Chapter 641 [Houston talks about cooperation, is it too much to play? 】
On the 23rd, the Suns played back-to-back against the Rockets away.
After arriving in Houston, Guo Xu went to the Grand Opera House and talked about cooperation with the theater people.
Since 1973, the Houston Opera House has premiered 46 operas worldwide, including 6 of which are new works by American composers. This is one of the best opera houses in the United States and ranks fourth in the United States. It has won a 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 and the economic team met to talk about the feasibility of bringing some sets of the theater to the Toyota Center and performing musicals.
He will want to "bloom in both culture and sports" in February next year, and perform the musical opera Phantom at the Rockets at home on the All-Star Weekend and before Friday's rookie match.
When Guo Xu told Adam Silva this idea, Adam was stunned. After he conveyed it to President David Stern, the president was also stunned.
I'm sorry, you're playing too much, right? You, a star, have to fly around to play games. Are you sure you have time to rehearse and act as a musical? And you're acting like such a famous musical. Can you do it well with just practice?
After Guo Xu promised that it would work, the alliance officials came together to hold a meeting and decided to support Guo Xu in doing so, provided that he could not mess up and had to act well.
It took a long time since the All-Star Weekend launched a new program. Only the time Jordan retired in 2003 had a high ratings, and the other few were very low. There was a lack of gimmicks and competition. The East was beaten by the West every year in the star competition. These things made the president feel a headache.
Letting basketball fans go to the gymnasium to watch musicals sounds nonsense, but it is a novel idea. If done well, the atmosphere will seem elegant. Even if Guo Xu doesn't perform, the NBA will invite a large number of performing guests every year on the celebrity weekend.
In addition to playing basketball, Guo Xu can also be distracted from doing other things. League officials are used to it, so let him do whatever he wants.
The Phantom of the Opera, written by Andrew Lloyd Webber, is one of the most successful musicals of all time, with its global tour of nearly $5 billion, and no one who engages in music wants Guo Xu to mess it up.
The people who worked with the opera house this time refused, so Guo Xu had to go there personally. Guo Xu's popular songs were all top of the Billboard charts and they were convinced, but they didn't believe that he could play the role of "Phantom".
Guo Xu went to the theater and sang a cappella part of themusid of thenight. The people in the theater said... it smells so good.
If Guo Xu didn't have the confidence to sing well in other musicals, the Phantom of Opera was an exception. He practiced very professionally in the time loop, and the audience cheered during the last few performances.
Others are rehearsing, and they use "actual combat" to improve their strength and experience, and even practice their acting skills together. They are particularly immersed in musicals.
Moreover, Guo Xu has clear references. He has seen both the movie version and the musical version in his previous life, and he has been very impressed.
He imitated the 25th anniversary concert of the opera Phantom, which was famous in his previous life, and the singing style of "ramen" Kalemro. During this period, Kalemro was also toured Miss Saigon in the UK. No one has seen the Phantom he played, and the starring Guo Xu will definitely be very outstanding.
In his previous life, Kalemro played the role of the Phantom in the West End version of the Phantom of the Opera. He was also the Phantom actor at the 21st anniversary celebration of the musical. He brought a new interpretation to the role and injected new vitality, which was unanimously recognized by fans of the show, and won him the Best Actor nomination for the Drama Fans' Choice Award.
Of course, Guo Xu's singing ability is not as good as the top of Broadway. His advantage is that there was a movie version that compared it before, which has increased the attention of this musical recently.
His voice is much stronger than the Phantom played by Gerald Butler in the 2004 film version. Gerald is a good actor. His acting skills in the movie are unmatched by singers. He is still the most handsome Phantom, but he sang the worst. His voice is too rough and short-smelling. He can't compare with singers who have been practicing qi for a long time. Many high notes cannot be sung.
After the movie was released, many people complained about Gerald's singing skills, but his grasp of the emotional tone and burst of lines was the biggest highlight of the movie. In addition, he also tried hard. In order to perform the movie, he didn't speak normally for a while and only sang to communicate with others. Gerald may not be suitable for singing musicals, but he is suitable for playing such a character, with implicit and profound but unusual performance.
Guo Xu has a characteristic: his breath can exaggerate professional singers because his body is not as good as a singer, and his lung capacity is amazing, which makes his strong point to thrust high notes.
His plan is to imitate the singing style of "ramen" and Gerald's performance. His appearance is also a more handsome Phantom with a mask on it. Only half of his face is disfigured, which can attract fans more. If he really wants to become the big-lipped monster of "ramen", he is not interested in singing.
After Guo Xu took action, the Houston Opera House happily agreed to the cooperation, not only setting up a set in the Toyota Center, but also sending some actors to cooperate with the performance. There are many characters in this drama, and if it weren't for Houston's theater, Guo Xu wouldn't have been able to achieve this plan.
Now it's simple. Both sides say that the good supporting roles are all played locally in Houston, the male lead is played by Guo Xu, and the second male lead and the female lead are also selected by Guo Xu.
Guo Xu's reason was that he wanted to find someone he got, and the three of them had to do it in Phoenix during rehearsals, otherwise he wouldn't be able to take time out. To put it bluntly, he looked down on Christine and Raul of Houston, both of whom were unfamous people, and it was meaningless to work with them.
It is impossible to find a partner of the heroine in the movie. The worst performance in the movie version is the heroine Amy Rosen. She has an expression from beginning to end, which is called the American Yang Tianbao. The classic act 4 underground maze. In the movie version, she even sat on the boat and slanted her body, posing in a beautiful beauty position and sings high notes, for fear that the audience would not know if the sound of the movie version is matched in the later stages?
If it was a live singing, Guo Xu probably wouldn't be able to sing and not be able to perform well.
She was born in September 1986 and has many opportunities to become famous. She starred in the Phantom of the Opera at the age of 18, and the day after tomorrow, and later played the role of the Sea God, the Mysterious River, etc., and the result was all the same expression, so she became out of date at the age of 21.
The only movie she received after that was the most famous Dragon Ball, which had a very bad reputation, evolved in full swing. Then Bulma and Goku went to play the shameless TV series together, and they all exposed their bed scenes, becoming the eldest sister and brother-in-law.
Guo Xu already had a suitable candidate in his heart, so he asked Hapiwaters to find two people.
The heroine is Sheira Poggs, born in Denver, Colorado, USA. She is a musical actor and soprano singer.
Xi Aira is one year younger than Guo Xu and nicknamed "Mermaid". She was not famous at this time and only played some small roles. In 2006, she served as the substitute for the heroine on the American tour of Les Miserables. The musical circle needs qualifications to become famous. It is not that she has no ability, but she has not yet got the chance.
In 2006, she made a big splash when she played the leading actress in Las Vegas for the first time. She later became even more popular in the Disney animated musical Little Mermaid. She quickly established herself on Broadway and won multiple awards.
Chapter completed!