Phantom of the Opera: The Platonic Romance of the Villain
The world advocates black and white, failing to give the villain too much shape, most of them are masked, uniformly dressed, and become the same vicious faces on the assembly line. However, human nature is like a melody, and there are thousands of modes of combination. People applaud numbly in the old story of "evil is not good", and their understanding of things is becoming thinner and thinner, so prejudice and misunderstanding take advantage of the opportunity to occupy most of life.
But thankfully, we still have music.
The diversity of music accommodates individuality and complexity, and it is stubbornly resistant in a monolithic world. Words can't express and shape, music can do.
To this day, many literary works and characters in books have ascended to the altar after adding musical rendering and depiction, becoming classics and lasting. The powerful mitosis in the notes makes people's numb nerves perceive the real, complex, subtle humanity and emotion, and the "opera" form exists and stays for a long time.
The exhausted "love" is more and more full and three-dimensional in the opera
"Liang Zhu" is poignant and bitter, "La Traviata" is scarred, "Tosca" is brilliant and tragic, "Turandot" is wonderful and holy... Among them, "Phantom of the Opera" is a very humane "villain" written with love, he has an ugly face and many evils, but he cannot because of his deep desire, which causes people to sympathize and pity.
Do clowns also deserve romance?
"I don't deserve it, but I still love you passionately."
Even though the phantom of the opera still has the image of the handsome Prince Charming, people only remember Eric, the "phantom" singing in the cellar.
He is the nightmare of all, eternal dampness and darkness.
Christine was a glimmer of light that caught him off guard.
He learned to love, to approach carefully, to touch, to desire.
As a recognized "evil", he could have robbed her, imprisoned her, and made her belong to him completely. However, true love made him put away his fangs. People were amazed by his letting go of Christine and wept at the misery and loneliness of his life.
The deep love and humble release of the undercurrent are Eric's unique platonic romance. And how many salted fish in the world have the ideal ending? Most of us, too, are humbly watching and forbearing in the midst of the infinite longing for the good. The unconventional villain image and the empathy of the people who attack people's hearts are the unique and enduring charm of "The Phantom of the Opera".
In the end, the Phantom lost love, but won people's hearts
"Phantom of the Opera" has created a miracle that is difficult to surpass in the global entertainment industry!
Performed in 27 countries and 145 cities, the total number of performances exceeded 65,000 and attracted more than 130 million viewers, with a global box office of 5.6 billion US dollars, surpassing blockbuster movies such as "Avatar", "Titanic" and "Star Wars"
The musical not only became the most performed play in Broadway history, but also won more than 60 theater awards, including seven Broadway Tony Awards and three London Theatre Awards, the Lawrence Oliver Award
Featured albums
Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary Edition
Stage Musical (2cd)
Best Rendition Scene
Broadway God Classic 25th Anniversary Commemorative Performance Special Plan!
Andre Lowe Weber's classic "Phantom of the Opera" celebrated its 25th anniversary with a commemorative performance on 2 October 2011 at the royal albert hall in London, England.
With the sequel "Phantom of the Opera", "Love never dies", the Ramin Karimloo and Sierra Boggess, who won the British Theatre Awards - The Lawrence Olivier Award for Best Actor and Actress, led the performance of "All I Ask of You" and "The Music of the Night".
Spectacular Victorian-style stage scenes with over 200 actors and string orchestra musicians performing with dramatic tension!
At the end of the performance, Webert went on stage to thank the audience, introducing the classic original Cass-Sarah Brightman and Michael Clover from the London premiere, which immediately intensified the emotions of the 5500 audience members at the scene to boil, which was the most cherished moving moment for Phantom fans!
Album tracks
【disc1】
1.prologue
2. overture
3. think of me
4. angel of music
5. little lotte/the mirror (angel of music)
6. the phantom of the opera
7. the music of the night
8. i remember/stranger than you dreamt it
9. magical lasso
10. notes/prima donna
11. poor fool, he makes me laugh
12. why have you brought me here?/raoul, i've been there
13. all i ask of you 14. all i ask of you (reprise)
【disc2】
1. Intermission
2. masquerade/why so silent…?
3. notes/twisted every way
4. wishing you were somehow here again
5.wandering child/bravo, monsieur
6. the point of no return
7. down once more/track down this murderer
8. Grand Final
【Original Import】Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary Edition 2cd Stage Musical
※Album highlights
Original import, buy exclusive offers here!
Best Live Recording of broadway God Classic Drama!
The Lawrence Olivier Award for Best Actor and Actress nomination for starring!
Collect "all i ask of you", "the music of the night" and other legendary hits!
The exquisite singing and live atmosphere are all in, bringing an immersive experience!