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Vitas? Vitas?
Almost overnight, the music of Vitas, a Russian tenor (男高音), has become very popular on the Internet. People are fascinated by his dolphin-like voice and mysterious stories behind him.
Some of the most popular stories about him are both astonishing and unbelievable. He is the youngest singer to hold an individual concert in Kremlin (克里姆林宮). He is mysterious because he never accepts an interview with the media (媒體). So nobody knows what his true name is and where he lives. He stays in an underground room and comes out at dusk to create his music. When he sings, his voice can reach such a high degree that it’s hard to tell whether it is a man’s or a woman’s. His eyes are so attractive that you will certainly lose yourself in surprise when having an eye contact with him. He likes fish very much. Because of this, some people even guess that he might have a branchia (鰓) to be able to produce such a high voice. It is extremely unbelievable that he is also a fashion designer.
Last June, he stayed in Tibet (西藏) for three weeks. After hearing his songs, the monks from India were greatly shocked, saying that he might be the rebirth (轉(zhuǎn)世) of a famous Indian poet, musician and philosopher (哲學(xué)家) in the eleventh century.
Are the stories about him true? Or are they just made up by his producers to attract people’s attention? Such questions may never be answered. But it is really a fact that his magnetic voice attracts millions of people!(from www.nmet168.com)
【附：中文大意】
Vitas?Vitas!
仿佛一夜之間，俄羅斯男高音Vitas的音樂(lè)便在網(wǎng)絡(luò)上悄然風(fēng)靡，他以擁有不可思議海豚音以及絕美的姿態(tài)和隱藏在他背后神話般的故事顛倒眾生。但在Vitas流傳最廣的幾段故事里，有的竟幾乎都是神秘的問(wèn)號(hào)和驚嘆號(hào)。
他是在克里姆林宮舉辦個(gè)唱的最年輕的歌手。他很神秘，因?yàn)樗唤邮苋魏蚊襟w的采訪。他的真名幾乎沒(méi)人知道，也沒(méi)有人知道能在哪里找到他。他住在地下室，在黃昏的時(shí)候才像蜘蛛一樣從棺材里爬出來(lái)開(kāi)始創(chuàng)作。他的聲音近乎天籟，渾然天成，高音部分雌雄難辨。他的眼神，如同鬼魅一般，瞬間就讓你如中了咒語(yǔ)般失去抵抗能力。他特別喜歡魚(yú)，所以有人猜測(cè)Vitas能飆那么高的音會(huì)不會(huì)因?yàn)樗怯婿w的。最令人意想不到的是，他還是個(gè)服裝設(shè)計(jì)師。
去年6月，Vitas前往西藏逗留了三周，來(lái)自印度的僧侶聽(tīng)了他的歌極為震撼，甚至說(shuō)在他唱歌時(shí)宇廟里的東西都飛了起來(lái)，并稱Vitas是印度十一世紀(jì)一個(gè)著名詩(shī)人、音樂(lè)家、哲學(xué)家的轉(zhuǎn)世。
這個(gè)神秘的俄羅斯男高音歌手身后的真相的確如傳聞中一般嗎?會(huì)不會(huì)是他的制作人“炒作”出來(lái)的驚天大陰謀?我們或許永遠(yuǎn)找不到答案，但是，聽(tīng)到那聲音的震撼感覺(jué)，卻是如此真實(shí)的存在。
本文來(lái)自：逍遙右腦記憶 http://www.yy-art.cn/gaozhong/192137.html
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