2/17/2023 0 Comments 2016 phantom of the opera castNew owners are buying the theatre, even though it appears to be haunted by a menacing Phantom who demands payment with the threat of doing harm to the theatre and employees and patrons. Seeing the box brings back memories to an ageing Raoul whose memory returns to the theatre’s glory days of 1891. The show begins in a Paris auction where relics of the fictional Opera Populaire are being sold, including a monkey enclosed in a little music box which opens to a haunting melody of the past. “Staff adjusts the chandelier prior to showtime.” Photo by Tom Jones.īased on the novel “Le Fantome de L’Opera” by Gaston Leroux, published in 1910, the story became the world-famous “Phantom of the Opera” musical in 1986, and has become the most famous musical in the world. And yes, the Phantom does cut the rope to have the incredible chandelier fall toward the audience at the end of Act I. This version includes most of Maria Bjornson’s costume designs, including a few pieces from the original production. Some of the staging has been modified, as have some of the sets, but the entire effect remains a wonder to see and to hear. This is the Cameron Mackintosh new production of Andre Lloyd Webber’s “The Phantom of the Opera.” The music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Charles Hart are as glorious as ever, the voices are excellent. Seven years have passed since the last “Phantom” haunted the stages of Denver’s Buell Theatre! And 25 years have passed since Denver audiences first saw the amazing show! The mind-controlling Phantom is back in a glorious production, now through September 11. Denver welcomes an opulent “Phantom” for 25th Anniversary.
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