My Morrin: Halloween Concert

You’ll be frightfully delighted you came!

Musical “comedy” is not always comic. In fact, some works are out and out musical tragedies! They feature the archetypal lovely, pure young Girl and the dashing Suitor common to all musical theatre. But in addition, a dark, looming Villain threatens their happiness or very lives.

Join us for a 60-minute concert on Monday, October 29 that celebrates songs from some of the best-known musicals!

About the evening’s programme

In the Phantom of the Opera, the young and talented Christine Daaé is ardently courted by the wealthy, handsome Raoul in “Think of Me.” But a jealous, vengeful Phantom, who has taught Christine music from girlhood, wants to keep her for himself (“Phantom of the Opera”). He hypnotizes her in “Music of the Night” in the hope of captivating her heart forever.

Into the Woods as well contains many scary elements. For example, young Jack of beanstalk fame reports that “There are Giants in the Sky”! And the ravenous Big Bad Wolf accosts Little Red Riding Hood in “Hello Little Girl!” on her way to her grandmother’s house.

Meanwhile in the Hunchback of Notre Dame, the compassionate Esmeralda prays that “God Help the Outcasts,” one of whom is the physically deformed but internally beautiful hunchback Quasimodo. Quasimodo dreams of being “Out There” in the real world where he could be free to love Esmeralda as she deserves. But his hope of seeing “Heaven’s Light” through a single kiss is overshadowed by the heartless domination of his master, the priest Frollo. The latter, in “Hellfire”, is morally and physically torn between his duty to live a pure life as required by the church and his earthly passion for Esmeralda. Likewise, Wednesday in the Addams Family suddenly feels herself being “Pulled” to the Dark Side. And David in What if? finds himself stuck in a “Life on the Wall”!

Musical theatre sometimes goes one step further and actually takes us into the spirit world. In Glück’s opera Orpheus and Eurydice, Orpheus must physically travel to that dark underworld to bargain with the Devil to release his beloved Eurydice, but on re-emerging, turns round too soon and loses her forever (“J’ai perdu mon Eurydice!”). Nor had things gone well for Eurydice beforehand;  the mischievous god Jupiter had transformed himself into a large golden fly (“Duet of the Fly”) and hypnotized her into seeing him as lovable, handsome and sweet!

The artists

For more information on the My Morrin programme, click here.

Free for members.

$5 for the general public.