This is a notoriously difficult piece of music, due in no small part to the fact that it isn’t sung until Act V of the opera! The soprano, after undergoing several hours of operatic trauma, sings this aria when she briefly believes she will live happily-ever-after. Mercé, Dilette Amiche from I Vespri Sciliani, Giuseppe Verdi – In the novel, Leroux refers to this aria as the “bolero”. I think Leroux (or his editor) accidentally got the two reversed and meant to say that the Valse Lente from Act I of Coppèlia and the Pizzicati from Act III of Sylvia were performed at the gala. Pizzicati from Copp èlia and Valse Lente from Sylvia, Lèo Delibes – Unless I am terribly mistaken, Leroux made a little error when listing Lèo Delibes’ contributions to the managers’ farewell gala: There is indeed a Valse Lente (Slow Waltz) in the ballet Sylvia, but there is not a Pizzicati in Coppèlia. Guiraud put the finishing touches on Bizet’s Carmen) However, he was a well-known figure around the Paris theaters since he was nearly always called in to finish operas left incomplete by the untimely deaths of more lauded composers (e.g. Movie Info Rating: PG-13 Genre: Musical, Drama, Romance Original Language: English Director: Joel Schumacher Producer: Andrew Lloyd Webber Writer: Gaston.
Based on Gaston Leroux’s gothic novel, Phantom holds the record as the longest-running musical on Broadway. Guiraud never gained much recognition as a composer. The Phantom of the Opera is a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe.
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