Phantom of the Opera (1976 musical)

Phantom of the Opera is a 1976 musical with book and lyrics by Ken Hill. It is the first musical adaptation of the novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux, about the hideously disfigured Phantom's amorous obsession with the magnificent, naive singer, Christine. Hill wrote the original English lyrics to the music of Verdi, Gounod, Offenbach, Mozart, Weber, Donizetti,Goddard, Dan R. San Antonio Express-News. mySA.com (San Antonio Archives). 2 November 1990. and Boito.

History

Ken Hill’s Phantom of the Opera was the first musical version of the story by Gaston LerouxCrew, Robert.Toronto Star. 18 February 1990.Harrison, Thomas B. Anchorage Daily News. 27 January 1991. Hill's musical inspired the award-winning Andrew Lloyd Webber musical version of the story, although he never received any formal royalty for it.

As Ken Hill rummaged through a used bookstore, he picked up a copy of Gaston Leroux's Phantom of the Opera novel and eventually produced it as a stage musical. The show started off as a production at Morecambe Pier as the first staged musical version,Mosley, Andrew. This Is Lancashire. 28 October...
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