1. Star Hadley Fraser
2. Director Laurence Connor
3. Genre Music
4. 9,7 of 10
5. 2Hours 17 Minutes

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The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall

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I have been a "Phan" of Andrew Lloyd Weber's The Phantom of the Opera for almost as many years as it's been around. My parents came home from seeing it in San Francisco with the Original Cast Recording on CD and it was actually the first CD we ever owed. I fell in love immediately. Living in an area that has had to rely on touring productions of the show (and with years spanning the time between the show coming to my area) it's always been difficult to see it live on stage. Seen it I have, however, and my love has only grown over the years.
Nothing will beat seeing it live, but this production of the show comes awfully close and with the camera work you always have a great view. I was concerned at first when initial announcements labeled it as a 'concert' I worried that it would be like the Les Mis 10th and 25th Anniversary's that were both simply the actors standing there singing with little to no actual performance. My worries were soon put to ease and I couldn't be happier that it's as much a full staged production as they could do. There are some things that they had to alter due to the restrictions of the location (spoiler) such as the chandelier not actually falling (safety restriction due to the age of the building) and some props removed due to there not actually being full functioning wings or limited backstage (no mirror & mannequin in Phantom's lair, no Elephant during the Hannibal rehearsal, etc. These changes did not lessen my enjoyment of the performance, however.
The cast is phenomenal, Ramin and Sierra have amazing chemistry as The Phantom and Christine. The costumes are gorgeous and the sound of the orchestra electrifying. This performance has now become my 'go to' to watch, and I watch it often.

As much as I love this show (practically wore out my original London cast album and even enjoyed the much-maligned film version) I've never actually made it to a live performance, so this was a lot of fun to watch. I was delighted to see Sierra Boggess and Ramin Karimloo perform the original show, having admired their performances in the same roles in the otherwise wretched sequel Love Never Dies. In fact the only thing I didn't enjoy was Andrew Lloyd Webber coming out onstage after the curtain call. I realize the curtain speech is an old English theatrical tradition but way to ruin the magic.
I've been a fan of the Phantom since childhood and saw as many versions as I could- Lon Chaney, Claude Rains, Herbert Lom, and my favorite, Maximilian Schell. As a little girl I liked the idea of being a heroine with two men fighting over me and thought being abducted to a secret island under an opera house was a cool adventure. Now I see the Phantom for what he is- a despicable murderer, racketeer, kidnapper and stalker- and I like the way his villainy is played up in this version rather than the pathos. It's not really healthy to encourage young women to find the Phantom romantic. We need more Raouls in our lives.

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