The Phantom Of The Opera

    On the 3rd of March 2012, my mum, Godmother and 4 other people went to the Theatre Royal in Plymouth to watch Cameron Mackintosh’s production of the Phantom of the Opera. As the title details, this show was an opera, but it also contained acting and some dance. It was a new experience for me as I had never seen an opera before.

    Overall I found it very good because of the mixture of suspense, joy and other varied emotions that the singers created. The part at the start when the cloths are ripped suddenly from the chandelier made me jump (as was intended) - it didn’t help with the position we were sat in, meaning we were right level with it. At certain parts I felt very much like crying, as was the nature of the story. The only thing that ruined it for me was the fact that I could see the wires and saw the phantom go under the bed at the end. As this was not their fault, I cannot find anything else bad about it. My enjoyment was totally unexpected as I do not tend to enjoy Opera at all, it is in no way my style of music. I was also surprised by the fact that I recognized any of the songs ie: Think Of Me and The Angel Of Music.

       Although I state that I enjoyed it even though it was an opera: I don't think I would enjoy any other opera's as I really don't like that music style. I would like to be surprised if I was to ever go and see another and I would still recommend going to see phantom of the opera even if you: like me, don't like opera.

The Theater Royal was a fantastic venue as usual and prices were quite reasonable.