The Phantom of The Opera

Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom Of The Opera is a worldwide entertainment phenomenon. It has been staged in 145 cities across 27 countries and has been seen by over 130 million people, its box office sales eclipse Avatar, Titanic and Star Wars and the original cast recording album remains one of the biggest selling music titles of all time.

For better or worse, Andrew Lloyd Webber's adaptation of Gaston Leroux's gothic horror/romance novel has done for stage musicals what Spielberg's Jaws did for fish stories, with worldwide sales of its original cast album approaching 25 million. While director Joel Schumacher's film turns on his typically ambitious visual verve, its new film soundtrack recording has been paradoxically focused in scope, yet beefed up dynamically via the brawny presence of a hundred piece orchestra and The London Boys Choir. This single disc version showcases all of Phantom's key songs, with Gerard Butler imparting a welcome, youthful sensuality to his Phantom, making a fine foil for Emmy Rossum's ever-conflicted Christine. Original show orchestrator David Cullen has fashioned compelling new contemporary arrangements to frame Webber's songs – which now conclude with the lilting, upbeat new ballad he wrote for the film, "Learn to Be Lonely", sung by Minnie Driver.

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To celebrate its 25th Anniversary year, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh present Phantom Of The Opera in a fully-staged, lavish production, set in the sumptuous Victorian splendour of London s Royal Albert Hal with a variety of very special stars and a supporting cast and orchestra of over 200. Participants include the original stars SARAH BRIGHTMAN and MICHAEL CRAWFORD and PHANTOM film star Gerrard Butler. An added treat will be composer Andrew Lloyd Webber accompanying his actors on the piano.