Phantom...well this is one of my favourites. Unfortunately, I enjoyed it a little less this year. John Owen Jones has ruined any other Phantoms for me and sadly, Ben Forster just didn't have the gravitas that I would have liked. JOJ has total anguish in everything he sings and performs and Ben just didn't, sigh. I also thought Madame Giry wasn't nearly severe enough and Carlotta just didn't convince me at all. (Having watched the 25th anniversary DVD multiple times, I like to think I know every nuance and they just didn't have it yesterday). The Phantom of the Opera' to Hold 64 Shows in Beijing". english.cri.cn. Archived from the original on 26 November 2015 . Retrieved 20 January 2016. British album certifications – Phantom of the Opera". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Type Phantom of the Opera in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter. The Phantom of the Opera: Show awards". Andrew Lloyd Webber's Really Useful Group. Archived from the original on 11 April 2008 . Retrieved 23 April 2008. a b "Phantom live in cinemas for 25th anniversary". The Phantom of the Opera. 7 September 2011. Archived from the original on 1 January 2015 . Retrieved 28 January 2015.

Germany: Das Phantom der Oper played at the musical theatre Neue Flora (later renamed to Stage Theater Neue Flora) in Hamburg from 29 June 1990 to 30 June 2001, the Palladium Theatre in Stuttgart from 1 November 2002 to 23 May 2004, and at the Colosseum Theater in Essen from 2005 to 2007. A Hamburg revival production ran in reduced staging and orchestration from 28 November 2013 to 30 September 2015 at the Theater Neue Flora and was later transferred to the Metronom Theater in Oberhausen where it was performed from 17 November 2015 to 4 September 2016. [109]I've seen many shows and this is undoubtedly the greatest of them all. So what it the emotion is overblown? It only emphasis's the passion! The songs are fantastic, the set is amazing and the storyline is exciting, maddening, and devastating all at once. She should have got the Phantom!!!

Broadway curtain call for Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera". BBC News. 17 April 2023 . Retrieved 19 April 2023. I must comment on the helpfulness of the theatre staff, as my grandmother uses a wheel chair, we were approached on entering the theatre by staff and taken round to a side door, shown the disabled toilets and taken to our seats before the crowds came in. I was sat in seat 21 of row A of the grand (upper) circle, and have to disagree with Theatre Monkey's comments about there being a bar intruding on the view here. I had an absolutely brilliant view here. The balcony ledge only comes up to just under waist height, and there is a narrow bar which comes up slightly higher. I could see all the stage perfectly clearly without leaning forward at all (and I'm only average height - 5ft8"). The bar only obstructed the view of the orchestra pit which was hardly a problem. In fact, I think it's far preferable to have a ledge/bar below the view of the stage, than be behind a row of people who could be more of an obstruction. The musical itself was fantastic. Great vocalists and the staging was very smart. Didn't know the storyline beforehand and found the second half a little confusing. I had to read it up on wikipaedia afterwards, oops. The original casts of the English-speaking productions of The Phantom of the Opera: [151] [152] Character

a b c Westley, Christine: "Phantom – The Las Vegas Spectacular. TheatreMania.com. Retrieved 16 September 2010. LBC | Internal works to the stage area including alteration to the proscenium, boxes and orchestra pit and repainting of the ceiling. | Her Majestys Theatre 72–78 Haymarket London SW1Y 4QL". idoxpa.westminster.gov.uk . Retrieved 12 February 2021.

My main problem is that the music is boring. If a musical doesn't have good music, it is pointless to me. The 3 or 4 good tunes are all played in the first half an hour, which leaves a good two hours of "musical mess". So, I couldn't see the stage properly, and I couldn't just close my eyes and listen. Gans, Andrew. " The Lion King Is Now Top-Earner in Box-Office History", Playbill, 22 September 2014. Glendinning, Lee (3 May 2008). "Musical to return louder than ever". The Guardian. London . Retrieved 5 May 2008. I somehow managed to miss seeing Phantom of the Opera until the end of May 2005. I can't compare the current cast with any other but they didn't strike me as anything special. Earl Carpenter as the Phantom was rather subdued and didn't have the edge of menace I felt he should have had. I couldn't decide if he was deliberately lisping at times in "Music of the Night" or if the mask was constricting his mouth. Oliver Thornton as Raoul was also weak but I found his character unbelievable anyway and the love affair didn't engage my emotions at all. Rachel Barrell as Christine sung with considerable volume (but see below) and was the best of the cast. If I had my way, phones, crisps, sweets, food, drink and chatting during shows would be imprisonable offences!!!Hannibal Rehearsal" [a] – Carlotta, Piangi, Reyer, Lefevre, André, Firmin, Madame Giry, Meg, Buquet, Ensemble I watched 'The Phantom of the Opera' for the first time. I was in the Grand Circle in seat F21. Excellent view of the stage and I enjoyed it very much. Took a while for my parents to acclimatise to the altitude but once the show started they were fine.