THE CANON OF THE MUSICAL From the work of V. Hugo. Music: CM Schönberg. Lyrics: H. Kretzmer / A. Boublil (French). Translation: A. Mas-Riera. Dirección: L. Connor y J. Powell. Escenografía: M. Kinley. Vestuario: A. Neofitou. Reparto: G. Rauch, I. Vidal, E. R. del Portal, G. Balzaretti, L. Fairen, V. Carmona, E. Diago, D. Diges, T. del Val. Teatro Lope de Vega . Madrid, 16-XI-2010.
«Los miserables» celebra estos días veintincinco años de éxito en Londres, la ciudad donde se estrenó el 8 de octubre de 1985 la ambiciosa apuesta del productor Cameron Mackintosh y el director Trevor Nunn, basada en la monumental novela de Victor Hugo -inevitablemente masacrada, dada su extensión, aunque extractada su esencia con acierto-, y a la que Claude-Michel Schönberg set to music with mastery. In the British capital had come to agree to three versions-two productions and a concert, "testament to the fervor that causes it is probably the most successful musical in recent decades. The figures speak for themselves: 56 million viewers have seen around the world, including Spain, where a more than decent production landfall in the New Apollo, in 1993.
With these precedents, emphasized at this point to praise the quality of title back to Madrid now may seem idle. But it's been more than three decades and a new generation may not know that there is another way to make music. Because that's the main lesson of a perfect show as "Les Miserables" . Most of the music made in Spain (there are always exceptions, I think, for different values, "Sweeney Todd" and "The Phantom of the Opera") languishing in front of what should be taken as canon of the genre: "The miserable "has it all. For one, its founding concept, which is chosen by a story sung from start to finish, without reciting. He does not swindle, as in many musical too "spoken."
continuity in the musical, high quality average, there are huge issues, such as "Another day is gone" ("At the end of the day"), "The song of the people" ("Do you hear the people sing") and "I dreamed a life" ("I Dreamed a dream ") and, although the drama and tragedy prevail in the tone of the story of the dispossessed in the post-Napoleonic France, when overlooking the humor does brilliantly, and the number of Master's Inn (Master of the house "), five minutes of unforgettable picaresca.Hay also a great history in that parade crime and punishment, redemption and hatred, obsession, justice, love and social message. Hugo's work is not a romantic melodrama, but prose capital and a clever portrait of its time.
Another factor is the stage design, which focuses on the spectacular, with huge mobile barricades in the most memorable moment. Although not all: the assembly is a journey and Digne countryside villages in Montreuil-Sur-Mer and the alleys of Paris. The version that arrived in Madrid is a new production built largely with the original, albeit with striking changes, such as backdrops created with the paintings made Victor Hugo himself.
English As for sharing, or an objection. Superb choice of Geronimo Rauch Jean Valjean, not only works well and has a voice stream, but hits the role of outlaw, a strong and honest man who tries to rebuild his life after two decades of unjust imprisonment, a tragic hero reborn in new identities after discussion between the hatred of society and forgiveness, always pursued by the relentless Javert. Ignasi Vidal is also round in the skin of the police, overwhelmed in his two solo songs.
Fairen Lydia voices (the picarilla love Eponine), Talia del Val (the young Cosette), Virginia Carmona (the ill-fated Fantine), Gudi Balzaretti (the idealist Marius) and Daniel Diges (the singer of "Something little" was reinvented as the revolutionary leader Enjolras) are also at the level in a seamless cast that rounds out the comedy duo of marriage immoral Thenardier, greedy to not waste paper Enrique R. Site and Eva Diago.Habrá who compare.
will say that there are more spectacular productions. Or that the voices of 1993, almost operatic, were better. And it might be true. But look for the three-foot cat: this is a great musical, a jewel compared to the average of the genre. Enjoy this season: departure date is July.
Photo: Geronimo Rauch as Jean Valjean in "Les Miserables"
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