02) Masquerade/ Why so silent... ? Phantom of the Opera 25 Anniversary

Number 2 of the secund cd Masquerade/ Why so silent.. ?

[@mysticqueen3551]

Honestly, even if it HAS been some time since they'd heard from the Phantom, they've got some nerve to throw a freaking MASQUERADE ball, of all things.

[@wandanemer2630]

The fear of the name keeps the fear of the man. Or you can say they don't give in to terrorists? XD

[@someonefinds2731]

The managers: we haven't seen him in months! What a shame he came come to the masquerade ball!! The phantom of the Opera: bet

[@cassied9327]

Really though :'D

[@jessieg58]

Seriously 🙄 Don’t encourage him! lol

[@sanctacaecilia11]

Yeah, you'd think at least Madame Giry would know better, since she knows Erik better than most. I'd imagine her being more against the ball and trying to get the managers to cancel it.

[@twistedxxdreams]

The Phantom got tired of writing notes so he wrote an opera instead.

[@DarsiPadilla]

And the managers probably owe him about...120,000 francs in the span of 6 months.

[@OccyDaBoss]

@@DarsiPadilla u mean 6 days

[@DarsiPadilla]

@@OccyDaBoss 6 months have passed since the night Carlotta croaked.

[@OccyDaBoss]

@@DarsiPadilla ok

[@NOONE-cd4gu]

Noo. Don Juan Triumphant was an opera he started writing in a very young age but was never able to finish it (because of the part "Point Of No Return") because for that part you need to know and understand the passion, lust and all the emotions that love makes you feel. Since the Phantom was never shown love in his life he didnt know what it felt like and he never completed the play and left it like that. After he met Christine he fell in love for the first time in his life and finally was able to aknowledge the true feeling of love, passion and desire. So after that it was easy for him to complete the final piece of the play that was called as the whole opera "Don Juan Triumphant" (point of no return). When he says " I have returned you an opera" is because he had left the opera in the theater and a lot of people had read it. But now he took it back, finished the last part and returned it to them.

[@avasauer3733]

I love that this is symbolism of how they have fun hiding their faces while the phantom has to do it because he lives in shame

[@brunalevasier1893]

Ava Sauer thx now im crying

[@matthewrichards8497]

@@brunalevasier1893 I didn't make that connection until the second time seeing it when the Phantom listens to it on his music box. But your comment gave me even more insight.

[@greenergrass4060]

Nowadays we wear mask to cover our mouths from the virus

[@justadjustor8993]

No wonder he was seemingly extra pissed when he showed up 😆. I just watched it for the first time yesterday! 😃

[@starcaine2066]

Woah nice point thank you!

[@gc4007]

I just love the part when everyone else is still singing and Christine is the only one who freezes with her hands still up, like she just /knows/ it's him

[@mikenielson1677]

EXACTLY!

[@ThePa1riot]

I love the part where the Phantom comes in, the sense of dread that grips the entire theater in an instant . . .

[@gc4007]

+For Good HAHAHAHAHAHA MAN THATS SO TRUE

[@HerLadyship1800]

Tis the power of the Masque of Red Death.

[@micahoswald8150]

Anthony Clay I love love love that at first only Christine freezes and stops singing, and her arms slowly fall and her face just fills with fear

[@Miller-og8ke]

I saw Raoul's face when the phantom was coming he looks like he poop his pants

[@loveamericanslife6003]

Like such a shame the phantom can’t be here ..... oh crap he is XD

[@TimeandMonotony]

I love what a Goth/nerd Erik is. Dude cosplays as an Edgar Allan Poe character, I mean really.

[@taiya.n]

LMFAO- YES-

[@Nerd89056]

Raoul: "Christine, what are you afraid of?" Christine: "BRO YOU HAVE NO IDEA!!!!"

[@enigmace9787]

I know that they haven't seen the phantom for months now, but dude, she TOLD you back in the song just before All I Ask of You. (And he didn't believe her then, just told her she'd been dreaming!) Anyway, I always get exasperated at Raoul for not having faith in Christine.

[@rae5353]

@@enigmace9787 Exactly. Raoul gaslights Christine by telling her what she's experiencing with a highly dangerous man isn't real. What a caring fiancé am I right? Also, he _forces_ her to become human bait for the phantom even when she makes it clear that she was uncomfortable doing so. And raoul just radiates those "I am a man, you are a woman, you listen to me." Vibes

[@pistol_the_dimension_hopper]

@@rae5353 You should watch Love Never Dies, the scumbag evolves further in douchebag territory

[@carydorse705]

4:40 Music: Shifts Lights: Down The Phantom: Appears Everyone: Oh snap!

[@xpa-beads501]

Hotel: Trivago

[@MaluuniRosa]

Masquerade is by far my most favorite PotO song. Here we have a song in a sound track that for once sounds like (almost) everyone is having fun, and yet you can still feel that tone of uncertainty lingering.

[@NOONE-cd4gu]

Not to forget that they cover they faces as to have fun. But The Phantome has to hide because he lives in shame and people hate him for his face. For him its a everday thing. While for them its only for a party one day 😭😭😭

[@ginokami475]

i watched this in the theatre and i was close enough to the stage that i could hear the actual steps of the phantom,that part was very immersive lol

[@Miller-og8ke]

Oh My God you got FRONT ROW SEATS for PHANTOM I would DIE just to see it live in general but F***ING FRONT ROW

[@ddla8857]

That is so amazing. It must have been so intense yet awesome to be at the front!!

[@ozpin707]

I love that you can here the exact moment he would’ve entered the room. Even before people start to notice his presence, you can here the “footsteps” in the backround at around 4:00

[@greenergrass4060]

The beats are so unsettling. I just knew something felt "off", upon first viewing.

[@lilsistheatregeek4205]

is the beat of the drum the footsteps because i cannot hear them

[@azizagomez2799]

This is the best cast

[@sellinacor.p9838]

agree

[@fotusrebel]

aziza gomez well this was the 25th anniversary they spent over 10.5 million on this production

[@thequeenofsnakes5225]

Honestly I love this cast but my favorite is the newer touring cast, the one with Derrick Davis (I hope I spelt that right) and this cast is the closest I can get to it

[@dankhnw8]

Fotus Rebel Legit?! Damnnn

[@GoldenLioness100]

I love the fact you can hear the little ripple that went through the audience as they noticed one of the dancers resembles the Phantom; it's more obvious in this performance than most others I've seen, which is why the audience notice it, I think.

[@MicaMonoply]

Wait where and when do you see him in the group of dancers?

[@GoldenLioness100]

Annoyingly, he's not visible on the DVD. The broadcast used different camera angles and he was visible in those, but you can hear the flurry, a low utterance of voices behind the music. To make my case in point, later on, La Carlotta is singing and lifts her arm as she does in. In the DVD, she is seen straight on. The angle used in the broadcast was almost side-on. The reason for the change was because when she lifted her arm, you could see someone in the audience who was asleep!

[@MicaMonoply]

Golden XD that sucks that you can't see it though!

[@Miller-og8ke]

I wasn't there but I got a quick glimpse of them on the DVD that I have

[@elisabethpearson2755]

Go to 4:17 You can tell that somethings not quite right. Because of the low notes and drums. As if foreshadowing the phantom's arrival. Amazing!

[@roccomacchia3427]

Elisabeth Pearson I have never noticed that. Very interesting

[@jillsison9747]

Elisabeth Pearson oh yeahhh!!! I noticed!

[@tomgallowitz]

Agreed, the instruments though together sound out of sync

[@chrisdarcyxx8747]

I've always noticed the song getting more and more unnerving and ominous after 4:00. I always interpreted it as Christine getting more and more uneasy about the Phantom finding her.

[@KarishmaChanglani]

I think the way christine starts looking at everyone weirdly it is implied she is seeing the phantom in the crowd of masks. Or is scared she is. And then her fears prove true when the phantom shows himself.

[@sanctacaecilia11]

"Christine, what are you afraid of?" Take a wild guess, Raoul!

[@Leighv]

I can’t unhear “GATORADE! Every flavour every shade! Gatorade. Quench your thirst, let the electrolytes within you.”

[@TrelliessRose]

Oh. My. G*d.

[@gamer9smith]

why…

[@kylebroflovski8656]

You little...

[@margohughes7074]

The royal Albert hall red death costume is one of my favorites, dare I say the favorite?

[@amyli092]

I'd say that it's my favorite as well! The live version of Phantom definitely touched on some things that the movie didn't in regards to the costumes

[@Miller-og8ke]

My favorites are this version and the silent film version

[@whoknows7894]

It's pretty epic

[@justadjustor8993]

It's not of my favourites too!! I'm glad my favourite Phantom happened to be in it too! 😄😆

[@augustenebulaclac9643]

I love the part when the phantom arrives and all of them bowed at the end of masquerade except for Christine who felt the Phantom's presence before any of them did

[@cloudyday6497]

It was late at night and me and my mom were driving home from a small one day trip we had and I wanted to listen to some music and this song was playing so my mom turned it on full volume and we were just having the time of are life sing and dancing to this song! So whenever I hear this song it makes me think of my mother and how much she means to me!

[@deskitty2454]

I had masquerade stuck in my head.

[@mmm0726]

You're not the only one :)

[@ChaosReignsOfficial]

Same

[@PH0B0PH1L1A]

we all do

[@cloverplayssnakegame]

the PHAAAAAAAAAAAANTOM of the opera is theeeeeeeeeere insde your mind

[@NOONE-cd4gu]

Yep here too

[@jojob8382]

BUY tickets people. The best musical of ALL time!

[@jojob8382]

Honestly, 'Masquerade/ Why so silent... ?' is one of the best scenes of the west end musical :)!!!!

[@mayachristian33]

How do you find the play to buy tickets!

[@ChaosReignsOfficial]

I desperately need to see this in the theatre

[@jessicalouise1887]

Sabrina's Soliloquy ligit gonna see it next week.

[@garnetj9810]

I really like Hadley and Sierra's duet here, from 2:03 . The harmony at 2:30 is so beautiful. I wish their duet was longer

[@mars9380]

Yea.. What i really dont like in this show is that christine and raoul has only few and short duet..

[@HerLadyship1800]

The instrumentals toward the end of Masquerade remind me so much of the music from an old fashion carousel.

[@castin7918]

i know right?

[@kathrynchoy9030]

"a toast.... to the new chandelier!" a few mins of drinking and dancing later "there are worse things than a shattered chandelier!"

[@superpyentadudes6173]

When that organ plays...Goosebumps form

[@Sydride98]

my school's production of this opens tomorrow 😊 so excited

[@kidthekid6320]

Sydride98 your school did phantom? Holy shit that’s amazing

[@mysticqueen3551]

That's so cool!

[@mattyh7614]

How did it go? (4 years late)

[@greenergrass4060]

We may not do Masquerade balls anymore but atleast masks are coming back in 2020...although for a different purpose 😷

[@candy-coatedrose513]

wish we still did

[@brrrnaner]

Saw this in Arizona last year and it was enthralling! So many magical moments in this show but I think that this one shined brightest in my opinion

[@ddla8857]

Masquerade! Hide your face so the world will never find you Society: Great self esteem! Phantom: Gotta love it

[@hopea998]

i want to see this musical live before i die

[@yruiaduenf]

Me toooooo

[@TimeandMonotony]

Same!

[@shanghaiberti4142]

Seen it in Edinburgh. Fantastic.. Go see

[@malachimizori305]

Why so Silent 4:40

[@TrelliessRose]

Why so serious?

[@patrickbarnes9462]

OP: Thank you.

[@absintheco]

The low brass note at 3:49 FUCKS ME UP

[@christinec.2372]

watched it on Broadway for the first time last night. this knocks Chicago in the water. This is a major production. I had a bad experience my first time & left the show, in 2013. No ushers back then doing their job. Mobile phone next to me going off three times. This time, security in force like secret security. great show. 3rd row I felt the torches heat my face. saw the gun sparks light up, smelled the smoke thru my mask. I am in love with show. Magical.

[@niallragnarsson]

I like to think this part is a homage to The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe, if you’ve read it you understand

[@dragoneye2874]

Niall Prideaux what the phantom's costume, it's totally a masque of the red death reference

[@MegaAlex576]

My favorite part 😍

[@Morganlat]

Thank you so much for putting some of the songs up! I hope you'll put the rest of the songs up soon :3 Thank you once again!

[@timelogic41]

Love this song, thanks for posting it.

[@RichieTozierTrashmouth]

I love the phantoms part

[@adamstewart3617]

i prefer the phantoms extended line in the film; when he sings to christine in that raised tempo, its my favourite melody in the whole show

[@mysticqueen3551]

You can find that line in "Notes/Twisted Every Way."

[@mayacooke7843]

I can see royal looking so intent at "every face a different shape" and poor guy is just off at the bow

[@Alma.de.tu.vida.]

2014! Heck YA! XP LOVE DIS OPERA and its songs!

[@AceOfSpadezA]

i live for the trumpet in this song

[@thelovepandas3886]

I Know the dance to the whole thing, I thought I could not dance at all!

[@rosebudgirl1857]

Anyone else think that it sounds like someone’s laughing while saying the “around you” line at 1:15? I swear every time I listen to this, I hear a light chuckle during that part, but I’ve never heard anyone mention it!

[@deannawarren980]

Yea. It’s Raul bc he’s happy to be with Christine. I heard it too.

[@vingummi14]

I had uploaded every song on the CD, but I think KZbin had deleted them. I can try again.

[@samnelson3216]

thx!!!

[@izzyb5644]

I never knew this was mocking the Phantom till I read these comments lol

[@ChaosReignsOfficial]

It's 5:27 am how on earth did I get here?

[@castin7918]

I love this phantom, but i have a soft spot for Ben Crawford's performance (he was playing the phantom when i first saw the opera on broadway)

[@kuriri7710]

Love....Sierra.....

[@Sieww]

Thanks for sharing ! Love it very much !

[@hortensiabrown7544]

“why so silent?.....”

[@jojob8382]

Chilling suspense...

[@ceanadrobinson]

I can see Hadley dancing right now and that makes me very happy

[@vingummi14]

Thank yoy.

[@nadia4089]

The best part is 5:06

[@mikenielson1677]

WHY SO SILENT EVERYONE?LOL

[@adrien8790]

Looking this musical play in a theater is really like looking a film, no sorry😳, BETTER than looking a film 😄

[@dais1151]

thinking about buying some wireless earbuds... keep ripping my headphones out doing the choreography and phantom fucking blasts out of my room at 3am...my flatmates must think i'm so weird

[@jadepain1381]

Elizabeth wasnt my mother yet. the boy wouldnt let us dance. I read the 70's version. My teacher was an actor who taught me never to be honest again

[@christopheraraujo3285]

???

[@jadepain1381]

I was high.... true story though

[@scottwilder1170]

Well that was poetic...

[@benjaminlawrence1779]

wtf

[@MegaAlex576]

Why so silent good Messier? AKA: you guys were talking smack about me earlier but now you're quiet.... Why's that??

[@tillygoodwin2334]

Tbh I feel like Sierra goes sharp a lot although I still adore her voice. There is no competing with Ramin though. I would love to hear him and Emmy Rossum from the movie to duet

[@kittyflarekatarina]

Tilly goodwin she didn't go sharp btw, she's just singing those really high notes without actually going sharp which is amazing. Well she us a professional

[@jessicalouise1887]

No offence, but I really disliked Emmy Russoms voice. She had no power.

[@ozpin707]

Jessie Seabridge Late comment, but I highly agree. I’d say the same thing for Gerard Butler, but he isn’t even a singer. Emmy Rossom was just singing her songs, not living them like Sierra

[@Phantomopery5]

I agree that she goes sharp. I feel like even at the end to the title song the Phantom of the Opera her notes were strong but sharp. Even the last "Anywhere You Go To" was sharp for All I Ask of You. She's still amazing but that's just what I noticed

[@midnightsandwichyum]

Hadley's mic sounds very tinny and robotic. But other than that love this song.

[@anxioucoffee98]

I had noticed that in other songs with him. Thought i was making it up

[@CannoliCote]

The intro is in a different song, I believe it can be found in "Entr'acte Phantom of the Opera" in the suggested videos.

[@avalsirithanawat1772]

Wait...... 4:17 sounds like Les Mis for a second

[@depressednerds8634]

And obviously, it seems that the Phantom, sort o,f did not grow up, he is too possessive.

[@depressednerds8634]

People are stupid, when they think life's constants disappear without explanation. it happens, but not that sudden.

[@Mngalahad]

masquerain is a cool pokemon

[@ddla8857]

Anyone notice at 6:03 the cellos sound like its the beginning of Gaudete instrumental...

[@TimeandMonotony]

Huh... does kinda.

[@DonaBologna]

What are the odds that the phantom owns a music box with the same song. Is that supposed to be a coincidence?

[@evonnagale3045]

My headcannon is that he wrote the song the chorus is singing, and that it's being performed by the opera members for the rest of the party goers.

[@AnnieMacFlannie]

Duchess Henry Bowers

[@alicecullen7330]

You promise me♥

[@amyli092]

The lyrics in this version of Why So Silent are different from what I heard in the movie. Does anyone know why that is?

[@jessicalouise1887]

Amy Because the Movie changed it from what Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote.

[@benjaminlawrence1779]

cause the movie was bad

[@boohoo4877]

No more notes and no more ghost

[@mydesiredwings]

There are some songs missing...

[@MrShaun42088]

dang... why do they cut the intro?

[@chongjoe5338]

冷场王魅影

[@vingummi14]

*You

[@elizabethwhite8863]

Which actor/singer was this for the phantom?

[@ericakremer4978]

Ramin Karimloo 😍😍 he has the perfect voice for this role I love him

[@user-ms3lb7dk1q]

Ramin Karmiloo My bae and future father to my children Jk Jk But no really It's Ramin Karmiloo

[@audrahorton311]

Elizabeth White Ramin Karimloo, btw, he has never taken vocal lessons ever and he's that good!!!

[@ozpin707]

Gabriel He has taken VOCAL lessons. But he has said before he can’t read music

[@jammyjamjam08]

why isn't there number 3 of the second cd?

[@zacharypederson6816]

I'm gonna get hate for this, but I don't really like Ramin as the phantom. I personally prefer baritone phantoms... that's just me...

[@shou7310]

Same here, but we can't contradict that Ramin is very talented indeed :)

[@zacharypederson6816]

+Phantom of the house main issue is the same one that people have with gerard. he screams most of his notes.

[@Mira_Dunia]

+Zach Pederson I . . . . Don't hear the screaming in most of the notes. Am I missing something?

[@Mira_Dunia]

+Zach Pederson But what does screaming notes have to do with vocal ranges?

[@zacharypederson6816]

+Erin F it happens later in the show. toward the end.

[@Pippin_Took_It]

Why can't these people sing?

[@fatak5106]

Lmao check your damn ears

[@Pippin_Took_It]

Keeta, Fairy of art lol 😂 I think it must be cause I’m a musical theater student and we sing on pitch with less vibrato. It’s weird but compared to me they sound like they are yelling not singing😂😂😂

[@noajenner5773]

you have to let your ears get checked hun xx

[@henrik501]

oh my god yes, finally! finally someone else who noticed that the 25th anniversary cast isn't particularly good at singing (especially in masquerade, where each time they sing 'masquerade!' someone is REALLY off pitch)

[@evonnagale3045]

​@@henrik501 It's supposed to sound like that. It's the opera people throwing a ball to try and cover up how spooked they're getting waiting for the other shoe to drop, but the anxiety is still bleeding through. Thus, slightly off pitch and discordant, which gets worse and worse as the song goes on.