Rotorua Musical Theatre presents the Andrew Lloyd Webber classic, Phantom of the Opera.

Come along to experience the infamous story of a masked figure who lurks beneath the catacombs of the Paris Opera House, exercising a reign of terror over all who inhabit it.

He falls madly in love with an innocent young soprano, Christine, and devotes himself to creating a new star by nurturing her extraordinary talents and by employing all of the devious methods at his command.

It is 1911 and the contents of the Paris Opera House are being auctioned off. Present are the auctioneer, porters and bidders. Raoul, now seventy years old and in a wheelchair, buys a poster and a music box. As the auctioneer displays the Opera House chandelier, he explains that it is connected with the legend of The Phantom of the Opera. With a flash of light, the audience is flung back in time, when the Paris Opera was at its height.

Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber
Lyrics by Charles Hart 
Additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe
Book by Richard Stilgoe & Andrew Lloyd Webber 
Based on the novel ‘Le Fantôme de l’Opéra’ by Gaston Leroux

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