Well here it is, Sierra Boggess singing the theme song to Love Never Dies at the last ever ITV South Bank Show Awards on Sunday Night, January 31st accompanied by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Louise Hunt on two grand pianos.
So what did you think?
I was struck by the performance style of Sierra Boggess being reminiscent of the Sarah Brightman who was Andrew Lloyd Webber’s inspiration for the original Phantom of The Opera. The flourishing crescendo of that operetta style is a bit much for my taste just for a few moments but I did recognise a great show tune in there which will have a strong emotional appeal when seen live at the theatre in just a few weeks tine when Love Never Dies opens in London. I did actually start humming the tune the next day after only having heard it once.
Here is the official Love Never Dies video trailer put out by the Really Useful Group and uploaded to youtube recently. In it there are some glimpses of scenes from the Phantom of the Opera followed by black and white clips of an ocean liner arriving in New York, then Coney Island, entertainers and the words “The Story Continues”.
This is all building up to the announcement on October 8th which is expected to name the date for the London opening of Love Never Dies sometime in March 2010, but it could just be sooner. We’ll have to wait and see.
