{"id":11,"date":"2022-02-09T15:13:58","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T20:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/template-projectsite\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2022-04-24T13:48:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-24T17:48:03","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mus122-sp22-16\/","title":{"rendered":"Thesis and Synopsis"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_47\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47\" style=\"width: 2048px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-47\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mus122-sp22-16\/files\/2022\/04\/phantom2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1400\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-47\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Photo by ANGELA WEISS\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b>Thesis<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Andrew Lloyd Webber\u2019s 1986 musical adaptation of <em>The Phantom of the Opera<\/em> became not only the longest running musical in Broadway\u2019s history, but also an international phenomenon. As a production with booming vocals, full-bodied instrumentation, and mysterious musical elements, creating a soundscape that is distinct and immersive for the audience is vital for <i>Phantom<\/i> in particular. We will argue that this transition of Phantom from a strictly UK production to a successful American musical was a result of innovations in the amplification and recording technologies, dissemination of CDs, and Lloyd Webber\u2019s unique synthesis of traditional opera and popular music styles. Additionally, we will review the video of the 1988 Tony Awards performance from the original Broadway cast of two notable songs, \u201cThe Phantom of the Opera\u201d and \u201cMusic of the Night,\u201d and argue how the particular performance exemplified how these technological advancements aided in the show\u2019s popularity.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Synopsis<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Based on Gaston Leroux\u2019s 1909 novel, Andrew Lloyd Webber\u2019s <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Phantom of the Opera<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> details the story of the Phantom, a mysterious, masked, musical genius living beneath an opera house in the late nineteenth century. After hearing the talented yet naive Christine Daa\u00e9 perform, the Phantom becomes infatuated with her and her voice, treats her as his muse, and quickly falls in love with her. However, when the Phantom realizes that Christine\u2019s affections are directed toward her childhood sweetheart instead, he wreaks havoc on the entire opera house (Andrew Lloyd Webber n.d.).<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thesis Andrew Lloyd Webber\u2019s 1986 musical adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera became not only the longest running musical in Broadway\u2019s history, but also an international phenomenon. As a production with booming vocals, full-bodied instrumentation, and mysterious musical elements, creating a soundscape that is distinct and immersive for the audience is vital for Phantom in particular. We will argue that this transition of Phantom &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mus122-sp22-16\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thesis and Synopsis<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2180,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"coauthors":[65589],"class_list":["post-11","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mus122-sp22-16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mus122-sp22-16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mus122-sp22-16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mus122-sp22-16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mus122-sp22-16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mus122-sp22-16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":92,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mus122-sp22-16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/11\/revisions\/92"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mus122-sp22-16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mus122-sp22-16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mus122-sp22-16\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=11"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}