('Hannibal') The lead soprano Carlotta Giudicelli performs an aria for the managers but a backdrop falls, almost crushing her.

Christine recognizes him from her childhood. Raoul is introduced to the cast as the patron. Madame Giry the ballet mistress and the mother of Meg Giry, introduces them to Christine Daaé, a young but talented singer who was orphaned at seven, being the only daughter of the Swedish violinist, Gustave Daaé, revealed later by Madame Giry. As the auctioneers display the restored chandelier, which illuminates and slowly rises to its old place in the rafters the opening crescendo of music wipes away the years of decay and dust from the opera house as the black and white turns into color, and is transported back in time to 1870 ('Overture').ĭuring a show rehearsal, the opera house is put into the hands of two new owners, Richard Firmin and Gilles André. The next piece, lot 666: is a chandelier in pieces which has been restored and newly wired with electricity. During the auction, he sees a familiar face Madame Giry, whom he met as a young man ('Prologue'). Raoul De Chagny, an old wheelchair-bound man, purchases a coveted music box in a shape of a monkey in Persian robes and playing cymbals. The dilapidated Paris Opera House holds an auction. Known for it’s stunning scenery, costumes, and state-of-the-art stage set, including a revolving central platform that takes the characters from the opera house down a river to the Phantom’s underground layer and the famous falling chandelier suspended electrifyingly over the audience, the Phantom is an incredible visual experience.Īnd let’s not forget the main attraction – the music! Opera-influenced, the soaring numbers of the Phantom, from “Masquerade,” to “Music Of The Night,” will stir your feelings and remain with you for days to come.The scene opens in black and white in the year 1919.

“Andrew Lloyd Webber’s gothic spectacular is totally ’80s in the best possible way” The show’s initial popularity grew and shows no signs of waning – to this day the production has been translated into multiple languages and performed in 28 countries across 6 continents. Upon its Broadway opening, the show won the 1986 Olivier Award and the 1988 Tony Award for Best Musical.

“It is a spectacular entertainment, visually the most impressive of the British musicals”įrom it’s premiere in London’s Her Majesty’s Theatre to now, The Phantom Of The Opera has endured the test of time, growing all the more majestic and elaborate with each further incarnation.

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