family, what a pity!
According to Associated Press , The musical " Phantom of the Opera " with the longest performance in Broadway in New York has announced that it will be suspended in February 2023.
Next year marks the 35th anniversary of the start of the Phantom of the Opera, and will give your last performance on Broadway, New York on February 18. As soon as the message
came out, was only one day, and the tickets worth 200W were sold out.
Why is it so crazy?
Look at these numbers to say everything: 183 cities around the world performed, 17 languages performed, a total of 145 million viewed, and 7 "Drama Oscars" Tony Award .
, especially, Princess Diana is a loyal fan of "The Phantom of the Opera".
Her favorite song is "All I Ask of You".
All I Ask Of You Music: Albert Bennett - Phantom of Opera
How much love is there?
A year ago, Princess Diana came to the West End of London, rented a live version of "The Phantom of the Opera", and invited the show's dancer Gillian Lynn to sing the song "All I Ask of You" in the video. The song
also serves as a gift for her seventh anniversary marriage with Prince Charles.
Web Knowing Dianna 's love for this song, so she sent her a signed manuscript "All I Ask of You".
Although the authenticity of this matter needs to be verified, it is enough to illustrate the charm of "The Phantom of the Opera".
So, where does the charm of "The Phantom of Opera" come from?
starts with ghost stories a hundred years ago.
Paris Opera is located in the bustling and lively ninth district of Paris.
A music genius, who has tasted the coldness of the world because of his natural ugliness, has been hiding in the underground world of the opera house.
Everyone changed their eyes when they heard this and called it "Phantom".
Phantom is like a normal person, longing for life and love, but because of that face he has to become a ghost and a phantom.
At this moment, she was like a beam of early spring sunshine, bright and warmly illuminating his heart.
, Christina is the orphan of Swedish violinist Dai Ye. She lost her father and later went to the opera house to study ballet .
Christina is beautiful, gentle, innocent and kind.
Phantom heard her prayer and heard her remembrance of her father in a sweet voice.
It is this clean and flawless voice that touched the soul of the Phantom.
Phantom longs for no longer loneliness, Christina ignited a slight heat in his frozen dark kingdom.
He approached her heart with music, and the girl regarded him as a music angel.
Under the guidance of the Phantom, Christina made rapid progress and became the chief soprano of the theater. Her career is heading for one glory after another.
Here, young Viscount and Christina childhood sweethearts, the two quickly fell in love.
Phantom In order to keep Christina by her side, she became more and more crazy and impulsive, and Christina gradually became afraid of him.
At this time, Christina and Viscount were secretly engaged, and the Phantom who knew about this was furious.
The Phantom of Pain forced the Opera House to stage his composer "Don Juan" and named Christina as the heroine.
So, the Phantom hijacked her beloved woman and forced her to make a choice between the two men with the life of the Viscount.
At this time, Christina had already known where she was in love. In order to preserve the Viscount's life, she was willing to pay the price of freedom.
She walked towards the Phantom and kissed the Phantom.
Phantom suddenly changed his mind. He not only wanted to let the viscount go, but also let the beloved woman and the viscount go together to fulfill the lover.
Since then, the figure of the Phantom has never appeared in the Paris Opera House again.
The story ends here.
Undoubtedly, love is the eternal theme of mankind.
Love under the stage has become the only belief of Weber, the composer of "The Phantom of the Opera".
Love story between female stars and underground ghosts of the theater in reality
"The Phantom of the Opera" is hailed as "the most magnificent love letter written by Weber to Sarah Brightman ".
Many friends may not know that The original heroine of "The Phantom of the Opera" is Sarah Brightman.
That's right, it is the soprano who sang " Me and You " with Liu Huan at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.
When he was young, Weber was already a famous composer and created works such as "Cat", "Star Train", and "Evita".
Sarah Brightman is just an actor from the Hot Gossip Dance Company and met Weber for the audition site of the musical "Cat".
"Like a ray of moonlight in the night fog."
It has become a big gamble for Weber's career, but it also made his muse Sarah Brightman famous.
Sarah Brightman plays the heroine, Michael Crawford plays the Phantom, and Steven Patton plays the Viscount.
From the West Side, to Broadway , from Tokyo, to Shanghai, to Las Vegas , "The Phantom of the Opera" has created a myth that tickets are hard to come by and every scene is full.
1988, "The Phantom of the Opera" moved to Broadway, USA.
Actors Association rejects the signing of newcomer Sarah Brightman and asks the heroine to be replaced by an American actor to act.
Weber kept her role as Christine for her by stopping the US tour.
Finally, the two sides reached a compromise.
In the same year, actor Michael Crawford won the 1988 Broadway "Tony Award" Best Actor Award.
Since then, Weber has created more than a dozen wonderful musicals, was awarded the title of Royal Jazz in 1992, and was promoted to a lifelong noble in 1997.
"The Phantom of the Opera" is known as the four major musicals together with " Les Miserables ", "Miss Saigon" and "Cat".
However, in and outside the play, the music wizard ultimately failed to possess his music angel.
Love to the depths but cannot get it, so you can only let go.
Musical is not a pretense X, it is chicken soup
Until today, tourists who want to buy tickets still have to make an appointment online more than half a month in advance and then queue up to wait for entry on the spot.
This is the charm of the musical scene.
Although you can see the classic 25th anniversary video version of "The Phantom of the Opera" on the website at will, for Phantom fans, the scene is the king. Needless to say, the popularity of
is largely due to the world-famous song "The Phanton of Opera".
The Phantom Of The Opera Music: Sarah Brightman
Opening theme song, classical and modern collision create a fantasy spark, time goes back, and the thick curtain slowly opens with the music, taking you into the world of bizarre shadows.
Finally, the heroine started from high C and finally reached High E under the stimulation of the Phantom. How high is the pitch of
?
This sound causes the vocal cords to vibrate 1318 times per second. Can you imagine what the singer's vocal cords are shaking?
This difficult control of singing has also become a means of identifying who is awesome and who is parallel to musical actors.
Secondly, the Phantom actor in the 25th Anniversary classic version Leming Kalemuro , known as "Ramen Brother", has allowed countless movie fans to refresh the Phantom's personal charm.
2011's "Phantom of Opera: 25th Anniversary Performance" has a score of 9.7 on Douban so far.
The original actors from "The Phantom of the Opera" 25 years ago, and starring actors from different eras, appeared on the stage to perform the return show.
also contributed a scene of "world famous paintings". The first cast Sarah Brightman and four different versions of the Phantom sang "The Phantom Of The Opera" on the same stage.
, who has never shed tears for the Phantom?
Many people cannot understand why "The Phantom of the Opera" is so difficult to come out once?
Because, there are more than 230 sets of costumes in the entire performance, 236 props, and all the costumes weigh 200,000 kilograms in total.
You have to pack 26 containers in one go abroad, and aircraft still need 3 Boeing 747.
The crystal chandelier that opened the curtain of the whole play weighs 1 ton, is 3 meters wide, and has 48 bulbs and 6,000 crystals.
The entire performance has 37 actors, 15 musicians, and there are 93 logistics personnel, and there are 14 costumers alone.
Props Wall papers are wallpapers from 100 years ago. Props antiques, every time they go out, they have to buy insurance.
Nearly 3 hours of performance, the set must be changed every 5 minutes.
props staff were too busy every performance, and the set was more shocking and gorgeous again and again, and they really did their best to produce it.
This is the charm of "The Phantom of the Opera".
Finally, the sheep want to talk about dreams.
When Weber was 5 years old, he walked into the Paris Opera for the first time and was shocked by the Beethoven 's third symphony at that time.
He never thought that more than 50 years later, the musical he created would be staged in this grand and luxurious place.
Phantom, Brad Ritter, played by the Phantom, when he first saw "The Phantom of the Opera" on Broadway in 1988, he never thought that he would become the Phantom. He was once a dyslexia patient.
"Phantom of Opera" is not only a national culture, but also a kind of music symbol .
In these 3 hours, "Phantom of the Opera" uses music to convey emotions and resonate with emotions.
Undoubtedly, "The Phantom of the Opera" is one of these wonderful doors worth opening.
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