Vitas (Vitas)
The ghostly Vitas is an anomaly in the Russian music scene. This mysterious tenor singer has a voice that spans five octaves and is close to ultrasonic. Vocal range and a gorgeous face. The 19-year-old Vitas met the audience for the first time in MTV's "Opera 2" broadcast on December 2, 2000. That year, at the age of 19, he became the youngest person to hold a concert in the Kremlin Palace. Since then, he has been constantly shuttled between reality and myth - his voice, gender, clothing, experience and appearance, everything about him has become the focus of discussion and caused incredible rumors.
Some people speculate that Vitas is a castrato (an artist who castrates in order to keep his voice beautiful). That is because everyone who has heard his singing will be deeply shocked by his super high-pitched voice. His magnificence and ease of movement are difficult to match even for female singers. People even joked that he was from an alien planet or that he belonged to a fish - a fish that uses gills to breathe has an amazing lung capacity. What's even more fatal is that Vitas has a lovely face, fair skin, and a tall nose. His smile is sometimes innocent and sometimes charming, and when he's not smiling, he has fragile eyes. As a singer and also a costume designer, Vitas dresses herself up beautifully every time she performs. The audience is always fascinated by this graceful elf on the stage as if under a spell without any resistance.
Vitas’ mystery comes from the fact that he never gives interviews to the media. Almost no one knows his real name, and no one knows where to find him. In China, Vitas is more well-known on the Internet than he is in real life. Complete sets of his works can be downloaded online, but they are extremely rare in our audio and video market, and even pirated copies cannot be found. In this way, Vitas became a mysterious figure in people's legends.
As for Vitas' music, a fan described: "Sitting in front of this music, it is like a sharp blade, piercing the eardrum without any explanation, pleasure and sadness spiraling up, and the whole body is looking forward to a heavy rain. "In fact, it doesn't matter who Vitas is, or whether he is a castrato. The important thing is that he has brought us a new musical experience. This ancient and alternative "castrato" singing style has injected into the modern music scene. of fresh energy. It can be said that Vitas' music created a new century of modern music.
As if overnight, the music of Russian charming tenor Vitas has quietly become popular on the Internet. He has a legendary voice spanning five octaves, a near-ultrasonic range, a beautiful posture, and hidden in his The mythical story behind it confuses all living beings. But among the most widely circulated stories about Vitas, some are almost filled with mysterious question marks and exclamation marks.
He is the youngest singer to hold a concert in the Kremlin.
He is very mysterious because he does not accept any media interviews.
Few people know his real name, and no one knows where to find him.
He lived in the basement and crawled out of his coffin like a spider at dusk to start creating.
He has a singing voice that is very similar to that of a castrato, which is completely natural, and it is difficult to distinguish the male and female in the high notes.
His eyes are like a ghost, instantly making you lose your ability to resist as if you were under a spell.
He particularly likes fish, so some people speculate whether Vitas can hit such a high note because he has gills.
The most unexpected thing is that he is also a fashion designer.
In June last year, Vitas went to Tibet for three weeks. The monks from India were so shocked when they heard his songs that they even said that things in the temple flew up when he sang, and called Vitas. The reincarnation of a famous Indian poet, musician, and philosopher in the eleventh century.
Is the truth behind this mysterious Russian tenor really as rumored? Could it be a shocking conspiracy "hyped" by his producer? Is his singing true or false?
We hope that the following text can restore the truth.
Movement 1: The Fairy Tale of Odessa
Every legendary story has a beginning, and this story begins with Sergey Pudovkin, the producer of Vitas ) tells about his adventures in Ukraine.
Once upon a time there was a little guy named Vitalik who lived in a place far, far away. Vitalik had no ambitions since he was a child. If I remember correctly, he used to go to an art school in Odessa every day.
Odessa, this city in Ukraine is a heroic city for Russians and Ukrainians, famous for its beauty and its theater. Odessa has warmly received many artists: Kandinsky, Gogol, Majakovski, Pushkin... there are many people living there doing nothing, or that is the life of an artist.
Vitalik is no different. Like those great artists, he is not Ukrainian. His late mother was Russian and his father was Latvian from the Baltics.
Actually, Vitalik doesn't look very Russian - his long nose and slim figure make him look more northern.
I mean, that's a handsome young man, and very talented. He was born in Latvia on February 19, 1980 or 1981 (this is still not very certain). Before going to school, he played the accordion every day in Odessa with his grandfather. It is said that the circumstances of the performance were very interesting because Vitalik was not as tall as the accordion at that time.
He studied accordion for three years, so as soon as he entered the Odessa Art Academy, the principal Anatolii Paduka knew that this child was a gift from God. Soon after, Vitalik began working as an amateur actor in a theater with a strange name. In any case, if it had not been for the arrival of Sergey Pudavkin, a famous producer from Moscow, Vitalik might still be performing in theaters such as this to this day.
This young and smart producer created the legend of NA-NA, which debuted in 1971, but never mind that, when he came to Odessa, he happened to see Vitalik on stage. Sergey did not expect that when Vitalik started talking to him, he saw a miracle fall to the earth. Vitalik alternates between the roles of a child and an old man at will. His voice changes from a little girl to a young woman, then to a man who has experienced many vicissitudes of life, and finally to an elderly woman. His face changed from extremely beautiful to extremely ugly, and his posture changed from sexy and charming to strong and powerful in an instant. The stunned Sergey asked him: "What is your name?" "Vitalik." "I am Sergey. Do you want to go to Moscow?" "When?" "Leaving the day after tomorrow." "What do you do? "I'm the agent. Can I listen to your tape?" The sound of the piano seemed to come from the bushes. Vitalik took out four cassette tapes with songs from his schoolbag, including the famous "Opera 2". Vitalik uses magic to predict his path. Sergey told him: "I will take you to Moscow, and I will turn you into a big star in the Russian pop music scene (Note 1)."
Chapter 2 The Myth of the Kremlin
I'm not sure if this story is true, maybe it's just a beautiful legend created by Sergey to make the whole thing look more mysterious and coincidental. But one thing is true. Vitalik from Odessa became a music miracle just two months after his debut under the stage name Vitas - in 2000, Vitas became the youngest person to hold a concert in the Kremlin.
Vitas appeared in front of the audience for the first time in MTV's "Opera 2" broadcast on December 2, 2000. Since then, he has been constantly shuttling between reality and myth - he His voice, music, poetry, experience and appearance, everything about him has become the focus of discussion and triggered incredible rumors.
Among the rumors about him, there are two that are most talked about. The first one is - "Is that song that penetrates into the sky being sung by Vitas?" People want to ask if his high notes were computer-generated? Even Pugacheva (Note 2) had such doubts, so the heroine in the opera decided to find the answer herself. She went straight to the rehearsal site of "Christmas Encounter" and found that Vitas was concentrating on singing with the music score. Pugacheva was shocked and her doubts disappeared. Sometimes, Vitas will also play some pranks during the concert. For example, during the concert, he will suddenly take away the microphone, causing the sound to disappear all of a sudden.
Sergey said: "You wouldn't know that Vitas is not only a genius, but he loves his work and pursues perfection. If he is even a little unsure about those songs, he will be uneasy until Until it becomes clear. For example, when he sang Gomshatova's poem "Friends in Form", when Alexandra Bakhmutova heard Vitas singing this poem for the first time, she said, 'I She was moved to tears, either because of the music or because of his performance. 'But she didn't know that Vitas had been rehearsing the show a whole week before the show. As for the other rumor, to be honest, The biggest mystery about him is still - is he a castrato?
Neither Vitas nor Sergey directly answered this question. Sergey only said: "This question will hurt. His inner world has ruined his future, but it doesn't mean that Vitas will remain silent forever, but now is not the time. All I can tell you is that Vitas doesn’t smoke, and he’s pretty average about wine: he can drink it or not. Then the only way left is women. Didn’t you say he has 5 women? "Although these statements can't mean anything, from the outside, Vitas is not only "beautiful", but also has really beautiful muscles, and his male voice is very natural, there is nothing wrong with it, but in the treble part, he is indistinguishable from male to female. , and has a shocking and strange beauty. More people are willing to believe that he is just imitating the singing style of the castrato, and his voice can only be called a gift from God.
And "Vitas is an alien." The saying "man, he has gills" is also widely circulated among his admirers.
Because when a unique miracle cannot be explained, we have no choice but to associate it with a fantasy world. Sergei explained to reporters: "This is not completely fabricated. In fact, the throat and neck structure of Vi鄄tas is indeed very special. This is a truly unparalleled talent. To put it bluntly, it seems to have been produced outside the earth." "
The unanswerable ending of the third movement
Although Vitas has become popular around the world with "Opera 2" since he was 19 years old, he has never accepted it so far. Any media interview, it is said that this is what Sergey meant, and now it seems that this approach is undoubtedly correct.
"Vitas never accepts interviews from anyone." This is a truth known to everyone in Russia.
Sergey explained his position this way: "We don't accept any interviews, not because I, as an agent, want to add a sense of mystery to Vitas, but because I have been in the entertainment industry for so many years and have long known that The public pays too much attention to the details of the private lives of celebrities, but is unwilling to care about their creations. Moreover, there is actually no media in our country that professionally reports on music. News about Vitas is always just some superficial expectations - who to sleep with. What did he eat, what brand is his mobile phone, etc. All these are chats after dinner and have nothing to do with music. I don’t like such reports. I call these ‘kitchen issues’ and have nothing to do with Vitas.” But according to "Facts and Evidence", the reason why Vitas, the most mysterious singer in the Russian music scene today, never accepts interviews is that when reporters asked Vitas' manager Sergey to organize a press conference, Sergey Journalists would be asked for unimaginable amounts of thousands of dollars, so until now only sporadic information about the singer could be collected from Sergei, all of which were free of charge.
As a result, Vitas, whose every stage image is mysterious and treacherous, also has a veil attached to his private life.
Finally, all we need to know is that Vitas’ current work schedule is very full: preparing for drama performances, holding concerts in various cities in Russia, plus filming movies and TV series, and he is engaged in costumes Design, a collection of poems he wants to publish, a world tour, and a trip to Asia that his agent is planning...