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This is the story of a hideously deformed Phantom, lurking in the misty catacombs beneath the Opera House. Hence the title – Phantom of the Opera. The Phantom, who has been terrorizing people, falls in love with Christie – the young soprano. With all the skills at his command, he nurtures her talents, and teaches her to sing. The Phantom declares his love for her. Christie, who is in love with her childhood friend – Raoul – rebuffs the Phantom’s advances. The Phantom seeks revenge, and in the climax, offers Christie a choice: either she stays with him, or he kills Raoul.

The Phantom of the Opera needs no introduction. It has performed in more than a hundred cities in over 22 countries. It has been seen by over a 100 million people, and has grossed over US $ 3.3 billion! In Broadway alone, more than 11 million people have attended its performances, and it has grossed over $600 million. The Phantom of the Opera is the most financially successful show in the history of Broadway.

On January 9, 2006, Phantom of the Opera surpassed Cats to become the longest running show in the history of Broadway with its 7,486th performance. The Phantom of the Opera is based on Gaston Leroux’s novel by the same name. Its music has been composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber. This Hal Prince directed and Gillian Lynne choreographed show has had 7,893 performances as of December 31, 2006.

Phantom of the Opera previewed at the Majestic Theater on January 9, 1988, and opened on January 26, 1988. It won seven out of the eleven nominations for Tony Awards for:

Best Musical

Best Leading Actor in a Musical - Michael Crawford

Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Judy Kaye

Best Director - Hal Prince

Best Sets - Maria Bjornson

Best Costumes - Maria Bjornson

Best Lighting - Andrew Bridge

The Phantom of the Opera also won the 1988 Drama Desk Awards in seven categories.

The Tickets

This is one show people Come Back again and again to watch, and every time they are enchanted by it. The show has been on the stage of Broadway for over 18 years, and the Phantom of the Opera show tickets are always difficult to procure. The longest running show on Broadway, the highest grosser on Broadway, the most financially successful show on Broadway, etc, etc, can add another adjective to it – the Phantom of the Opera show tickets always at a premium and not easy to lay your hands on!

For your Phantom of the Opera show tickets, you can always try your luck at the box office of the theater, provided you do not mind spending hours in the long lines there. If you wish to avoid this, your other options for laying your hands on the Phantom of the Opera show tickets are the licensed ticket brokers of New York.

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Opera or musical theater?

I don't know what I want to focus more on. I am currently being trained classically in singing and I've been in a few mainstream opera productions with a local company. I also love musical theatre though, and I don't know what I eventually want to go with.

Oh, honey, drag this decision out until the very end. Your darling voice hasn't even developed yet. Think about continuing to train classically because that is going to allow you the longevity that you deserve. As you are doing that, take advantage of your school's library and if you go off to study at a college or conservatory DEFINITELY exploit your library. Watch all you can, listen to all you can from the obscure to the well-known. Ultimately, you will have to choose, but I'll tell you what, I studied music AND theater in undergrad and believed that theater was my calling. Yet I'd sung all through highschool and competed in both. I went off and studied theater in grad school and a professor sat me down and told me that I had settled for what came easier (theater). I'm not good at theory and my sightsinging skills aren't so good because I'm intimidated by them, yet I love music. I went on to sing the role of Carmen my first year as a M.F.A. grad ACTOR. The music department approached me about becoming a music major and after thinking and crying and praying about it, I got my M.A. in vocal performance. Saying all that to say, take advantage of both your loves for as long as you can, knowing that there is going to come a time when you'll have to focus on one in order to build it up. Then you can pick up the other and build that one up. This way, you will never simply be the opera singer who can act. You will be the performer with versatility.

In my opinion, you have more freedom with musical theater. You can let go and allow the character to truly live in the moment. Opera is different in that you have a "box" of tradition, orchestration, and presentation that you navigate around. That doesn't mean that you can't bring personality to the role, it's just that the character doesn't have the same life. There isn't the same room to be affected and explore those impulses in opera and that may have more to do with the grand scale than with direction.

Really, I think I've said the crux of what I would like you to think about a long time ago, but basically think about learning as much as you can about both and doing both for as long as you can. I'm 28, living in New York and am working steadily. I know some people in the opera world and a bunch of people in the theatrical world and today I can say I still love them both. They are different, but I love what defines them, and those things help to define me as a performer. All of the support and breathing and posture you're learning classically all apply to musical theater you're just using a different voice. Hang in there, take serious acting classes along with your voice lessons and you'll be fabulous!

Composer, theater director Goebbels will be in residence
Renowned composer and theater director Heiner Goebbels will visit Cornell from March 7-17 as an artist-in-residence with Cornell's Institute for German Cultural Studies. Goebbels will interact with students and faculty across campus who are involved with theater, film, music and literature.

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