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Music Appreciation: The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera is the longest running Broadway show ever with more than 11 thousand performances since it first opened in January 26, 1988 (Ibdb). It tells the story of a deformed bitter man who lives in the dark corners of an opera house, and has fallen in love with a young talented singer, Christine. He terrorizes the opera house, demanding to give Christine lead roles as he shows her the rest of the opera house privately. Christine, however, met his childhood acquaintance Raoul and they fell in love. The phantom ...

Originally debuted at Her Majesty’s Theatre in London in 1986, Andrew Lloyd Weber’s famous production, The Phantom of the Opera, was re-staged for television in a twenty-fifth anniversary performance at the Royal Albert Hall (PR Newswire 1). As a special televised performance, props and sets were designed for close-up viewing, and the regular Royal Albert Hall cast was augmented by special guest performances from original 1986 cast members such as Michael Crawford (the original Phantom) and Sarah Brightman (Christine Daae) (PR Newswire 1). These aspects lent a particularly surprising enhancement to an already classic and timeless production, providing a wonderfully stark ...

The longest runway show in the history of Broadway is certainly “The Phantom of the Opera.” Throughout history thirteen men played the role of the Phantom in Broadway but only one of them kept the front pages of the newspapers and this man is Norm Lewis. The plot of the story presents as a bitter man known as The Phantom who is leaving in the sewers underneath the Paris Opera House. He falls in love with Christine the beautiful soprano who had lesson with, without the girl knowing who helped her and believing it is her protective angel. Even ...

The Phantom of the Opera lives under a very famous opera house. There is a mere chorus girl called Christine Daae, who under his guidance becomes a prominent singer with a very beautiful voice. There is also the childhood sweetheart of the young girl; Vicount Raoul de Changy has come into the picture. Christine is haunted by her past and her and her picture seems bleak and uncertain while her present remain undecided. The big question remains: who will win her heart between the handsome childhood sweetheart and the masked angel of music. The Phantom of the opera is a story of murder, romance, ...