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Love -- What is it?
Lessons from the Phantom of the Opera | July 13th 2008 by Vicki
I’ve pondered the next emotion to dissect, and love seems to be the one picking at my heart recently. For the Phantom of the Opera, I want to focus on the types of love found in the story, but to understand love, you have to understand its meaning. read more
Broadway's Greatest Hits
Literatti - Artistic Blog | July 5th 2008 by Mel Avila Alarilla
The Phantom of The Opera (1986 Musical) The Phantom of The Opera is a musical and operetta by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the novel ny French novelist Gaston Leroux. The musical focuses on a beautiful s read more
Fall in Love With the Music of the Night
Make The Most of Your Time | July 3rd 2008 by Liane Schmidt
I would have to say this is one of my favorite musicals of all time. There is just something about the passion that overflows from every song that captures my heart instantaneously.I was very surprised as well because the remake of anything is typica read more
Jealousy
Lessons from the Phantom of the Opera | June 29th 2008 by Vicki
Jealousy has been on my mind lately. It’s another emotion in the Phantom of the Opera, which I like to call our psychological playground. You may not be struggling with jealousy presently, but as humans, it does occasionally knock on each of our do read more
Phantom Lovers Everywhere
Lessons from the Phantom of the Opera | June 26th 2008 by Vicki
This blog is purely personal and written from my heart for a dear friend, Jennifer Linforth. Very soon you will see a new book being released -- Madrigal, a Novel of Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera. I have included a link to the book on the read more
The Phantom of the Opera -- Is that guy for real?
Lessons from the Phantom of the Opera | June 25th 2008 by Vicki
Do you realize I have put 28 posts on this blog and have not talked about the Phantom of the Opera? I have talked about Erik (his humanity) and the Opera Ghost (his persona), but not the Phantom of the Opera. Ooh, sounds mysterious! That’s precious read more
The Phantom of the Opera
Deus Lo Vult | June 22nd 2008 by Thomas
I just walked in from seeing The Phantom of the Opera at Star City. It’s the third time I’ve seen it, once when I was rather young and once overseas. Both of those times were before year 10 - sub-14 years old, and over 6 years ago. I have read more
Phantom of the Opera
Walking in Midgie's Boots | June 12th 2008 by Midgie
I love musicals :) Along with The Sound of Music, The Phantom of the Opera is my absolute favourite. What I like about the Phantom musical is the darkness the Phantom portrays. He isn't evil...just alone in his thoughts of rejecting society from the read more
New Sequel of “The Phantom of the Opera”
Online Breaking News | June 11th 2008 by Samantha Morris
Gerard Butler is the favorite to act in a West End sequel of the Phantom of the Opera. The 300 star impressed creator Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber with his performance as the Phantom in the 2004 film of the same name & the theater impresario now wants read more
Loss
Lessons from the Phantom of the Opera | June 7th 2008 by Vicki
Another aspect of human pain I see within the Phantom of the Opera is that of loss. It is part of the human condition, and it visits each of us one way or the other as we walk this earth. We can lose things, relationships, and loved ones. Each instan read more
Illusion
Lessons from the Phantom of the Opera | June 1st 2008 by Vicki
In the past few months, I've braved the world of role playing on MySpace as hristine Daae. If you want to role play the Phantom of the Opera, you pretty much have to profile yourself as a Phantom or Christine to get any attention.If you're not famili read more
Silent Thoughts - Take each step with care
Cyberspace of Deimos Tel`Arin - PC Gamer, Philosopher, Sales… | May 30th 2008 by Deimos Tel`Arin
English Translation The journey of life is short but difficult to travel. We must take each step with care so we do not lose direction and take the wrong path. Original Mandarin Version 人生这段路并不长 但确实不好走 所以必须步步 read more
Despair - The Dungeon of our Minds
Lessons from the Phantom of the Opera | May 24th 2008 by Vicki
Down once more to the dungeon of my black despair! Down we plunge to the prison of my mind! Down that path into darkness deep as hell!Part of what attracts me to Webber’s version of The Phantom of the Opera are the lyrics so creatively penned by Ch read more
Passion
Lessons from the Phantom of the Opera | May 18th 2008 by Vicki
I've pretty much dissected most of the characters in the Phantom of the Opera, so I thought I would start prodding your brains to think about emotions.Do any of you remember Mr. Spock on Star Trek -- the alien without emotions? Pretty sad having to l read more
Phantom Haunts Star City
The Sydney Traveler | May 12th 2008 by Lauren Katulka
The longest running Broadway musical ever, The Phantom of the Opera, has just opened in Sydney. The production is even more exciting as it features Australia’s first Phantom, Anthony Warlow, in the role he made famous. “To have Anthony in read more
Joseph Buquet
Lessons from the Phantom of the Opera | April 27th 2008 by Vicki
This should be an interesting post. I’ve thought it about it quite a bit, always looking at this story through a microscope. You think I’m bad? I’ve seen symbolism attributed to the poor man hobbling across on a peg leg in the early morning hou read more
The Managers - It's War!
Lessons from the Phantom of the Opera | April 16th 2008 by Vicki
You would think I’d run out of things to write about on this blog, but alas, I haven’t talked about our managers of the Opera Populaire - M. Armand Moncharmin and M. Firmin Richard. The sign has been hung outside. “Opera Populaire -- Under New read more
Carlotta - Prima Donna and Diva
Lessons from the Phantom of the Opera | April 5th 2008 by Vicki
Wonderful Carlotta! The diva of the stage – self-inflated, difficult, overbearing, rude, arrogant, egotistical, and temperamental in nature, which are only a few of her outstanding personal qualities. Carlotta, was the reigning soprano of the stage read more
Raoul the Viscount de Chagny - Saint or Sinner?
Lessons from the Phantom of the Opera | March 22nd 2008 by Vicki
“Why would I make her pay for the sins which are yours?Raoul, is the representation of light and salvation; but is he a saint or a sinner? Well, that depends on your point of view.Andrew Lloyd Webber’s portrayal of Raoul paints him as a saint fro read more
The Price of Betrayal
Lessons from the Phantom of the Opera | March 14th 2008 by Vicki
One cannot talk about Christine without talking about her act of betrayal towards the Phantom. It is a pivotal point in the story, both on the rooftop and then climaxing at the Point of No Return. The first betrayal unrecognized by her on the rooftop read more
Christine Daae
Lessons from the Phantom of the Opera | March 8th 2008 by Vicki
Christine Daae - I have probably agonized more over this post than any other. Why? Analyzing Christine has not been easy. Erik I understand. His humanity, his pain, his yearning. I feel somewhat removed from Christine, however, so this tends to be ha read more
Obsession
Lessons from the Phantom of the Opera | March 1st 2008 by Vicki
Obsession. What is it? Obsession is defined as a persistent disturbing preoccupation with some one or something. Obsession becomes obsession when your desire becomes unreasonable and you lose a sense of reality crossing a dangerous line to obtain, th read more
Erik - His Humanity
Lessons from the Phantom of the Opera | February 18th 2008 by Vicki
I had hoped to leave this post for a future date, but my heart seems to be stirring me to write it now. Today, I want to talk about Erik. Not the Phantom of the Opera (his disguise) or the Opera Ghost (his persona), but the human part of the man be read more
Don Juan Triumphant - Seduction
Lessons from the Phantom of the Opera | February 17th 2008 by Vicki
Let’s attend an opera and listen to the musical score the Phantom has written - Don Juan Triumphant. This post is only from the movie view, as I know my Leroux friends will have their own interpretations.What is this strange opera that the Phantom read more
The Ring
Lessons from the Phantom of the Opera | February 12th 2008 by Vicki
The geometrical design of a ring is an age-old symbol of eternity. A never ending connotation. Have you ever noticed the number of things in nature represented by rings or circles? The rings around planets, the orbits around the sun, the moon circlin read more
The Graveyard
Lessons from the Phantom of the Opera | February 9th 2008 by Vicki
Let’s take a walk through the graveyard. The path is surrounded by “sculpted angels, cold and monumental” figures. There is chilling white mist swirling around your feet, a cold snow falling softly as you walk past death all around you. Why is read more
The Power of the Music of the Night
Lessons from the Phantom of the Opera | February 6th 2008 by Vicki
What is music? Where does it come from? How is it inspired? The word music iteslf is a Greek word derived from “mousa” or muse. In Greek methology, muses were believed to be a sisterhood of goddesses or spirits, who embodied the arts and inspired read more
The Tears
Lessons from the Phantom of the Opera | February 4th 2008 by Vicki
Why is Phantom of the Opera so popular? What is it that touches us so deeply? Over 80,000,000 people have seen Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera. It’s played in 25 countries, 124 cities around the world since its first performance. read more
The Mask
Lessons from the Phantom of the Opera | February 3rd 2008 by Vicki
The mask embodies so much symbolism, that I will never be able to touch all aspects of it here in this post. Neither will I attempt to address the agony behind the Phantom’s mask. I’ll leave that for another performance. No doubt an entire book c read more
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