It “remains as visually ravishing as ever” ( The Age), and “cannot fail to impress” ( Time Out). Overseen by Cameron Mackintosh and Matthew Bourne, the “eye-poppingly innovative” ( Australian Financial Review) new staging includes many special effects, from the famous chandelier to the underground lake, and a large cast and orchestra. It features new direction by Laurence Connor, new scenic design by Paul Brown, lighting design by Tony Award ®-winner Paule Constable, sound design by Mick Potter, new choreography by Scott Ambler and the original, Tony Award ®-winning costume design by Maria Björnson. Now, you can hear them all in a spectacular new production that has stunned critics across the United Kingdom and North America. Hit after hit punctuates the thrilling score, from the stunning romance of ‘Music of the Night’, ‘Think of Me’ and ‘All I Ask of You’ to the splendid ‘Masquerade’ and brilliant title song.
The Phantom of the Opera has become the source for numerous adaptations, including the 1925 film starring Lon Chaney and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Tony Award-winning musical.Experience the phenomenon of one of the most successful musicals of all time, when Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s legendary show comes to Melbourne. First published in 1910, the Phantomâ s obsessive and consuming love for the beautiful young chorus girl Christine has captivated readers, film goers and musical theater fanatics for over 100 years. Modern audiences are well acquainted with Gaston Lerouxâ s infamous Phantom of the Opera, the tale of Erik, a horrifically disfigured man who lives in the underground beneath the Paris Opera House, where his creative genius mingles â " and festers â " with madness. An exceptional rarity of this cornerstone work. The dust jacket design with the Phantom on the stairwell and not the bell tower on the front panel one of only three total examples of the book known to have retained its dust jacket. Near fine in the rare original dust jacket.
Illustrated by Andre Castaigne with one single-page and four double-page inserted plates with color illustrations.
Octavo, original cloth, publishers tissue guard. First edition with the printer's imprint "Press of Braunworth & Co.
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