#her majesty's theatre

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“ Probably no other singer ever remained on the stage as long as Patti, and none certainly ever succeeded so long in making every bar she sang, almost equal in value to a bar of gold.” New York Evening Post 1903.

“ She was a fine lady whose name was known the world over as having the most beautiful voice. She had lovely jewels, lovely palaces and lovely horses. There is a queen, maybe one in every country, but there is only one Queen Of Song. When Patti sang, she made the people forget all that was nasty and bad, huge crowds of people used to stand in the street just to hear her sing. To have a voice like Patti, was to walk about with heaven inside." Luisa Tetrazzini

Emma Calve.. “Patti’s charm and artistry are divine, almost miraculous. Her voice is like a string of luminous pearls, perfectly matched, every jewel flawless, identical in form and color.”

Luisa Tetrazzini.. “ Patti is a majestic being, more divine than human, so exalted that it was almost sacrilege to speak her name.”

Nellie Melba.. “ Patti has always been an idol, and her voice is perhaps the most golden I have ever heard: the timbre of it was exquisite, the diction crystalline.”

Jenny Lind: “ There is only one Niagara; and there is only one Patti.”

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Hey theater fans who have been to Her Majesty’s Theatre in London, do you know if there are any shops nearby that sell theater/PotO merch? I know the theatre itself has some merch, but I was wondering if there are any other stores that are worth checking out?

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Taken 14 February 2023. Photo by Melanie Gowie. (x)

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Her Majesty’s Theatre, Melbourne, May 07 2022

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October 17, 1987, marked Sarah's final performance as Christine Daaé in "The Phantom of the Opera" at London's Her Majesty's Theatre in the West End. She then reprised the role on Broadway, starting in January 1988.

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wikipedia fact

Vanbrugh and Congreve received Queen Anne's authority to form a Company of Comedians on 14 December 1704, and the theatre opened as the Queen's Theatre on 9 April 1705 with imported Italian singers in Gli amori d'Ergasto (The Loves of Ergasto), an opera by Jakob Greber, with an epilogue by Congreve. This was the first Italian opera performed in London. The opera failed, and the season struggled on through May, with revivals of plays and operas. The first new play performed was The Conquest of Spain by Mary Pix. The theatre proved too large for actors' voices to carry across the auditorium, and the first season was a failure. Congreve departed, Vanbrugh bought out his other partners, and the actors reopened the Lincoln's Inn Fields' theatre in the summer. Although early productions combined spoken dialogue with incidental music, a taste was growing amongst the nobility for Italian opera, which was completely sung, and the theatre became devoted to opera. As he became progressively more involved in the construction of Blenheim Palace, Vanbrugh's management of the theatre became increasingly chaotic, showing "numerous signs of confusion, inefficiency, missed opportunities, and bad judgement". On 7 May 1707, experiencing mounting losses and running costs, Vanbrugh was forced to sell a lease on the theatre for fourteen years to Owen Swiny at a considerable loss. In December of that year, the Lord Chamberlain's Office ordered that "all Operas and other Musicall presentments be performed for the future only at Her Majesty's Theatre in the Hay Market" and forbade the performance of further non-musical plays there.

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Dean Chisnall as The Phantom of the Opera. First Show 29/7/2024

Photographer Credit and licence holders permission by Wexlin &BeiBei )

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Hello ~ Paige’s story 24/02/23

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FULLY died after this 🤩🤩🤩

📸 - my_photography_journal on Instagram

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some of the weird/rare/cool/niche phantom things i’ve collected over the years (part 1)!

1. custom pinboard with offical and fan-made pins

2. a strand of chandelier beads

3. a mini chandelier made with beads from the original broadway chandelier

4. window insert from the majestic theatre circa 1998-99

5. extra large phantom playbill from the 2022 nyc pride parade playbill float

6. christine rooftop dress fabric swatch card

7. unused cloak appliques (?)

8. a piece of the stage of the majestic theatre

9. stage worn porter hat (missing a button)

10. stage worn stranger than you dreamt it hat + stage used note + music boxes, 25th anniversary box set, masquerade masks

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From Melanie Gowie's ( My_Photography_Journal_ ) Instagram Story

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Arturo Toscanini in 1898:

"By Heaven! If this Neapolitan continues to sing like this, he will make the whole world talk about him."

Beniamino Gigli:

"I wonder what would have become of me if, like him, I had been born in a city slum; for I did not have the gifts of personality that enabled Caruso to create life and warmth around him wherever he went."

Bruno Walter:

"I loved his voice, his talent, the sense of beauty expressed in his nuances of timbre, his portamento and rubato, his great musicality and naturalness, and we got along so well."

Caruso about his first teacher:

"It was he [Guglielmo Vergine] who impressed, time and again, the necessity of singing as nature intended, and - I remember - he constantly warned, don't let the public know that you work. So I went slowly. I never forced the voice."

Caruso about his performance:

"I know that I shall sing only a certain number of times. So I think to myself, "Tonight I will hold back my voice. I will save it a little and that will mean I may be able to sing a few more times." But when I go before the audience, when I hear the music and begin to sing, I cannot hold back. I give the best there is in me - I give all."

Caruso about his singing:

"I suffer so much in this life. That is what they [the audience] are feeling when I sing, that is why they cry. People who felt nothing in this life cannot sing."

Caruso about Nellie Melba and Melba about Caruso:

Not a quote but an action. The Australian soprano Nellie Melba was notorius for her ruthlessness and coldness. Performing with her in La Bohème Caruso, as a joke, pressed a hot sausage into her hand that he'd hidden in his pocket as he sang "Che gelida manina, se la lasci riscaldar."("What a cold little hand, let me warm it"). She had considered Caruso coarse and uncultivated and this, of course, only confirmed that ... Melba, however, was impressed with Caruso's voice and wrote in her autobiography (Melodies and Memories): "As a voice - pure and simple - his was the most wonderful tenor I ever heard."

Geraldine Farrar:

“There are two singers you must put aside, one is Enrico Caruso, the other is Rosa Ponselle. Then you may begin to discuss all the others!”

Giovanni Martinelli about Caruso:

At a party an overdressed flamboyant woman persisted in demanding answers from Giovanni Martinelli to questions in a loud voice to attract attention. Finally she said, “Come now, Mr. Martinelli, tell us the truth – Caruso was never as good as his press made him to be, is that not the truth.” Martinelli swung around and faced his tormentor. “Madame”, he declared in his accented, but thoroughly accurate English, “Put Gigli, Lauri-Volpi and me together – make us one tenor – and we would not be fit to kiss Caruso’s shoe tops”. “Does that answer you?”

Guilio Gatti-Casazza (director of the Metropolitan Opera):

"I heard all the great tenors of my time over and over again. Many of them were wonderful artists and had extraordinary voices. But in my opinion, not a single one of them ever sang an entire role with such vocal and artistic consistency as Caruso."

John McCormack about Caruso's voice:

"36 years later that voice still rings in my ears, the memory of it will never die."

Richard Strauss in excitement after hearing Caruso the first time:

"He is singing the soul (spirit) of the melody!"

Rosa Ponselle:

"When you speak of tenors, you have to divide them into two groups. Caruso in the first group. All the others are in the second."

The soprano Geraldine Farrar writes in her biography that she, the first time she stood on stage with Caruso, forgot to sing as she had broken into tears from the beauty of Caruso's voice.

"I have seen him sob for five minutes in his dressing room after the first act [of Pagliacci]; I have seen him fall on the stage, faint from emotion; and I have also seen him come off whistling gaily and joking with the chorus. Whatever his own emotions were, his audience was invariably overwhelmed. I asked him to explain the secret of this power. He said, "I suffer so much in this life, Doro. That is what they feeling when I sing, that is why they cry. People who felt nothing in this life cannot sing."From "Enrico Caruso - His Life and Death" by Dorothy Caruso.

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Hey so it’s not like really close but I’d say to check out the Theatre Cafe Show Merchandise shop.

Not many places other than the theatres themselves sell merch for musicals in London. You can always try wandering round Forbidden Planet and checking but they’re more of a geeky nerd shop, however they have a big book section downstairs with all sorts of books so you could find some PotO books down there (or other theatre books).

Other than that, you’ve got the regular London shops that sell like the Big Ben models and the “I ❤️ London” stuff that you’d think would have musicals things but in reality you might find a canvas bag with the phantom mask stuck on the side.

Try the Theatre Cafe Show Merchansise shop. That is your best chance of finding good quality merch.

Hope this helps!!

Hey theater fans who have been to Her Majesty’s Theatre in London, do you know if there are any shops nearby that sell theater/PotO merch? I know the theatre itself has some merch, but I was wondering if there are any other stores that are worth checking out?

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Can we please talk about the fact that in her/his majesty theatre in London aka the place where they play phantom of Opera, was actually an incident where a chandelier fell down onto the crowd ? It was 1794 or 1795 and the chandelier fell during a performance from the ceiling and crashed into the auditorium below. There were luckily no injuries

Still creepy as hell