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The classic works can always keep their true colors in the wash of time, shaking the hearts of generations with constant fresh energy. Weber's work is even more so. He is familiar with modern composition methods and genres, but he adopts a popular and popular form. The catchy music is moving and moving, the lyrics are clear and clear, and it can also remain unconventional and fresh. Weber gave us the key to entering the halls of art and listening to soul music. As the Phantom sings in The Phantom of the Opera, "You'll feel the darkness of the music of the night."
Yes, the darkness of late night music. Just as this song says, Weber's music is like the deep eyes of the phantom in the dark mirror and the dazzling white light reflected by the mask, like the fusion of the cold wind and the hot summer, like the enthusiasm in the dark. The rose of fire shocked the senses of the audience with a silent and hot force. The "Phantom" written by Weber, in my opinion, contains the sustenance of Weber's musical values and ideas, and is also the soul of Weber's music in "The Phantom of the Opera" and "Love Never Dies".
Phantom - Dark Surface
Starting from "The Phantom of the Opera", the appearance of the Phantom was a mystery from the very beginning, full of weird and mysterious colors created by the author. The opening plot of the musical and the movie version are the same, and there is not much difference, while the "Auction 666" at the opening of the musical is more foreshadowing than the movie. The most fundamental difference between this opera and other operas is an exaggerated tension. The tension is over, it's time for the Phantom to take the stage. So the stage used all the gorgeous lighting effects to pierce the eyes of the audience, glitzy and dazzling, singing and dancing endlessly... It seems that the light of the whole world will be gathered on this stage. And all of this is not unintentional. When the soprano Carlotta was pissed at the fright of the sky falling, Christine finally won the opportunity to show her natural singing voice to her music angel. Christine sang so engrossingly and beautifully, she was so beautiful and dazzling under the stage lights, like an angel, radiating light. But she, who is known to the world for her music and gradually "glowing", was led by the phantom that night to her "dark base" hidden in the heart of the underground lake. The encounter between light and darkness makes the light at a loss and at a loss; the darkness covers everything and is eager to possess. Curious light wanted to spy on the face covered by darkness in the corner, and accidentally poked the sore spot of Phantom. The face that made the Phantom's suffering and self-defeating, never seen under the mask, is now exposed in the light of Christine, the beauty he has longed for and regarded as a treasure. He seems to be back in the circus 30 years ago. The experience of being fooled by a foreign object, he was locked in a cage naked, and wrapped his head in a sack to prevent others from seeing... He was wronged, he was resentful, and he did not understand why the world treated him like this. Because of this face, no one loves him, no one sympathizes with him. And when he finally wears a mask and survives to this day, the woman he loves uncovers the scars that he has hidden for decades, and the person who should not let her see has already seen his worst side, the phantom looks extremely painful Heartbreaking for the audience.
At least on the surface, the phantom's spiritual representation in people's eyes is cold and cruel, indiscriminately hurting innocents for selfish possessiveness, and unscrupulous in order to preserve his dignity. To everyone, he was neurotic and paranoid, and even Christine never had the guts to open up to him, to listen to him without defense, to touch him.
The Phantom - The Hidden Heat
Where there is darkness, there is light. There was darkness in front of Phantom, and he locked himself in the dark basement to study what he loved and escape the eyes of the world. He has a genius-like emotional intelligence, he is an architect, a composer, a magician, and his emotional and sensitive mind makes him more severely tortured in a difficult world.
And behind this darkness, is the only light in his life. Christine said that the Phantom is her musical angel, but she didn't know that she had become the Phantom's angel, full of light, when she entered this opera house. The phantom took a snow-white mask to block the beam of light that was too bright and beautiful for him, leaving a shadow of his own, burying his mutilated face and lonely soul in this shadow, and no one could set foot in it. The darkness takes root and sprouts here, and at the same time, the desire to love and be loved deep in the Phantom's heart is also released and grown in this secret base. When he sees the beautiful Christine through the gap in the basement and hears her heavenly voice, he falls hopelessly in love, only she can interpret the beauty and sadness in his music, only she is in his heart The long-imagined heroine. So, in her dream, when she was lonely and afraid, he used his voice to comfort her, and he made her believe that he was the ghost of music, to accompany her to grow up together. Such an understanding exchange made them soul-dependent on each other. Christine is his only warmth and hope in the world, he is only the guide of her soul, the comfort of her loneliness. While deeply in love with Christine, he feels inferior and resentful because of his appearance, while allowing Christine's impeccable appearance to make up for all the lack in his heart. Gradually, like a fiery red rose with thorns, he passionately and persistently regards her as a part of his own flesh and blood, making his ugly face a thorn in his heart forever, cutting himself all over, only for the other party to be able to make up for his shortcomings. accompany.
Because of his terrifying appearance, the Phantom never had the opportunity to sing the music he had devoted himself to on the big stage of the Opera House. So he was like a child who was robbed of a toy, after whimpering, he rushed to the stage desperately and hugged his most beloved Kristin softly, "say you'll share with me one love one lifetime." Tenderness, so sweet, Phantom always put down all her guards in front of her, but unexpectedly Kristen lifted her sensitive mask again, the scars were obvious, Phantom was completely provoked, the thorns of roses penetrated her heart and pointed at her. .
The Phantom – Paranoid Paradox
Kristin responded to the quivering spikes of the Phantom at her with a kiss of pity, "pitiful creature of darkness," she said. The Phantom finally got her kiss, but wept silently in pain. Hatred, longing, loneliness, and fear vanished under her kiss, and the stagnant darkness and pain in her heart overflowed with a little warm comfort. He hates himself, hates himself for getting Kristin's kiss in such an unbearable way, hates himself for being moved by this ridiculous pity, and hates himself for so many years of stagnation being burned by his own impulses and paranoia . Such a person who belongs to the darkness, such a person who lives in loneliness under a mask, longs for love and warmth. However, his heart had already become fragile and sensitive in the dark furnace, and he couldn't bear the love that was too extravagant for him. So he told them to leave, "just act like you've never seen me," he said.
The roses are gone, the thorns are gone, and the silent truth lingers in the music for a long time. It may be easier to use "True Love Never Dies" to illustrate the paranoid and contradictory spiritual representation of the Phantom. After years of life, Phantom has let go of all anger and paranoia to become a thoughtful gentleman and an emotional tenor. Even if things are different, my affection is still there, true love is immortal, and the paranoid charm of Phantom has not diminished in Weber's writings.
Dark surface, deep fiery, but paranoid and kind-hearted paradox, Phantom's spirit is like Weber's music. sensitive. No one can resist, everyone has their own understanding, Phantom is the embodiment of everyone. His crying is heartbreaking, his tenderness is shocking, his paranoia is moving, and his anger is sympathetic. This hot and cold love-hate relationship gave everyone an outlet to find resonance. Like groping for a red rose in the dark, feel a feast of true love.
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