Today we are going to introduce a classic musical, The Phantom of the Opera. It was the longest-running play in Broadway history, breaking the record for another classic musical by Earl Wei, Cats.
Old rule, first pictured.
Phantom of the Opera is based on the Gothic romance novel of the same name by French writer Gaston Louis Alfred LeRoux. In an opera house in Paris, strange things happen frequently, the original chief heroine is almost smashed to death, and a creepy unreal male voice appears in the theater. The sound comes from living in The Phantom of the Opera, adapted from the Gothic romance novel of the same name by French writer Gaston Louis Alfred LeRoux. In an opera house in Paris, strange things happen frequently, the original chief heroine is almost smashed to death, and a creepy unreal male voice appears in the theater. This voice comes from the "ghost" who lives in the labyrinth under the theater, who falls in love with the actress Christine, secretly teaches her to sing, and helps her get the position of heroine, while Christine loves the theater agent Raoul, which causes a series of plots such as jealousy, chase, murder and so on. Eventually, the "ghost" discovers that his love for Christine has exceeded his personal possessiveness, so he frees Christine, leaving behind a cloak and mask, and disappears alone in the dim underground labyrinth. Weber added a large number of opera elements to the play (the story takes place in the opera house), and made extensive use of classical music such as Verdi and Offenbach's opera melodies. The sets, costumes, etc. look very luxurious. Male and female protagonist Mike. Crawford and Sarah. Brightman's collaboration became a classic.
Many fans of the show, the favorite song in "Phantom of the Opera" is probably "think of me" (http://music.163.com/m/song?id=993441&userid=1749873674) this is a song that Weber tailored for his ex-wife Sarah Brightman. There's also the Phantom and Christine's duet "The Phantom of the Opera" (http://music.163.com/m/song?id=993399&userid=1749873674) and the Phantom's solo "the music of the night." （http://music.163.com/m/song?id=993403&userid=1749873674 ）。 (Note: The author's link to the song here is Mike. Crawford and Sarah. Brightman's version) Highlight Moment (because the author wrote it according to the "Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary Concert" edition, so the cast table and pictures are this version)
Ramin karimloo as the phantom of the opera (ramin karimloo has a nickname among Chinese drama fans called ramen, of course because his name sounds very much like ramen. As for ramen, we'll write about him in the next issue of the character column. Also make a trailer here)
Phantom was deeply in love with Christine, but he didn't realize it. It was the love between Christine and the Viscount (Raoul) that awakened him. But Phantom didn't know how to love, and in the end it was Christine's kiss that shone like the sun's rays on him living underground.
Sierra boggess as Christine daaé (the younger sister also has a nickname, her nickname is mermaid, because she played Ariel in "The Little Mermaid". ）
Hadley Fraser as Raoul, vicomte de chagny (Raoul. Viscount Shani)
Christine and the Viscount were childhood playmates, reunited and fell in love.
The love-hate entanglement of the three. Especially in the final scene, the Phantom asks Christine to marry him or hang Raoul. This passage is an important node in The Phantom of the Opera. Friends who are curious about how Christine chose can click on the link and watch it for themselves. Guiding B station: av7631200 (https://www.bilibili.com/video/av7631200) There are many excellent actors here are not listed one by one, now into our traditional link, musical drama black talk popular science "Phantom of the Opera"
Chapter 1: The Phantom of the Opera, the poto (short for phantom of the opera) barrel (phantom phantom's empty ear)
Chapter 2, rice bucket/barrel, that is, phantom, small c, that is, Christine, viscount, that is, Raoul
Chapter 3: Musical action design and choreography (especially French dramas) are rich in the spirit behind the haunting of the actors. This one appears in the play, or quite scary. There is also such a spirit design behind the poto, when Little C and the Viscount exchange heartfelt words, Qingqing me and me, the rice bucket is lying on the roof of the opera house. There is this plot in the picture Oh, I don't know if you can find it.
Chapter 4, finally, let's talk about a famous stage mistake in the poto, where the boat is stuck in the underground palace, and the rice bucket can only drag the small c and the boat hard. Let me put a picture.
The original one was like this, and it turned out that the back became a rice bucket dragging a small C and a boat to go, imagine, this is very interesting and fun. It's also one of the charms of musical theater, which is a one-off art, the same musical, you can't see two performances exactly the same. The abilities and skills of the actors are also reflected here.