When composers desire to create an atmosphere, they consider what has been done before and often adapt elements of it to fit their work. The Phantom of the Opera is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Charles Hart with additions from Richard Stilgoe Who wrote the libretto for Phantom of the Opera Gaston Leroux. Take note of the descending chromatic lines. To create a powerful and dramatic overture, Andrew Lloyd Webber uses a pipe organ in a style similar to Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D Minor to set the scene as the mystery unfolds before the audience. Christine ends up with Raoul, but not without feeling compassion for the mysterious Phantom. Of course, there is a love story where the Phantom and Rauol compete for Christine’s love.
At one point, the phantom cuts the rope holding up the large chandelier sending it crashing into the audience.
Some of his antics include sabotaging the lead soprano in an upcoming production by mysteriously affecting her voice to make her croak like a frog so her young understudy, Christine, can take her place. The tale takes place at the Palais Garnier when a mysterious figure who lives in tunnels surrounding a lake beneath the opera house begins to terrorize the performers and managers. The Phantom of the Opera was originally a book from 1909 by Gaston Leroux, published a few chapters at a time in the French magazine Le Gaulois.
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