The ending of the original novel did not say that the Phantom died, but that the Phantom fulfilled Christine and her lover and then disappeared.

Plot summary

A series of horrific incidents occurred at the Paris Opera House, and rumors began to spread that the theater was haunted. The "ghost" of the Opera House is named Eric and lives in the basement beneath the theatre. He covers his scarred face with a mask and his true existence with lies. Eric fell in love with the beautiful opera singer Christine and began to teach her to sing.

However, one day, Christine's childhood sweetheart Raoul appeared, and Eric was very jealous. So he kidnapped Christine during an opera performance one night and took her to an underground lake through the basement. Raoul risked his life and came to the basement to rescue Christine.

Christine loved Raoul, but after seeing Eric's true appearance, she still expressed sympathy for Eric and gave him a kiss. Eric finally realized that his ideal of love was impossible to realize, so he let Christine and Raoul go, and the ghost of the opera house disappeared.

Extended information

Before Weber created "The Phantom of the Opera", Ken Hill had created a musical of the same name with the same theme. In 1984, Weber watched this at the Royal Stratford East Theater After receiving inspiration from the performance of the version of the musical, he began to write the musical, many of the arias were tailored to the voice of his then-wife Sarah Brightman. The production team of the musical is led by the famous musical producer Cameron Macintosh, and is completed in conjunction with Weber's Really Useful Group.

"The Phantom of the Opera" can be said to be a play that reflects the charm of postmodernity. First of all, it successfully adapted the original novel by Gaston Leroux (1868-1927). It retains the style of the original work and makes it more suitable for stage performance, improving the visibility of the work. Secondly, the clever play-within-a-play makes the audience wander between reality and fantasy.

Especially in the scene of chasing the ghost, the ghost's voice sounded throughout the theater, on and off the stage, and from all directions, putting the audience in it, because the phrase "I am here" seemed to be in their mind. Next door, in the box next door, the scene where the chandelier suddenly fell really made the atmosphere extremely tense and exciting. The screams of the audience in the front row merged with the shouts of the actors on the stage. In this regard, the stage designer Maria ·Bujonson naturally contributed a lot.

Throughout the play, the melody of "All I Ask of You" appears repeatedly. Rolle and Ghost's different interpretations of this song show their different feelings towards the heroine Christine. Love, the final theme emerges in the orchestra, showing the ultimate triumph of love over tragedy.

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