A brief history of andrew webber's life

Weber's classic musicals: Cat, Ai Weita, Phantom of the Opera House and Superstar Jesus Christ.

Andrew Lloyd Webber is a famous British music composer.

1948 was born in the family of a professor and piano teacher at the Royal Conservatory of Music in London, England. He studied at Magdalene College, where he co-wrote Our Appearance with the lyricist tim rice. I like the works of modern composers, such as Hindmi Th, Ligethy and Endre Key.

1967, he co-wrote Joseph and the Magic Dress with Les, which was staged in schools in London on 1968, then in West End of London Theatre, and broadcast on national television in 1972.

In the early 1970s, Weber composed music for the British films Detective and Odessa Column.

A Superstar of Jesus Christ, co-authored with tim rice, was staged in new york on 197 1 and won seven Tony Awards. 1973, the play was made into a movie.

1974, he wrote "Jivis", and his collaborator Allen Akbourne replaced Les.

He also collaborated with tim rice to create the Eiffel Tower, which was staged on Broadway at 198 1.

Later, Weber adapted Cat and created the second musical Song and Dance (1982), among which Don't be so ugly told me on Sunday that it became a masterpiece of great victory.

At this point, Weber became the only music composer who performed three works in West End of London and Broadway at the same time.

1983 made the comedy "Good people drive it away".

1984, he cooperated with Richard Stig to create the Star Express.

Then he produced The Hirer and Lend Me Your Voice at the Royal Theatre in London.

He collaborated with richard rodgers and Laurenc Hart on On the Peak and became the owner of the theater.

1992 created sunset boulevard, which was staged in London on July 1993.

1994, among the 100 most influential figures in American drama compiled by Drama Weekly, Weber ranked first. At any time in the United States, Britain and the world, at least a dozen of his touring troupes have performed Weber's musicals in major cities.

The album composed of Requiem and Variations, which he wrote for his father, became the best-selling album, and the later premiere album became a platinum album (that is, it sold more than 60 million sets).

The pop single Requiem sung by Weber's second wife, Sarah Brightman, entered the charts of 65,438+00 in Britain.

1996 wrote the national anthem "Friends of Life" for the Barcelona Olympic Games.

Weber is one of the greatest musicians who rewrote the history of musicals.

brief introduction

Cat is the most successful musical in world history. Andrew Lloyd Webber, a playwright, is a rare genius in the history of world musicals. The authoritative Drama Weekly listed Weber as the first of "100 most influential figures in American drama", and the British royal family awarded him a title in recognition of his outstanding contributions to British drama and world musicals. It was his brilliant creation that made the music stage in the second half of the 20th century fascinating because of Joseph and the magical colorful clothes, Ai Weita, singing and dancing, cats, star express, Phantom of the Opera House and Sunset Avenue. It was his brilliant creation that left Argentina for us. Don't cry for me.

The longest-running play in American drama history

Since the play Cat premiered at the New London Theatre in London on May 198 1, which is still performed here, making it the longest-running play in the history of British drama, 65 million people around the world have watched Cat. Cats premiered on Broadway on1October 7 1982 and 10, which is one of the longest-running works in Broadway history. On September 28th, 1994, Cats ushered in its landmark 5000th Broadway performance. Cats is still staged all over the world and has become the longest-running drama in the history of American TV series. From 1993 to 165438+ 10, Cat became the first important western musical staged in Singapore and Southeast Asia. By June 1995, the total global Cat revenue had exceeded $2 billion.

Special visual effects

There are many reasons for Cat's success. Andrew Lloyd Webber's music and T.S. Eliot's poems attracted the audience. In addition, the special effects of Cat also greatly attracted the audience. There are 2000 to 2500 props in the play. In any seat, the audience can see 1500 oversized toothpaste tubes, broken dishes, broken cartoons and other rubbish from their own perspective. More than 100 props were used in the play. More than 30 wigs are made by yak hair, and only the wig of "Grice Bella" is made by human hair. More than 250 costumes were used in the play.

"Cat" won everything and left a permanent "memory".

Cats has achieved success again and again in London, Broadway and all over the world. The cat won everything. It won seven Tony awards in 1983, including the best musical. This unconventional and extraordinary musical has won Weber a worldwide reputation, especially the so-called "1 1 o'clock song" and the "memory" sung by the old cat "charming Grice Bella". With a sad mood and touching melody, this song shows Griese Bella, who is homesick, recalling that she left the cat house in Jericho and wandered around, experiencing all kinds of hardships and people.

synopsis

This film describes the love story that happened in the Paris Opera House in the19th century. At the time of 1882, deep in the cellar of the opera house, it is said that there lived an ugly, masked but knowledgeable musical genius. For many years, he has been elusive, avoiding the eyes of the world, and has been called "Phantom of the Opera" (jared Butler). He often creates all kinds of chaos furtively, drives away singers he hates, and even interferes with the protagonist selection and drama arrangement of the opera house.

Inadvertently, the Phantom of the Opera found that Christine (played by Amy Lawson), a little child singer, had extraordinary talent and beautiful voice, which made him admire. The Phantom of the Opera decided to make the beautiful young Christine the first soprano at all costs. However, the love of music from the spiritual level has gradually turned into a strong possessive desire. The possessed phantom removed all the people who hindered Christine's singing career with practical actions.

Later, theater investor Raul (Patrick Wilson) recognizes Christine as his childhood playmate and they fall in love. After the Phantom of the Opera was discovered, she was betrayed consciously. In a rage, she cut off the chain of the stage chandelier and let the whole gorgeous crystal lamp hit the audience. With the destruction of the phantom becoming more and more bloody and crazy, Christine's feelings for him gradually changed from infatuation to fear, fear and pity.

Six months later, Raul and Christine were secretly engaged, and the Phantom of the Opera suddenly appeared at the costume party of the Opera House, forcing the Opera House to stage its own opera Don Juan, and named Christine as the heroine. In shock, Christine ran to her father's grave in the middle of the night and wept bitterly, while Raul vowed to fight the Phantom of the Opera to the end.

On the opening day of Don Juan, the opera house was surrounded by police. Unexpectedly, the Phantom of the Opera killed the hero and disguised himself as Christine. In the climax of the play, Christine tore off her mask in public. When the Phantom of the Opera was ashamed and heartbroken, she began to take Christine into his underground chamber. Raul followed it underground and confronted the phantom, but he strangled it with a rope. The phantom used this to force Christine to agree to propose.

In order to protect her lover Raul, Christine bent down and kissed the phantom's face as if it were cursed by hell. At this point, the ending of this love has been decided. The phantom of despair sent away the lovers who hugged each other tightly and disappeared quietly before the police and the masses broke into the underground chamber, leaving only a sad mask of Gherardini. ...

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Jared Butler (Phantom of the Opera)

Butler was born in Glasgow, Scotland, and loved performing since he was a child. At the age of twelve, he performed in the famous King's Theatre in his hometown, and he was determined to become an actor. He used to teach at the Scottish Juvenile Theatre, but the school counselor advised him not to act. Therefore, Jared Butler studied in law school for seven years before moving to London to pursue his childhood dream.

Butler met Steve Berkoff, a famous British actor and director, in a coffee shop in London and begged him to give himself a chance. As a result, he got the role of Ko Leoline Nas in Colio. 1996, Butler auditioned for the leading role in the stage play Trainspotting without an agent.

His screen debut is the famous Mrs. Brown, starring Judi Dench; This story about john brown and Queen Victoria, servants who take care of horses, was nominated for an Oscar in 1998. In the same year, he played the leading role in the film version of cherry orchard, and then Butler turned to comedy and played a hilarious rock star on British Radio 4.

Butler appeared in Tennessee Williams' play Sudden with Rachel Wise on 1999. He played various roles. After playing an alcoholic playboy on the radio, he starred as a war photographer in Crisis with andie macdowell and Adrien Brody.

The year 2000 is very important for Jared Butler. He first appeared in the modern version of Baron Dracula in The Great Counter-Strike of Ghosts and Ghosts, and then appeared in the mini TV movie Attila the Hun Emperor, which was launched by the production team of The Legend of Ghosts and Ghosts. He won the Scottish film spirit award in 200 1 year.

His recent works include Tomb Raider: The Storm starring Angelina Jolie and Timeline starring Paul Walker. Then, a true story adapted from the movie "The Game of Their Life" will be staged, playing the captain who led the American football team to beat the British team in the 1950 World Cup.

Amy Lawson (Christine)

At the age of seven, Emily Lawson joined the metropolitan opera Children's Choir of Lincoln Music Center and received training in music and performance. In the next five years, Lawson collaborated with world-renowned singers such as tenor Domingo and performed 20 operas in five languages. She performs several plays in metropolitan opera every week, including Bohemia, Princess Durando, The Clown, Hansel and Gleiter. 1997, Rosen performed The Disaster of Faust in berrios in Carnegie Hall.

Amy Lawson 1 1 made her TV debut at the age of. She joined the time-honored soap opera The World Is Changing (meg ryan was a member of the cast), and then she made a guest appearance in the French Open as Youlong and a lawyer.

Because she studied performing in various languages in metropolitan opera, she played the young Hepburn in the TV movie Biography of Audrey Hepburn, which won favorable comments from all walks of life.

In 2000 1 month, 65,438+03-year-old Lawson played eladis Slocumb, an orphan of Apara, in the first film "Watcher", which participated in the Japanese Dance Film Festival competition and won a special award for outstanding performance by the jury. Lawson's singing voice and singing Scottish and Irish folk music in the film are one of the highlights of the film, and her acting skills also won her the independent spirit award in the newcomer performance award project. After watching the unreleased version of the film, Dolly Barton wrote the song "When Love is New" by the mother and daughter, and sang it with Rosen, which was included in the soundtrack of the film.

In 2000, American Variety magazine named Amy Morrison as one of the "Top Ten Most Potential Newcomers". Her recent works include After Tomorrow and Mysterious River. New york Times Weekly considered her acting skills "jaw-dropping" and was named as "the most outstanding acting skills" in 2003 and one of "six actors who can't miss this fall (even after a long time)".

Lawson was born in new york, 1986. He attended Spencer School 96 years ago and then began to study at home. In addition to hiring a tutor, she also took the EPGY course offered by Stanford University and the Center for the Development of Performing Arts (CTD) of Northwest University, and is currently studying at Columbia University.

Patrick Wilson (such as Laura Nisha)

Patrick Wilson is one of the hottest actors in recent years, because his performance in HBO's homemade film Angels in America was shortlisted for the Golden Globe Award. The best extended play for the Golden Globe Award is Starry Stars starring Al Pacino and Meryl Streep. Subsequently, Wilson, Dennis Quaid and billy bob thornton starred in "The 13th Besieged City: The Battle of the Alamo".

Wilson was nominated for Tony Award for his role in the Broadway musical Oklahoma for two consecutive years, and his previous off-line gigolo musical was also nominated for Tony Award for Best Actor.

The audience in new york noticed Wilson because he starred in off broadway, which won him the Drama Critics League Award and was included in the Drama Critics Award. He also won the Drama Critics' Union Award again because of the wonderful rhythm of the follow-up starring.

Wilson was born in Virginia but grew up in Florida. His mother is a singer, a vocal music teacher and his father is a TV anchor. He also sings and writes songs.

Miranda richardson (as Miss Greer)

Richardson's superb acting skills in Dancing with Strangers are shocking. She played the last woman hanged in England in this film. Later works proved that her acting skills were perfect. The New York Film Critics Association considered her outstanding performances in Gone with the Wind, April Day and Fire Lover, and awarded her the best supporting actress. She also won the Golden Globe Award for Infatuation with April, and the Fire Lover was shortlisted for the Academy Award. 1995, she was once again shortlisted for the Oscar for her role as Mrs Eliot in The Poet and Lover.

Her other works in recent years include The Hours, Children's Swallow Spider, Sleepless Valley, fallen angels and the animated film The Fleeing Chicken directed by David Kenenberg. His previous works include Voice from the Sky, Love in Kansas by Robert atman, and empire of the sun by Steven Allan Spielberg.

Miranda richardson also has many TV works, including HBO's self-made film Motherland, which was shortlisted for the Golden Globe Award. She received professional training at the Old Vic Theatre School in Bristol and also performed in many stage plays.

Mini Drew (carlotta)

My World shines brilliantly because she starred with Kriso Tang Nuo and then played Matt Damon's girlfriend in Good Will Hunting, so she won an Oscar and was nominated by screen actors guild awards. 1In March, 998, Zhuo Furong won the Best Performance Award for Tomorrow's Actress.

Minestrove chose a variety of roles, including golden eye in the 007 series, Who's My Heart, which helped David Duchov get out of the pain of losing his wife, an alternative killer in a black comedy, a lover's wrong line adapted from Wilde's play, the voice of the heroine in the Disney cartoon Mount Tai, and starring in the independent film Carnival.

Her other works include Robber Girl, True Joke, Spicy Princess and Four Brothers.

The British actor, as well as a singer and composer, released his first record in September this year.

film soundtrack

Andrew Lloyd Webber and his music partner swept the major awards with Phantom of the Opera. Schumacher said that the good songs in Phantom of the Opera are endless, the melody is elegant and moving, and charles hart's lyrics are also charming.

"This kind of music is very touching and powerful," added jared Butler. "I have listened to it many times, and there is not a time when I am not moved. 」

However, these songs are also difficult. "Wake up, I have the training background of Metropolitan Troupe," Emerson said. "Otherwise, I would never sing. 」

Because of abundant funds, Lloyd Webber had the opportunity to make a score for orchestral version, or write songs and compose music. This is no stranger to Weber, because he also made film soundtracks in his early days.

Roy Webb found his old partner Nigel Wright and music director Simon Lee. The former has cooperated with Roy Webb for more than 15 years, and Madonna's Don't cry for me. Wright also said, "We have been looking forward to the Phantom of the Opera movie version for many years. This is our chance to show our talents! 」

In order to find the most suitable candidate, Simon Lee joined the work seven months before the film started, and trained all the main actors to ensure that their performances could meet Lloyd Webber's high standards. Simon Lee thinks that he is an important promoter of every actor's greatest singing skills, especially the Phantom of the Opera. He said, "jared has no musical training, but he once performed in an orchestra. He proved our work performance last year, and I am proud of his great progress. 」

The score of Phantom of the Opera is mostly an orchestra of 28 people, but sometimes Lloyd Webber insists on finding a symphony orchestra to play in order to describe a more dramatic plot.

In order to live up to the reputation of the original musical, the soundtrack of the movie version was made by Roy Webb after watching the film edited by Qiao Shumake for the first time, and then he and the soundtrack team evaluated whether it should be replayed, re-recorded or even re-recorded. Most of Lloyd Webber's music has been rearranged, with a new song of fifteen minutes, which describes the Phantom's childhood, Christine's carriage ride to his father's grave, and Raul's return to the grave. "When I saw the scene of Raul going to the cemetery," Lloyd Webber recalled, "I immediately felt the need to compose music again, because it echoed Raul's story at the beginning of the film. 」

In love, 1989.

Many people think that The Little-known View of Love is Weber's most mature work. This drama is undoubtedly the one that he spent the most effort and lasted the longest. Because he always wanted to write a touching love drama, Weber began to write about love in 1983. However, in 1986, he took over the Phantom of the Opera from his wife Sarah Brightman, and together they used several songs from the perspective of love. It was not until The Phantom of the Opera was released that Weber had time to finish The View of Love.

Annie, Annie

The theme of this musical is taken from the comic book "Annie the Orphan" in the 1920s, which tells the story of the girl Annie who escaped from the orphanage and was adopted. It has been made into a movie several times.

Les Misérables

Based on Hugo's novel of the same name. It was criticized at first. However, since then, the play has been performed in more than ten countries on all continents, which is a rare successful work in recent years.

Ai Weita evita

Weber and tim rice's early work Ai Weita tells the story of Eva Perón's experience from a country girl to a famous actress to the Argentine first lady.

Rent rent

This is a relatively new musical written by 1995. It was adapted by Jonathan Larson from Puccini's The Bohemian.

Phantom of the Opera, 1986

Also translated as the ghost of the opera house. This play can be said to be another musical with world influence after "Cat" by Weber. From 65438 to 0988, Phantom of the Opera premiered in new york, and in the same year, the Japanese version of Phantom of the Opera premiered in Tokyo.

Song and dance, 1982

The king and I

Huaguqu

Giffords giveth/giveth

Malanhua, 1960

Classic Plays of China's Domestic Fairy Tale Musical.

Cat 198 1

Beauty and the Beast, 1994

Oklahoma

Pirates of Penzance

Beautiful game, beautiful game

choir

Sunset Strip

Jesus Christ superstar, Jesus Christ superstar

Whistle with the wind. 1998.

Chess is like chess.

Miss Saigon

Starlight express

Exhibition boat

The Sound of Music

Joseph and his dream coat, Joseph and the amazing technical color dream coat, 1968.

The play is the first collaboration between Weber and the lyricist tim rice, and also the first success of young Weber and tim rice in the music industry. For many years, from North America to Australia, this play has been the darling of the school stage.

Chicago

Kiss of the spider woman, kiss of the spider woman