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Appreciation of Musical Phantom of the Opera

abstract

Phantom of the Opera is a Broadway musical created by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Phantom of the Song, Phantom of the Theater and Phantom of the Opera House. Original: The Phantom of the Opera by Si Tong Leroux.

1986 premiered, and 1988 won seven Tony awards. This is one of the most successful musicals in history. 1986 London premiere by Michael? Crawford and Sarah? Braitman is the hero and heroine, so far there are 16 production versions in the world.

Phantom of the Opera can be said to be a play that embodies postmodern charm. First, Gaston Leroux's original novel (1868- 1927) was successfully adapted, which not only retained the style of the original novel, but also was more suitable for stage performance, which improved the popularity of the work. Secondly, the clever play in the play makes the audience wander between reality and illusion. Especially in the scene of chasing ghosts, the whole theater, on stage and off stage, heard the sound of ghosts in all directions, and let the audience stay in it, because the sentence "I am here" seemed to be beside them, in the box next door, and the scene of the chandelier suddenly falling really made the atmosphere tense and exciting to the extreme. The screams of the audience in the front row are connected with the voices of the actors on the stage. In this regard, stage designer Maria Bujonson naturally contributed.

There is a melody of "all I want from you" in the whole play. Raul and Ghost's different interpretations of this song show their different love for the heroine Christine. Finally, this theme appeared in the orchestra, indicating that love finally defeated tragedy.

brief introduction

[1] This film describes the love story of Paris Opera House in the19th century. At the time of 1882, deep in the cellar of the opera house, it is said that there lived an ugly, masked but knowledgeable musical genius. For many years, he has been elusive, avoiding the eyes of the world, and has been called "Phantom of the Opera" (gerard butler). He often creates all kinds of chaos furtively, drives away singers he hates, and even interferes with the protagonist selection and drama arrangement of the opera house.

Inadvertently, the Phantom of the Opera discovers that the little singer Christine (emmy rossum) has extraordinary talent and beautiful voice, which makes him admire. The Phantom of the Opera decided to make the beautiful young Christine the first soprano at all costs. However, the love of music from the spiritual level has gradually turned into a strong possessive desire. The possessed phantom removed all the people who hindered Christine's singing career with practical actions.

Later, theater investor Raul (Patrick Wilson) recognizes Christine as his childhood playmate and they fall in love. After the Phantom of the Opera was discovered, it was betrayed consciously. In a rage, it cut off the chain of the stage chandelier and let the whole gorgeous crystal lamp hit the audience. With the destruction of the phantom becoming more and more bloody and crazy, Christine's feelings for him gradually changed from infatuation to fear, fear and pity.

Six months later, Raul and Christine were secretly engaged, and the Phantom of the Opera suddenly appeared at the costume party of the Opera House, forcing the Opera House to stage its own opera Don Juan, and named Christine as the heroine. In shock, Christine ran to her father's grave in the middle of the night and wept bitterly, while Raul vowed to deal with the Phantom of the Opera to the end.

On the opening day of Don Juan, the opera house was surrounded by police. Unexpectedly, the Phantom of the Opera killed the hero and disguised himself as Christine. In the climax of the play, Christine tore off her mask in public. When the Phantom of the Opera was ashamed and heartbroken, she began to take Christine into his underground chamber. Raul followed it underground and confronted the phantom, but he strangled it with a rope. The phantom used this to threaten Christine to agree to propose.

In order to protect her lover Raul, Christine bent down and kissed the phantom's face as if cursed by hell. At this point, the ending of this love has been decided. The phantom of despair sent away the lovers who hugged each other tightly and quietly disappeared before the police and the masses broke into the underground chamber, leaving only a sad mask of Gherardini. ...

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The following is my opinion on this film. ...

The plot of this musical is excellent and the music is flawless. What impressed me most about this musical was the characters. The Phantom of the Opera House and the heroine Christine are the deepest and most described.

Christine's feelings for the phantom are complicated. Phantom is the most important person to her, teacher, father, friend, angel … but not love. The person she loves is the handsome and rich Viscount Raoul, her childhood playmate.

Phantom of the Opera is a special existence. She relies on the phantom, just as a daughter relies on and respects her father. Similarly, a daughter will not fall in love with her father. Christine thinks that the person who teaches her is a "music angel", and the angel guides and guards her. However, the angel is mysterious and strange, and she has always been with her but never shows her face, which makes her suspicious and afraid. She even felt that she was taught by a voice from heaven, an angel sent by her father.

Christine wanted to know what kind of person this hidden genius was, so when she was taken to the basement of the Phantom of the Opera, she curiously solved the mystery and unmasked the Phantom of the Opera. However, the phantom of the opera has always felt inferior to this face. When the ugly face is exposed to his lover, the contrast between beauty and ugliness makes him feel ashamed. So his fear turned into anger. In a rage, he pushed Christine to the ground and swore at her. This rage is in sharp contrast with her previous gentleness, which makes Christine feel shocked, scared, sympathetic, confused and confused ...

Later, she went to her father's grave and expressed her complicated feelings for the Phantom of the Opera. The Phantom of the Opera gave her an unreal feeling, while Raul was more real. However, she can't abandon the Phantom of the Opera, so when Raul can get rid of the Phantom of the Opera, she can't bear to part with it.

The crazy ghost at the masquerade party frightened Christine and made her nervous. She is also ambivalent, choosing between good and evil in Phantom of the Opera. When she lifted the mask of the Phantom of the Opera again on the stage, she was no longer afraid. When she was taken to the basement again, she basically no longer sympathized with the phantom of the opera. Raul strengthened his love for Raul when he appeared in the basement for her. Even if she finally left, she actually turned back, which was a disappointment to her father. ...

Phantom of the Opera, because of its ugly appearance, was called "the son of the devil" and "freak" when he was a child. He was abused, laughed at and watched, which led to his distorted mind and strong yearning for beauty.

The Opera House is his playground and his art country. When he found the talented Christine, he taught her carefully. Christine sang his music, and similarly, his creative inspiration was born. Christine is his mask, his heart and everything to him.

All his enthusiasm, all his emotions, all his efforts, all his desires, dreams and pursuits are concentrated on Christine. It is natural to think that the beautiful and gentle Christine belongs to him. Similarly, the Phantom of the Opera thinks Christine is his musical angel, his incarnation and his source of inspiration. ...

Christine's success is his success, so he also needs Christine to be on the top of the stage. He did not hesitate to hurt others in order to make Christine get glory as soon as possible. He is lonely, and no one has ever taught him that killing is wrong (even when he was a child, he gained his freedom by killing). He only lives in his own world, immersed in his own music world. At the same time, Christine is almost everything to him.

He didn't dare to show his true colors, and he was even more afraid that Christine would look at him with strange eyes like others before. So he has been hiding in the dark, secretly longing for heaven and secretly pursuing beauty. He loves Christine. He gave Christine music to make her singing fly. Therefore, when he found out that Christine was in love with someone else, he took it for granted that it was betrayal and that what should have belonged to him was taken away. ...

When he was sad, he remembered the vows of Christine and Raul. Because he was betrayed and unwilling, he wanted to curse Christine ... he became crazy ... he couldn't achieve it in reality. He expressed his wish through his work Don Juan. Moreover, he still has a glimmer of hope, hoping that he still has a chance, and that Christine can finally accept him ... When he clearly knew that there were troops rounding him up outside, he appeared in Don Juan himself and made a deep confession to Christine with the vows of Christine and Raul. The expression of almost pleading in the painful struggle also deeply touched my heart, and tears came to my eyes at this moment. However, Christine raised her mask at this time. ...

His ugly face was exposed to everyone once, so he became crazy again and took Christine to his basement again. He thought it was this face that ruined his love, but in fact it was his twisted mind that ruined his love. However, the Phantom of the Opera is not really hopeless. He has a conscience and feelings. When he threatened Christine with Raul's life, when Christine kissed him for his lover's life and expressed her willingness to spend her life with him, he knew that he was not the one who only wanted Christine. If Christine's heart is not in him, and Christine is unhappy, he will not be happy. Finally, he let Christine go. Leave her alone, and leave yourself alone. Finally, I said "I love you" to Christine, so I hope she is happy. After Christine left, his music ceased to exist. He broke the mirror and left the palace of dreams. ...

What can't be ignored is the love between Christine and Raul. They were childhood friends. As soon as they met, they were deeply attracted to each other and soon fell in love. A kind of attachment to childhood and love for each other.

Raul is gentle, witty and brave. He is not afraid of the phantom of the opera, is not at the mercy of the phantom of the opera, and fights against it. He knows Christine, helps her when she is confused and afraid, and protects her.

For Christine, Raul is more authentic and worthy of a lifetime. Raul also really loves Christine. When Christine went to her father's grave, she immediately rode behind her and appeared at a critical moment to duel with the phantom, so as not to confuse Christine with the phantom. In particular, Raul jumped into the trap for Christine and would rather sacrifice his life. He also hoped that Christine's courage and wit in free love would make people feel that Christine's choice was correct. Raul is a person who really deserves Christine's love. ...

I won't write much about other characters in the play. Christine's dance teacher is the only one who knows all the truth and is a key figure. Without her, there would be no later genius.

The ending of the story is also intriguing. But when the old count came to the grave of his wife Christine, the bright red rose was particularly eye-catching and expressed an eternal love. ...