The Phantom of the Opera

Woke up this morning "drunk". I was supposed to meet Mel and ZC at 10.45 at CCK MRT station. Mel gave me morning calls but I still couldn't wake up. When I was awake, my head was spinning. I was intoxicated by sheer beauty of the songs. They just ring in my head constantly.

It was my first time watching a musical at Esplanade. Mmmm.. The whole idea was, okies, kinda exciting at first. Gradually, the excitement faded. I wasn't excited yesterday at all. I was tired and ached everywhere (from the badminton session). However, it was an opener! So I feel that the $145 spent are worhtwhile.

Majority of the audiences were working adults, dressed expensively (whcih I wonder, "Does Art really cater to the rich?"). We found out that our seats were in the second row. It was really very close to the stage! We could catch every expression of the actors. However, the con is we could not catch the overview of the stage. Some scences (when Phantom and Christine rowed out in boat, when Phantom descended from the top after watching Christine and Raoul sang ALL I ASK OF YOU on the rooftop)were out of our sight. No regrets still.

I couldn't say I totally understand what is going on. The English they used was quite chim together with the usage of French words and jargons. At times, the high pitch singing made it even harder to make out what was said. However, the expressions, singing and the songs brought out the emotions very well. I was dumbfolded.

The stage effects were impressive. They managed to creatively bring each scene to such a small stage. The band/orchestra (don't know what it is called)was commendable. They had to work under such narrow area and yet they managed to coordinate so well. The whole muscial was the unification of efforts from every one in the crew, with the aim to bring the best to the audiences. That really touched me.

In the end, Phantom forced Christine to choose him, for he would kill Raoul. Christine was forced to choose Phantom but the Phantom let Christine and Raoul go. I think he would kill them both. So .. look doesn't really matter that much. The Phantom may have a deformed face but he has a heart that knows how to love. That is enough...

Now I really can't wait for Francis to pass the soundtrack to me! I want to listen to the songs again.