Who are Lloyd Webber and Rice?
Tim Rice (b. 1944) considered a legal career when he met Andrew Lloyd Webber (b. 1948) in 1965. They started working when Lloyd Webber was still a student, with Rice contributing lyrics for Lloyd Webber music. The first cooperation was the least known: , as we were, were not nor led until 2005. Later it was extended to 30 minutes, was sung in Westminster Central Hall and further extended to 35 minutes, was carried out in the Cathedral of St. Paul in November of the same year. Its final form was not achieved until the age of 70, when Joseph and Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat have now become a full music theater production.
There are a number of ways to measure the popularity of this production of Lloyd Webber and rice. It was the number one album in the UK for two weeks 1991. More than 20,000 amateur theaterIt was organized by productions and schools. The show appeals to the interest in the biblical story on which it is founded, as well as those who appreciate large -scale music styles and the twentieth century, accept themes of the coming age and forgiveness.
between the long -term development of Joseph and the amazing technicolor Dreamcoat , Lloyd Webber and Rice created their third production, Jesus Christ Superstar , rock opera, which began as a conceptual album in 1970 and in 1973 became a film. On stage. The work tells the fictitious version of Christ's life through songs, especially "Everything is fine", "I don't know how to love him," and "SuperStar". He aroused fears and convictions from Christians and Jews.
Jesus Christ Superstar opened to Broadway in 1971 and ran 18 months. He received many other international productions and was released as a film in 1973 and again in 2000. The 1973 Film won the BAFTA Award for Best Soundtrack and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Music, Score ofriginal scores of songs and/or adaptation. Film 2000 won Emmy in the Performing Arts category.
Evita , the last musical Lloyd Webber and Rice, is the musical biography of Eva Perón, the wife of Argentine President Juan Perón. Like Jesus Christ Superstar , it started like a concept album. He had successful watching as a production of music theater on Broadway and West End and as a film. He won 7 Tony Awards and the best new musical Olivier Award in 1978. The 1996 film won the Academy Award for Best Music, Original Song and Golden Globe for Best Original Song - Film.
In addition to re -connecting to the production of musical cricket in 1986 Lloyd Webber and Rice each continued in cooperation with others after Evita . Since then, Lloyd Webber has been involved in productions such as cats and Phantom opera . Rice participated in several Disney products, cooperated with Alan Menken and Elton John in the partEch, such as Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King and Aida .