Having lured her in as his protégé, the phantom falls madly in love, then descends into jealous madness upon learning of Christine’s love affair with the opera’s patron, Raoul.
But if any show could realistically claim to be the world’s most popular musical, it’s Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera.Īn undisputed heavyweight of the genre, since making its debut back in 1986, Phantom, as it is more colloquially known to its cast, has broken record upon record.īroadway’s longest running show, with more than 13,200 performances since its opening night 31 years ago, Phantom has notched up audiences in excess of 145 million people in 166 cities across 35 countries to date, bringing in an astonishing Dhs22billion in the process.īased on the novel by French journalist and mystery writer Gaston Leroux, the show tells the tale of a disfigured musical genius who haunts the depths of the Paris Opera House, before becoming enraptured by the talents of a young soprano, Christine.
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