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As the most anticipated musical of the millennium, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Love Never Dies is almost guaranteed a lukewarm reception. Being the sequel to The Phantom of the Opera, the most successful musical of all time, tends to have that effect. Indeed, the ‘phans’ have already shown online support of what little they’ve been allowed to hear, but as the show takes up residence at the Adelphi there’s sure to be an increasing gulf between them and all other consumers. In truth, this cast recording inevitably falls somewhere in the middle of the two camps.
Immediately, the obvious plot asserts itself as a weaker aspect of Love Never Dies – even the title assures the audience that they’re unlikely to be too bleary-eyed as they leave. The action begins around ten years after Phantom, in Coney Island, where the Phantom (Ramin Karimloo) has risen to lead a freak show. Without divulging too much, the love he lost at the end of Phantom returns with her ghastly husband and all necessary plot twists (involving paternity issues, among others) are present, if rather hackneyed.
Lloyd Webber shows no musical progression since Phantom, and the emotional content is disappointingly broad and impersonal. There is not enough menace in the freak show sections, and the attempts at rock during The Beauty Underneath are laughably leaden (especially given the rollicking numbers that pepper Jesus Christ Superstar). Perhaps most damagingly, the female lead of Christine is underwritten and terminally fixated on the Phantom’s magnetism.
Memorably, this male dominance is accentuated by an entertaining display of bravado early in the second act as the Phantom and Christine’s husband trade insults in a bar, making the crucial female parts seem almost forgotten by the composer. Likewise, in the musical’s most memorable song, ‘Til I Hear You Sing, Karimloo’s performance is full-blooded, but the melodies are not as immediately recognisable as, say, The Music of the Night.
Themes from Phantom are reprised occasionally, with The Point of No Return featuring prominently – however, harking back to the original only highlights the inadequacies of the whole. Simply put, the songs aren’t there and the dark emotional milieu of the original has been lost in favour of confusion. It’s not as loveable and not as shattering in purely musical terms. That’s not to say that it’s without highlights, but it gives Lloyd Webber a problem: phans will rejoice, but most likely alone. --Daniel Ross
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By : Andrew Lloyd Webber | Format: Audio CDPrice : £4.25
Product Details
- Audio CD (8 Mar 2010)
- Number of Discs: 2
- Label: Polydor
- ASIN: B002S0OBMS
- Other Editions: Audio CD | MP3 Download
Love Never Dies (2 CD)
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I first heard 'Phantom of the Opera' 18 years ago. I keep in mind obtaining it as a double cassette tape, when I was 13 years old, and it blew me away. I've loved the show ever considering that. Considering of this, my expectations for 'Love Under no circumstances Dies' were pretty high indeed. In truth, just after bringing the CD house, I left it on my desk for a few hours just before I had the courage to listen to it. I was worried that it could by no means reside up to what I expected (and wanted) it to be.
'The Beautiful Game' was really awful. 'Whistle Down the Wind' was good in places and disappointing in locations. 'The Woman in White' was wonderful. 'Sunset Boulevard' was fantastic. And what about 'Love Under no circumstances Dies'?
I think 'Love Under no circumstances Dies' is absolutely and regularly brilliant. It is much better than 'The Woman in White', equal to 'Sunset Boulevard' and practically as beneficial as the original 'Phantom of the Opera'. Listening to this show, I was swept up in the melodies, I was there! The new Phantom has an incredible voice. In fact, at occasions, I thought it was nevertheless Michael Crawford. I cannot wait to listen to it once again.
I definitely really like the phantom of the opera. I think the music is sublime- the perfect musical by a mile. The first time i listened to this cd i was in two minds about it. Nevertheless on the second listening i was totally enthralled. Almost as beneficial as the original! I was listening in bated breath throughout- The story line is Definitely Actually Beneficial, the ending kind of spoilt it for me but cannot have it all.
shining moments:
appreciate never ever dies
'til i hear you sing
once upon another time
beneath a moonless sky
the beauty underneath
look with your eyes and
devil take the hindmost
These songs had been certainly breathtaking. Highly high standard of lyrics and singing and I was as enchanted as I was when i to begin with heard songs from the original.
100% worth the cash any day of the week just to hear the title track alone. and i'm sure that every single phantom phan will buy it anyway even if they don't actually rate it. It is the sequel meaning far more PHANTOM
hmm maybe i really should add yet another star for that (XD)
Love Never Dies (2 CD)
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