Who knows VITAS’s real name? (heavy reward)—

He constantly shuttles between reality and myth - his voice, music, poetry, experience and appearance, everything about him has become the focus of discussion and caused incredible rumors.

Vitas’ looks are always beyond people’s expectations. As a costume designer himself, he treats every performance as a magical show. As if overnight, the music of Russian charming tenor Vitas has quietly become popular on the Internet. He confuses all living beings with his legendary vocal range that spans five octaves and is close to ultrasonic, as well as his beautiful posture and the mythical story hidden behind him. . But among the most widely circulated stories about Vitas, some are almost filled with mysterious question marks and exclamation marks.

He is the youngest singer to hold a concert in the Kremlin.

He is very mysterious because he does not accept any media interviews.

Few people know his real name, and no one knows where to find him.

He lived in the basement and crawled out of his coffin like a spider at dusk to start creating.

He has a singing voice that is very similar to that of a castrato, which is completely natural, and it is difficult to distinguish the male and female in the high notes.

His eyes are like a ghost, instantly making you lose your ability to resist as if you were under a spell.

He particularly likes fish, so some people speculate whether Vitas can hit such a high note because he has gills.

The most unexpected thing is that he is also a fashion designer.

In June last year, Vitas went to Tibet for three weeks. The monks from India were so shocked when they heard his songs that they even said that things in the temple flew up when he sang, and called Vitas a The reincarnation of a famous Indian poet, musician, and philosopher in the eleventh century.

Is the truth behind this mysterious Russian tenor really as rumored? Could it be a shocking conspiracy "hyped" by his producer? Is his singing true or false?

We hope that the following text can restore the truth.

Movement 1: The Fairy Tale of Odessa

Every legendary story has a beginning, and this story begins with Sergey Pudovkin, the producer of Vitas ) tells about his adventures in Ukraine.

Once upon a time there was a little guy named Vitalik who lived in a place far, far away. Vitalik had no ambitions since he was a child. If I remember correctly, he used to go to an art school in Odessa every day.

Odessa, this city in Ukraine is a heroic city for Russians and Ukrainians, famous for its beauty, its theater. Odessa has warmly received many artists: Kandinsky, Gogol, Majakovski, Pushkin... there are many people living idle days there, or that is the life of an artist.

Vitalik is no different. Like those great artists, he is not Ukrainian. His late mother was Russian and his father was Latvian from the Baltics.

In fact, Vitalik doesn't look very Russian - his long nose and slim figure make him look more northern.

I mean, that's a handsome young man, and very talented. He was born in Latvia on February 19, 1980 or 1981 (this is still not very certain). Before going to school, he played the accordion every day in Odessa with his grandfather. It is said that the circumstances of the performance were very interesting because Vitalik was not as tall as the accordion at that time.

He studied accordion for three years, so as soon as he entered the Odessa Art Academy, the principal Anatolii Paduka knew that this child was a gift from God. Soon after, Vitalik began working as an amateur actor in a theater with a strange name. In any case, if it had not been for the arrival of Sergey Pudavkin, a famous producer from Moscow, Vitalik might still be performing in theaters like this to this day.

This young and smart producer created the legend of NA-NA, which debuted in 1971, but never mind that, when he came to Odessa, he happened to see Vitalik on stage. Sergey did not expect that when Vitalik started talking to him, he saw a miracle fall to the earth. Vitalik alternates between the roles of a child and an old man at will. His voice changes from a little girl to a young woman, then to a man who has experienced many vicissitudes of life, and finally to an elderly woman. His face changed from extremely beautiful to extremely ugly, and his posture changed from sexy and charming to strong and powerful in an instant. The stunned Sergei asked him: "What is your name?" "Vitalik." "I am Sergey. Do you want to go to Moscow?" "When?" "Leaving the day after tomorrow." "What do you do? "I'm the agent. Can I listen to your tape?" The sound of the piano seemed to come from the bushes. Vitalik took out four cassette tapes with songs from his schoolbag, including the famous "Opera 2". Vitalik uses magic to predict his path. Sergey told him: "I will take you to Moscow, and I will turn you into a big star in the Russian pop music scene (Note 1)."

Chapter 2 The Myth of the Kremlin

I'm not sure if this story is true, maybe it's just a beautiful legend created by Sergey to make the whole thing look more mysterious and coincidental. But one thing is true. Vitalik from Odessa became a music miracle just two months after his debut under the stage name Vitas - in 2000, Vitas became the youngest person to hold a concert in the Kremlin.

Vitas made his first appearance in front of the audience in MTV's "Opera 2" broadcast on December 2, 2000. Since then, he has been constantly shuttling between reality and myth - he His voice, music, poetry, experience and appearance, everything about him has become the focus of discussion and triggered incredible rumors.

Among the rumors about him, there are two that are most talked about. The first one is - "Is that song that penetrates into the sky being sung by Vitas?" People want to ask if his high notes were computer-generated? Even Pugacheva (Note 2) had such doubts, so the heroine in the opera decided to find the answer herself. She went straight to the rehearsal site of "Christmas Encounter" and found that Vitas was concentrating on singing with the music score. Pugacheva was shocked and her doubts disappeared. Sometimes, Vitas would also do some pranks during the concert. For example, during the concert, he would suddenly take away the microphone, causing the sound to disappear all of a sudden.

Sergey said: "You wouldn't know that Vitas is not only a genius, but he loves work and pursues perfection. If he is even a little unsure about those songs, he will be uneasy until Until it becomes clear. For example, when he sang Gomshatova's poem "Friends in Form", when Alexandra Bakhmutova heard Vitas singing this poem for the first time, she said, 'I She was moved to tears, either because of the music or because of his performance. 'But she didn't know that Vitas had been rehearsing the show a whole week before the show. As for the other rumor, to be honest, It is still the biggest mystery about him - is he a castrato (Note 3)?

Neither Vitas nor Sergey directly answered this question. Sergey just said: "This The problem will hurt his inner world and ruin his future, but it does not mean that Vitas will remain silent forever, but now is not the time. All I can tell you is that Vitas doesn’t smoke, and he’s pretty average about wine: he can drink it or not. Then the only way left is women. Didn’t you say he has 5 women? "Although these statements don't mean anything, from the outside, Vitas is not only "beautiful", but also has really beautiful muscles, and his male voice is very natural, there is nothing wrong with it, it's just that when it comes to the high notes, he is indistinguishable from male to female. , and has a shocking and strange beauty. More people are willing to believe that he is just imitating the singing style of the castrato, and his voice can only be called a gift from God.

And "Vitas is an alien." The saying "man, he has gills" is also widely circulated among his admirers.

Because when a unique miracle cannot be explained, we can only associate it with the fantasy world.

Sergei explained to reporters: "This is not completely fabricated. In fact, the throat and neck structure of Vi鄄tas is indeed very special. This is a truly unparalleled talent. To put it bluntly, it seems to have been produced outside the earth." "

The unanswerable ending of the third movement

Although Vitas has become popular all over the world with "Opera 2" since he was 19 years old, he has not accepted it so far. Any media interview, it is said that this is what Sergey meant, and now it seems that this approach is undoubtedly correct.

"Vitas never accepts interviews from anyone." This is a truth known to everyone in Russia.

Sergey explained his position this way: "We do not accept any interviews, not because as an agent I want to add a sense of mystery to Vitas, but because I have been in the entertainment industry for so many years and have long known that The public pays too much attention to the details of the private lives of celebrities, but is unwilling to care about their creations. Moreover, there is actually no media in our country that professionally reports on music. News about Vi鄄tas is always just some shallow expectations - and. Who went to bed, what he ate, what brand is his mobile phone, etc. All these are chats after dinner and have nothing to do with music. I don't like such reports. I call these 'kitchen issues' and have nothing to do with Vitas. "But according to "Facts and Evidence", the reason why Vitas, the most mysterious singer in the Russian music scene today, never accepts interviews is that when reporters asked Vitas' manager Sergey to organize a press conference, Sergey Sergei would ask journalists for unimaginable amounts of thousands of dollars, so until now only some sporadic information released by Sergey could be collected about the singer, of course, these are all free of charge.

As a result, Vitas, whose every stage image is mysterious and treacherous, also has a veil attached to his private life.

Finally, all we need to know is that Vitas’ current work schedule is very full: preparing for drama performances, holding concerts in various cities in Russia, plus filming movies and TV series, and he is engaged in costumes design, a book of poetry he wants to publish, a world tour, and a trip to Asia that his agent is planning...

Note 1 Russian pop music scene

For most of us , Russian pop music is a blind spot. Except for groups such as TATU that were once very popular, few people mention Russian pop music.

In fact, today's Russian pop music is no different from that of most European countries, even more avant-garde and thoughtful. Vitas, a new star who has won numerous awards since his debut, is likely to bring pop music from Russia to the world again.

But Russian pop music faces such a problem: the role of the older generation of pop singers and producers is too strong. If you want to be a star, you must work for a famous producer or senior singer, because they have a monopoly on the resources of pop music. In this regard, Lin Qin, Secretary of the Information and Culture Department of the Russian Embassy, ??said: "This situation must be broken through by a great rock band."

Note 2 Pugacheva

Pugacheva is known as the godmother of Russian music. At that time, such a statement was widely circulated among Soviet people. One person asked: "Do you know who Brezhnev is?" Another person replied: "Of course, he is a political figure in the Pugacheva era." In 2004, Russia's authoritative "All-Russian Social Opinion Research Center" "In a questionnaire survey titled "Elites in the Eyes of Russians," Pugacheva's name was second only to President Putin. Yeltsin, the first president of Russia, liked to listen to Pugacheva singing very much. On April 15, 1999, when Pugacheva turned 50, Yeltsin specially invited her to the Kremlin to award the Russian singer a second-level Motherland Award. medal. Yeltsin happily recalled the joke with Pugacheva about "Brezhnev lived in the Pugacheva era". Yeltsin said humorously: "It is an honor for me to live in the Pugacheva era."< /p>

Note 3 Castrato

At the end of the 18th century, castrato played an important and often decisive role in opera. Italians even regard musician as synonymous with castrato. The famous British music historian Charles Parney once described the scene when Farine was singing in London in 1734: "He handled the previous melody with great precision, which is amazing.

As soon as the singing stopped, applause broke out and lasted for five minutes. After the applause died down, he continued singing, very briskly and melodiously. Its rhythm was so brisk that it was difficult for violinists at that time to keep up. Even the famous French playwright Voltaire, who had always been prejudiced against castratos, admitted: "Their singing voices (referring to castratoes) are more beautiful than women." "Although the singing voice is beautiful, the practice of using castration to preserve the clear and beautiful voice of a boy before his voice changes is against modern moral concepts, so castrato singers disappeared after the 18th century.