What is love? Who can make it clear? Behind two of a kind's happiness, there is always the tragic self-sacrifice. Tolerance is love, spoil is love, unrequited love is love, attachment is love, sadomasochism is love ... Each of us is deeply caught in the whirlpool of love. Looking forward to, enjoying, recalling and recalling love.
Phantom of the Opera, a "Elephant Man" born in a noble family, wears a mask as his first dress after he came to this world. Just because of his appearance. He was rejected by the glamorous world, without respect and care. Wandering around, he has become the target of others' curiosity everywhere, and even become a clown in the iron cage of the circus. .....
I like the role of "Phantom of the Opera", because although he looks ugly, it can't hide his innate aristocratic temperament, his outstanding talent and his pursuit of love. He loves Christine, a seemingly unknown dancer in the Paris Opera House. The Phantom of the Opera created beautiful music and gorgeous operas for her, taught her to sing and trained her to dance. Help her to become a goddess that will make the whole Paris fall.
The Phantom of the Opera thinks Christine is his, or because he has devoted all his enthusiasm to her. She represents all his rational (love of music) and irrational (crazy about love) pursuits. The Phantom's heart was broken when Christine and Raoul vowed to each other on the roof of the Paris Opera House. Feel helpless and abandoned again. The shrill cry resounded through the night sky in Paris, but it still could not change the fate.
He doesn't want revenge, or he knows that he can't change everything in the real world. That's why he used the trick of stealing the beam and replacing the column, killing Pianji, playing himself as Don Juan, becoming a role in his opera for Christine, hiding his face under a thick cloak, and performing this swan song with his lover on the stage in the Paris Opera House where the police are everywhere. Hope to be the master of love in the world he created himself.
Perhaps, he knows that in the tragicomedy staged in reality, he must die. He took Christine. However, did he really want to possess her and occupy her? Not necessarily. Because when Christine didn't care about his appearance and gave him a deep kiss, he trembled. I can even feel tears on that monster-like face. This is a feeling of happiness, a happiness that ordinary people can't appreciate. He is not cruel, nor does he lack sympathy. What he needs is the respect of others and the respect of the people he loves.
He can give up Christine and let her fly away with Raoul. But I hope to see Christine's frankness and Raoul's persistence. When Raoul would rather be hanged than give up Christine, the Phantom of the Opera understood that this seemingly weak man had greater courage. The pursuit of love can bring great courage to people and vulnerable people. The power of love can make us forget all our fears and fight for them.
Perhaps we can say that the cruelty of the Phantom of the Opera comes from his unfortunate childhood experience and his self-abased personality. But how can we evaluate a person's personality? Everyone grows up with repeated injuries. When you are hurt by others, you often hurt others.
But I think Raoul's love for Christine is more of a fantastic imagination of his young partner. In other words, the opera is somewhat thin in depicting their love. It makes people feel like a Cinderella meeting a prince. It even makes people think that Christine is with Raoul because of his noble status and wealth.
and what happened to Raoul and Christine? There is no way to know. Why was Raoul the only one at the auction at the beginning of the opera? Where's Christine 4 years has passed, but has this beautiful girl of the whole city been buried underground? I don't know if she still remembers the ugly but talented phantom.
A fascinating beauty
Gorgeous costumes, exquisite scenery, unpredictable stage and professional actors. It makes this musical from West End of London, which was later staged on Broadway and other places, look so beautiful. From the beginning of the performance, when the 663rd lot was displayed at the auction of Paris Opera House, I felt as if I had come to Paris in 1919. The dim auction site, Raoul, dusty posters, some mechanical failure cymbals, overturned chandeliers, people can't help but throw themselves into it.
suddenly, the time and space are reversed, and the Paris Opera House 4 years ago was magnificent. In the rehearsal of Hannibal, some Pianji, who plays big cards, is singing with his stomach out. The light shone on his general's armor. Only amazing. .....
When the scene moves to the underground lake of the Opera House, dry ice creates a fantastic effect. The boat crossed the lake. The Phantom of the Opera now seems to be a boatman driving gondola, leading Christine to his palace.
when Raoul and Christine came to the top of the opera house to avoid the phantom of the opera, the charming night view of Paris in the 19th century appeared on the background wall. The flickering candlelight in the streets echoes the stars in the sky. As if wandering in the Milky Way.
Christine came to her father's grave to pour out her heart and troubles. The phantom appeared beside the cross. Affectionate singing, ambivalent psychology, gloomy costumes, pale masks, and dark crosses. People also feel infinite sorrow for him.
At the end of the musical, a girl came to the winding basement and found the mask under the cloak of the Phantom of the Opera. When she picked it up and stopped, she suddenly felt that time had passed. This feeling is no less than the montage in the movie. Seeing this scene, it was the first time that I was completely impressed by the charm of the theater performance. It's beyond words. It's a fascinating beauty.
The first time I went to Shanghai Grand Theatre to watch a performance, I was deeply impressed by the charm of musical. I can only say that the Phantom of the Opera gives me the feeling that it is a legend, a tragicomedy, a story about love and an intoxicating beauty.