is no different from an all-round audio-visual feast

Every time you watch it, it is

an unprecedented and unique experience.

Today, I will share with you

songs of ten classic musicals

Let your time at home be no longer boring

1. Cats

Cats, the legendary composer andrew lloyd webber's stunning work, is based on the poetry collection Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by Nobel Prize in Literature winner T.S. Eliot (old opossum Poetically and relatively independently, the story of different breeds and different temperament "cats" is presented.

Through the concatenation of grand and ancient music and the theme of Jericho ball, a complete work is formed, and the plot is more displayed by dancing and body movements, and "easy to understand" is one of its characteristics.

So this is the secret that the musical Cat can continue to write the 38-year unbeaten myth on a global scale. Even in non-English-speaking countries, children and adults can easily get the meaning of the work through the action of the cat on the stage.

The story of Cats takes place in a huge garbage dump. On a special night, the family of cats in Jericho is holding an annual dance. All kinds of cats make their debut at the dance for the chance of rebirth, telling their stories with touching singing and charming dancing.

Memory, a famous song handed down from ancient times in the musical Cat, has the emotional power of "hitting the lacrimal gland directly" through the three-stage progressive live interpretation of the charming cat.

This song is adapted from T.S. Eliot's poem "Rhapsody on a Windy Night", written by Trevor Nunn, the original director of the musical "Cat", and sung by 15 artists all over the world, such as "Moonlight Goddess" sarah brightman and famous singer elaine paige.

In the UK alone, Memory has been played more than 46,875 times in radio and TV media, and it is as high as one million times in the US. It's a classic melody that is easy to loop in a single song, and the live version is undoubtedly intoxicating.

2. Phantom of the Opera

Phantom of the Opera is one of the representative works of andrew lloyd webber, a musical master. With its wonderful music, romantic plot and perfect dance, it has become an eternal masterpiece in musicals. It is adapted from the Gothic love novel of the same name by French writer gaston louis alfred leroux.

The story takes place in an opera house in Paris. Strange things happen frequently. The original heroine was almost killed, and a creepy illusory male voice appeared in the theater.

This voice comes from a "ghost" who lives in the underground maze of the theater. He fell in love with the actress Christine, secretly taught her to sing and helped her get the heroine position, while Christine loved the theater agent Raul, which caused a series of plots such as jealousy, chasing and murder.

Finally, the "ghost" found that his love for Christine exceeded his personal possessiveness, so he freed Christine, left her cloak and mask and disappeared into the dark underground maze alone.

The Phantom Of The Opera, written by Christine and the Phantom of the Opera for the first time, is a classic of the whole drama, full of rhythm and passion.

3. Evita

The story of Madame Veron spans nearly 2 years, and tells the magnificent and legendary life experience of Eva Veron against the background of Argentina's historical process full of great changes before and after World War II.

Eva was originally an Argentine girl who was born in poverty and suffered from social discrimination. However, she was unwilling to succumb to fate. With her outstanding talent and wisdom, she gradually gained fame and wealth and eventually became a political star in Argentina.

"Don't Cry for Me Argentina" is a classic, and its fame can even be said to be above musicals, even beyond the entertainment field, and it has entered the sports world. Whenever the Argentine national football team loses in the international arena, this song will be sung into the hearts of every Argentine fan.

4. The Lion King

The musical The Lion King premiered on Broadway in 1997, inspired by the Oscar-winning animated film of the same name.

Tell the story of how Simba the lion, accompanied by many enthusiastic friends, not only experienced the glorious moment of life, but also passed through the trough and challenges of life, and finally became the king of the forest.

The cartoon "The Lion King" may be remembered by many people in their childhood, while the musical "The Lion King" can be described as the jewel in the crown of Disney drama.

The most popular song is Can You Feel the Love Tonight, and it won the best original song at the 67th Academy Awards in 1994 in the movie version. The song shows that Simba and Nana feel each other's love without talking to each other.

5. Miss Saigon

Miss Saigon is based on Puccini's classic opera Madame Butterfly. The story happened in the war-torn Vietnam War at that time. It tells the love-hate story between an American soldier Chris and an infatuated Vietnamese dancer Kim.

They had a non-consensual sexual relationship at first, but then they fell in love with each other. Soon after, Chris was forced to retreat from Vietnam with the US military. After returning to the United States, Chris was with his new American wife. During these three years, Chris and Kim struggled to deal with their emotional relationship.

In the end, the story ends with the tragic ending that the heroine Kim gave up her life for her children's bright future.

6. Mamma Mia

The story tells of a mother and daughter who make a living by running a restaurant on a Greek island. The daughter is about to get married, and she really hopes that her father can personally give her hand to her husband on the wedding day, but it's a pity that her mother never told her who her father is.

So before she got married, she peeked at her mother's diary and found that her mother had three lovers who were probably her biological fathers. In desperation, she sent three invitations to invite them to her wedding according to the old mail address she found. So a chaotic and funny story about finding a relative was staged.

The play runs through Mamma Mia, Dancing Queen, The Winner Takes It All, Money, Money, and Take A Chance on Me.

7. Les Misérables

The musical Les Misé rables, which was adapted from the novel of the same name by Hugo, a great literary master, is magnificent. It was once selected as "Number One Essential Musicals" by the BBC (the most indispensable musical in the audience's mind). With many well-known songs, * * * depicts the magnificent era of the French Revolution.

jean valjean, the hero who was sentenced to a heavy sentence for stealing bread because his family had no food, was released on parole after 19 years in prison. Eight years later, in order to save Fantine, jean valjean was discovered by the police as an "escaped parolee" and began a hard escape, and fulfilled his promise to take care of Fantine's daughter Cosette all his life.

The classic song "I dreamed a dream" is the aria of Fantine after she was driven out of the factory by the foreman, which appropriately shows Fantine's infinite yearning and sadness when she recalls the good times in the past in the extreme pain of dying and poverty. The tune hits people's hearts and breaks their hearts.

8. The Sound of Music

The Sound of Music is a musical film directed by robert wise and starring Julie Andrews, christopher plummer and Richard Haydn, which was released in Britain on March 29th, 1965.

Sister Maria went to Colonel trapp's house as a tutor. When Maria arrived at von trapp's house, she found that since the death of the colonel's wife, he had run the family like an army, which made all seven children very rebellious.

Maria's arrival changed their family. Her natural gentleness and kindness won the children's friendship. She teaches children to sing, dance, have picnics, make clothes and take them to the playground.

"Do Re Mi" is the first song that Maria taught seven children. At the same time, it also opened up the romance and imagination of children imprisoned in military families for many years.

This song is composed of seven basic names, with simple melody and full of childlike interest, so it has become a famous music enlightenment song and spread all over the world.

9. West Side Story

west side story, which premiered in 1957, is a "milestone" work in the history of musicals.

The story is set in the slums of new york in 195s. The protagonists Tony and Maria came from two rival gangs in the slums. Although they deeply loved each other, they died in the hatred between the gangs.

Before this, no musical has so exposed the darkness of society and the dramatic tension full of limbs. There is very little dialogue in the play, and the dance is vigorous and energetic.

Orchestral music combines classical music, Latin music and jazz music, which breaks through the large-scale style of traditional musical films, infuses the passionate and wild characteristics of the times, and combines with dance scenes.

1. Chicago

The musical Chicago is a classic masterpiece jointly created by Bob Fosse, a master of song and dance, and Fred Ebb and John Kander, two masters of Broadway, which not only restored the real social situation in the United States in the 192s, but also paid tribute to the "jazz age" full of ridicule and miracles.

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