[The Phantom of the Opera] Boundary Bridge

Everyone knows the story behind.

The audience is eager to leave this place, as if they can leave this sad world.However, they couldn't take their eyes off the stage... The music was lively, joyous and beautiful, but there were sobs in the theater.

Prince Lucio saw the neighboring princess named Stele, and when her shy brown eyes turned around, he immediately recognized with great surprise that this was the "temple girl" who saved him!He was overjoyed.

"I am so happy!" he said to the Little Mermaid. "My dumb sister, you must be happy for me. For of all people, you are the one who loves me the most!"

The little mermaid's heart was broken, she kissed his hand, her eyes were smiling, her heart was crying.She knew that the first ray of sunlight after the other party's wedding could kill her, make her disappear completely, and turn her into foam on the sea.

Then, the fairy-tale love between the prince and the princess began to be performed on the stage.The prince took the princess by the hand and took her to do everything the little mermaid had ever done, and even better.The music is joyful and bright, with a magnificent voice of an angel, and an infinite vision for the future.They were beautiful lovers, future kings and queens, and everything this country blessed.

In the garden, the prince sang the words to the princess—the words the little mermaid had sung to him with her eyes.

"The moon turns its cogwheel dreams, the biggest star gazes at me through your eyes. When I love you, the pines in the wind, will sing your name with their velvety leaves.

"They are just in love. This story is just the love between three sincere young people. Perhaps the misunderstanding caused by Ariel's slip of the tongue is a bit clichéd, but this is just love, so how can anyone be blamed for it... But , why is our heart so aching? Why do we all love and pity the heroine, the Little Mermaid? The prince and princess are undoubtedly beautiful young people, but the Little Mermaid! Only the Little Mermaid shines on her—she thought she didn’t exist In such a cliché love tragedy, only her charm makes people cry, the ultimate beauty and the ultimate tragedy do not need any embellishments!"

——Excerpt from critic Lloyd's next day column

Yes, princes and princesses are wonderful!And the love they enjoy is innocent!But the audience grieves with the Little Mermaid...and there is no guilt in suffering and dying for an emotion that is true and sincere.But true and pure love can make people's soul emit unprecedented brilliance, and it can make people not fear death.The same goes for mermaids.

The audience watched as this lovable yet admirable character walked towards his inevitable death.

Eric sat in the audience, never before had he watched an opera with such seriousness and concentration.Or maybe what he watched was not the opera, but the people in it.And it wasn't Christine, he knew very well...it was Enid.

He once asked her: "How do we show the unique sad soul voice of the Little Mermaid in all the duets and choruses?"

And she replied: "Then it will make her singing extraordinarily clear and unworldly."

She had done it, and throughout the evening she had made the character more radiant than he had imagined.It wasn't Enid, and it wasn't Ariel, which was more attractive than the two of them combined.That deep and deadly emotion gripped his heart tightly, as if to force him to make a decision, or as if it only hindered his determination.

Suddenly, for a split second, he felt he couldn't tell Enid from Ariel.He had always been able to tell until now—some charms belonged to her, and some charms belonged to her.Their thoughts are similar but different, and their pursuits are similar but contradictory.They also look different when they smile and when they are sad.Enid is silent, while Ariel weeps and drinks under the single screen, pouring out her heart.But... But he suddenly couldn't tell the difference.

Isn't this just Ariel?Isn't it just Enid?Their images merged into one before his eyes, inseparable.The singing voices of the two women are so clear, as if they come from heaven and ocean.His soul was struck at once, and he saw infinite love and possibilities, what belonged to him and what belonged to her.But is this possible?He was hesitant, confused, and in so much pain that he couldn't breathe.

There was a sudden chill behind his back, and his mind was terrified.

Perhaps he already knew the reason for the sudden overlapping of the images of the two, because this obsessed opera script was written by himself.The ominous end of Ariel's demise turned into white foam and flew to the sky, to heaven or nothingness...and isn't it the same for Enid?He seemed to see them die in exactly the same way before his eyes, killed with his pen, with his lips, with a mean and feeble hatred, with a vicious, impotent possessive desire.There were hot and cold sweats on his body, his heart was shaken, and he was unconscious.

He heard the princess singing, the most innocent, the most beautiful, the most irreproachable woman, she does not need to pursue the light because she is the light herself, the composer gave her the embodiment of light with infinite love, and she is singing.

Eyelashes fluttered slightly, and there was a sweet and gentle smile in the opened eyes.Love is so lingering, beautiful and intoxicating.How can love be painful?How can love not make people extremely happy?she sang—

"This is the most joyful love affair..."

Eric's green eyes widened slowly, but stared intently at the youthful beauty of Kristen Daye's face.His ultimate obsession, his infinite light, his old dreams, his future together... In an instant, countless thoughts rushed through his mind.

"I love her." He murmured to himself.

"I love her, this is the foundation and reason for everything I do." He repeated blankly, his heart felt like a suicide colic, but he quickly found comfort and compensation in this false and beautiful colorful bubble, Continue to immerse yourself.

And this tragedy that has nothing to do with him is finally coming to an end!

On the stage, a beautiful and huge ship rides the wind and waves, taking the prince and his queen back to their hometown!The seagulls sing joyously, the wind blows the sails, and the sea is so gentle and tolerant.On a clear day, the sailors full of ships are singing!They praised the weather, the beautiful new queen, and this touching love!Leaning on the railing, the little mermaid saw the white arms of her sisters passing by under the clear sea, she couldn't help crying.

"Actually, I'm telling the story of the Little Mermaid." Shani recalled that before the performance started, Enid once said to him with a tired smile, in a low voice, "but it's all in my language from beginning to end." .”

He didn't understand it then, and he doesn't understand it now.He heard her say:

"...I used to think that the spirit and soul of the extinct mermaid would return briefly in this opera. She could regain her glory through my throat. I don't care, this belongs to her, and I will Happy for her—if I didn't love and sympathize deeply with her, why would I be in this show that foretells my own death? Sorry, but at least it's the death of love."

"But, but, she never came back. Not in the rehearsal, and I don't think there will be in the official performance. I wanted to find her with music, but then I realized that she was me, and I was She. She's always been here, and I've always been here. I have part of her soul and mind, part of her spirit and eyes, and then I can tell a story that is mine."

"Did Ariel go to heaven or return to nothing? It was me who was disillusioned, and heaven was hers. It was always clear."

His heart suddenly throbbed deeply, with an unprecedented, calling voice.Shani was about to wake up from the dream of prosperity on the stage, and then he found that Mr. Eric, who was still panting in pain just now, was very calm.

The man stared blankly at the miracle he had created, as if the mystery in everyone's eyes was not worth mentioning to him.Only when the soft and sweet figure of Stelle appears, the withered eyes will suddenly burst into flames--terrifying and fierce fire.And Ariel, who was pale and sad, burned those eyes again.

Eric had to stop looking at Ariel's face to keep himself from crying.

A deep sense of absurdity flashed through Shani's heart. He was very tired, and intense emotions always consume energy.But he turned his head around again, looking at the stage that was so beautiful that it didn't seem human.

The story will be over, their tragedy will be over.

Or...is this just the beginning of the story of the characters in the play?

Shani couldn't guess, and he couldn't guess.At this time, the scene has changed from day to dusk.The setting sun gradually sinks, and the brilliant and gentle rays of light spread across the western sky, interweaving a fantastic and beautiful scene.A sailor played the harmonica, and the prince and princess watched the sunset side by side.Their young and beautiful faces are full of longing for happiness.The princess has finally become a queen, and the little mermaid's life is coming to an end!

The little mermaid, dressed in silk and pearls, suddenly took off her shoes.With a beautiful and touching smile on her face, she danced gracefully into the crowd, before the prince and queen.They all smiled and nodded at her.

The little mermaid is spinning and flying, with a pair of white, tender, bleeding bare|feet.It was like a knife was cutting her legs and feet, but she didn't feel the pain, because her heart hurt far more than this.

All cheered, they praised her, they kissed her, and said she never danced so beautifully.The little mermaid looked at the prince sadly, and seeing his happy and happy smile, she smiled again.

Ariel laughed and danced, but the thought of death was in her heart.She knew that this would be the last night she would see the prince—for him, she left her clan and family; for him, she surrendered the most beautiful song in the world; for him, she endured endless pain, but he didn't know it.

It would be the last night she would breathe the same air as he, the last night she would see the deep sea and the starry sky.Tomorrow morning the first rays of sunlight in the east will kill her, and an eternal night without thoughts and dreams awaits her, soulless and without a soul.

The twilight is gone, and this is her last twilight.The night rose, the stars were dotted, and the bonfire flickered.The Little Mermaid was still laughing and dancing, but she was in utter pain.She saw the prince and his queen whispering, and she heard the sailors singing in unison.Her heart trembled with grief, she opened her lips slightly, no one on the stage heard it, but all the audience outside the stage heard it!

she's singing-

"I was overwhelmed by the waters of pain.

Can't breathe and can't call for help..."

This is a grotesque, wonderful and extremely painful song.

The people who arrange the songs are really talented.He didn't cut the chorus of the sailors much, and even their joy became stronger and deeper, unaffected by the mermaid's crying.At the same time, these two singing voices, which are clearly not related to each other in the world of the stage, have achieved an ingenious, strange and heartbreaking harmony in the world of the audience.

Ariel was crying and everyone was laughing.Ariel is in pain, and all are in joy.But you shouldn't accuse those people, because they can't hear it.

Ariel danced so joyously, lightly, purely, softly, like a dolphin or a bird.This is neither a lady's social dance or court dance, nor is it the enthusiasm of a gypsy girl, nor is it the exaggerated body show that is common in stage plays.

It was a new dance that had never been seen before, her soft arms were like seaweed in the waves, her smile was a flower, and her feet still seemed to be floating in the waves.This is the dance of the "Daughter of the Sea", an unprecedented and beautiful dance from the kingdom of the sea!

But at the same time, this dance is so joyful and lively, full of blessings.Only when you hear her painful singing, will you wonder whether there is a madness behind the blessing, whether there is a cry of pain, whether there is a cry of despair...

How can there be such a sad story?How can there be such a tragedy of love?How can there be such a woman, she doesn't hate fate, she doesn't hate anyone, she only has kindness and tenderness in her heart, her love is so broad and clear, her singing... her singing...

In the midst of burlesque, plebeian chants, her elegant, pathetic voice is so melancholy and lonely that it stands out from all others.

It's a pity that no one heard of it.The audience, seeing so many people on stage who couldn't hear her, were deaf or fools, couldn't help but feel that they were the closest to the poor girl's heart, that they knew her best... their hearts grew dearer to her .

Night has fallen.

The bonfires were extinguished, and the celebrating sailors departed.Only here and there a few drunken people slumped in the dark, snoring from time to time in deep, blissful dreams.The prince has left hand in hand with his bride, and the little mermaid doesn't dance anymore.She sat alone on the deck of the bow.

The sea has gone to sleep, and the night is past half.Her heart and dreams were shattered together.

At this time, she was hanging her head in thought, suddenly heard a strange sound of water, the waves were beating against the Chinese boat.The little mermaid raised her head suddenly, and she looked at the scene in front of her in amazement——

Her six sisters emerge one after the other from the waves, their hair cut short and not beautiful behind their heads.

"Sisters!" She cried out in her heart, and at the same time stretched out her arms "ah", "ah".

They all wept together.

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