The usual fog of lethargy seemed to detract as I am going to catch the musical which i had been hankering for. Yes, its the world-renown musical- Tha Phantom of the Opera that will be staged in Singapore for the 2nd time. I think the first was duing my primary sch days, as far as i can remember. While raring my way into the theatre, there seemed a chorus of immerse excitment and tingue of nostalgia in the air. Hordes of audiences making a beeline at the entrance. I am sure our dear miSS nG and my aHbUjI feels the same too. all ready to savour the richness of this musical.
Rebecca who protray Christine Daaz is a prima donna!! She enticed the hearts of all audiences with her voice. undoubtly an epitome of Sarah Brightman. Each backdrop sprouts surreptitiously yet, creating a wholly new gleaming vibe from the previous. i was facinated!
My ears pricked up and eyes peeled for every minutia of the show. Each second was too palpable to be missed. I was unduly shrouded in this romantic yet heart wretching musical.
A nugget to share: each performance characterises 230 costumes, 14 dressers, 120 automated cues, 22 scene changes, 281 candles and 250kg of DRY ICE and 10 fog and smoke machines.
Isn't it magnificient? Every part of the musical de riguer.
A few scene i would like to accentuated, albiet many scenes of THE PHAMTOM OF THE OPERA are no stranger to many.
The ghostly appearance of the phantom in the mirror and shoving Christine down Ladyrinth underground as the infamous song titled "The Phantom if the Opera" fluttered. It created a awesome scenario.
An antomated boat that saunterred swiftly through the fog from dry ice, which protrayed as a tranquil lake, creating a serene enclave.
I was profoundly moved by scene 10, set on the roof of the opera house where the phantom was drench in bitterness. Echoes of Raoul and Christine singing "All i Ask of You". Well, it was a wound into my very soul of being too.