San Francisco Silent Film Festival

Berklee Silent Film Orchestra Performs The Phantom of the Opera

Name: Berklee Silent Film Orchestra Performs The Phantom of the Opera
Start: 2019-12-07T20:00:00-05:00
End: 2019-12-07
Location: Castro Theatre

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Saturday / December 7, 2019 / 8:00 p.m.

Castro Theatre

429 Castro Street

San Francisco

94114

United States

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Screen legend Lon Chaney performs in <i>The Phantom of the Opera</i> (1925).

Image courtesy of Universal Pictures

North America’s premier silent film festival presents the Berklee Silent Film Orchestra (BSFO) performing its powerhouse score to The Phantom of the Opera (1925). The definitive restoration, by the late David Shepard, provides a clarity and depth not seen from this iconic film in many years.

The BFSO score, featuring a soprano vocalist performing actual parts sung in the film, is a revelation. The 11-piece student orchestra is led, in sequence, by seven conductors, each passing the baton in a spectacle of musical synchrony with the film.