'The Point of No Return' Ramin Karimloo & Sierra Boggess | The Phantom of The Opera

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Christine (Sierra Boggess) and the Phantom (Ramin Karimloo) pass the point of no return when he infiltrates the stage disguised as Don Juan before kidnapping Christine and taking her down once more to his lair.

From Phantom of The Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011): In celebration of the 25th Anniversary of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera, Cameron Mackintosh produced a unique, spectacular staging of the musical on a scale which had never been seen before. Inspired by the original staging by Hal Prince and Gillian Lynne, this lavish, fully-staged production set in the sumptuous Victorian splendour of London's legendary Royal Albert Hall features a cast and orchestra of over 200, plus some very special guest appearances.

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[MewDenise]

"I HAVE WRITTEN YOU A FANFIC! ... I mean OPERA!"

[lindseysquire]

Hired Soldier: Sir, should I shoot him?
Raoul: No, he's in the middle of his solo.

[snellee]

Christine: *pulls off mask*

The Phantom: noooo thats the thing I'm sensitive about

[schwakyl]

I love the way Ramin does this scene. Instead of being Erik, he's Erik *playing* Don Juan, adding an accent and really playing up the fact that this is a play within a play.

[moonmuffins]

Erik's hands trembling before Christine grasps them is just...*chef's kiss* Sierra and Ramin are absolutely fantastic actors.

[ladypossum]

Phantom in a nutshell: forget dirty talking, we SING

[manonsegur]

Whoever runs this channel knows what the people want.

[Nerd]

Ramin: *starts singing all I ask of you*
Me: *ugly sobbing*

[jeeperskreepers]

Raul waiting for Erik to finish his solo: 👁👄👁

[eloramaxwell]

We literally bullied them into posting this.

[paranormalpoppy]

The amount of times I've watched the 25th anniversary during lockdown is unhealthy

[serioussam]

The fact that Eric was so desperate for love that he would even sing Christine's and Rauls song, just grasping at straws, trying even to copy Raul just so he could have what Raul has...The fact that he would use the song that broke his heart in a desperate attempt to fix it and to get her to love him...That's what makes it heartbreaking...He feels like the real him isn't enough for her...so he tries being someone else she loves...Oof...

[galacticjewels]

The acting in this scene is fucking incredible. Sierra’s seductive play that slowly turns to fear upon realizing who is under the cloak, Ramin’s shaking hands as he reaches for Christine’s, it beautifully captured the phantom’s desperate longing for Christine and his reaction to her touching him like that. Also the way the phantom occasionally slips out of the fake accent during more intense lyrics of the song. Just all the little details are amazing. I honestly wish the movie had adapted the scene more like it was here.

[DuneDemon]

I know this Phantom of the Opera is not by the book, it is adapted, so I don't know the history of this Eric, but watching this scene it made me think. If you go trough whole play, Eric actually imitates people. He sings to Christine what he wrote in his opera, which is inspired by the book he has read. In this instance he confesses his love the same way he saw Raoul did it. It is like he doesn't know how to interact with people, so he imitates what he has seen or read in books. Maybe because he spent his whole life watching people interact in operas, he is so dramatic, obsessive, why he is easy to kill people, taunt them, control them. He doesn't know any better. Part of his life he was treated badly, and the rest he tried to learn about people trough exaggerated operas. The moment he experienced something different, when Christine showed mercy and love to him, showed forgiveness, he let her and Raoul go, imitating what he learned.

[katieward]

I love the way this scene is choreographed to show Christine slowly realising that this isn't Piangi. Because it's safe to assume that the Phantom wouldn't let anyone touch his beloved Angel of Music in the way he does in this song, Piangi was probably given entirely different, more tame stage directions for this scene. So when the Phantom starts this song, touching her in more intimate ways than rehearsed, Christine probably first assumed that this was improvisation, so whilst she was mildly uncomfortable and still worried about the threat of the Phantom looming over the production, she probably didn't have alarm bells ringing yet. But then he takes it too far in his passion and touches her in a way that she is definitely uncomfortable with. Piangi seems dedicated to Carlotta, so this would be out of character for him. So she runs, because even if it is Piangi, he isn't meant to or allowed to do this. She gathers her courage and goes back to him, pretending she didn't just run away during what's meant to be an intimate scene, but she feels the mask under the cloak. When she tries to run the second time it's too late. It's just brilliant how much is expressed without speech.

[tashiemayb]

“Lead me, save me from my solitude…” I can’t. This part always has my heart broken

[hsiaying]

Loving the fact that "the bridge is crossed so stand and watch it burn" apply differently and mean different things to both of them. Erik is telling her she's lost the chance at freedom, so sever all of your relationships with everyone else while Christine is telling him he has crossed the line with his actions and they can never get back to the friendly relationship they had ever again. To the characters, Erik has passed the point of salvation (at this moment). He, up to this scene, is irredeemable because he has done far too many awful things. To Christine, her decision to betray Erik, the phantom, her mentor, (possibly) her romantic interest and her father figure means she is now a transformed person. She has grown from a naive girl into an adult. She has crossed the line and there will be no more relationship with Erik after this, but it marks her growth into a mature woman. They've both passed the point of no return.

[allaboutroy]

Okay. I admit it. I’m addicted to the Phantom of the Opera. Need it to live. I have past the point of NO return.

[devon]

The fact that we can see Christine's ankles is way too scandalous for me.

[EthalaRide]

3:30 I love the detail that, to me anyway, Christine felt the Phantom's Mask through the cloth of the hood and knew _for a fact_ that it was him, and thus bolted.