The managers grant her an audition.Īudition and performance merge and, from the managers’ box, the young Raoul, patron of the Opera House, voices his enthusiasm for the new star. Christine has been taking singing lessons, but is unable (or unwilling) to say from whom. Meg, Madame Giry’s daughter, suggests to André and Firmin that her friend and fellow dancer Christine Daaé could take Carlotta’s place. Madame Giry, the ballet mistress, hands the managers a note from ‘the opera ghost’ demanding a salary and a free box at the opera. The new managers learn that there have been too many accidents. Carlotta storms out, leaving the new production without a star. There are murmurs among the company that it must have been the work of ‘the ghost’. André asks the prima donna, Carlotta, to sing, but a sandbag falls suddenly from the flies, almost killing her. He introduces the new managers, André and Firmin. LeFèvre, manager of the Opera House, arrives and explains to the company that he is retiring. But how many lives will he sacrifice to make the music of the night?Ī new opera, Hannibal, is in rehearsal. And in Christine Daaé, he’s found his angel of music: the young woman he would make a star. The Phantom haunts the catacombs beneath the Paris Opera House.

It “remains as visually ravishing as ever” ( Sydney Morning Herald), 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 a new direction by Laurence Connor, brand 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. 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 makes its Sydney Opera House debut.

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