Love never dies
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| Title: | Love never dies |
| Original title: | Love Never Dies |
| Original language: | English |
| Music: | Andrew Lloyd Webber |
| Book: | Andrew Lloyd Webber, Glenn Slater, Ben Elton |
| Lyrics: | Glenn Slater, Charles Hart |
| Literary source: | The Phantom of Manhattan by Frederick Forsyth |
| Original direction: | Jack O'Brian |
| Premiere: | March 9, 2010 |
| Place of premiere: | Adelphi Theater , London |
| Playing time: | 165 minutes |
| Place and time of the action: | Coney Island , Brooklyn , 1907 |
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Love never dies (Original title: Love never dies ) is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber with lyrics by Glenn Slater and Charles Hart . The libretto is by Webber, Slater and Ben Elton . Love never dies is a possible continuation of the musical The Phantom of the Opera . The composition of the musical is independent, but always draws on quotations from the Phantom of the Opera. The plot revolves around the same characters, but no longer corresponds to the novel by Gaston Leroux . Instead, it uses ideas from Frederick Forsyth's story The Phantom of Manhattan .
In 1907, ten years after the events in Paris (which actually took place as early as 1881), Christine Daaé traveled to Coney Island with her husband Raoul and their son Gustave for an engagement . To her surprise, she meets the Phantom there, who now runs an amusement park called “Phantasma” and Christine under the code name “Mr. Y "has engaged. Madame Giry and her daughter Meg, who work for the Phantom, react to his still existing love for Christine with incomprehension and jealousy. While Meg vies for the phantom's favor and Raoul struggles with his alcoholism , Christine and the phantom indulge in romantic memories of their time in Paris. Gustave plays a key role as the conflicts of interest escalate.
Love Never Dies premiered on March 9, 2010 at the Adelphi Theater in London's West End . The show could be seen there until August 27, 2011. The planned production on Broadway was canceled due to insufficient attendance in London. Since May 2011, a version of the musical has been shown in Melbourne , the film version of which has also been released on DVD and Blu-ray Disc . In the first quarter of 2012 this production was played in Sydney . The Det Ny Teater in Copenhagen performed a production in Danish from October 24, 2012 to April 21, 2013 . In October 2013 the musical was given for a short time as a concert performance at the Ronacher in Vienna . Love dies never premiered on October 15, 2015 at the Hamburg Operettenhaus , where it was performed until September 25, 2016. The main roles are played by Garðar Thór Cortes and Rachel Anne Moore . However, the show received mostly criticism from the press.
History of origin
As early as 1990, after four years of successful season of The Phantom of the Opera , Andrew Lloyd Webber developed plans for a sequel. He encouraged his friend Frederick Forsyth to write a book that would describe what happened to the Phantom after he escaped from the Paris Opera House and how the story of Christine and Raoul had developed. Forsyth eventually moved the action to Coney Island. His novel The Phantom of Manhattan was published in England in 1997 and in Germany in 2000. The plot of the musical was written in 2008 based on it by Ben Elton .
After the first version (which was published as a studio album and was initially shown in London), the work was significantly revised in terms of content and music. In addition, the London production took a short break. Some music tracks have been deleted, others have been re-recorded and the order of the tracks has changed significantly. After the London performance, there were other minor adjustments and cuts for the Australian version. The stage design has also been completely redesigned for Australia. This version was later shown at other venues (e.g. Hamburg).
Plot (original version)
1st act
Prologue : On the deserted pier of Coney Island , the disaffected Madame Giry recalls a spectacle of bygone days called "Phantasma". Fleck, one of the “ freaks ” she once worked with, appears and blames Madame Giry's “greed” for the fact that the “master disappeared with the child” and that a great fire “destroyed everything” (That's the Place That You Ruined, You Fool!) . The Coney Island Waltz transports the audience back in time.
1907: An excited group of vacationers overwhelmed the island. There is speculation about the mysterious director of the musical theater Phantasma, who wears a mask and says “Mr. Y " (Heaven by the Sea) . Meg Giry, Christine Daaé's former friend from the Paris Opera , is Phantasma's main attraction. Her mother and agent, Madame Giry, directs the ballet . Most of all, Meg is keen to please Mr. Y (Only for Him / Only for You) with her performances . After the performance, she meets an “admirer” whom her mother introduces to her.
In his tower high above Phantasm, Mr. Y reveals himself to the audience as the Phantom (The Aerie) . An automat that looks like Christine and all sorts of other whimsical furnishings adorn his refuge . Still - despite ten years of separation and professional success - it is his greatest wish to be reunited with Christine ('Til I Hear You Sing) . Meg bursts in and wants to be praised for her performance, but experiences an unwilling rebuff. Madame Giry is upset that, despite all the help she and Meg have given the Phantom over the years, she still only wants Christine (Giry Confronts the Phantom / 'Til I Hear You Sing (Reprise)) . She recalls that she and Meg once helped him escape Paris and flee to America by ship. The Phantom is unfazed and instructs its misshapen servants Fleck, Squelch and Gangle to invite Christine to appear in Phantasma.
Three months later, Christine, Raoul, and their son Gustave arrive in New York City . A crowd of photographers and journalists awaits them (Christine Disembarks) . It turns out that despite her fame, Christine no longer performs and that Raoul has become a gambler and a drunkard . The freaks appear out of nowhere for a strange greeting and bring the family to Coney Island (Arrival of the Trio / Are You Ready to Begin?) . Raoul is outraged by the way she was received. Angry, he rejects Gustave, who wants to play with him (What a Dreadful Town!) . Christine refers to her fee , which was the reason for accepting the invitation. She asks her husband to stop drinking, but he leaves the room. Christine comforts Gustave by asking him to "see with the heart" and to understand the father in this way (Look with Your Heart) .
After Gustave went to bed, the phantom appears and reveals himself to Christine as the sender of the invitation. They both remember a passionate night they spent together before Christine's wedding (Beneath a Moonless Sky) . Christine woke up early the next morning with the intention of leaving Raoul for the Phantom. The fact that the phantom had disappeared, however, she interpreted as a rejection and married Raoul. The phantom admits that it left her at the time for fear of renewed rejection. Both agree that their love would have had a chance if the circumstances at the time hadn't prevented it (Once upon Another Time) . Gustave wakes up from a nightmare screaming and for the first time meets “Mr. Y " (Mother Please, I'm Scared!) . The Phantom promises Gustave to show him more of Phantasm the next day.
At a rehearsal, Meg unexpectedly meets Christine. She is surprised and jealous that Christine will sing in phantasm. At the same time Raoul meets Madame Giry and learns from her the true identity of Mr. Y (Dear Old Friend) . When Gustave suddenly disappears, Christine becomes suspicious. The freaks took him to the Phantom, where Gustave plays a fascinating melody on the piano that he made up himself. Impressed by the boy's unexpected musicality, a suspicion grows in the phantom: it is Gustave's father (Beautiful) himself . Both discover their kinship ; they share a fascination with “beauty beneath the surface” (The Beauty Underneath) . In the firm belief that Gustave will accept him, the phantom unmasked. Gustave responds with a shocked cry.
Christine enters and calms her troubled son down. When the phantom confronts her with his discovery, Christine confesses his paternity to him. Out of consideration for Raoul, she couldn't tell him about it earlier (The Phantom Confronts Christine) . The phantom declares that all of his possessions should one day belong to Gustave. Madame Giry overheard the conversation. Suddenly she curses the situation that thwarted her and Meg's plans.
2nd act
After the entr'acte the perspective changes to Raoul. In the early hours of the morning after a night at the bar, he no longer finds anything lovable about himself (Why Does She Love Me?) . Meg enters the scene and recommends Raoul to leave Coney Island that night with Christine and Gustave. Raoul refuses; he is not afraid of his former opponent. The phantom unexpectedly reveals itself in the form of the bartender and wrestles an agreement from the drunk Raoul: If Christine appears as planned, Raoul has to leave the island alone. If she doesn't sing, the phantom will pay off all of the couple's debts. The phantom indicates which of them is Gustave's real father, and it plunges Raoul into even deeper despair (Devil Take the Hindmost) .
The last day of the season is celebrated on the beach (Heaven by the Sea (Reprise)) . The freaks land with a hot air balloon and advertise the performance of the coming night (Ladies ... Gents! / The Coney Island Waltz (recapitulation)) .
The decisive performance in Phantasma takes place: Christine Daaé is announced as the star of the evening. First, Meg and the "Ooh La La Girls" open the revue with a striptease (Bathing Beauty) . Meg expects this to get the phantom's long-awaited attention. When her mother tells her about his absence after the performance, Meg breaks into a crying fit. Madame Giry sums up her view of the situation: Both of you were "replaced" (Mother, Did You Watch?) .
Before Christine's appearance, Raoul pleads with his wife not to sing and instead leave the island with him if she loves him (Before the Performance) . When Raoul leaves, the phantom enters the room and asks Christine to “release the music within” in order to finally realize itself. Christine remembers the Paris Opera, where she once made an equally difficult decision between Raoul and the Phantom. Meanwhile, Madame Giry, Raoul and the Phantom wonder whether Christine will sing or not (Devil Take the Hindmost (Reprise)) . Christine finally enters the stage and sings an aria about the immortality of love (Love Never Dies) . Raoul leaves the theater disillusioned.
After her appearance, Christine receives stormy applause, especially from the Phantom (Ah, Christine!) . In her dressing room she finds a letter from Raoul in which he hands her over to the phantom. Suddenly she notices that Gustave has been missing for some time (Gustave! Gustave!) . The phantom suspects that Madame Giry kidnapped the boy, but she indignantly rejects the accusation. Fleck watched Meg leave the theater with a small person. Madame Giry senses Meg's plan and leads the search party to the pier.
Meg is as if by all senses and ready to drown Gustave (Please Miss Giry, I Want to Go Back) when she is surprised by the others. She points a gun at the phantom so that it can finally listen to her. Frustrated, she reveals a terrible truth: Meg earned the money with which the phantom created phantasm as a prostitute . The phantom's attention was only ever heard from Christine. The phantom feels remorse and realizes in Meg's "invisibility" his own fate. Carefully she wants to take the gun from Meg, but in the general confusion a shot is released that hits Christine. Meg wakes up from her trance , horrified by her own act. The fatally injured Christine reveals to Gustave that the Phantom is his real father. When Gustave finds out, he runs away. She assures the phantom of her undying love. They kiss one last time when Christine dies in his arms. Gustave returns with Raoul. The phantom gives Christine's body to Raoul to comfort Gustave. The boy finally takes off the mask and looks at his face, now without a trace of fear.
Music numbers
The songs highlighted in red in the tables were redesigned for the productions in London ( L ) and Australia ( A ) and are not included on the concept album ( K ) under the title given here . The order also varies between the productions, for example the prologue about Madame Giry and Fleck is only included on the recording and in the 1st London version, while the revised London version and the other stage versions without a time jump directly with 'Til I Hear You Sing kick off.
1st act
| K | L. | A. | Music number | Performers |
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| 01 | - | - | Prologue | Madame Giry, stain |
| 02 | 02 | 03 | The Coney Island Waltz | orchestra |
| 03 | - | - | That's the place that you ruined, you fool! | Madame Giry, stain |
| 04 | - | - | Heaven by the Sea | ensemble |
| 05 | - | - | Only for Him / Only for You | Meg Giry, Madame Giry, ensemble |
| 06 | - | 02 | The Aerie | orchestra |
| 07 | 01 | 01 | 'Til I Hear You Sing | phantom |
| 08 | - | - | Giry Confronts the Phantom / 'Til I Hear You Sing (Reprise) | Meg Giry, Madame Giry, Phantom |
| 09 | 05 | 06 | Christine Disembarks | Raoul, Gustave, ensemble |
| 10 | 06 | 07 | Arrival of the Trio - Are You Ready to Begin? | Fleck, Gangle, Squelch, Raoul, Gustave, Ensemble |
| 11 | 07 | 08 | What a Dreadful Town! | Christine Daaé, Raoul, Gustave |
| 12 | 08 | 09 | Look with your heart | Christine Daaé, Gustave |
| 13 | 09 | 10 | Beneath a moonless sky | Christine Daaé, phantom |
| 14th | 10 | 11 | Once upon Another Time | Christine Daaé, phantom |
| 15th | 11 | 12 | Mother Please, I'm Scared! | Gustave, Christine Daaé, Phantom |
| 16 | 12 | 13 | Dear Old Friend | Meg Giry, Madame Giry, Christine Daaé, Raoul, Gustave, Ensemble |
| 17th | 13 | 14th | Beautiful | Gustave, Fleck, Gangle, Squelch, Phantom |
| 18th | 14th | 15th | The Beauty Underneath | Phantom, Gustave |
| 19th | 15th | 16 | The Phantom Confronts Christine | Phantom, Christine Daaé, Madame Giry |
| - | 03 | 04 | Only for you | Meg Giry, Fleck, Squelch, Gangle, Ensemble |
| - | 04 | 05 | Ten Long Years | Meg Giry, Madame Giry |
2nd act
| K | L. | A. | Music number | Performers |
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| 01 | 01 | 01 | Entr'acte | orchestra |
| 02 | 02 | 02 | Why Does She Love Me? | Raoul, Meg Giry, ensemble |
| 03 | 03 | 03 | Devil Take the Hindmost | Raoul, phantom |
| 04 | - | - | Heaven by the Sea (reprise) | ensemble |
| 05 | - | - | Ladies ... gents! / The Coney Island Waltz (recapitulation) | Spot, gangle, squelch, ensemble |
| 06 | 05 | 05 | Bathing Beauty | Meg Giry, Fleck, Gangle, Squelch, Ensemble |
| 07 | - | - | Mother, did you watch? | Meg Giry, Madame Giry |
| 08 | 06 | 06 | Before the performance | Christine Daaé, Raoul, Gustave, Phantom |
| 09 | 07 | 07 | Devil Take the Hindmost (Quartet) | Raoul, Phantom, Madame Giry, Meg Giry, Ensemble |
| 10 | 08 | 08 | Love Never Dies | Christine Daaé |
| 11 | 09 | 09 | Ah Christine! | Phantom, Christine Daaé, Raoul |
| 12 | 10 | 10 | Gustave! Gustave! | Christine Daaé, Phantom, Madame Giry, Fleck, Squelch |
| 13 | 11 | 11 | Please Miss Giry, I Want to Go Back | Meg Giry, Christine Daaé, Phantom, Madame Giry, Gustave |
| - | 04 | 04 | Invitation to the Concert | Spot, gangle, squelch, ensemble |
| - | 12 | 12 | final | Phantom, Christine |
| - | 13 | 13 | Playout | orchestra |
| - | - | 14th | Love Never Dies (Reprise) | phantom |
German song title
1st act
- Prologue / I miss your singing so much
- Coney Island waltz
- Anything you like
- Arrival of the trio
- The drive to Coney Island
- This dirty town here!
- Ask your heart
- In the pitch black night
- Once in another time
- Mom, I'm scared
- Our reunion
- How nice
- Where the beauty hides
- The phantom confronts Christine
2nd act
- Entr'acte
- What is the reason for it?
- Whoever loses goes under
- The invitation to the concert
- Bathing mermaids
- Did you see that?
- Before the performance
- Whoever loses goes under (quartet)
- Love never dies
- Ah, Christine!
- The streets of Coney Island
- Oh, Miss Giry
- final
Occupations
London (original cast)
Performance period: March 9, 2010 to August 27, 2011 ( Adelphi Theater , London ).
- The Phantom: Ramin Karimloo
- Christine Daaé: Sierra Boggess
- Raoul: Joseph Millson
- Madame Giry: Liz Robertson
- Meg Giry: Summer Strallen
- Gustave: Charlie Manton et al
Australia
Performances: May 28 - December 18, 2011 (Regent Theater, Melbourne ); January 12 - April 1, 2012 (Capitol Theater, Sydney ).
- The Phantom: Ben Lewis
- Christine Daaé: Anna O'Byrne
- Raoul: Simon Gleeson
- Madame Giry: Maria Mercedes
- Meg Giry: Sharon Millerchip
- Gustave: Jack Lyall et al
Copenhagen
Performance period: October 24, 2012 to April 21, 2013 (Det Ny Teater, Copenhagen ).
- The Phantom: Bo Kristian Jensen / Tomas Ambt Kofod
- Christine Daaé: Louise Fribo
- Raoul: Christian Berg
- Madame Giry: Marianne Mortensen
- Meg Giry: Camille-Cathrine Rommedahl
- Gustave: Carl-Emil Lohmann / Oscar Dietz / Asbjørn Mertz Mørch
Vienna
Performance period: October 18-26 , 2013 ( Ronacher , Vienna ).
- The Phantom: Drew Sarich
- Christine Daaé: Milica Jovanović
- Raoul: Julian Looman
- Madame Giry: Maya Hakvoort
- Meg Giry: Barbara Obermeier
- Gustave: Leonid Sushon
Hamburg
Performance period: October 15, 2015 to September 25, 2016 ( Operettenhaus , Hamburg ).
- The Phantom: Garðar Thór Cortes
- Alternating the phantom: Mathias Edenborn
- The Phantom cover: Robert Meyer
- Christine Daaé: Rachel Anne Moore
- Christine Daaé alternating: Jazmin Gorsline
- Christine Daaé cover: Heidi Karlsson
- Raoul: Yngve Gasoy-Romdal
- Raoul alternating: Mathias Edenborn
- Raoul cover: Robert D. Marx
- Madame Giry: Masha Karell / Maaike Schuurmans
- Meg Giry: Ina Trabesinger / Maria Danaé Bansen
Sound carrier
The concept album Love Never Dies was released on March 12, 2010. All roles are sung by the artists of the original London cast, with the exception of Madame Giry, whose voice here is from Sally Dexter . Jack Lyall can be heard as Gustave.
- Andrew Lloyd Webber: Phantom - Love Never Dies (Double CD, Label: Polydor / Universal)
DVD + Blu-ray
A recording of the Australian production was released on DVD and Blu-ray:
- Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies (Universal Pictures)
literature
- Forsyth, Frederick : The Phantom of Manhattan . 1st edition. Bertelsmann, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-570-00325-6 , p. 239.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b loveneverdies.com: About / Synopsis ( Memento of the original from October 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . (Accessed March 3, 2012)
- ^ Internet Broadway Database : The Phantom of the Opera . (Accessed March 3, 2012)
- ↑ a b Love Never Dies Arrives at Sydney's Capitol Theater , australia.broadwayworld.com, as of January 8, 2012, accessed March 3, 2012
- ↑ a b Love Never Dies ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , detnyteater.dk, accessed November 29, 2012
- ↑ a b Love Never Dies Premiere , musicalvienna.at, accessed on November 6, 2013
- ↑ Grund, Stefan: https://www.welt.de/regionales/hamburg/article147647128/Hamburger-Musical-von-der-Resterampe.html . In: The world . Status: October 15, 2015
- ↑ Tomescheit, Wiebke: http://www.mopo.de/buehne---show/-liebe-stirbt-nie--hamburg--premiere-mit-phantom-schmerz,28041502,32173036.html . In: Hamburger Morgenpost . Status: October 15, 2015
- ↑ Forsthoff, Christoph: http://www.badische-zeitung.de/theater-2/liebe-stirbt-nie-schwaechelnes-phantom-der-oper--112631341.html . In: Badische Zeitung . Status: October 15, 2015
- ↑ Wigg, David: Love Never Dies: Can The Phantom of the Opera sequel succeed? . In: Mail Online . Status: March 5, 2010. (Accessed March 2, 2012)
- ↑ Czernin, Monika: From the male hero to the swarm of women . In: Focus , issue 50/1999. As of December 13, 1999 (accessed March 2, 2012)
- ↑ The History of the Phantom of the Opera ( Memento of the original dated February 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , loveneverdies.com.au, accessed March 3, 2012
- ↑ James, Erin: Major Musicals: Openings and Closings Update . In: aussietheatre.com.au. Status: October 27, 2011. (Accessed March 3, 2012)
- ↑ Cast List ( Memento of the original dated February 8, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , loveneverdies.com.au, accessed March 3, 2012
- ↑ Love never dies - the musical in the Stage Operettenhaus Hamburg ( Memento of the original from October 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , musicals.com, accessed October 4, 2015
- ↑ Product Detail , Universal Music , accessed March 2, 2012
