Staff Reporter
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is a fascinating figure whose life has been covered in various films and theater arts. Now the beloved musician will be recreated in the Korean rendition of the Austrian musical “Mozart!” which will be presented by EMK Musical Company in Seoul early next year.
This time, the genius musician will once again be the center of the work, but, besides classical music, he’ll also be accompanied by rock ‘n’ roll. The muscial’s Grammy Award-winning composer, Sylvester Levay, said that he decided to write a musical about Mozart’s life rather than his music with his writing partner Michael Kunze.
who wrote the musical “Mozart!,” talks to The Korea Times
about recreating the musician into a modernday rock star.
/ Courtesy of EMK
Musical Company
“We decided to use his music only at some certain points but most of the time, the rest of the music is our works. We also put rock ‘n’ roll parts in it. So we can represent a nowadays Mozart. I think maybe when he was alive he could have been one of the rock ‘n’ roll stars in the world,” Levay said in an e-mail interview with The Korea Times.
In the musical, Mozart will dress like a rock star, a distinct contrast from the other characters, who are clad in 18th-century costumes.
The Hungarian composer collaborated with Kunze on other musicals, including “Elizabeth” and “Rebecca,” which were well received in Europe and Japan.
From there, they sat down and mulled over how to dissect a famous person’s life. They wanted to create a similar musical to “Elizabeth,” which focused on the main character’s life rather than her successful career. “That touched the audience and was a success. Like this, ‘Mozart!’ was also made about his life. He is very well known as a genius composer but he was also a human. The scene where he has a conflict with his father shows that Michael Kunze and I focused on the life of the person, and a human Mozart,” he said.
To better immerse himself in Mozart’s world, Levay tried to get a sense of how the Austrian composer felt by looking at his body of work. Levay visited where Mozart used to live and read many books on him.
“Also, I tried not to work continuously but also rest for several weeks and come back to the studio and listen to the work I had done. Once I felt this was the right music, then I used it, but if not, I just said ‘no’ to the music,” the composer said.
Levay said that Mozart also had a good sense of humor and was open-minded.
“I looked at more than a thousand of his works and read thousands of books about him. This actually made me connect with him a little bit closer. Also, I tried to feel the emotion he had while he wrote his songs,” he said.
The 64-year-old composer said that telling about his life through his music was the most pleasurable thing. “But the most difficult aspect was thinking, ‘What if I tell his musical life in the wrong way?’ It was a very challenging work to do,” said Levay.
Localizing foreign musicals is another difficult task due to the language difference, the composer said. Levay said that he constantly tells cast members from certain countries to feel the lyrics rather than reading them.
“I have felt that the quality of the Korean artists is very high. They are the best cast members I have seen so far. Also, the EMK production is well organized so I think the Korean version of ‘Mozart!’ will be of high quality, too,” he said.
Levay lived in Hollywood and concentrated on composing music for films from 1980 to 2000. His most famous and popular work was written for the mid-1980s U.S. TV action series “Airwolf” (1984-1986). Since the 1990s, Levay has dedicated himself to musicals.
Jan. 20 to Feb. 21 at Sejong Center for the Performing
Arts in downtown Seoul.
For the Korean rendition, musical heartthrobs Im Tae-kyung, Park Gun-hyung and Jo Sung-mo will alternate playing Mozart.
The musical will be staged from Jan. 20 to Feb. 21 at Sejong Center for the Performing Arts. Tickets cost from 30,000 to 130,000 won. For more information, call (02) 6391-6333 or visit www.musicalmozart.co.kr.
chungay@koreatimes.co.kr
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And just for reference, to see what he means by looking like a rockstar, here's the link to a part of the Hungarian performance, you can check out how Junsu would look as Mozart.
Mozart musical - A zene az vagyok én
Source: The Korea Times
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spanish Translation / Traduccion al Español
Por Chung Ah-young
Reportero
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart es una fascinante figura cuya vida ha sido cubierta en vaios filmes y obras teatrales. Ahora el amado musical sera recreado en la interpretacion Coreano del musical austriaco "Mozart!" el cual sera presentado por EMK Compañia Musical en Seúl a principio del proximo año.
Esta vez, el genio musical una vez mas sera en centro del trabajo, pero, ademas de la musica clasica, tambien estara acompañado por Rock & roll. El compositor del musical, ganador de premio Grammy, Sylvester Levay, dijo que decidio escribir un musical acerca dela vida de Mozart mas que su musica com su compañero escritor Michael Kunze.
"Decidimos usar su musica solo en algunos ciertos puntoss pero a mayoria del tiempo, el resto de la musica es nuestro trabajo. Tambien pusimos rock & roll en partes. Asi que podemos representar a Mozart en la actualidad. Creo que quizas cuando el estaba vivo podria haber sido una de la estrellas del rock & roll en el mundo", Levay dijo en una entrevista via e-mail con The Korea Times.
En el musical, Mozart se vestira como una estrella rock, un contraste distinto de otros personajes, quienes estan vestidos con trajes del siglo 18.
El compositor hungaro colaboró con Kunze en otros musicales, incluyendo "Elizabeth" y "Rebecca", las cuales fueron bien recibidas en Europa y Japón.
Desde allí, se sentaron y reflexionaron sobre como analizar laa vida de una persna famosa. Querian crear un musical similar al de "Elizabeth", el cual se enfoco en la vida del personaje principal mas que su exitosa carrera. "Eso conmovio a la audiencia y fue un exito, Asi, "Mozart!" fue tambien hecho acerca de su vida. Él es muy bien conocido como un compositor genio pero tambien él era humano. La escena donde el tiene un conflicto con su padre muestra que Michael Kunze y yo nos fijamos en la vida de la persona, y un Mozart humano," dijo.
Para sumergirse mejor en´mundo de Mozart, Levay trato de tener una idea de como el compositor austriaco sintio al mirar su cuerpo de trabajo. Levay visito donde Mozart solia vivir y leyó muchos libros sbre él.
"Ademas, trate de no trabajar continuamente pero tambien descanse varias semanas y regrese al estudio y escuche el trabajo que habia hecho. Una vez mas senti que era la musica correcta, luego la use, pero si no, Solo dije 2no" a la musica", dijo el compositor.
Levay dijo que Mozart tambien tuvo un buen sentido del humor y era de mente abierta,
"Vi mas de un millar de sus obras y leí miles de libros acerca de él. Esto en realidad me hizo conectarme con el una poco mas cerca. Ademas, trate de sentir la emocion que tuvo mientras escribia sus canciones."
El compositor de 64 años dijo que contando sobre su vida a traves de su musica fue la cosa mas placentera. "Pero el aspecto mas dificil fue pensar, 'Que pasa si le digo vida musical en una manera equivocada?' Fue un trabajo muy desafiente para hacer."
Localizando musicales extranjero es otra tarea dificil debido a la diferencia de lenguajes, dijo el compositor. Levay dijo que constantemente dice a los miembros del elenco de ciertos paises que sientan la letra en lugar de solo leerlas.
"He sentido que la calidad de artistas coreanos es muy alta. Son los mejores miembros de elenco que he visto hasta ahora. Ademas, la produccion EMK es bien organizada asi que creo que la version coreana de "Mozart!" sera de gran calidad, tambein," dijo el compositor.
Levay vivió en Hollywood y se concentro en componer musica para pelicula desde 1980 al 2000. Sus mas famosas y populares obras fueron escritas a mediados de los 80 la serie de TV estaunidense "Airwolf" (0984-1986). Desde los 90, Levay se ha dedicado a los musicales.
For the Korean rendition, musical heart throbs Im Tae-kyung, Park Gun-hyung and Jo Sung-mo will alternate playing Mozart.
Para la interpretación coreana, galanes musicales Im Tae-kyung, Park Gun-hyung y Jo Sung-mo se alternaran interpretando a Mozart.
El musical sera escenificado desde el 20 de Enero al 21 de Febrero en el Centro de Artes escenicas de Sejong. El costo de las entrada son desde 30,000 a 130,000 won.
Mas informacion llame a (02) 6391-6333 o visite www.musicalmozart.co.kr.
chungay@koreatimes.co.kr
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Y solo como refencia, para ver lo que significa luciendo como una estrella rock, aqui esta el link para una parte de la presentacion Hungara, puedes comprobar como Junsu luciria como Mozart.
Mozart musical - A zene az vagyok én
Fuente: The Korea Times
Trad al Español: 2uangels.blogspot.com
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