Sierra Boggess and John Owen Jones "The Phantom of the Opera"

That is why I love her! She has an amazing voice!

Musicals Overall

As you know last week on Tuesday I finally got to see WICKED! And all I can tell you is, I LOVED IT! "Defying Gravity" was by far my favorite, it was so emotional, funny, and suspenseful. I wish I could go back and see it for a second time.

Now, I know about a month ago I posted this blog post thinking it was the new Love Never Dies cast and I stand to correct myself that it was the Christine and Phantom for the Australian 'Love Never Dies'. Sorry, and now to look for the curtain call with the original Love Never Dies cast that took place at the Adelphi Theater in the West End on March 5th, 2011.


And now, as you followers might know that Ramin Karimloo has become one of my favorite theater performers and I finally found footage of him as the Phantom in the London production of The Phantom of the Opera. I really wish I could meet Ramin one day in the near future if he comes to any location with any production in California.


As for now I should just suffice with the soundtracks, videos, and pictures.

'Till I Hear You Sing

Remember back September 28, 2010 when I posted my love for Ramin Karmiloo and how I wished I could see him perform as the Phantom in either The Phantom of the Opera or Love Never Dies? Well, I was just getting into my Phantom phase again and I just wanted to remind you guys how awsome Ramin is at singing, seriously.

Ramin Karimloo will melt your heart with 'Till I Hear You Sing' from Love Never Dies.

And sometimes at night time
I dream that you are there
But wake holding nothing but the empty air

And years come, and years go
Time runs dry
Still I ache down to the core
My broken soul
Can’t be alive and whole
Till I hear you sing once more

I found this performance live and even then he is amazing!


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And Here We Go Again

Here I go again with The Phantom of the Opera and Ramin's AMAZING voice.

I can't get over his powerful voice.

I love love LOVE his voice.

Weekly Song

By far the Weekly Song's have been from either Phantom of the Opera or Love Never Dies and that is simply because the music is AMAZING! There's nothing else I can say than that I'm love with both musicals! I'll eventually find another weekly song to post as soon as possible. But for now this is the Weekly Song. Past of No Return is this weeks song!
I think that ethalinia from YouTube has a point on Gerald's AMAZING Phantom voice!

"Gerard is the best Phantom I've ever seen/heard...professional singers tend to sound too "clean", more like Raoul is supposed to sound, but Gerard sounds exactly like I had the phantom's voice in my head when I read the book, a bit raw, but so emotional! :)"

You have come here
In pursuit of your deepest urge
In pursuit of that wish which till now
Has been silent
Silent.


I have brought you
That our passions may fuse and merge
In your mind you’ve already succumbed to me, dropped all defenses
Completely succumbed to me
Now you are here with me
No second thoughts
You’ve decided
Decided.


Past the point of no return
No backward glances
the games we've played till now are at an end
Past all thought of “if” or “when”
No use resisting
Abandon thought and let the dream descend


What raging FIRE shall flood the soul
What rich desire unlocks its door
What sweet seduction lies before us?

Past the point of no return
The final threshold
What warm unspoken secrets
Will we learn
beyond the point of no return?

Weekly Song

This is the weekly song. I can't seem to get over Ramin's voice. Plus, found other videos where he sings from the original Phantom of the Opera soundtrack. And his voice melts you "down to the core".

And music, your music
It teases at my ear
I turn and it fades away and you’re not here


Let hopes pass, let dreams pass
Let them die
Without you, what are they for?
I’ll always feel
No more than halfway real
Till I hear you sing once more

Exhibit #1 : Ramin singins The Phantom of the Opera. His voice has no words to begin to describe it. Though his partner in this video has no emotion so his voice draws me more to the video!




Exhibit #2: Ramin singins The Music of the Night.

LOVE NEVER DIES

As you might realize by now. Phantom of the Opera is one of my favorite musicals! And I really really want to watch Love Never Dies. A sequel to Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera. If you haven't gotten a chance to see the play or the movie, boy what you're missing!
Anyways, I just wanted to share this AMAZING video of the London Cast since the play is only playing in London and not near where I live (California).
Bummer, but hopefully it'll come around if it's successful over on the other side. Which I know it will! :)

Exhibit 1:

Plus can I say that Ramin Karimloo is really handsome. And he's playing the role of Erik (The Phantom)! Watch the video below and you tell me if he's not amazing!?

Exibit 2:

See how lovely he looks like The Phantom. Oh boy, I so want to watch it!



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Weekend: Movies, Musicals, Books

So it's almost the weekend and I'm getting ready for finals and the end of Senior year in High School. Is very stressful because I need to find a summer job to pay off a little bit of college expenses. Anyways, as I'm getting ready for this weekend. I'm kinda excited for The Short Second Life of Bree Tanner. I know I know, Twilight. Well, I'm suprised myself because I read all the Twilight novels before the big buss even emerged with the films. So there's still some excitement inside. Plus, Eclipse has always been my favorite from the four books (Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn).

In other news, I've been watching The Phantom of the Opera too
much for me to bare. I think I should stop before I make myself sick of it, no?
But I just love Gerald Butler's voice and Emmy Rossum voice. Both combinations are perfect.

And tomorrow, June 5, The Second Short Life of Bree Tanner, hits store. I'll pick that up and then be waiting, anxiously, for the film. I just hope it's not as bad as the first one or they keep some elements in it. Since it is my favorite in the whole series!