The Phantom of the Opera Reaction Paper

Tupas, Chariss Dane T. BMC III-3 Prof. Maychell B. Jastia THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA Universal Pictures, Director Nick Morris and Laurence Connor adapted the work of Gaston Leroux, ‘The Phantom of the Opera’ and made it a musical play. To celebrate its 25th Anniversary, a performance was held at Royal Albert Hall and was released on October 2, 2011. The Phantom of the Opera tells a story about a man named Erik, who is a musical genius but whose face is horribly disfigured ever since his birth and because of that he has been shunned, hated and abused by the society and his mother feared and loathed him. He falls in love with a young singer, Christine Daaè and starts to train her to become a singer. He appeared to her as the Angel of Music, who her recently passed away father had promised to send her and she believed in - so he is nothing but an echoing voice in her dressing room. When Christine's childhood friend and sweetheart, Viscount Raoul de Chagny suddenly appears back into her life, the Phantom becomes jealous. As the Phantom has already fallen obsessively in love with Christine and his violent and totally lonely life has made him horribly insane, the love triangle rises into a nightmare. When Lot 666 chandelier was revealed I felt amazed by the effects used. And the huge screen added color to the stage. I fell in love with mysteriousness of the Phantom when he has his mask on played by Ramin Karimloo. He portrayed the role very well as the protagonist turned into antagonist. That part particularly asks a lot of an actor. Not only does he have to sing, he has to find this very deep emotion to dig into Phantom was rather misleading than evil. I felt sympathy for his character. His voice is also suitable for the part. Sierra Boggess, Christine Daaè in the play, effectively rendered his part and she sang high notes beautifully. They were all perfect fit for their role. The characters did their part with professionalism. Hands down to them. The stage was well decorated that made me felt like I’m with them years ago. Effects are all in timing. The Phantom of the Opera is a piece difficult to stage but they did it. Like Les Miserables, there was an orchestra at the back. Although I’m not a fan of Operas, I think it is just to declare that it is one of the best Broadway shows ever made.