Carreras performs in Kaohsiung/卡瑞拉斯 高雄獻唱
Jose Carreras, one of the world's three top tenors, staged his first concert in Kaohsiung in the middle of October to meet the expectations of fans in southern Taiwan. Although the trio of world-class tenors had registered a total of 12 visits to Taiwan, this is Carreras's debut in Kaohsiung. The charisma of the vocal superstar transcends the boundaries of nations and all works of life. The evening concert at Chi Teh Hall, Cultural Center was packed with huge crowds. While some sat indoors listening up close and personal, others were fascinated by the live outdoor broadcast. Carreras' colorful expressions, interwoven with soft and resounding voice, intoxicated the music fans, including some vocal artists of the harbor city. Carreras' rendition of high notes is second to none. Although he did not have much opportunity to demonstrate his talent in this respect with the folk song heavy repertoire, however, Taiwan Chorus Director Wu Hung-chang said from a professional point of view, "the artistry of the concert, his interpretations and expressions are truly impeccable." The open-air performance was hosted by Director of Kaohsiung City Symphony Orchestra Chen Shu-hsi, and TV personality Debbie Yao. The audience outdoors was much surprised and pleased when Carreras stepped outside after four encores to listen to the crowd sing the refrain of Nessun dorma, which had just been hastily coached by Chen. When Yao requested a song on behalf of the audience, Carreras said he was glad to see such large audience in this concert. He was particularly impressed by the presence of so many young people, which indicates that classical music indeed has life. Then he pretended to ponder on which song to pick. When he hummed the melody of "Far Far Place" from his mouth, the audience simply went wild and sang along. Some young fans even shouted "I love you" over and over again, showing no less fervor observed in pop concerts.
世界三大男高音之一的卡瑞拉斯10月中首度在高雄演出，一掃南台灣樂迷的遺憾。三大男高音雖然前後累積12次訪台紀錄，不過這次是第一回到高雄演出。巨星風采在高雄是無國界，也不分類別，當天晚上在文化中心至德堂舉行的演唱會，場內場外坐無虛席，室內聆聽原音現聲，戶外轉播觀眾更是聽得如痴如醉。
卡瑞拉斯豐富的表情、以及時而輕柔、時而高亢的嗓音，聽得在場的愛樂者是如痴如醉，尤其是港都一些聲樂界人士可是抱著「觀摩學習」態度來聽音樂會，卡瑞拉斯的「高音」無人能出其右，雖然此次演唱會以民謠小曲為主，唱到高音的機會並不多，但是，「就整場音樂會的藝術性及他對歌曲的詮譯及表情卻都完美無懈可擊。」台灣合唱團團長吳宏璋以專業的角度提出他的聽後感。 戶外演出是由高市交團長陳樹熙及藝人姚黛瑋主持，陳樹熙在外就先教現場民眾唱「公主徹夜未眠」的副歌部份，卡瑞拉斯最後在場內安可４首曲子後走出戶外，讓場外的民眾萬分驚喜，卡瑞拉斯以其最佳的親和力在現場聆聽觀眾臨時惡補的「公主徹夜未眠」副歌。 當姚黛瑋為現場民眾請命唱首歌時，卡瑞拉斯表示，他很高興有這麼多的民眾來聽他的演唱會，尤其是很多年輕的觀眾，這代表古典音樂是有生命的，接著他故作思考的姿態，想想要唱什麼歌曲，當「在那遙遠的地方」旋律從卡瑞拉斯口中哼出來時，現場民眾簡直是瘋狂，並隨著旋律哼唱，還有年輕的樂迷頻叫「我愛你」，熱烈的場面不輸給時下的流行歌手，難怪卡瑞拉斯高興的說，古典音樂是生生不息的。 |