either?

Am I the only one who heard this music? "

Isolde smiled quietly, her long hair swaying in the wind.

The harp in the background tears open the harmonic structure with a diatonic glissando, and at every beat that seems like a broken string, the stage dome is sprinkled with colorful fireworks.

The golden flame of C, the silver flame of E, the blood flame of A. The fireworks splashed between Isolde's hair, and the dots of fireflies outlined mysterious mystical symbols in the air.

"How soft and beautiful it is,

Expressing joy, telling everything from his heart,

Gentle and full of understanding, floating in the air,

It touches my heart and echoes tenderly around me.

The sound of joy is melodious and lingering,

Could this be the microwave of the Japanese style?

Is this the fragrant wave? "

During the singing of the second stanza of Isolde's third-to-last poem, the tenor who played Tristan quietly left the stage in the shadows, and in the eyes of the audience, his "corpse" completely turned into dust, like sparks flying upwards, rising and rising to the dome.

Everything is so beautiful that it is almost suffocating!

The light spots gather on the dome, and each piece of colored glass corresponds to a dominant motive. The "Desire Motive" turns into a dark blue chain, and the shape of the keyhole is the silhouette of the notes of the "Tristan Chord" that will never be resolved; the "Tristan Honor Motive", which symbolizes the entanglement between the secular world and morality, is a scarlet thorn, radiating outward in a jagged shape similar to a chromatic scale; the "Call of the Night Motive" is a flowing asphalt-like substance, swallowing up all the remaining light visible to the audience.

The flames that had previously burned the distant scene were getting closer and closer to the bedroom in the castle, the corpses lying in all directions, and the kneeling Brown Ganni and King Mark.

"It was surging and heaving, speaking its heart around me.

Must I breathe, must I listen?

Must I sip and get caught up in it?

Should I let my life spread out in this sweet fragrance?

In the last 80 bars or so, the great "Death of Love Motive" is closely linked to the climax of the disaster that ended without any success in the "Night Duet" of the second act. It develops, develops, and extends to its fullest extent!

The conflict that had accumulated over four hours was repeated and obstructed eight times in just a few minutes with the same tonic major and minor keys!

Until all artistic categories reach their peak. Fanning issued a decisive instruction, and the flute, oboe, and alto oboe powerfully played the "Last Consolation" motive!

"In these heaving waves,

In this melodious music,

In the breath of this world,

Let the boundless things of the world——

Swept underwater,

Sinking into the abyss

Unawareness -

Arrive at the highest ecstasy!"

The crystal chandeliers trembled slightly, and the candles in the orchestra pit flickered without wind. When Isolde sang the "All" (the infinite things in the world) in "In des Welt-Atems wehendem All", an even more mystical hallucination arose from the heads of the audience who had already fallen into a state of delirium!

The director of Hoffmann Records saw "notes turned into glowing vines entwining the pillars", a Duke of Janus claimed that "the theater turned into the rose of heaven described by Lepicki", the leader of the Secession, Klimt, felt that "the souls of the characters rose from the fontanelles and turned into glowing octahedrons", and several conductors insisted that "they saw the legion of angels arrayed above the boxes!".

In the seats of ordinary citizens, more people trembled and cried under the pure sensory impact, as if they had experienced a "painless death"! !

After several changes and repetitions, when Isolde's voice burst into the word "Sink!", the flames finally stained the corners of her clothes as she stood in the center of the stage.

Soon, the entire stage and all the scenery were swallowed up.

At the last moment, the audience only saw a vaguely visible classical triangle composition - Isolde stood in front with her arms raised, and the maid Brunelleschi and King Mark, one on the left and one on the right, knelt behind and repented.

Amidst the flying points of light, the curtain slowly closed.

Slowly, from top to bottom, covering the "violent yet quiet" sea of ​​fire inside.

Fluorescent stars of various colors floated out of the stage and lingered for a long time in the auditorium and the theater.

The music in the orchestra pit hasn't stopped yet.

It gradually became gentle at first, and then a special sound burst out, which was alert, severe, and convulsing like electricity.

“Buzz!——”

The "Tristan chord" that had been sowing the seeds of conflict since the fourth bar of the "Prelude" unexpectedly appeared again.

But this time, the tense color conflict was summarized into a bright and warm ocean.

The tonic chord in B major! A complete cadence!

It solved it!

In the end, it was actually solved!

Four hours of suspension and hesitation, all kinds of heart-wrenching suffering, and heart-wrenching tears. Everything faded away its gloomy side in the ending and sublimated into a kind of comfort and perfection!

When the curtain opened again, the orchestra pit slowly rose.

The props on the stage had been efficiently cleared, and the opera singers stood in a row hand in hand, welcoming the conductor's closing remarks.

Literature and poetry, symphony and conducting art, vocal music and performing arts, and the art of stage design have achieved a return to the supreme divine unity at this moment!

Fanning's figure with her back to the audience gives a peaceful ending shot, and the warm ocean current gradually becomes calm.

"Bravo!!"

Roars exploded from the back of the auditorium. A white-haired old man from an academic school stepped onto a seat and waved his cane. However, this reckless act without any etiquette was just a prelude. The next moment, more and more fanatical audiences followed his way to relieve their inner shock and the urge to shout!

This frenetic atmosphere actually existed before the performance began, and now, the entire theater might not be able to serve as a sufficient outlet!

Bouquets of flowers, chocolates and various jewellery items rained down on the performers and staff on the stage. A crazy countess even took the lead in tearing off her emerald earrings. Several others, who were standing too high and swinging sticks that were too long, directly cracked the crystal chandelier above their heads!

"Bravo!"

"Master Fanning!!"

Amidst the howling sounds like a violent storm, there were even some words of a more special nature. Although they were only a small part, they meant that the cognition of some people in the world had undergone a further special change!

"What you hold is a torch!!!"

“Pioneer!! Pioneer!!”