Paragraph Fascinating Musical: The Phantom Of The Opera !

The longest running show on Broadway. The Phantom of the Opera was written in 1909-1910 but didn’t become a musical until 1986. Based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux. Andrew Webber and Charles Hart both wrote the musical together based off that book, back in 1986. Was first played on West End, in London. Then, played on Broadway in 1988 at the Majestic Theatre. Celebrated the 10,000th Broadway performance on February 11th, 2012. Worldwide gross of $5.6 billion and Broadway gross of $845 million. Has been played in 27 different

The Magic Flute is one of the performance from the Metropolitan Opera. According to the book (The art of Listening Music), The Magic Flute is a German opera that has some serious with comic implications. It was performed on December 30, 2006. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791) was the fantastic composer of this stunning piece. He created this song as a fairy tale. The librettist is Emanuel Schikaneder. The Magic Flute is performed by not only an orchestra but also a chorus. The show is a musical theater. They created it to bring Mozart’s fairy tale to light. The opera contains two act scenes. The approximate amount of running time is a total of a hour and fifty-two minutes. The cast of the opera and their vocals are Tamino, a prince (tenor), Papageno, the bird catcher (baritone), the queen of the night (coloratura soprano), Pamina, her daughter (soprano), Sarastro, high priest of Isis (bass), Monostatos, chief slave of the temple (baritone), Papagena (soprano), three ladies, attendants to the queen (sopranos, mezzo-soprano), three spirits, boys (treble, alto, mezzo-soprano), speaker of the temple (bass-baritone), three priests

Abstract: The Phantom Of The Opera was a story originally written by Gaston Leroux. It is the combination of both romance and misfortune. This story isn’t

     The original Disney cartoon of a lion cub blamed for his father’s death has been remade into a Broadway musical acclaimed all over the world. Seen by over twenty five million people in over 15 thousand performances this intricately designed wonder has taken over 37 thousand hours just to build the puppets and masks. Julie Taymor the director and costume designer was faced with a problem of whether to create humans or animals playing the part and she decided to make masks that show the animal face, as well as, show the human face giving the character his or her personality. As for expressing other animals that are not part of the main cast or to express a certain theme, 2 different

The original Disney cartoon of a lion cub blamed for his father's death has been remade into a Broadway musical acclaimed all over the world. Seen by over twenty five million people in over 15 thousand performances this intricately designed wonder has taken over 37 thousand hours just to build the puppets and masks. Julie Taymor the director and costume designer was faced with a problem of whether to create humans or animals playing the part and she decided to make masks that show the animal face, as well as, show the human face giving the character his or her personality. As for expressing other animals that are not part of the main cast or to express a certain theme, 2 different kinds of puppetry were used

In any musical drama, be it opera, oratorio, or even musical theatre, it is possible for a composer to convey the personality of their characters through compositional and musical techniques. Doing so heightens the audience’s understanding of the characters, their motivations, and the relationships between them. Monteverdi, as a pioneer of opera, was one of the first to capitalize on this opportunity to heighten the audience’s understanding of the characters. This is highly apparent in his last opera, L’Incoronazione di Poppea. The music for two of the characters, Poppea and Nerone, is especially well composed to demonstrate personality, and this is no more apparent than in the dialogue which introduces the audience to them, Signor, deh

One of the main magic’s of the theatre is for the audience to go into it unaware of what they will see, and exit with a whole new view in mind. This is still possible in jukebox musicals even if the audience member is familiar with some of the songs. Songs, text, and all literature can be interpreted in different ways based on the individual. Theatre is meant for all different people to enjoy. Some may like going to a show featuring songs that their favorite artists wrote or that speak to a memorable time of their life. It becomes a discussion about how the audience can relate to the characters.

Wicked The Musical was composed by Stephen Schwarts. Schwarts has written many hit musicals such as Godspell, Pippin, and Wicked. From the musical Wicked only, schwarts has won the Grammy award for best musical theatre album, Drama desk award for outstanding musical and lyrics, and Outer critics circle award for outstanding Broadway musical. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and Broadway Hall of Fame in 2009. Schwarts has also won numerous lifetime achievement awards. The show Wicked opened in 2003 and as of 2013 is the 12th longest running show in Broadway history. Wicked was immediately a sensation among the people, but the critics did not feel the same. Luckily, there was enough street buzz about the show to keep the showing alive.

On the evening of Sunday, December 16, 2012, I had the pleasure of attending a concert I’d wanted to see for quite a while. I was delighted to attend Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker, performed by the Richmond Symphony Orchestra and the Richmond Ballet. The performance took place at Carpenter Theatre in Richmond Virginia. As I entered I felt a bit out of place. I’d never attended a performance quite like this one and I was a bit nervous. I took my seat to the left of the orchestra pit. I was thrilled to see how close I was. I had arranged for a seat near the orchestra so I could observe them as they played.

The Phantom of the Opera started out as a book written by Gaston Leroux, published January 8th in 1910 (Haining, 1). There have been several adaptations since then, including Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical. The other adaptations were Das Phantom der Opera, which is also known as Das Gespent im Opernhaus produced during 1916 in Germany as a silent drama film, this is known as a lost film due to no known copies existing at this time. A silent drama horror was produced on November 15th, 1925, a drama thriller was produced during August 27th in 1943, a horror film was produced June 25th during 1962, and an indie thriller, called Phantom of the Paradise was adapted from Phantom of the Opera and then produced in October 31st of 1974.

Hamilton: An American Musical retells the story of Alexander Hamilton, the first United States Secretary of the Treasury and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. With the aid of hip-hop and rap, Lin-Manuel Miranda dramatises Hamilton’s struggles and contributions during the American Revolution and the formative years of the United States. It is praised for its breaking of Broadway conventions, compelling characters and their interactions, beautiful musicality, and the progression of its plot. There are many that see this musical masterpiece as Hamilton’s true autobiography. However, it is not an accurate telling of historical events. Hamilton: An American Musical intentionally alters the truth of Hamilton’s tale as it misrepresents the historical figures of America’s birth, falsifies a romantic interest between Angelica Schuyler and Alexander Hamilton, alters details of certain distressing events, and paints the main antagonist, Aaron Burr, as a villain.

Broadway shows can cost anywhere from $100 to $1000+ front row seats. Also in Times Square there is ticket booth under the stairs (called TKTS) where you can get tickets for shows on that day for cheap. You can also get tickets at the theatre website or websites such as: Broadway.com (The main Broadway website) and Theatermania.com.

On Friday November 3rd I had the pleasure of attending an evening of Opera titled Love Through the Ages with Maria Fortuna and Nancy Townsend at the Sean O’Sullivan Theatre. Having never been to an Opera performance I had no idea of what to expect and was looking forward to this new experience. Fortuna was accompanied by multi-faceted pianist Nancy Townsend. These two musicians showed tremendous expertise and were able to keep my attention through the extent of the program.

A few weeks ago, I had a chance to watch Les Miserables at Imperial Theater. Les Miserables is play based on Victor Hugo’s award winning novel. I must admit that the play made me realize the great stories that will continue be told in mass media for years to come. Much to my astonishment, the characters in the play essentially delivered a great show, ranging from their acting to their singing.

The first objective is to gain generous contributions. The amount per donator, ration between new donators and new contacts (collection rate) and the total amount of the donators and contributions are ways to measure how this aspect is doing. Incentives for the staff should also be incorporated into these objectives, especially ones that steer the process towards multi-year support programs.