
Usually it comes out right, though the performance I saw was nowhere near as incredible as the original cast in the video above. it’s the equivalent of musical nails on a chalkboard. It’s difficult, demanding extremely large vocal ranges from each of the performers, but if the singers can stay on pitch the sound is truly majestic. If the show has a good cast, the music in Phantom is incredible. This begins Christine’s conflict: should she choose Raoul, the good, upstanding viscount, or should she choose the mysterious, passionate, dangerous Phantom? The tension and violence escalate throughout the show, creating a dark horror-romance. After her show, she meets a man from her past, Raoul, who expresses his interest in her, but that night, the Phantom steals her away to an underground lake to seduce her into being his forever. Formerly a chorus girl in a French theatre, Christine makes her debut after a diva (Carlotta) gets spooked by the strange happenings in the theatre.

Phantom tells the story of singer Christine Daae. With over 10,000 performances over 25 years, it has now set a world record in Broadway longevity. The Phantom of the Opera is Broadway’s longest running musical ever.
