Nicole Scherzinger - Phantom Of The Opera (Royal Variety Performance - December 14)

Nicole Scherzinger has had a varied career and I have not seen or heard much from her in some time, but she has a beautiful voice with a very high tonal range... I selected her and four of the Phantoms to perform for you Phantom Of The Opera... Let me know how you like her performance... Note, that this rendition has been viewed by some 27,433,344 viewers since posted on Dec 27, 2011... I highly recommend that this be watched FULL SCREEN WITH SOUND UP...

About Phantom of the Opera:

The Phantom of the Opera is a 1986 musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, and a libretto by Lloyd Webber and Richard Stilgoe. Based on the 1910 French novel of the same name by Gaston Leroux, its central plot revolves around a beautiful soprano, Christine Daaé, who becomes the obsession of a mysterious, disfigured musical genius living in the subterranean labyrinth beneath the Paris Opéra House.

The musical opened in London's West End in 1986, and on Broadway in 1988. It won the 1986 Olivier Award and the 1988 Tony Award for Best Musical, and Michael Crawford (in the title role) won the Olivier and Tony Awards for Best Actor in a Musical. It is currently the longest running show in Broadway history, and celebrated its 10,000th Broadway performance on 11 February 2012, the first production ever to do so. It is the second longest-running West End musical, after Les Misérables, and the third longest-running West End show overall, after The Mousetrap. A film adaptation directed by Joel Schumacher was released in 2004. Read more at WIkipedia.com.

About Nicole Scherzinger:

"Nicole Scherzinger, born Nicole Prescovia Elikolani Valiente; June 29, 1978, is an American singer, songwriter and television personality. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, Scherzinger initially performed in plays throughout her adolescence and went to study at Wright State University, before dropping out to pursue a musical career with American rock band Days of the New and later found modest success in 2001 upon winning a place in Eden's Crush, a girl group created through The WB's Popstars.

She came to wider public attention when cast as the lead singer of the Pussycat Dolls and released the albums PCD (2005) and Doll Domination (2008), becoming one of the world's best-selling girl groups of all time. Scherzinger's prominent role was a point of contention within the group and factor in its eventual dissolution in 2009. Despite achieving mainstream recognition, Scherzinger's has struggled to carve out a successful solo career releasing two studio albums–Killer Love (2011) and Big Fat Lie (2014)—to moderate success; the former includes the number-one single "Don't Hold Your Breath"." Read more at WIkipedia.com.

LYRICS:

[Instrumental Intro]

[Verse 1: CHRISTINE]
In sleep he sang to me, in dreams he came
That voice which calls to me and speaks my name
And do I dream again? For now I find
The Phantom of the Opera is there
Inside my mind

[Verse 2: PHANTOM]
Sing once again with me our strange duet
My power over you grows stronger yet
And though you turn from me to glance behind
The Phantom of the Opera is there
Inside your mind

[Verse 3: CHRISTINE]
Those who have seen your face
Draw back in fear
I am the mask you wear

[PHANTOM]
It's me they hear...

[BOTH]
Your/My spirit and my/your voice
In one combined
The Phantom of the Opera is there
Inside my/your mind

[BACKUP]
Beware, the Phantom of the Opera

[Verse 4: PHANTOM]
In all your fantasies, you always knew
That man and mystery

[CHRISTINE]
Were both in you

[BOTH]
And in this labyrinth, where night is blind
The Phantom of the Opera is here/there

[CHRISTINE]
Inside my/your mind...

[PHANTOM]
Sing, my Angel of Music!

[CHRISTINE]
He's there, the Phantom of the Opera

[CHRISTINE vocalizing]

[PHANTOM]
Sing!
Sing for me
Sing, my Angel of Music!
Sing for me!

Writer: Andrew LLoyd Webber

I hope you all enjoy this performance!
Kerry
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