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[[caption-width-right:481:Akinori Nakagawa as Amduscias, with Kento Kinouchi (left) and Creator/HirokiAiba (right) double-cast as Niccolo Paganini (2024 production).]]
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In an age captivated by music, one dark violinist took the world by storm -- Niccolo Paganini. He had a rumor that always followed him -- a rumor that he had gained his talent through a contract with a demon. At the crossroads, he entered into a contract of blood with the demon Amduscias. Paganini would play one million songs of genius, and in exchange, his life would wither away.
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In an age captivated by music, one dark violinist took the world by storm -- Niccolo Paganini. He had a rumor that always followed him -- a rumor that he had gained his talent through a contract with a demon. At the crossroads, devil. AtTheCrossroads, he entered into a [[DealWithTheDevil contract of blood blood]] with the demon devil Amduscias. Paganini would play one million songs of genius, and in exchange, [[CastFromLifespan his life would wither away.away]].
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* AllMusicalsAreAdaptations: Of a 2012 reading play. Creator/KoichiYamadera has been involved with every iteration of the story.
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* AmbiguousSituation: This play is in love with ambiguity.
** First of all, what is the time frame? It gives the years that Paganini was born and died in real life, but Elisa died 20 years before him in real life, and in the play, [[spoiler: she was going to see his concert on the last day of his life]].
*** Specifically, how old was Niccolo when he made the contract with Amduscias? How much time passes between that and when he leaves Genoa? How much time passes between that and when he meets Elisa and she becomes his patron? How much time passes between that and "Ancora", when he starts to have doubts? (At that point, does he really only have 462 songs left, or was that abstract/metaphorical?) And how much time between that and the end of the play? That last block of time feels longer than the time before he left Genoa, but he used up over 200,000 songs before leaving Genoa.
** First of all, what is the time frame? It gives the years that Paganini was born and died in real life, but Elisa died 20 years before him in real life, and in the play, [[spoiler: she was going to see his concert on the last day of his life]].
*** Specifically, how old was Niccolo when he made the contract with Amduscias? How much time passes between that and when he leaves Genoa? How much time passes between that and when he meets Elisa and she becomes his patron? How much time passes between that and "Ancora", when he starts to have doubts? (At that point, does he really only have 462 songs left, or was that abstract/metaphorical?) And how much time between that and the end of the play? That last block of time feels longer than the time before he left Genoa, but he used up over 200,000 songs before leaving Genoa.
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** Did [[spoiler: Teresa]] die of natural causes, or was she killed by Amduscias as punishment for Niccolo's breaking the contract? Or was she killed automatically by the contract, without Amduscias having had to take any action of his own? In that case, when he sat next to her in Niccolo's concert, was he trying to protect Niccolo from breaking the contract, by distracting her, or by absorbing Niccolo's intention by being close to the intended recipient?
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** Did [[spoiler: Teresa]] die of natural causes, or was she killed by Amduscias as punishment for Niccolo's breaking the contract? Or was she killed automatically by the contract, without Amduscias having had to take any action of his own? In that case, when he sat next to her in Niccolo's concert, was he trying to protect Niccolo from breaking the contract, by distracting her, or by absorbing Niccolo's intention by being close having Teresa within his aura, so to the intended recipient? speak?
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* VagueAge: Paganini was 58 years old when he died in real life in 1840. Does this story take place over 40 years, or is he a lot older than 18 at the beginning? Does he die younger? What kind of time span is shown here? The opening song says he died in 1840, but he seems to have played for UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte not long before his death.
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* VagueAge: VagueAge:
** Paganini was 58 years old when he died in real life in 1840. Does this story take place over 40 years, or is he a lot older than 18 at the beginning? Does he die younger? What kind of time span is shown here? The opening song says he died in 1840, but he seems to have played for UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte not long before hisdeath.death.
** Asha seems young, but her age is never specified, possibly in order to keep the time frame ambiguous.
** Paganini was 58 years old when he died in real life in 1840. Does this story take place over 40 years, or is he a lot older than 18 at the beginning? Does he die younger? What kind of time span is shown here? The opening song says he died in 1840, but he seems to have played for UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte not long before his
** Asha seems young, but her age is never specified, possibly in order to keep the time frame ambiguous.
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* InadvertentEntranceCue: [[https://youtu.be/QFaw_DBsUmQ?si=WKmAuDEjInH98Iy6 Cruel God]] becomes this for Amduscias to enter Niccolo's life.
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** The ''Theatre/TheBarberOfSeville'' reference isn't necessarily anachronistic, since it premiered a good 24 years before Paganini died, but when UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte is present in a later scene...
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* DealWithTheDevil: Paganini is one of the classics of this trope.
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* DealWithTheDevil: In real life, Paganini is was rumored to have made one, and media about him can't ignore that part of his legend, making him one of the classics of this trope.trope. However, this story subverts so much of the usual elements. Amduscias is undeniably a devil, right out of the Literature/ArsGoetia, but he's honest, and he protects Niccolo from the dangerous elements of that contract. He truly does love Niccolo, and in the end, Niccolo doesn't regret their contract.
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*** Amduscias repeats it in the finale of act 1.
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*** Amduscias repeats it in "Inquisition", the finale of act 1.
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* VagueAge: Paganini was 58 years old when he died in real life in 1840. Does this story take place over 40 years, or is he a lot older at the beginning? Does he die younger? What kind of time span is shown here?
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* VagueAge: Paganini was 58 years old when he died in real life in 1840. Does this story take place over 40 years, or is he a lot older than 18 at the beginning? Does he die younger? What kind of time span is shown here?here? The opening song says he died in 1840, but he seems to have played for UsefulNotes/NapoleonBonaparte not long before his death.
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* AbominationAccusationAttack: Niccolo is constantly attacked by people who believe he's made a DealWithTheDevil. He gets banished from his hometown, and there are protests against him and rotten eggs thrown at him everywhere he goes. The thing is, it ''is'' true that he's made a contract with Amduscias, but they don't exactly understand what that means. His music isn't going to harm or corrupt anyone else.
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** In act 1, as Armand is telling Asha about Niccolo's childhood in the FramingDevice, his early success with the violin is shown in the song "Gifted", sung by Teresa (Niccolo's mother) and Signor Costa, his violin teacher. After Niccolo makes the contract with Amduscias and performs with his devilish powers for the first time, they sing a reprise. Teresa is impressed, and thanks Signor Costa for his teaching, but Costa is scared, because he knows he never taught Niccolo any of those techniques. The crowd of nobles who watched the concert add another layer, proclaiming Niccolo's genius -- the genius that Costa knew he didn't have.
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** In act 1, as Armand is telling Asha about Niccolo's childhood in the FramingDevice, his early success with the violin is shown in the song "Gifted", sung by Teresa (Niccolo's mother) and Signor Costa, his violin teacher. After Niccolo makes the contract with Amduscias and performs with his devilish powers for the first time, they sing a reprise. Teresa is impressed, and thanks Signor Costa for his teaching, but Costa is scared, because he knows he never taught Niccolo any of those techniques. The crowd of nobles who watched the concert add another layer, proclaiming Niccolo's genius -- the genius that Costa knew he didn't have.
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** A small reversal -- when Elisa first gets together with Niccolo, she sings "Trapped in that palace of lies, I finally found my truth." After she's sent away, she repeats the same line in "Hanarerena Hanareruhodo ni Ai", but now, it's "I ''thought I'd'' finally found my truth".
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** A small reversal -- when Elisa first gets together with Niccolo, she sings "Trapped in that palace of lies, I finally found my truth." After she's sent away, she repeats the same line in "Hanarerena "Hanarereba Hanareruhodo ni Ai", but now, it's "I ''thought I'd'' finally found my truth".
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** In act 1, as Armand is telling Asha about Niccolo's childhood in the FramingDevice, his early success with the violin is shown in the song "Gifted", sung by Teresa (Niccolo's mother) and Signor Costa, his violin teacher. After Niccolo makes the contract with Amduscias and performs with his devilish powers for the first time, they sing a reprise. Teresa is impressed, and thanks Signor Costa for his teaching, but Costa is scared, because he knows he never taught Niccolo any of those techniques. The crowd of nobles who watched the concert add another layer, proclaiming Niccolo's genius -- the genius that Costa knew he didn't have.
** Within the song "Inquisition", in which Niccolo plays for the Archbishop in the church and breaks the contract, resulting in his banishment (which is what Amduscias wanted), Amduscias sings a darker version of the chorus of the title song, from the prologue.
** [[spoiler: Teresa]]'s DeathSong is a duet between [[spoiler: her and Niccolo, of Casa Nostalgia]].
** After which, the chorus sings one of "Contract of Blood" as they surround and torment Niccolo, showing his beginning to have regrets.
** A small reversal -- when Elisa first gets together with Niccolo, she sings "Trapped in that palace of lies, I finally found my truth." After she's sent away, she repeats the same line in "Hanarerena Hanareruhodo ni Ai", but now, it's "I ''thought I'd'' finally found my truth".
** In the confrontation between Niccolo and Amduscias in the final concert, when Niccolo [[spoiler: plays "Casa Nostalgia" as his final song and Amduscias confronts him, declaring a breach of contract]], it becomes a dark reprise of that song.
** [[spoiler: Niccolo]]'s DeathSong is a subversion. When he first sang [[spoiler: "Ancora", it was an expression of his fear of death, and regrets about entering into a contract with Amduscias.]] Now, he accepts it, and dies feeling that it was better this way.
** In act 1, as Armand is telling Asha about Niccolo's childhood in the FramingDevice, his early success with the violin is shown in the song "Gifted", sung by Teresa (Niccolo's mother) and Signor Costa, his violin teacher. After Niccolo makes the contract with Amduscias and performs with his devilish powers for the first time, they sing a reprise. Teresa is impressed, and thanks Signor Costa for his teaching, but Costa is scared, because he knows he never taught Niccolo any of those techniques. The crowd of nobles who watched the concert add another layer, proclaiming Niccolo's genius -- the genius that Costa knew he didn't have.
** Within the song "Inquisition", in which Niccolo plays for the Archbishop in the church and breaks the contract, resulting in his banishment (which is what Amduscias wanted), Amduscias sings a darker version of the chorus of the title song, from the prologue.
** [[spoiler: Teresa]]'s DeathSong is a duet between [[spoiler: her and Niccolo, of Casa Nostalgia]].
** After which, the chorus sings one of "Contract of Blood" as they surround and torment Niccolo, showing his beginning to have regrets.
** A small reversal -- when Elisa first gets together with Niccolo, she sings "Trapped in that palace of lies, I finally found my truth." After she's sent away, she repeats the same line in "Hanarerena Hanareruhodo ni Ai", but now, it's "I ''thought I'd'' finally found my truth".
** In the confrontation between Niccolo and Amduscias in the final concert, when Niccolo [[spoiler: plays "Casa Nostalgia" as his final song and Amduscias confronts him, declaring a breach of contract]], it becomes a dark reprise of that song.
** [[spoiler: Niccolo]]'s DeathSong is a subversion. When he first sang [[spoiler: "Ancora", it was an expression of his fear of death, and regrets about entering into a contract with Amduscias.]] Now, he accepts it, and dies feeling that it was better this way.
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** Paganini died in 1840, and this is stated in one of the first songs, but in the play, it seems like Napoleon is still in power when he dies.
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** Paganini died in 1840, and this is stated in one of the first songs, but in the play, it seems like Napoleon is still in power when he dies. Elisa died in 1820, but in the play, she's going to see Niccolo's concert on the last day of his life.
