Legend of Tomorrow

On the 23rd, the Suns played back-to-back away games against the Rockets.

After arriving in Houston, Guo Xu went to the Grand Opera House to discuss cooperation with people at the theater.

Since 1973, the Houston Opera has premiered 46 operas around the world, six of which are new works by American composers. This is one of the best opera houses in the United States, ranking fourth in the United States. It has won one Tony Award, two Grammy Awards, and two Emmy Awards. It is the only opera house in the world that has won these three awards at the same time. .

Guo Xu met with the economic team to discuss the feasibility of bringing some theater sets to the Toyota Center to perform musicals.

He wants to bloom in both culture and sports in February next year. During the All-Star Weekend and before Friday's rookie game, he will perform the musical Phantom of the Opera at the Rockets' home court.

When Guo Xu told Adam Silva this idea, Adam was immediately confused. After he conveyed it to CEO David Stern, the president was also confused.

Damn it, are you playing too much? You, a star player, have to fly around to play games, do you really have time to rehearse and perform in a musical? Moreover, you are performing in such a famous musical. Is this something you can perform well just by practicing?

After Guo Xu promised that it would work, the league officials gathered together for a meeting and decided to support Guo Xu in doing this, provided that he could not mess up and perform well.

It has been a long time since the All-Star Weekend has launched any innovative programs. Only the time when Jordan retired in 2003 had higher ratings, and the other times were very low. The lack of gimmicks, lack of competition, and the fact that the Eastern Conference is beaten by the Western Conference every year in the star game all give the president a headache.

Letting basketball fans go to the stadium to watch musicals may sound ridiculous, but it is an innovative idea. If done well, the atmosphere seems to be very elegant. Even if Guo Xu doesn't perform, NBA will invite a large number of performing guests every year during the celebrity weekend.

In addition to playing basketball, Guo Xu can also be distracted by other things. League officials are accustomed to it and let him do whatever he wants.

The Phantom of the Opera created by Andrew Lloyd Webber is one of the most successful musicals in history. Its global tour box office is close to 5 billion US dollars. No one in the music industry wants Guo Xu to mess it up.

The person who collaborated with the opera house this time refused, so Guo Xu had to go there in person. Guo Xu's pop songs were all at the top of the Billboard charts. They were convinced, but they didn't believe he could play the role of Phantom well.

Guo Xu went to the theater and sang a piece of The Music of The Night a cappella. People at the theater said...it smelled really good.

If it were other musicals, Guo Xu would not have the confidence to sing well.

The Phantom of the Opera is an exception. He has become very professional in the time loop, and the audience applauded during the last few performances.

Others just rehearsed, but he directly used actual combat to improve his strength and experience. By the way, he even practiced his acting skills together, and he was particularly into it when performing in musicals.

Moreover, Guo Xu has a clear reference point. He has seen both the movie version and the musical version in his previous life, and he was extremely impressed.

He was imitating the famous singing voice of Ramen Laimin Kalemro from the 25th Anniversary Concert of The Phantom of the Opera in his previous life. At this time, Kalemro was still touring Miss Saigon in the UK. No one had seen him play The Phantom yet, and the starring role of Guo Xu would definitely be outstanding.

In his previous life, from September 2007, Calemro played the Phantom in the West End version of The Phantom of the Opera. He was also the Phantom at the 21st anniversary celebration of this musical. He brought a new interpretation and new energy to the role that was unanimously recognized by fans of the show and earned him a Drama Fan Choice Award nomination for Best Actor.

Guo Xu's singing ability is certainly not up to the top of Broadway. His advantage is that there was a previous movie version for comparison, which has increased the recent attention of this musical.

His voice is much stronger than the Phantom played by Gerard Butler in the 2004 movie version. Gerard is a good actor and his acting skills in the movie are unmatched by singers. He is also the most handsome Phantom. , but his singing is really the worst. His voice is too rough and short of breath. At first glance, he is incomparable to singers who have practiced Qi for a long time. He cannot sing many high notes.

After the movie was released, many people complained about Gerald's singing skills, but his grasp of the emotional tone and explosiveness of the lines are the biggest highlight of the movie. In addition, he also worked hard. In order to perform in the movie, he stopped talking normally for a while and only Use singing to communicate with others. Gerard may not be suitable for chorus musicals, but he is suitable for playing such a character, playing a role that is subtle, profound but unusual.

Guo Xu has a special feature, his breath can outshine professional singers, because no singer can match his body, and his lung capacity is astonishing, which makes singing high notes his strength.

His plan was to imitate the singing voice of Ramen and Gerald's performance, and look like a more handsome phantom wearing a mask, with only half of his face disfigured, which would attract more fans. If it really turns into the big-lipped monster of Ramen, he won't even be interested in singing.

After Guo Xu came forward, the Houston Opera House happily agreed to cooperate. Not only did it build a set at the Toyota Center, but it also sent some actors to cooperate with the performance. There are many characters in this play. If Houston didn't have a theater and could perform it himself, Guo Xu would never be able to realize this plan.

Now it's simple. Both parties agreed that the supporting roles will all come from Houston, the male lead will be played by Guo Xu, and the second male lead and the first female lead will also be selected by Guo Xu.

Guo Xu's reason was that he wanted to find someone he could get along with, and the three of them had to rehearse in Phoenix, otherwise he wouldn't be able to spare the time. To put it bluntly, he looked down on Christine and Raul from Houston. They were both unknown people and it was uninteresting to work with them.

It was also impossible to find a heroine partner for the movie. The worst performer in the movie version is the heroine Amy Rosen. From beginning to end, her expression is like that of American Yang Tianbao. In the classic underground maze in the fourth act, in the movie version, she even sits on the boat and leans sideways, posing beautifully. The beauty poses so high-pitched, are you afraid that the audience won’t know that the movie version’s voice was dubbed in post-production?

If it were a live performance, Guo Xu estimated that Amy wouldn't be able to sing or act well.

She was born in September 1986, and had many opportunities to become famous. She starred in The Phantom of the Opera at the age of 18, and the day after tomorrow, she later starred in Poseidon, Mystic River, etc., but all ended up with the same expression, so she passed away at the age of 21.

The only movie she got after that was Dragon Ball Evolution, which had an extremely bad reputation. Then Bulma and Goku went on to star in the TV series Shameless together, doing various nudity and sex scenes, and they became the eldest sister and brother-in-law.

Guo Xu already had a suitable candidate in mind and asked Happy Waters to find two people.

The heroine is Ciara Pogues, born in Denver, Colorado, USA, musical theater actress and soprano singer.

Ciara is one year younger than Guo Xu, nicknamed Mermaid. She was not famous at this time and had only played some minor roles. In 2006, she served as the substitute for the heroine in the US tour of Les Misérables. In the musical theater world, qualifications are needed to become famous. It's not that she doesn't have the ability, it's that she hasn't gotten the chance yet.

In 2006, she became a blockbuster when she played the heroine of The Phantom of the Opera for the first time in Las Vegas. Later, she became even more popular when she starred in the Disney animated musical The Little Mermaid. She quickly established herself on Broadway and won many awards.

The second male lead can be played by Om the Sea Lord. He sang the best in the movie and his image is 90%. The 10% was castrated when he played Fruit Candy...