Stanley Ho East Asia College (SHEAC) kicked off the new year of 2015 with a trip for a group of 20 students to watch The Phantom of the Opera, a world-renowned stage musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, at the AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong on Sunday 4th January. This activity was organized by the Arts and Culture Working Group of SHEAC’s House Association, and led by Fellow Dr. Dennis Wang Ping-Cheng, Assistant Professor of the Faculty of Education, and SHEAC Resident Fellow Dr. Sancia Wan.
Based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l’Opéra by Gaston Leroux, The Phantom of the Opera has won more than 50 major theatre awards. It tells a story about choice and freedom of love. Its central plot revolves around a beautiful soprano, Christine Daaé, who becomes the object of obsession and passion for a mysterious, disfigured musical genius Phantom, the mentor of Christine; while Christine falls in love with her childhood friend Raoul. Therefore, a series of tangles, possession and murders are put on the stage.
The students said that they were very excited about the musical. The voice of the soprano was so moving and appealing that they were intoxicated with it. The students were also very impressed by the wide vocal range of the Phantom. This great musical was really a visual and acoustic feast.
By: Communication Year 1 Student Zeng Qianwen
觀賞世界著名音樂劇《歌劇魅影》
一月四號（星期日），何鴻燊東亞書院組織同學們前往香港亞洲國際博覽館觀賞安德魯·勞埃德·韋伯創作的世界著名經典音樂劇《歌劇魅影》（又名歌聲魅影），為新的一年拉開帷幕。此次活動由書院學生會藝術和文化工作小組主辦，並邀請了書院資深導師、教育學院助理教授王秉正博士以及書院導師溫慧珊博士帶領，總共有20位同學參與。
《歌劇魅影》改編自法國作者勒魯的愛情驚悚小說《劇院魅影》。《歌劇魅影》是史上最成功的音樂劇之一，它先後共獲得超過50個的主要戲劇獎項肯定。該音樂劇講述了關於愛情的自由與選擇的故事。它的中心情節圍繞著一個漂亮優雅的女高音克麗斯汀展開。相貌醜陋的天才魅影愛上了克麗斯汀，而克麗斯汀卻愛著她兒時的玩伴拉烏爾。糾結、佔有、謀殺等一系列情節就此上演。
同學們看完這場經典的音樂劇後都被深深打動了。女高音的歌聲是如此細膩和動人使得大家都陶醉其中。同時，同學們對擔任主角魅影的男演唱者的廣寬音域亦留下深刻印象。此次觀賞音樂劇的活動為同學們帶來一場視覺的盛宴、一次聽覺的狂歡。
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