Old-time musicians

Yes, this chord composed of the four notes “BF-#D-#G” when first presented is the world-famous “Tristan Chord” on the Blue Planet!

It is also directly called "Wagner chord".

Its composition and movement seem to follow the conventional romantic harmonic functions, but in fact it is a rebel, completely subverting the rules of traditional harmonic progression.

Fanning manipulates it, constantly creating an auditory vortex of anxiety and spasm in the theater.

However, it never resolves to that imaginary "main tonality", but is suspended and shifted again and again.

The baton in his hand penetrates from the outside to the inside, cutting into the skin and marrow, like a sharp scalpel, dissecting the appearance of rationality and restraint.

Here, the insatiable "lust" becomes the greatest sonorous summary - in the "world as will and representation", ordinary creatures are full of desires, eager to move forward, constantly being falsely satisfied, and always generating new desires that are more difficult to satisfy!

There is never a solution.

This continues until the end of the Prelude!

The jewels worn by the Janus nobles sparkled like stars in the darkness, while the artists tightly grasped the score of the "Prelude", as if waiting for a prophecy to come.

——The extremely ominous tone and prophecy set by the "Tristan Chord" for the entire work!

Act One, when the curtain opens.

The string group weaves the sobbing of the ocean with chromatic wriggling, and the "fate motive" played continuously by the double bass is like a call from the abyss.

A huge sailboat sailing on the waves comes into view.

The actress who plays the heroine Isolde, who was carefully selected from the Bologna School, is wearing a silver-gray robe and standing tall at the bow!

Behind the deck is a tent-like room, magnificent and covered with tapestries, which completely separates the bow from the background. There is a narrow staircase next to it leading to the cabin, and the couch inside can be vaguely seen. The maid Brunelleschi unveils the tapestry and looks at Isolde standing at the front of the stage.

The audience, enveloped in darkness, were struck by the scenery on the stage and instantly experienced palpitations and difficulty breathing!

In the past, opera performances were nothing more than a backdrop with some props, allowing people to imagine the scenes depicted in the plot.

And the handwriting in front of me

They had never seen such a grand and delicate stage setting before!

It’s so immersive, it feels like a lifetime ago!

A one-minute-long "Song of Young Sailors" leads to the first aria of the heroine Isolde:

"With blurred eyes, we look to the west. Our ship is heading east;

Fresh breeze, take us back to homeland, my Irish girl, where do you stay?

Is it your deep sigh that is blowing our sails?

Blow, blow, thou breeze! Woe, woe, my child! "

Isolde opened her arms, and her singing flowed through the dense texture of the orchestra, her voice sometimes tearful and sometimes sad and passionate.

For the first time, Wagner's iconic "endless melody" left a deep impression on the audience: the music had no obvious section divisions, but was continuous like the waves of the ocean!

In the orchestra pit, which Fanning called the "mysterious abyss", the instruments are arranged by volume, with the loudest at the bottom and the quietest at the top. This design prevents the sound of the orchestra from easily drowning out the singers on the stage, and the two are better integrated before being transmitted to the audience.

“He’s reconstructing the acoustic space!”

More than a dozen professors from the School of Music or School of Architecture, as well as composers from the seminary, grabbed the protective fence and screamed in their hearts.

For example, at one moment, the violin part seemed to come from the east dome, the French horn roared from the resonance cavity of the west corridor column, and the Valkyrie-like soprano aria seemed to come out from below the audience!

The key is that they all end up in the same place, reaching my ears! .

"Very good, exactly as expected."

Director Marais sat in a corner of the front row, quietly feeling the unique acoustic effects of the theater after its renovation.

He also looked at the stage lights that he had created with his own hands. The lights changed with the rise and fall of the music, perfectly projecting the intense waves in the protagonist's heart.

".Light, space, human body, and emotions are combined to form a unified and synchronized mindset! Among them, light is the main element! You must try to unify the text, music, and movement elements into a more mysterious and metaphorical light! Oh, in order to prevent the lighting in the orchestra pit from affecting the stage and the audience, I suggest you install a curved shielding screen on top of it, so that the band's music can be reflected onto the stage through this screen."

Marley's mind flashed back to the few accusations Fanning had made.

There are both general directions and specific details.

For a moment, his admiration for his boss was beyond words!

The first act of the opera tells a story that takes place between the two countries of "Connor" and "Ireland" - Tristan, a young knight from Connor, is trusted by his uncle King Mark, who sends him as a marriage proposal envoy to marry and escort the Irish Princess Isolde back home.

So when the curtain was lifted just now, the scene started with the heroine standing on the boat.

Amid the singing of the young sailor, Isolde's conversation with her maid Brunelleschi expresses her melancholy about sailing away from home.

After introducing the basic scene to the audience, the second scene of the first act immediately aroused everyone's doubts.

——When Isolde saw the knight Tristan directing the voyage from afar on the deck, for some reason, a complex expression of "old feelings and new grudges welling up in her heart" emerged on her face.

Could it be that this Irish princess who was about to marry far away and this escort knight of noble birth knew each other before?

What conflicts even occurred?

"Destined for me, passed away by me! Noble and mighty, courageous but cowardly! Damn head, damn heart!" Isolde sang hatefully, then turned to look at her loyal maid, "What do you think of that guy?"

"Who are you talking about?" Brown Ganni responded in a warm and mellow mezzo-soprano voice.

"That hero there!"

Isolde sang, raising her arms.

"He kept avoiding my gaze, his eyes drooping, full of shame and fear. When difficulties and setbacks came, he was the one who only knew how to escape!"

There seemed to be a wry smile in the maid Brown Ganni's eyes.

"Do you think I sing sinisterly?" Isolde's melody rises in pitch.

"Ask him yourself! The free man! Ask him if he dares to come near me!

The honorific salute and courtesy were forgotten by this cowardly hero.

Just to avoid her eyes, this is the unparalleled hero!

Oh, he knew exactly what was going on!

Go tell that arrogant fellow his mistress's orders!"

After hearing this, the maid Brown Ganni bent down and sang: "Should I ask him to greet you?"

The mistress pointed angrily into the distance, signaling the servant to speed up: "Let my command teach him to fear me, Isolde!"

Almost at the same time, at the front of the deck, the alert baritone voice of the attendant Kuvenal burst out from the rapid march of the band. The tight and airtight band and voices made the audience breathe rapidly.

"Watch out, Tristan!"

"Here comes a messenger from Isolde!"

"What, from my princess?" a surprised tenor voice sounded.

The actor who plays Tristan, who is also the male protagonist carefully selected by the Bologna School, has finally made his official debut!