stagehands‚ Joseph Bouquet‚ was killed by the infamous Phantom of the Opera. After a while the Prima Donna of the Opera‚ Carlotta‚ got “sick” and needed to return home to get better‚ this incident gave Christine Daaé the chance to become the Prima Donna as she dreamed. She made a great triumph the night she made her first performance. What no one knew was that Erik‚ the Opera Ghost himself‚ was the one taught her how to sing‚ acting as the Angel of Music that Christine’s dead father promised her to send
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In the movie The Phantom of the Opera‚ you can see symbolism practically everywhere. It is a huge part of the movie‚ in my opinion. They are either very eye catching. Some were barely visible. One symbolic quote is‚ “Masquerade! Every face a different shade. Masquerade. Look around‚ there’s another mask behind you!” Throughout the movie‚ mirrors have been used as a symbolic piece. When you look into the mirror‚ you see yourself through your own eyes. What we perceive in that reflection can either
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Listening to an opera is one of the most interesting classical music performances you could see live. This 90 minute opera I seen was played on Tuesday‚ November 13‚ 2012 and performed at 8 p.m. The name play was Wozzeck by Alben Burg and performed by the Philharmonic Ocrhestra. At the opera the person who was suppose to be the doctor was ill so Kevin Beurdette took Tijil Faveyls place. The people that attended the concert varied‚ some people were older and other people were young. The type of class
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The phantom of the opera is a long lived novel written by Gaston Leroux in the early 1900’s with a French background. This classic work enjoys worldwide fame as a tragic love story containing amazing special effects on film and on stage as well as stunning music. Gaston Leroux wrote the horror novel "Le Fantome de l’Opera‚" published in 1911. Leroux had heard stories of ghosts haunting the Paris Opera House and decided to base a novel around these tales. He even boasted having researched the opera
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The Phantom of the Opera is a film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s magnificent musical. The story is about an opera ghost who drives everyone in the opera house crazy. The owner of the opera house quits and is soon followed by his lead singer. A beautiful young girl named Christine takes over the lead. She claims she has been taking lessons from a man whose name she does not know. Her secret tutor turns out to be the opera ghost. Although the original lead decides to come back‚ the opera
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Opera in the Classical Era What is Opera? 1. A dramatic work. This usually contains one or more acts‚ set to music for singers and instrumentalists. 2. Opera falls under the genre of Classical music 3. Opera is like a play where rather than speaking lines‚ they are sang. It contains music‚ costumes and a story. History - Opera first began in the 1600’s (The Baroque Era) -Nobles‚ poets and composers began to meet together in Florence‚ Italy around 1575. This group was called the "Camerata
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The future ruler of United Kingdom is about to pop into this world any time soon‚ and his or her parents‚ not to mention the whole world‚ are already excited. Indeed‚ Kate Middleton and Prince William seem like the eager and loving about-to-be parents that they are that it’s almost hard to imagine that they almost didn’t end up together. Remember their controversial split in 2007? Four years after William and Kate started dating‚ the two had split in March 2007‚ not giving any reason why. Reports
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examining the libretto The Phantom of the Opera‚ the interactions and attitudes of the characters‚ and the language used‚ I will show how the Phantom’s obsession over Christine‚ although at times destructive‚ leads to his change from an evil and selfish villain‚ to a remorseful and compassionate hero. To understand the psyche of the Phantom‚ one must first have a brief overview of the play. In 1984 Andrew Lloyd Webber‚ transformed the original The Phantom of the Opera novel (written in 1911 by
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The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux Characters Erik/Opera Ghost/Phantom (P:1) the story’s main character‚ an exquisite singer who hides his disfigured face behind a mask. Erik wreaks havoc on the opera house‚ he knows everything nook and cranny and is able to hide‚ vanish‚ or move freely between walls and floors. Raoul‚ Vicomte de Chagny (P:2) is the younger brother of Philippe. He has carried a flame for Christine since their youth‚ and becomes jealous of Erik‚ who also wants to share in
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Classical Opera THE question of what sort of music should be employed in opera is a fundamental one‚ and has given rise to more controversies‚ heart-burnings‚ and recriminations than any other matter‚ since it lies at the root of all differences between schools or individuals. In the earliest times‚ we find a declamatory style; in the works of the Venetians‚ melody asserts itself; with Scarlatti‚ musical learning is pressed into service; in the epoch of Handel‚ a conventional form dominates the
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