Phantom of the Opera Overture
Phantom of the Opera Overture
Phantom of the Opera Overture#1
Posted: 11/11/21 at 1:43pm
I saw Phantom many years ago and could swear that I remember a giant dust cloth covering the proscenium that was then dramatically whisked away about mid-way through the overture (about the moment when the organ transitions to the horns). But seeing recent videos of the overture on Broadway it looks like the proscenium is uncovered from the moment the overture starts. Is that a staging change that occurred sometime in the run, or am I remembering wrongly?
Phantom of the Opera Overture#2
Posted: 11/11/21 at 2:42pm
Staging has not changed. The dust covers are removed just before the chandelier begins to rise.
Phantom of the Opera Overture#3
Posted: 11/11/21 at 2:50pm
The shrouds covering the proscenium figures are definitely still there during the auction scene.
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Phantom of the Opera Overture#4
Posted: 11/12/21 at 7:20am
The recent footage you’re watching are from press coverage and the footage of the rising chandelier they use aren’t from a performance, hence why you see the proscenium exposed and not covered.
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