Re: 韋伯寫《歌劇魅影》續集 後年上演 - 舞台劇

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: : 韋伯寫《歌劇魅影》續集 後年上演


我剛看到一個奇異的新聞。雖然是去年五月的新聞，不至於影響續集的誕生。
只是好奇，原來一齣音樂劇可以寫得這麼快。

新聞大意是曼哈頓魅影的譜在去年五月遭到「全毀」。
因為安德烈洛伊韋伯的貓跳上他作曲用的電子琴，然後刪除了裡面所有的音樂。
而安德烈洛伊韋伯無法恢復裡面的一絲一毫。

（應該可以去找當時修陳冠希電腦的工程師來幫忙，
　肯定可以恢復得很完整，曲調還會提前曝光。）

新聞附在下面，讓有興趣的人看看，原來這續集誕生的過程還真是多舛。
不喜歡曼哈頓魅影那本小說情節的人大概可以放寬點心：
報導說音樂劇和原著小說的關係只是"partly"，但「部份」到何種程度就不得而知了。

又，我很意外韋伯沒有想殺掉那隻貓。


Richard Kay
Why Andrew is in need of a copycat
22:27pm 30th May 2007


Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sequel to The Phantom Of The Opera is one of
theatreland’s most anticipated events.

But, I can reveal, a bizarre mishap means that it is likely to be longer
than expected before it reaches the stage.

Lloyd Webber, 59, was working on the score at his computerised grand piano
when his six-month-old kitten Otto clambered into its frame and managed to
delete everything he had written so far.

The digital Clavinova piano has an inbuilt computer and the ability to play
back thousands of songs from its memory.

But Lloyd Webber was unable to recover his work from the high-tech
instrument after Otto, a rare-breed Turkish Van, had done his worst.

Says the composer: “I was trying to write some new music; Otto got into
the grand piano, jumped onto the computer and destroyed the entire score
for the new Phantom in one fell swoop.”

Turkish Vans — also known as the swimming cats — cost up to ￡400 and it
had long been Lloyd Webber’s ambition to own one.

So he was delighted when the mischievous Otto joined him, his wife Madeleine
and their children Alastair, 15, William, 13, and Bella, 11, at their
palatial townhouse in Belgravia in January.

Lloyd Webber, who is writing the Phantom sequel with thriller writer
Frederick Forsyth, adds: “I’ve got to write another show soon or I’ll
go mad. The most important thing is the plot, so I’ve been writing it with
Freddie.”

The musical — called Phantom In Manhattan — is set in 1901, 20 years
after the original, and is based partly on a novel by Day Of The Jackal
author Forsyth, in which the deformed Erik leaves Paris to seek his fortune
in New York.

Lloyd Webber and Forsyth have met several times in the past few weeks to
discuss the plot, but Otto’s interference may affect their schedule.

Lloyd Webber’s original musical has made ￡1.7 billion and has been seen
by 80 million people since it opened in 1986 with Michael Crawford and
Sarah Brightman in the lead roles.

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