In the basement of the London Opera house a story of love and mystery unfolds. A man disfigured from birth falls for a girl whose voice becomes his mask. His enchanting music lures the young girl into his labyrinth beginning a love story that will rock the ages. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera is, in my opinion, one of the best musicals of the time. The music is unique, the dialogue is full of emotion and the characters grow in a way no other stage show has captured. The show premiered on Broadway in October of 1986. Since then, it has won Best Musical and Musical of the Year multiple times. Recently the show celebrated its 30th anniversary. In order to celebrate, multiple casts gathered together to perform major songs and scenes
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The story is based on Gaston Leroux’s book The Phantom of the Opera. The story starts in 1870 while the characters are practicing and preparing for the gala and opening of night Hannibal. After Carlotta leaves, Christine is given the opportunity to perform. Proud, the Phantom becomes jealous when Christine’s young lover shows up to congratulate her after the show. He kidnaps her, but eventually returns her and continues to wreak havoc in the opera house until Christine, terrified, runs away with Raoul to the roof. There they get engaged, not knowing the Phantom was there watching, heartbroken. In the second act, the Phantom shows up at the opera’s masquerade to give the managers his opera and command them to perform it. As they prepare for the opera, Don Juan Triumphant, Christine is terrified of her role in the opera and the Phantom’s role in her life. When they perform the opera, Christine reveals that the person she has been performing with is the Phantom and he takes her, once more, into his dark labyrinth. There, Raoul comes to rescue her only to be captured with a noose himself. The Phantom then makes Christine choose between Raoul and the Phantom. If she chooses the Phantom, Raoul can go free; if she chooses Raoul, the Phantom will kill him. Christine chooses the Phantom. He is so shocked by her compassion that he sets Christine and Raoul free to be together. Christine returns to give the Phantom his ring. The heartbroken Phantom announces his love to Christine one last time. She hesitates to leave again, but Raoul comes to gather her from the lair and they leave. When the other members of the opera house find the lair all they can find is the mask, the Phantom is gone. The musical’s final line puts an end to the story; “It’s over now, the music of the night.” The plot for this musical is like none other. It is full of love found nowhere else. The emotion portrayed in the story is heartbreaking. Throughout the musical, the Phantom
The story is based on Gaston Leroux’s book The Phantom of the Opera. The story starts in 1870 while the characters are practicing and preparing for the gala and opening of night Hannibal. After Carlotta leaves, Christine is given the opportunity to perform. Proud, the Phantom becomes jealous when Christine’s young lover shows up to congratulate her after the show. He kidnaps her, but eventually returns her and continues to wreak havoc in the opera house until Christine, terrified, runs away with Raoul to the roof. There they get engaged, not knowing the Phantom was there watching, heartbroken. In the second act, the Phantom shows up at the opera’s masquerade to give the managers his opera and command them to perform it. As they prepare for the opera, Don Juan Triumphant, Christine is terrified of her role in the opera and the Phantom’s role in her life. When they perform the opera, Christine reveals that the person she has been performing with is the Phantom and he takes her, once more, into his dark labyrinth. There, Raoul comes to rescue her only to be captured with a noose himself. The Phantom then makes Christine choose between Raoul and the Phantom. If she chooses the Phantom, Raoul can go free; if she chooses Raoul, the Phantom will kill him. Christine chooses the Phantom. He is so shocked by her compassion that he sets Christine and Raoul free to be together. Christine returns to give the Phantom his ring. The heartbroken Phantom announces his love to Christine one last time. She hesitates to leave again, but Raoul comes to gather her from the lair and they leave. When the other members of the opera house find the lair all they can find is the mask, the Phantom is gone. The musical’s final line puts an end to the story; “It’s over now, the music of the night.” The plot for this musical is like none other. It is full of love found nowhere else. The emotion portrayed in the story is heartbreaking. Throughout the musical, the Phantom