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- In The Phantom of the Opera book and musical, the Phantom cuts the whole chandelier loose during the curtain call of the opera Il Muto, in order to exact revenge on Christine for falling in love with Raoul instead of him.
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Feb 7, 2023 · The Phantom interferes with the production of a new opera written by Christine's former teacher and demands that she be given the lead role. His obsession with Christine leads to a series of dramatic events, culminating in a final confrontation between him and Christine's chosen suitor, Raoul.
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The Phantom, who overheard their conversation, is heartbroken and swears revenge on Christine. In the auditorium, the chandelier crashes onto the stage during the Il Muto curtain call ("All I Ask of You (Reprise)").
- Gaston Leroux
- 1986
- History of The Show
- Development of The Musical
- Musical Overall Synopsis
- Musical Numbers
- Instrumentation
- Recordings
- Sequel
- Plagiarism
- Other Productions
- Awards and Nomintations
West End
Inspired by an earlier musical version of the same story by Ken Hill, Phantom began previews at Her Majesty's Theatre in London's West End on 27 September, 1986 and opened on 9 Octoberunder the direction of Hal Prince. It was choreographed by Gillian Lynne and the sets were designed by Maria Björnson, with lighting by Andrew Bridge. Michael Crawford starred as the titular character, Sarah Brightman as Christine, and Steve Barton as Raoul. The show is still playing at Her Majesty's, celebratin...
Broadway
Phantom began Broadway previews at the Majestic Theatre on 9 January, 1988 and opened on 26 January. Crawford, Brightman and Barton reprised their respective roles from the London production. In 2009 the Broadway production marked its nine thousandth performance and is currently the longest-running musical in Broadway history celebrating 23 years in January of 2011.
Musical Idea
In the northern hemisphere winter of 1984, Cameron Mackintosh, the co-producer of Cats and Song and Dance received a phone call. Andrew Lloyd Webber was looking to create a new musical. He was aiming for a romantic piece, but having trouble reining in a worthwhile idea, and, hitting upon the idea of using Gaston Leroux's The Phantom of the Opera as a base, he pitched the idea. Mackintosh and Lloyd Webber screened both the 1925 Lon Chaney and the 1943 Claude Rains versions but neither were abl...
Lyricists and Lyrics
Lloyd Webber approached Jim Steinman to write the lyrics because of his "dark obsessive side", but the writer/producer declined in order to fulfil his commitments on a Bonnie Tyler album. The pair did eventually collaborate on Lloyd Webber's musical adaptation of Whistle Down the Wind. Alan Jay Lerner was then recruited, but died soon after beginning the project, and none of his contributions remained in the show. Richard Stilgoe, who also wrote the lyrics for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Starlight...
Musical Scoring
Lloyd Webber's score is sometimes operatic in style but he maintains the form and structure of a musical throughout. The fully-fledged operatic writing is reserved principally for the subsidiary characters such as the theatre managers, Andre and Firmin; their Prima Donna, Crlotta; and principal tenor, Piangi. Fittingly, it is also used to provide the content of the fictional "operas" that are taking place within the show itself, viz., Hannibal, Il Muto, and the Phantom's masterwork, Don Juan...
Prolog
At the Paris Opéra in 1911, an auction of old props is underway. Lot 665, purchased by the elderly Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny, is a music box in the shape of a monkey; he eyes it fondly, noting that its details appear "exactly as she said." Lot 666 is a shattered chandelier which, the auctioneer says, has a connection to "the strange affair of the Phantom of the Opera...a mystery never fully explained." As the chandelier illuminates, reassembles itself, and slowly rises over the audience to its...
Act I
It is now 1881. As Carlotta, the Opéra's resident soprano prima donna, rehearses for that evening's performance, a backdrop collapses without warning. "The Phantom! He's here!" the excited cast members whisper. The Opera's new owners, Firmin and André, try to downplay the incident, but Carlotta refuses to continue and storms offstage. Madame Giry, the Opéra's ballet mistress, tells Firmin and André that Christine Daaé, a Swedish chorus girl and orphaned daughter of a prominent violinist, has...
Act II
Six months later, in the midst of the gala masquerade ball ("Masquerade"), the Phantom makes his first appearance since the chandelier disaster. He announces that he has written an opera entitled Don Juan Triumphant. He demands that it be produced immediately ("Why So Silent?"), with Christine, who is now engaged to Raoul, in the lead role. He then seizes Christine's engagement ring and vanishes. Raoul demands that Madame Giry tell him about the Phantom. She replies that he is a brilliant mus...
Act I
1. "Prologue" 2. "Overture" 3. "Hannibal" – Carlotta, Piangi, Chorus and Ballet Girls 4. "Think of Me" (Part 1) – Carlotta, Ballet Girls, André and Buquet 5. "Think of Me" (Part 2) – Christine and Raoul 6. "Angel of Music" – Meg and Christine 7. "Little Lotte/The Mirror (Angel of Music)" – Christine, Raoul and Phantom 8. "The Phantom of the Opera" – Phantom and Christine 9. "The Music of the Night" – Phantom 10. "I Remember/Stranger than You Dreamt It" – Christine and Phantom 11. "Magical Las...
Act II
1. "Entr'acte" 2. "Masquerade/Why So Silent" – Firmin, André, Raoul, Carlotta, Madame Giry, Meg, Piangi and Chorus/Phantom 3. "Notes II" – Firmin, André, Carlotta, Piangi, Raoul, Christine, Madame Giry, and Phantom 4. "Twisted Every Way" – Christine and Raoul 5. "A Rehearsal for Don Juan Triumphant" – Carlotta, Piangi, Christine and Chorus 6. "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" – Christine 7. "Wandering Child/Bravo, Monsieur!" – Phantom, Christine, and Raoul 8. "The Point of No Return" – Ph...
The 27-piece orchestra is substantially larger than those used in most modern musicals: 1. Reed I: Flute/Piccolo 2. Reed II: Flute/Clarinet 3. Reed III: Oboe/Cor anglais 4. Reed IV: Clarinet/Bass Clarinet/E-flat clarinet 5. Reed V: Bassoon 6. Horns I-III 7. Trumpets I-II 8. Trombone 9. Percussion 10. Keyboards I-II: Piano, Synthesizer 11. Violins I...
Cast recordings have been made of the London, German, Austrian, Japanese, Mexican, Korean, Polish, Dutch, Swedish, Hungarian and Canadianproductions. When the Original London Cast Album was released in CD format in 1987, it became the first album in British musical history to enter the UK albums chart at #1. It has since gone both gold and platinum...
Andrew Lloyd Webber has created a sequel, with a book by Lloyd Webber, Glenn Slater, and Ben Elton, and lyrics by Slater. It is titled Love Never Dies and is loosely adapted from the novel The Phantom of Manhattan, published in 1999 and written by Frederick Forsyth, who had collaborated with Lloyd Webber on the sequel years before. Directed by Jack...
In 1987 the heirs of Giacomo Puccini claimed in a lawsuit that the climactic phrase in Phantom's "Music of the Night" closely resembled a similar phrase in the sequence "Quello che tacete" from Puccini's opera Girl of the Golden West. The litigation was settled out of court for an undisclosed amount. In 1990 a Baltimore songwriter named Ray Repp fi...
Phantom has been translated into several languages and produced in over twenty countries on six continents. With only two exceptions (Hungary, Poland), these productions have all been ”clones”, using the original staging, direction, sets and costume concepts. 1. Argentina: The Argentine production premiered in March 2009 at Buenos Aires' Teatro Ópe...
1986 Olivier Awards: 1. Best Designer – Maria Björnson (Nomination) 2. Best Actor in a Musical – Michael Crawford (Winner) 3. Best New Musical (Winner) 1988 Tony Awards: 1. Best Musical (Winner) 2. Best Leading Actor in a Musical—Michael Crawford (Winner) 3. Best Featured Actress in a Musical—Judy Kaye (Winner) 4. Best Direction of a Musical—Harold...
Apr 17, 2023 · By Chloe Kim. BBC News, London. After 35 years, 13,981 shows and seven Tony awards, Broadway's longest running musical - The Phantom of the Opera - closed on Sunday night. Though the show...
Sep 29, 2022 · In The Phantom of the Opera book and musical, the Phantom cuts the whole chandelier loose during the curtain call of the opera Il Muto, in order to exact revenge on Christine for falling in love with Raoul instead of him. Luckily, no one in the musical dies from the crash.
Jan 25, 2022 · Who is in The Phantom of the Opera cast? As of December 2019, Josh Piterman currently plays the lead role of the Phantom, which was originated in the 1980s by actor Michael Crawford. Phantom is Piterman's West End debut, but he is well-established in the Australian theatre scene.
Apr 16, 2023 · From This Author - Alan Henry. Watch the complete curtain call from today's final curtain call of The Phantom of the Opera. Broadway's longest-running show ever, The Phantom of the...
