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By Becky Guy
The Phantom of the opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the French novel Le Fantome de l'Opera by Gaston Leroux. The music was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Charles Hart and additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. The musical focuses on a beautiful soprano, Christine Daae, who becomes the obsession of a mysterious disfigured musical genius known as the ' Phantom of the Opera'.
It was inspired by an earlier musical version of the same story by Kne Hill (1976 musical), 'The Phantom of the Opera' had it's first preview on 27th September, 1986, and opened at Her Majesty's Theatre in London on 9th October of the same year, starring Michael Crawford as the 'Phantom' ; Sarah Brightman as 'Christine', and Steve Barton as 'Raoul'. Phantom is now the second-longest-running West End Musical in history, behind Les Miserables and celebrated it's 9,000th performance there on 31st May 2008.
All I Ask of You
Music of the Night
Wishing you were Somehow Here Again
Angel of Music
Think of Me
The Point of No Return