STAGE TUBE: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA 25th Anniversary DVD/Blu-Ray Trailer Released!

In celebration of 25 years - Cameron Mackintosh's unique and spectacular staging of Andrew Lloyd Webber's The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall comes to DVD and Blu-Ray on November 14, 2011. The trailer for the discs has just been released and BroadwayWorld brings you a look below!

25 years after Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman opened the show in London, Cameron Mackintosh will present Andrew Lloyd Webber's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA at the Royal Albert Hall on Saturday 1st October at 7.30pm and Sunday 2nd October at 1.30pm and 7.00pm. Tickets for "Phantom of the Opera at the Albert Hall" are available on 0845 401 5045 or at www.phantom25th.com.  

This lavish, fully staged production of "Phantom of the Opera at the Albert Hall" will star Ramin Karimloo as ‘The Phantom' and Sierra Boggess as ‘Christine'. They will be joined by Barry James as ‘Monsieur Firmin', Gareth Snook as ‘Monsieur André', Liz Robertson as ‘Madame Giry' and Wynne Evans as ‘Piangi' together with a cast and orchestra of over 200 and some special guest appearances. "Phantom of the Opera at the Albert Hall" will be directed by Laurence Connor with Musical Staging and Choreography by Gillian Lynne. The Royal Albert Hall will be transformed with a spectacular and unique design by Matt Kinley inspired by Maria Björnson's original design. Lighting is by Patrick Woodroffe and Andrew Bridge and Sound by Mick Potter. The original London production was directed by Hal Prince.

Ramin Karimloo's theatre credits include, leading roles in "Love Never Dies" (2011 Olivier Award Nominee and Winner of the 2011 What's On Stage Award, both for ‘Best Actor in a Musical'), "The Phantom of the Opera" (Theatre Goers' Choice Award Nomination) "Les Misérables", "Miss Saigon", "The Pirates of Penzance" and "Sunset Boulevard".

From the very first performance, audiences have fallen in love with the unique alchemy of Andrew Lloyd Webber's gorgeous score and Maria Björnson's fabulously beautiful design, so brilliantly staged by Hal Prince and Gillian Lynne. The success of the show has become the stuff of theatrical legend so Andrew and I felt we needed to create a really special performance to celebrate the 25th anniversary. One of the great strengths of The Phantom of the Opera is that being set in an opera house, its production is totally theatrical. So we felt that there could be no better 19th Century theatrical auditorium in London for this occasion than the Royal Albert Hall. With its Victorian red plush and celebrated magnificent organ it is the perfect place for The Phantom to haunt. Though this special staging will naturally be drawn from the brilliant original, it will be both a spectacular and unique production with a cast and orchestra of over 200 headed by Ramin Karimloo and Sierra Boggess. Both artists have been an outstanding ‘Phantom' and ‘Christine' in recent productions and have also enjoyed huge success together as the stars of Love Never Dies.

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