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'Til I Hear You Sing
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Song from Love Never Dies
'Til I Hear You Sing 'Til I Hear You Sing (Recording Cover).jpeg single Ramin Karimloo Love Never Dies 2010 03 08 Musical theatre 04 19 Really Useful Andrew Lloyd Webber Glenn Slater Andrew Lloyd Webber, Nigel Wright
"Til I Hear You Sing" is a song from the musical Love Never Dies, the 2010 sequel to the 1986 musical The Phantom of the Opera. It was originally performed by Ramin Karimloo as the Phantom during the London run and was recorded with him for the original London cast album. Ben Lewis performed the song in the Australian production and its 2012 live stage film and 2018 cast album.
Synopsis
The Phantom sings about how he has done next to nothing in the ten years since the events of the first musical took place. He now feels like he cannot be productive in any way until he hears Christine sing again. The Telegraph explains "the tortured hero longs to be reunited with his muse, Christine, with whom, the show reveals, he once shared a night of passion."https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/8220295/Love-Never-Dies-Adelphi-Theatre-review.html Love Never Dies, Adelphi Theatre, review 22 December 2010 Telegraph.co.uk 4 November 2014 He will never be happy until he hears Christine sing again.https://variety.com/2010/legit/reviews/love-never-dies-2-1117944212/ Advertisement Variety 4 November 2014
As a result of some structural changes Andrew Lloyd Webber made to the show due to mixed reviews, it "comes at the very start of the show".http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2011/05/30/review-love-never-dies-regent-theatre-melbourne/ Review: Love Never Dies - Regent Theatre, Melbourne - Curtain Call 4 November 2014 4 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141104183633/http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2011/05/30/review-love-never-dies-regent-theatre-melbourne/ dead
Critical reception
StageWhispers described it as a "vocally demanding opening prologue".http://www.stagewhispers.com.au/reviews/love-never-dies Love Never Dies 4 November 2014 AllMusic described this song, along with the title song, as "crafty/schmaltzy ballads".http://www.allmusic.com/album/love-never-dies-mw0001962486 Love Never Dies - Simon Lee, Andrew Lloyd Webber - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic James Christopher Monger AllMusic 4 November 2014 Gramophone wrote "Karimloo's Phantom seethes magnificently in his opening ballad 'Til I Hear You Sing".http://www.gramophone.co.uk/blog/the-gramophone-blog/first-night-review-love-never-dies First night review: Love Never Dies 4 November 2014 The BBC deemed it "the musical's most memorable song", and described Karimloo's performance as "full-blooded".https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/jj9p/ BBC - Music - Review of Andrew Lloyd Webber - Love Never Dies 4 November 2014 Ckickey described it as " a genuinely stirring show-stopper", "prodigious", "pulsating", and a "great song". The Telegraph named it "one of the show's finest songs". The Stage deemed the number, along with Love Never Dies, as "stand outs".http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/27492/love-never-dies https://archive.today/20141104173813/http://www.thestage.co.uk/reviews/review.php/27492/love-never-dies dead November 4, 2014 The Stage / Reviews / Love Never Dies The Stage 4 November 2014 Reviewing the Australian version of the musical, The Herald Sun wrote the Phantom's "opening rendition of 'Til I Hear You Sing is thrilling and no song that follows meets this level."No Cookies | Herald Sun London Theatreland wrote "I did not leave the theatre humming 'Till I Hear You Sing'. But will people be humming 'Till I Hear You Sing' in months, years to come? Of course, they will."http://www.london-theatreland.co.uk/theatres/adelphi-theatre/love-never-dies-review.php Review of Love Never Dies at the Adelphi Theatre, London by London Theatreland London Theatreland 4 November 2014 Gramaphone says the Phantom "seethes magnificently in his opening ballad ". Entertainment Weekly said "Instead of Music of the Night, we get a piercing succession of key changes through Til I Hear You Sing as [Erik] longs for Christine to be restored as his muse", concluding "his musical mastery has...largely deserted him".https://ew.com/article/2010/03/11/love-never-dies/ Love Never Dies Review - News Reviews and News - Stage - EW.com EW.com 4 November 2014 4 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141104205821/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20364394_20350095,00.html live News.com deemed it "the show's strongest number...which remains the standout performance of the night until...the title song."http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/review-of-love-never-dies-at-capitol-theatre/story-e6frfmq9-1226246289555 Review of Love Never Dies at Capitol Theatre 2014-11-04 2014-11-04 https://web.archive.org/web/20141104201414/http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/review-of-love-never-dies-at-capitol-theatre/story-e6frfmq9-1226246289555 dead
References
Category:2010 songs
Category:2010s ballads
Category:Song articles with missing songwriters
Category:The Phantom of the Opera