What's left to be said about Andrew Lloyd Webber's adaptation of The Phantom of the Opera a decade after its premiere? That it's maddeningly ubiquitous? A stitch-up of various themes shoplifted from the Italian operatic repertoire? A critic-proof crowd pleaser that's probably being staged somewhere in the world as you read this? A megahit that will likely outlive Titanic in the pop-culture pantheon, Phantom has largely redefined--for better or worse--the manner in which modern musicals are conceived, staged, and marketed. Its influence has reached far beyond the traditional confines of London and Broadway. A favorite example: an abridged version that was the centerpiece of Los Angeles's longest-running transvestite revue, replete with 14-inch chandeliers and a man-playing-a-woman-playing-a-man in the title role.
DISC 1:
1. Prologue
2. Overture
3. Think Of Me
4. Angel Of Music
5. Little Lotte / Mirror (Angel Of Music), The
6. Phantom Of The Opera, The
7. Music Of The Night, The
8. I Remember / Stranger Than You Dreamt It
9. Magical Lasso
10. Notes / Prima Donna
11. Poor Fool, He Makes Me Laugh
12. Why Have You Brought Me Here / Raoul, I've Been There
13. All I Ask Of You
14. All I Ask Of You (reprise)
DISC 2:
1. Entra'acte
2. Masquerade / Why So Silent
3. Notes / Twisted Every Way
4. Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again
5. Wandering Child / Bravo, Monsieur
6. Point Of No Return, The
7. Down Once More / Track Down This Murderer
Phantom of the Opera
