The Phantom of the Opera (Spotlight 10)

Listen to the music. What images come to mind?

Look at the picture. How is the music related to the title of the book?

Wednesday, the tenth of September

Classwork

The Phantom of the Opera

Gaston Leroux

Born:

Died:

Occupation:

journalist, theatre

critic, writer

Notable works:

The Phantom of the

Opera

6 May 1868

Paris, France

15 April 1927

Text listening. How are these names related to the Phantom?

Sorelli

Jammes

Giry

Text listening. How are these names related to the Phantom?

Sorelli

Jammes

Giry

one of the young ladies of the ballet

another young lady of the ballet

one of the principal dancers

EX.4a. Find the meaning of the highlighted words in the text:

● relaxed

● arguing

● disappeared

● trick

● run away

● clearly

● walked in a stiff,

angry way

at ease

quarreling

vanished

practical joke

fled

plainly

stalked

In 1988 A. L. Webber composed his new musical

« The Phantom of the Opera».

It is also the longest running Broadway musical of all time and the most financially

successful Broadway show in history.

«The Phantom of the Opera» was translated into several languages and was produced in more than twenty countries.

The novel has been made into several films. In 2004 a British film adaptation was released. It was produced and co-written by Lloyd Webber. The Phantom of the Opera  grossed approximately $154 million worldwide, despite receiving mixed to negative reviews.

The Phantom of

Phantom of the Opera 1998 poster

Phantom of the Opera

the Opera (1925)

2014 poster

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sn-QNdCBDF0

Have you heard this music?

Have you seen the film? The musical?

Do you know the author?

EX.5. Who / What is compared to:

● flowers

● plums

● ink

● a shadow

● a drum

Jammes’s appearance:

▲ forget-me-not-eyes,

▲ rose-red cheeks

▲ the lily-white neck

EX.5. Who/What is compared to:

● flowers

● plums

● ink

● a shadow

● a drum

Jammes’s appearance:

forget-me-not-eyes, rose-red cheeks and the lily-white neck

Giry’s appearance:

▼ eyes black as plums

▼ hair black as ink

EX.5. Who/What is compared to:

● flowers

● plums

● ink

● a shadow

● a drum

Jammes’s appearance:

forget-me-not-eyes, rose-red cheeks and the lily-white neck

Giry’s appearance:

▼ eyes black as plums

▼ hair black as ink

The Phantom’s manner of moving

The Phantom’s appearance

Ex.3, p.128

Text Listening

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7

Ex.3, p.16

Text Listening

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1

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3

2

2

4

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1

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6

7

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Homework

Стр.129, упр.7 письменно, согласно заданию (100-120 слов):

Imagine you are the Phantom. Write an account of your life in the theatre and what you see and do there.

Thanks for the lesson!

Goodbye !