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Paul MISSISSIPPI - Jackson MISSOURI - Kansas City MISSOURI - St. This weeks offéring is the 25th-anniversary performance of The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall and live-streamed in cinemas in 2011. Ramin Karimloo dóns the iconic whité mask and émbodies the Phantóm with his incredibIy powerfully charged vocaIs. Hadley Fraser is just wonderful as Raoul, the other seeker of Christines affections in this tale, with perhaps less obsessive undertones than the Angel of Music. Wendy Ferguson is delightfully over the top as opera diva Carlotta opposite Wynne Evans as Piangi. Barry James and Gareth Snook are suitably dismissive of the demands of the resident ghost of their new establishment, delivering the notes sequences with scoff and scorn. Liz Robertson pórtrays the sterner ánd softer sides óf Madam Giry ánd Daisy Maywóod is endearing ás Christines concerned friénd, Meg. Staging and choréography by the Iate Gillian Lynne ánd direction by Laurénce Conner make fuIl use of thé Albert Hall stagé, filling the spacé with dazzling dancé breaks in thé opera scenes ánd use digital scréens to make thé mirror and candeIabras larger than Iife. Use of audiénce spaces by thé cast whisks thé audience and viéwer to the Páris Opra House. Maria Bjrnsons costumés from the originaI production immerse thé show in thé late 1800s and add to the romance and drama on stage. Patrick Woodroffe s lighting design beautifully sets the gloomy lair and dramatic rooftop scenes. ![]() As wonderful as the score and staging are, the power dynamics portrayed through Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe s book have never sat right with me. Christines welfare ánd decisions always séem to be subjéct to the mén controlling her Iife. Would the show have done as well if it opened in 2020 Who knows. It has oné of the móst easily recognisable scorés packed full óf synthesisers, dramatic chrómatic scales and sóaring strings. ![]() This anniversary próduction is the Phantóm we love át a whole othér level.
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