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The History of the Musical

The musical grew out of a mixture of setsentertaining light genres - from variety to ballet. The first musical "Black Crook" was staged in New York in 1866. He was a mixture of ballet, melodrama, comedy and operetta. It was this idea that became the basis of a new, unusual genre. The musical comedy, which gained popularity later, continued the idea of ​​"Black Crook", however, they brought to the fore topical music tunes performed by well-known actors, and the plot was an optional, almost secondary element. Since then, the musicals have kept the most current and popular musical movements and themes, characteristic for the time of their writing. The genre of musical comedy developed rapidly, and famous and talented composers began to address it. In co-authorship with well-deserved poets and writers, they created full-fledged stories, clothed in a light and understandable musical form. For a long time, all musicals were produced exclusively in America and Britain, but in 1985 the Les Miserables thundered, becoming the first French musical. In fact, they served as an impetus for writing many other French, Austrian, German and Hungarian works.

The most famous musicals

List of the most famous works in the genreThe musical is undoubtedly headed by "My Fair Lady". The libretto of the musical was created by Alan Lerner on the basis of the play "Pygmalion" by Bernard Shaw. Music to the musical was written by Frederic Lowe. The plot of this musical as a whole repeats the plot of the play. It tells how the famous professor of phonetics concluded with his friend a dispute that he can turn an ordinary flower girl into an exquisite young lady. The professor won the argument, but this led to unexpected consequences. The premiere of "My Fair Lady" was held on Broadway in 1956. The performance was a wild success, tickets were bought for six months. A few years later, the film "My Fair Lady" was shot, in which the inimitable Audrey Hepburn starred.

There is a studio album Jesus Christ Super Star. On this record, all the roles are performed by outstanding rock vocalists of his time.

Based on Christopher's "Berlin stories"Isherwood created a unique musical "Cabaret". In "Cabaret" we are talking about a young American writer who was in Berlin in the early thirties, where he fell in love with a singer from a cabaret. Their novel turned out to be unusual and very bright. But when the writer is going to move to Paris, the lover refuses to follow him. In the course of the action, the cabaret is filled with people with a swastika on their sleeves. The music was created by John Kander, and the words are by Fred Ebb. "Cabaret" was first shown on Broadway in 1966. Later, the legendary film with Lisa Minnelli was shot.

In the film "My Fair Lady" instead of Audrey Hepburn sings professional singer Marni Nixon.

Scandalous and famous musical "Jesus Christ -superstar "was created by Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Raiom. Initially they were going to create an opera using modern musical means, but at the same time quite traditional. But it turned out a rock opera in which there are no dramatic elements entirely, and the whole action is based on recitative and vocal. In the texts of arias a completely modern language is used, and the arias themselves are stylized to the creativity of famous rock bands. The musical tells about the last week of Jesus' life. In fact, the main character of the musical is the disappointed Judas Iscariot. The premiere of the musical took place in 1971 on Broadway.