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submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

It's such a cornerstone of theater, the music is so damn good. Somehow I expected it to be from like the 1800s

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[-] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

Was it seriously? I thought it was like, from the 1700s (I know next to nothing about Phantom of the Opera).

[-] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

yep, first stage play was 1985. The plot is based on a book from 1910, but the music was all original composition. Same guy who did Cats

[-] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago

Some of you didn’t grow up overheating to the point of nausea in a dodge grand caravan while your mom fucking BLASTED Andrew Lloyd Weber’s latest drop and it shows.

[-] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago

That's really blowing my mind lol.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

Wait you're telling me Cats isn't from the 1800s either??

[-] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

(Okay, so it's based on a story that was serialized in 1909, so...it's kind of old?)

[-] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Toccata and Fugue in D minor is an old song that this is a cover of, so I guess there's that. I think it also seems old because "Phantom of the Opera" is such an old timey sounding name. I guess if it's based on an old book, maybe they were referencing stuff that was even earlier...

[-] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

ha! it is! silly me mistook the album art for the song

[-] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I found a YouTube link in your post. Here are links to the same video on alternative frontends that protect your privacy:

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