Best. Kiss. Evar.
"Phantom of the Opera" goes waaaaay back to my childhood. My mother always had the soundtrack playing, like several times a week while I was growing up. (Michael Crawford was the first Phantom I ever heard sing, he'll always be my favorite). When I was around 12, Mom took me and my sister to go see Phantom at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood. I've loved it ever since. I saw it once more in Las Vegas, and just recently I took my mom and sister to see it again at the Pantages for its "farewell" tour. This kiss makes me cry every time.
It's hard to find video footage of Crawford and Brightman, but after digging around on youtube I found some other good performances, www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rVXio… being one of them. The good part starts around 7:38 and hot damn is that a good kiss.
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"Phantom of the Opera" goes waaaaay back to my childhood. My mother always had the soundtrack playing, like several times a week while I was growing up. (Michael Crawford was the first Phantom I ever heard sing, he'll always be my favorite). When I was around 12, Mom took me and my sister to go see Phantom at the Pantages Theater in Hollywood. I've loved it ever since. I saw it once more in Las Vegas, and just recently I took my mom and sister to see it again at the Pantages for its "farewell" tour. This kiss makes me cry every time.
It's hard to find video footage of Crawford and Brightman, but after digging around on youtube I found some other good performances, www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rVXio… being one of them. The good part starts around 7:38 and hot damn is that a good kiss.
Prismacolor markers touched up with colored pencils
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I wish I could have watched to broadway production when I was older and could appreciate it more, but no, my dad was rash and took me when I was 10 and younger
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So long as we don't talk about that travesty of a sequel.
It goes back a little further than you think. The story was first adapted to the screen in 1925, in a silent B&W movie of the same name. It is remarkably good, I was pleasantly surprised.
Of course, it wasn't until the advent of Andrew Lloyd Webber that it received its brilliant musical score, with opposing characters stealing each other's themes in a cacophony that would stir Tchaikovsky or Verdi from their rest.
The movie with Gerard Butler and Emmy Rossum on DVD has four great promo tracks, one of which is Michael Crawford's "Music of the Night." Check it out!
I clicked on the thumbnail because I recognised the scene. This is a faithful rendition of the scene, and especially of the Phantom's make-up, as appears on the Blu-ray disc of the 25 Years Celebration performance in the Royal Albert Hall. Said disc is on the desk in front of me right now.
Perhaps you haven't seen it. Perhaps you don't understand that Christine removed his mask (er, masque.)
Or perhaps you're unaware how much effort was expended to make him look so grotesque.
Brianna has captured this quite well.
This is wonderful.
I haven't seen too many musicals since I'm more of an orchestra person, but Phantom of the Opera is my favorite musical!
This is such a wonderful illustration. The colors and emotions are strong. Well done!
Back to listening to his music! Thanks, briannacherrygarcia!