His featured duet with Christine, "All I Ask of You," was very well sung. Hadley Fraser cuts a dashing figure as Raoul. His "Music of the Night" and "Point of No Return" were fantastic! The supporting performances were also very strong.
It can be strong, yet tender and also menacing. His voice can navigate the highs and lows that makes Mr. Karimloo has got that X-factor that makes the role dangerous yet riveting and sympathetic. Her soprano was flawless even in the most challenging and punishing notes in "Think of Me," "Phantom of the Opera," and "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again." As the Phantom, Mr. Boggess was beautiful as Christine channeling both innocence and sensuousness. I knew these were the same actors who played these same characters in the short-lived sequel of Phantom called "Love Never Dies." Ms. The Phantom was played by Ramin Karimloo, while his ingénue Christine Daae was played by Sierra Boggess. The theater (we watched in SM Megamall) actually paused the movie for the whole 20 minutes! So be warned.
Unfortunately, this also included a real 20 minute Intermission after Act 1. I see that this film was going to approximate a real theater presentation. Then there was about another 5 minute pause (as if waiting for the audience to fill up) before the show itself actually began. I guess we still have to wait that long to get an original copy of this special. After which there were ads announcing the sale of DVDs of this event come March next year. Here we got to hear how the idea of doing Phantom came about, and meet the original London production crew. Before the show proper, there was first a short documentary about Phantom by Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber. As we entered, we found out the reason for the very long running time. An opportunity to watch a theater event such as this on the big screen was indeed rare. This caused problems in our schedule but we still decided to push through and watch. This morning, I was surprised to learn that this will be a 3 hour and 41 minute movie. Last week, it was suddenly announced that the special 25th Anniversary performance held at the Royal Albert Hall last October 2-3, 2011 was actually going to be shown in local theaters! I knew that my wife and I had to see it again.
Phantom is recognized as the highest-grossing entertainment event of all time and the most financially successful theatrical show in history.
It debuted in the West End in London in 1986. The beautiful music was by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with most of the lyrics by Charles Hart, and produced by Cameron Macintosh. It is quite amazing to learn that this year is already the 25th year of this acclaimed piece of musical theater based on the novel by Gaston Leroux. We all know that the "Phantom of the Opera" is by far one of the best known and best loved musicals of the past years.
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