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The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart, additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe, and a libretto by Lloyd Webber and Stilgoe. Based on the novel by Gaston Leroux, it tells the tragic story of beautiful soprano Christine Daaé, who becomes the obsession of a mysterious and disfigured musical genius living in the subterranean labyrinth beneath the Paris ...
The lyrics were later rewritten, and the song was added to The Phantom of the Opera. A year before The Phantom Of The Opera opened at Her Majesty's Theatre, the original version of the song was performed at Andrew Lloyd Webber's own theatre at Sydmonton, along with the first drafts of the show. [5] The audience were a specially gathered group ...
The Phantom of the Opera" is a song from the 1986 stage musical of the same name. It was composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber , with lyrics written by Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe , and additional lyrics by Mike Batt . [ 1 ]
Michael Patrick Smith (born 19 January 1942), [1] known professionally as Michael Crawford, is an English actor, comedian and singer.. Crawford is best known for playing the hapless Frank Spencer in the sitcom Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em, Cornelius Hackl in the musical film Hello, Dolly!, and the titular character in the stage musical The Phantom of the Opera.
In a review for AllMusic, Steven McDonald opined that the combination of Crawford, the London Symphony Orchestra, and "some of the best songs ever written for stage and screen" would be expected "to produce a driving, dynamic album", but instead he described it as "wimpy and weak", and "prone to sub-Anthony Newley moments.
Michael McCarthy (born 5 June 1966), [2] is an Irish musical theatre performer who is best known for his many appearances as Javert in the musical Les Misérables.. Other musical stage roles have included: Max in Cabaret; Sir Lancelot in Camelot; Thomas Inkle in a 1997 revival of Inkle and Yarico; the Phantom in Ken Hill's Phantom of the Opera; Ivan Molokov in Chess and Sweeney Todd in Sweeney ...
Michael Brewer, one-half of the folk-rock duo Brewer & Shipley, has died. He was 80. On Tuesday, Dec. 17, Brewer's musical partner, Tom Shipley, confirmed the news of his death in a Facebook post.
Michael Cormick (born ca 1966/1967) is an Australian singer and actor, best known for performances in musical theatre in Australia and in the United Kingdom. [ 1 ] In Australia, he originated the role of The Beast in the original Australian production of Beauty and the Beast opposite Hugh Jackman as Gaston.