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would you be able to share the cc you used for your Erik? i love how you did it! i can't seem to find anything to get the nose like that and it's driving me nuts LOL

hi anonymous!

sorry it's take me so, so long to respond. erik's leroux no-nose nose took a lot of fiddling, but the key mod i use is this "no nose slider" from @zaneida-and-sims4 : https://zaneida-and-sims4.tumblr.com/post/179731254338/no-nose-mode-mode-which-reduce-nose-nose-presets

and then I use this nostril slider from @obscurus-sims : https://obscurus-sims.tumblr.com/post/178609869638/dl-6-sliders-for-nose-early-access-at-patreon

hope these help!

#phantom of the opera sims #leroux erik sim

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Doodling nerds instead of doing homework. Woops.

#erik #phantom of the opera

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Hi! Is your Erik on TS4 gallery?

not currently, but i can upload him! he uses a fair amount of CC that i can also point you to

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messing around with these crybabies again

#phantom of the opera #phantom of the opera sims #erik and christine #erik x christine #ts4 edit

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Hey, did you know that Gaston Leroux’s Phantom of the Opera novel is available free on Wikisource or Project Gutenberg? Did you also know that it is completely gloriously bugfuck bonkers?

When the ballerinas are talking they hear a noise outside, and the head ballerina goes to check it out with the knife she always has, straight up ready to stab a ghost

The phantom shows up at the dinner party between the new and old managers and nobody says anything because they all think he's with the other guys

He doesn't have any dramatic entry to the masquerade ball - he's just wandering around in a cape with DON'T TOUCH THIS GUY embroidered on it in gold, and when somebody does he grabs them and glares at them, because come on, man, my cape asked you to do one thing

The phantom’s name is Erik. We know this because my dude is constantly talking about himself in the third person like an anime imouto

Ever wonder why there's suddenly a horse in the musical? Turns out it's because he just fuckin' steals one. Dude gets himself a basement horse.

His lair is a house on an underground lake with specifically surreal "middle-class" decorations. Dude has, like, cabinets from Pottery Barn

Except for his own room, which is all in black, and where this goth motherfucker sleeps in a literal coffin because "One has to get used to everything in life, even to eternity"

Dude goes out shopping and makes lunch. Christine specifically talks about eating some shrimp and a chicken wing that he'd set out like fuckin' Pagan Min

Christine has way more spine and agency than in the musical. Erik doesn't just randomly decide to bring her back from the first abduction; she deliberately butters him up over two weeks to convince him she'll come back if he lets her go

Then when Raoul demands to know where she's been she's like buddy I was at the corner of Nunya and Business

It's also her own idea to stay so Erik can see her sing on stage one more time

Erik's eyes specifically glow in the dark. This is relevant because one night Raoul thinks he sees glowing eyes out on the balcony. He tries turning the light on and off a couple times, and they're still there, and not answering when he calls out. So he is sure it's the Phantom and shoots him with a gun. There's some blood and Raoul's brother is like dude you shot a cat, and it's never mentioned again, so I guess there really is a cat out there with a scar and a very weird story

The phantom claims that the chandelier just did that

And that's before it gets really insane.

#i loved every moment of this recap #foley work hahahahaaa #feeling deeply seen by the entire bullet point dedicated to Barrels! Barrels!

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neil hilborn, a place where someone loves you / dylan dog, le notti della luna piena / @filmnoirsbian / anne sexton / sonnet by neil gaiman / caitlyn siehl, start here

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THE FIRST OVERTURE BACK ON BROADWAY

#WEEPING #Phantom of the Opera

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Sorry after the show andrew Lloyd Webber got in a Dj Booth and played a club remix of phantom

#hahahahahahahaaaa #broadway is BACK baby #phantom of the opera

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still absolutely insane and hilarious to me how Dave Malloy chose to write the line "Just one of the hundred sad old men living out their final days in Moscow" about Pierre who is like, 29

#this entire thread kills me #great comet #natasha pierre and the great comet of 1812 #dear evan hansen #what age is old #i am definitely at it

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Music in Gaston Leroux‘s “The Phantom of the Opera“ - The original Phantom soundtrack

Music has always been an integral part of „The Phantom of the Opera“. Long before Andrew Lloyd Webber came along, Gaston Leroux put together his own „soundtrack“ for his novel and wove it into the story. He was very familiar with opera and often used music as a device of foreshadowing or adding subtext.

I have put together a playlist containing the most important pieces from the novel which can be found here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3N3HOQcCzKIH0D4UROxO0N?si=VYjQlsvsQ0OUQZD1dFt0gQ&dl_branch=1

For those who don‘t have Spotify, there are youtube links included as well. The songs are listed in order of appearance in the novel, and I have added a bit of background information for each piece. Enjoy 🌹!

Tracklist

1. „Ouverture“ from „Le roi de Lahore“ by Jules Massenet

In Chapter 1, the body of Joseph Buquet is found hanging from a set piece from „Le roi de Lahore“. Lahore is the capital of the Punjab, a province in what is now Pakistan (formerly India). Buquet was strung up on said set piece using the „punjab“ lasso. In this opera, a young priestess falls in love with the voice of a man who speaks to her in her room without showing himself, and commits suicide at the end to evade a forced marriage to his enemy.

Watch on youtube: https://youtu.be/mFc6_EHqAjk

2. „Danse macabre“ by Camille Saint-Saëns

The famous „Danse Macabre“ is part of the gala night programme. The piece is originally based on a poem by Henri Cazalis and is dominated by a solo violin. Its theme of „dancing with death“ ties in very well with the novel as a whole.

Watch on youtube: https://youtu.be/G-KSTWO5ir0

3. and 4. „Valse Lente“ from „Coppélia“ and „Pizzicato“ from „Sylvia“, both by Léo Delibes

Those pieces are also part of the gala night programme. In the novel, Leroux lists them as the „Pizzicati“ from „Coppélia“ and the „Valse Lente“ from „Sylvia“, but he apparently confused the two ballets, since there are no „Pizzicati“ in „Coppélia“ - but there is a famous Pizzicato in „Sylvia“. „Coppélia“ is a ballet about an automaton magically coming to life.

Watch on youtube: Coppélia: https://youtu.be/sVdf-1rgLzE, Sylvia: https://youtu.be/We7KAkWJow8

5. and 6. „Finale“ from „Roméo et Juliette“ by Charles Gounod (Part 1 + 2)

„Roméo et Juliette“ is the one of the most significant operas used in „Phantom“, together with „Faust“ and „Otello“. The finale is sung by Christine during her triumphant gala night performance. The line quoted („Seigneur! Seigneur! Pardonnez-nous!“) is the very last line of the opera. The intertwined themes of love and death and also the liebestod motif are reflected in Leroux‘s novel.

Watch on youtube: https://youtu.be/SnObknpiPQ0

7. „Vous qui faites l‘endormie“ from „Faust“ by Charles Gounod

When Box Five is sold to the public against Erik‘s wishes, he takes revenge by kindly letting the husband sitting there know that his wife is making out with her lover behind his back, causing a brawl between the two men. To insinuate the wife‘s infidelity, he references several lines from Mephisto‘s aria that is sung on stage at that time.

Watch on youtube: https://youtu.be/LO98x1ASbLM

8. „Lorsqu‘à toi je me suis donnée“ from „La Juive“ by Jacques Fromental Halévy

This part of „La Juive“ is sung and referred to by Madame Giry, while she is questioned about the opera ghost by the managers. However, the first part „Près de celle qui j‘aime“, while being mentioned in the synopsis on wikipedia, seems to be missing from the recordings I was able to find.

Watch on youtube: https://youtu.be/PcnUmYcZxf4

9. „Faites-lui mes aveux“ from „Faust“ by Charles Gounod

During the „cursed“ performance which ends with croaking Carlotta and the fall of the chandelier, Christine plays the role of Siebel, the young man who is Faust‘s rival for the affections of Marguerite (played by Carlotta). She sings this piece -  also known as the „flower aria“ - when she suddenly notices Raoul in the audience, and her voice starts to falter.

Watch on youtube: https://youtu.be/zdS6kiWz-g0

10. „Nuit d‘hymenée“ from „Roméo et Juliette“ by Charles Gounod

After the masked ball, when Erik comes to meet Christine in her dressing-room, he sings the „wedding night song“ while he is walking through the secret passages and Christine follows him through the mirror. Originally, this is the song that Romeo and Juliet sing to each other during their wedding night. This is probably the most romantic and erotic duet used in the entire novel. The line „La destinée m‘enchaîne à toi sans retour/Destiny binds me to you forever“ (in Leroux, intentionally or not, given as „you to me“) is repeated three times in the novel, charging it with significance.

Watch on youtube: https://youtu.be/_X8LsHwJXfA

11. „Canzone del salice“ from „Otello“ by Gioachino Rossini

When Erik brings Christine to his house for the first time, he sings for her until she falls asleep, starting with the „Canzone del salice“ from „Otello“ - a lament about the cruelty of love. This aria is originally sung by Desdemona. Due to the introductory harp solo being mentioned by Christine and the story being set before 1885, the piece must be from Rossini‘s „Otello“, not the more famous Verdi opera.

Watch on youtube: https://youtu.be/eHZ6FoKhi2w

12. „Ouverture“ from „Don Giovanni“ by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

„Don Giovanni“ is only mentioned by Erik, when Christine asks him to play from his own „Don Juan Triumphant“, as the version he would rather play her instead since his „Don Juan“ is too consuming and would be „unhealthy“ for her. Erik does not seem to hold Mozart‘s version in very high regard.

Watch on youtube: https://youtu.be/3vnu-xOAM-Q

13. „Notte per me funesta“ from „Otello“ by Gioachino Rossini

During the unmasking scene, Christine (as Desdemona) is expecting to be murdered by Otello, and is actually enticed by the idea. Since „Notte per me funesta“ is the dramatic duet that ends with Otello stabbing Desdemona, I assume that this is the duet they are singing in this scene.

Watch on youtube: https://youtu.be/GsV7y5spyQk (this also includes the preceding duets, which were possibly sung as well)

14. „Finale“ from „Faust“ by Charles Gounod

When Erik abducts Christine from the stage, she is singing the final trio from Faust, imploring the angels to take her soul to heaven. The ambiguity of the „angel“ is clearly used here by Leroux, as the „Angel of Music“ is the one taking her away instead. The final trio is preceded by the duet „oui, c‘est moi, je t‘aime“ from the prison scene, which was also used in the Charles Dance version.

Watch on youtube: https://youtu.be/i2C4ezHUF1I

15. „Dies irae“ from „Requiem“ by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Following Philippe‘s death, Erik sings the „Dies irae“ from the requiem mass. It is not certain if the piece is really Mozart‘s, but this requiem was very widely used in funeral masses. The „dies irae“ itself is a chant dating back to medieval times. The „dies irae“ has also been incorporated into Erik‘s bedroom decor in the form of a wall hanging with the notes on it.

Watch on youtube: https://youtu.be/FGqoU9NIjZw

16. „Presago il core della tua condanna“ from „Aida“ by Giuseppe Verdi

This is a bonus track because it is not from the Leroux novel, but from „Phantom“ by Susan Kay. It is one of the pieces that is significant to Erik‘s and Christine‘s relationship. One of the quotes that Christine is buried with is from this duet („Foreseeing your condemnation into this tomb, in your arms I wish to die“).

Watch on youtube: https://youtu.be/FrfORI1BClQ

#the phantom of the opera #gaston leroux #leroux playlist

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#the phantom of the opera #what the fuck #i love this so much #erik and christine #modern e/c

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More curtain call photos from yesterday’s opening in London. That first photo of Killian and Lucy is pretty much the sweetest thing I’ve ever seen.

Photos from Dave Benett (x).

#the phantom of the opera #phantom london

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I’m working on a Phantom of the Opera Adaptation and I’m having A Time.

idk yet in what format I’ll do this but I’m thinking of just a collection of scenes and illustrations that hopefully make a narrative, instead of a full comic?

Original characters/kinda, do not steal etc

#the phantom of the opera #wonderfully gay #lesbian phantom

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A first look at Lucy St. Louis in some of her costumes!

#screenshots!! #phantom of the opera #lucy st louis #christine daae

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A first look at Lucy St. Louis in some of her costumes!

#phantom of the opera #lucy st louis #her enthusiasm is contagious! #i cannot wait for theaters to open again #christine daae

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A Character Design and Style Test page.

From my College Illustration Thesis, Lesbian Phantom of the Opera

#phantom of the opera #ooooh the details #love love love this red death #the skull mask #the visibility of erik's face #the hands #always am i weak for such hands #love the black domino too

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Wow. Full video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PfVZrDxgLPU&ab_channel=CrumpStockFootage

(also really like the way he talks about Erik in earlier vids)

phantom of the opera make-up test by crump free stock footage.

#phantom of the opera #erik #gaston leroux #leroux erik #phantom makeup #the eyes might be golden-glowing but they are like correct