2011 · music · drama · romance
The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall
Directed by Laurence Connor, Nick Morris2h 40m2011
A disfigured musical genius, hidden away in the Paris Opera House, terrorises the opera company for the unwitting benefit of a young protégée whom he trains and loves. The 25th anniversary of the first public performance of Phantom of the Opera was celebrated with a grand performance at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
Our read: The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011) reads as a neutral, measured, grounded music · drama · romance entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, measured, measured music / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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