The Phantom kills the leading man, sets the opera house on fire and escapes with Christine. This opera is actually a complicated plot devised by the Phantom to kidnap Christine after finding out that she’s in love with Raoul, the Vicomte de Changy.Ĭhristine, whose operatic triumph was orchestrated by the phantom, knows that during the performance she will be taken away to the phantom’s lair under the theater. The polarizing show was slated to tour in several countries as recently as 2020, though the outing was derailed by COVID-19-related closures.Ī live recording of “Love Never Dies” is widely available to stream, if you can’t get enough ‘Phantom,” however.Christine Daaé, once an obscure ballerina, is given a lead singing role in “Don Juan”, an opera written by the Phantom of the Opera, a disfigured man who is obsessed with the lovely, young woman. The show, loosely based on Frederick Forsyth’s 1999 novel “The Phantom of Manhattan,” picks up a decade later and reunites Christine and the Phantom in New York’s Coney Island. In 2010, Webber’s ‘Phantom’ sequel, “ Love Never Dies,” opened in London’s West End, though it was never well-received and has yet to debut on Broadway.
While it was generally successful - playing to “millions” of people over six years - the show closed in 2012 after 2,691 performances. The Venetian built the theatre specifically for the show, at a cost of around $40 million. The Venetian resort in Las Vegas opened “ Phantom: The Las Vegas Spectacular,” in 2006, which featured elaborate special effects and technology, including a giant chandelier that was able to reassemble in midair. Despite its critical acclaim, the song was never added to the stage production, however. The adaptation included a brand-new song written by Webber called “ Learn to Be Lonely,” which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song. Directed by Joel Schumacher (“Batman Forever,” “Flatliners”) it starred Gerard Butler and Emmy Rossum, as the Phantom and Christine, respectively. The show was adapted for the big screen in 2004 with a film of the same name. With lyrics written by musical theatre giant Andrew Lloyd Webber, ‘Phantom’ has also enjoyed long life off-Broadway.
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