Phantom Of The Opera Report Essay

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The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Hall-25 Anniversary Celebration was filmed for the 25th anniversary for Andrew Lloyd Webber’s critically acclaimed Phantom of the Opera. The script was written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The show is based off of the book Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux. The show opens in Paris 1905 at an auction of old theater props from L’Opera Populaire. As they are auctioning off old props of the theater they come up to an old music box with a monkey on top of it. An elderly man buys it and the auctioneer soon moves on to what he calls “ chandelier in pieces” and coincides with the mysterious Phantom of the Opera. The cloth over the chandelier comes off and the it comes to life with light and we are transported back to 1881. The show follows Christine, a young vocalist with great beauty, and an Opera House Phantom who yearns to be closer and love her. The Phantom, who has a deformed face hides it from the world behind his mask try to lure Christine to his heart by teaching her the ways of music and vocals only for her to fall in love with her childhood friend Raoul. The Phantom, who has been alone for all this time, does …show more content…

Pre show and the end of intermission both opened up with the shows anthem and was orchestrated beautifully. The orchestra played on stage the entire time and at some points you could see it from the angles of the camera. One thing that I appreciated about the sound was that whenever the Phantom would make an appearance the theme song would play in the background and it would signify who it truly was. I also thought that it wasn’t too loud and that the music didn’t over play the actors when they were singing or talking. The post show music was just as excellent as the other parts and I didn’t think that it mattered when it was playing it was still good and

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