Phantom of the Opera Synopsis
Essay title: Phantom of the Opera Synopsis
The Phantom of the Opera is a film adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s magnificent musical. The story is about an opera ghost who drives everyone in the opera house crazy. The owner of the opera house quits and is soon followed by his lead singer. A beautiful young girl named Christine takes over the lead. She claims she has been taking lessons from a man whose name she does not know. Her secret tutor turns out to be the opera ghost. Although the original lead decides to come back, the opera ghost wants his girl to continue to sing the lead. He sabotages the original lead, murders a stage hand and causes a major accident in the opera house. Throughout the movie you can tell that the opera ghost is in love with Christine but she is love with her childhood sweetheart, Raoul. This makes the ghost very angry and he kidnaps Christine and takes her to his world under the opera house to be his bride. The ghost seems to have some control over Christine and it seems she is fascinated by him. It turns out that he is severely deformed on one side of his face and that is why he in always in hiding. Raoul, Christine’s true love, saves her from the ghost and they go on to get married.
The Phantom of the Opera is full of beautiful music. Although most of the music is played by an orchestra, you can hear all different kinds of musical instruments throughout the movie. The music is full of string instruments, such as the violin, percussion, brass and woodwinds. There are many different kinds of voices. The lead female singer is a soprano but you also hear all other types of voices, such as the phantom who sings bass. All the songs in this opera seem to have great meaning to the singer or they are used by the singers to tell their story. Christine’s songs always portray what she is feeling. She sings “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again” when she is at the graveyard and she is wishing that her dad were still around. The song is very sad and makes the listener feel sorry for her. She sings “Angel of Music” when she is trying to explain who her teacher is. In the song she seems frightened, but also very intrigued by her teacher. It is almost like she is obsessed with him. You can sense that she is somewhat fond of her teacher and maybe this is because she has a great respect for him. Christine’s music is very beautiful and it makes the listener see her as a beautiful and somewhat innocent girl. Most of the phantom’s music is loud and angry. He uses his music to portray his anger for being ugly and his anger about Christine’s young lover. His music is awe inspiring and makes the listener really listen. The song “The Music of the Night” is quite different from his other music. It is quite sad and much softer. It is obvious that he is in love with Christine and the song makes the listener feel sad for him because it is obvious she does not love him back. All of the other music seems to follow the plot and tell the listener what is going on in the movie.
The song “Think of Me” is one of the most memorable songs of the movie. The music is played by an orchestra and you can hear violins and flutes and piano. The singer, Christine, is a beautiful soprano. The song is played with a moderato tempo in the minor key. The song gives the listener a calm feeling. It makes you think about love and the yearning for someone. This song leaves you in awe of the singer. When you hear her sing it, you are mesmerized and you cannot