Phantom
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Book Reviews of Phantom
Book Review: Heartfelt and haunting music - A joy to perform!
Summary: 5 Stars
In a project started, interestingly, before Webber's famous version, Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit have created a very real Phantom. In giving us a more human Phantom, they also gave us truly wonderful music - uplifting at some times, humorous at others, heartfelt and haunting throughout. My favorite musical, and my favorite work to perform. Singing the part of Erik is a tenor's dream.Book Review: A truly Beautiful selection of songs from, "Phantom."
Summary: 5 Stars
I very highly recommend, the sheet music to Yeston and Kopit's "Phantom." It's hauntingly beautiful to play as well as sing. It deserves all the stars it can get. They are divine songs, that stay with you.Book Review: Music book came to me in good condition. Yeston/Kopit a Rare and special version of Phantom!
Summary: 4 Stars
I don't know whether to give 4 stars or 5, as that I'm still looking at the songs. The Yeston/Kopit play is a rare interpretation of Leroux's "Le Fantome" tale, as also is the Yeston/Kopit novel (more on that later) -- and the booklet full of songs came to me in very good condition, the shipment being obviously done with care.
[EDIT: maybe I'm just being a bit of a fan right here -- I'm biased in favor of Yeston/Kopit's Phantom/Erik over the more usual ALW Phantom/Erik -- sorry, can't help my bias.]
(Yes, still in the process of looking at the music book, to learn the new songs -- and I'm keeping this music book.)
Hoping to later get the Y/K Phantom novel (1970s) on which the late-1980s Y/K musical has been based upon.
Hoping that some day there will be more and more Yeston/Kopit Phantom-related material that one could easily buy, including the complete libretto to Maury Yeston's musical "Phantom" and Arthur Kopit's novel -- and, of course, the musical recordings, both on CD and on DVD, featuring both Richard White and Charles Dance as "Erik Carriere" A.K.A: "Le Fantome".
In other words, I want more Phantom-related Yeston/Kopit material -- please: More! [This is for Amazon-dot-com employees to read: more Yeston/Kopit stuff, please, so that I can buy the items one at a time.]
[Forgive me for being such a Y/K fan!]