Erik is not truly dead. He lives on within the souls of those who choose to listen to the music of the night.
All I wanted was to be loved for myself. " (Erik)
But do you love me? If Erik were good-looking, would you love me, Christine?
I've been listening to quite a lot of classical music like Erik Satie, and quite a lot of blues.
I had seen the ballet of Swan Lake as a child but it was as an adult, when I saw a production featuring Erik Bruhn, that I first noticed how significant a part the ever-present threat of violence played. This juxtaposition of great beauty and grace with a backdrop of pure evil stayed with me for years.
There is a complexity and layering that goes on with this kind of thing, so the music is slightly repetitive and when I say repetitive it's in the same tradition as people like Steve Reich or Erik Satie or even WC.