West End Musical
Phantom of the Opera Tickets
The most iconic musical of all time — live at His Majesty's Theatre
The Story
The Phantom of the Opera — London
His Majesty's Theatre, Haymarket
2nd longest-running
musical in history
It is a West End icon: the white half-mask that stares out of posters for The Phantom of the Opera. For more than 30 years, it's been papered across town — a mark of the phenomenal ongoing success of the second longest-running musical in theatre history. The Phantom of the Opera is very much still here.
Based on the eponymous French novel, Andrew Lloyd Webber's mega-musical opened at Her Majesty's Theatre in 1986. Flushed with the success of Jesus Christ Superstar and Cats, the high-flying composer had wanted to turn his hand to a high romance and, searching for a story to set to music, he alighted on Gaston Leroux's novel. With Charles Hart's dark-hearted lyrics, Michael Crawford's menacing and alluring central performance and a spectacular staging by Broadway legend Hal Prince that still holds up even now, Phantom was born.
"The score is soaring — inspired by opera but infused with modern pop. The title track is a gothic organ number that sends a chill through your spine."
Set in Paris' grand opera house in 1881, The Phantom of the Opera unravels the mystery of a supposedly haunted theatrical house. When the latest production is derailed, its star storming out after one too many mishaps, chorus member Christine Daaé is promoted to the leading role — only to be snaffled away to a secret chamber by the masked phantom, a grotesquely disfigured composer, who claims to have specifically selected her to sing his arias.
This is a story full of twists and turns as the Phantom's jealousy spirals out of control, setting him against Christine's managers and suitors in a series of ever-more elaborate plots that swell to a monstrous crescendo.
The score itself is soaring, however — inspired by opera but infused with modern pop. The title track is a gothic organ number that sends a chill through your spine; Sarah Brightman's original recording reached number 7 in the UK charts. The Phantom's number The Music of the Night is as eerie as it is tender, while All I Ask of You is an absolute melter of a love song.
Notable Songs
The Phantom of the Opera The Music of the Night All I Ask of You Think of Me Angel of Music Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again Point of No ReturnPress Reviews
Lloyd Webber's epic tearjerker is back in all its kitsch, gothic glory.The Daily Telegraph
The staging has never looked more spectacular.The Sunday Express
The show has only grown in its artistic power.The Sunday Times
Still an unparalleled spectacle.The Stage
Phantom of The Opera Tickets
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Haymarket, St James's
London, SW1Y 4QL
Including a 20-minute interval
6 and above
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