MUSICAL THEATER LESSON 5

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA

BEFORE we continue forward, let’s review some vocab…

PLOT-

CHARACTER

MELODY-

REVIEW!!!

MOTIF-

DUET-

SOLO-

REVIEW

THEME-

PROTAGONIST

ANTAGONIST

ANTI-HERO

REVIEW

BASICSPHANTOM OF THE OPERA-

BASED ON 1909 NovelBy GASTONLEROUX

BEFORE WE LISTEN….

BEFORE WE LISTEN

LON CHANEY AS PHANTOM

PHANTOM OF THE OPERA- Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber- Lyrics by Charles Hart- Book by Webber and Richard Stilgoe- OPENED in LONDON October 9, 1986- OPENED in NEW YORK- previews January 8, 1988- Officially opened on January 26, 1988 - Longest running Broadway Musical

NOW TO THE TOPIC!

We don’t have time to watch the whole thingSo

Here’s the plotCRAZY SOPRANO, get’s hurt

Chorus girl sings her partSHES FABULOUS

ZOMG SHE MEETS BOY FROM HER PASTOMG THERES A GUY WHOS TEACHING HER MUSIC FROM HER MIRROR

They both love her and trouble ensues. She ultimately needs to decide safety or music

She picks safety. Womp womp.Oh and the Phantom murders like… three people to prove he loves her. And

then POOFVanishes.

BASIC PLOT… SORRY GUYS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lG2zPKo9e4This song is called ANGEL OF MUSIC. This happens right

after she understudy’s for the leading soprano. The performance was a huge success and her friend (blonde) is

a chorus girl who finds her after the performance.THINGS TO THINK ABOUT…. We’ll talk later

What does this music remind you of?How does this music sound?

Is this music happy, sad, can’t tell, can’t decide?How does this song progress the plot?

LET’S LISTEN TO A FEW SONGS,

We need to watch this whole scene, I’m sorry I know it’s long but… it’s important.

WHERE HAVE YOU HEARD THESE MELODIES BEFORE??

(if netflix isn’t working, we will use the youtube link to the 2004 movie..

Yeah I know, his voice isn’t great)

Listen to these lyrics, how do they relate to Angel of Music?

THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA SCENE

As you can see, this show is packed FULL of duetshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zy1lWiHHHFY

(UGH plot plot plot)So basically,

The soprano comes back, The phantoms like

Don’t do that, star christine, or the show WILL be a disasterAnd the Crazy Soprano is like, no, I’m gunna do it anyways

Welp, she mysteriously loses her voice, And then he murders the main crew guy and hangs him Onstage during the

ballet.Christine runs to the roof (that puzzles me to this day) and mr. ‘Safety-guy-from-the-past is like… there’s no phantom you are fine, even though some man just got

murdered. Okay so there’s some plot holes.

ALL I ASK OF YOU

We are getting through it… hang in thereOkay there’s no reason for this song to be in here I just absolutely love this show and this is one of my favorite

songs.... And there’s a cool reference at the end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7IZNfGEcFkWhat does that MOTIF MEAN!?!?!

It’s at the end!For those singers in the room... His mix is LITERALLY

insane.

POINT OF NO RETURN

Okay so.

That last scene, was after a series of attempts in catching the phantom. After a series of events, they plan to put on the Phantom’s Opera “Don Juan” a story of a seducer. The Crazy Soprano’s husband is supposed to be playing Don Juan, (that’s why if we are watching the live version, the

phantom puts on an accent). The crew at the Opera house knew Phantom would show, but not onstage.

Oh and Phantom kils the Soprano’s husband. Oops.

UGH I HATE PLOT DETAILS

I’ll just let this one sit and brew, there’s so many good things happening here….

Just, just enjoy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5W5cqlSY1w

Other motifs that can be heard-music of the night-wandering child..?

-some background vocals of other songs.

THE FINAL SEQUENCE

PROJECTS BRING THEM IN

Remember, present, show a song, explain how it affects the plot- character, scene development, and how do the lyrics

affect the scene.

Do they have a double meaning?Just do what we have been doing in class!

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