Yes. Me. Again

[carleton97]

So I was just reading a review of Phantom of the Opera in the strib. Now, it's the musical version, the Lloyd Webber one. Being performed by "untrained" vocalists, for the most part (except Minnie Driver, who's lip synching), according to the strib.

Now, I'm not here to argue the merits or lack thereof of Andrew Lloyd Webber as a composer. No, my question/observation is this; quality or not, Phantom is an extremely challenging show to sing. There is *no way* an untrained singer could sing Christine. I mean, it was written *for* Sarah Brightman. For her voice specifically.

That's just crazy.

Boy I'm chatty.

Comments

[elrond50.livejournal.com]

Ok - untrained vocalists and LIP SYNCHING is just wrong for this movie. It looks visually stunning but...

Uh...

I'll have to think about this now.

[carleton97.livejournal.com]

Oh, it won't stop me from going. I promised jslatt and lallybroch, but yeah. I'll just drool over Gerard Butler.

[stareyednight.livejournal.com]

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