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A Halloween Tradition Continues as The Phantom Returns to Irvine |
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October 30, 2012,
Volume 59, No. 10 |
The classic film Phantom of the Opera will once again be front and center at the University of Pennsylvania on Halloween, Wednesday, October 31 at 7:15 p.m. in Irvine Auditorium.
This annual show is an opportunity to experience the 1925 silent film Phantom of the Opera with live organ accompaniment. The Phantom of the Opera is an adaptation of the Gaston Leroux’s novel of the same name directed by Rupert Julian. The film features Lon Chaney in the title role as the masked and facially deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House, causing murder and mayhem in an attempt to force the management to make the woman he loves a star. It is most famous for Lon Chaney’s intentionally horrific, self-applied make-up, which was kept a studio secret until the film’s premiere.
Famed improvisational organist Peter Krasinski will play on the 10,731-pipe Curtis Organ. This nearly 40-year-old Halloween tradition is free and open to the public.
Peter Krasinski is a world-renowned conductor, organist, and teacher, and he specializes is in the art of live silent film accompaniment. Come see Phantom of the Opera the way it is meant to be enjoyed as Mr. Krasinski performs on the 11th largest organ in the world. |
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October 30, 2012, Volume 59, No. 10
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