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The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011)
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the musical, three special performances on October 1st, and 2nd, 2011 were filmed at the Royal Albert Hall, the third of which was screened live worldwide on the 2nd.
To mark the milestone of 25 years, Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh planned a special three day production to take place at London's Royal Albert Hall. Designer Matt Kinley initially planned to hold a concert-style production not unlike the "Les Misérables in Concert: The 25th Anniversary" at the O2 Arena, but Mackintosh made it clear the show would be fully staged, as both he and Lloyd Webber felt it would not work unless it were the whole show. As a result, the event was planned as a full show.
Designing the staged show at the Royal Albert Hall was a daunting task, as the space (or lack thereof) was not an easy one to translate a proscenium show into. As a concert hall rather than a theatre, many of the show's elements (such as the chandelier, which, instead of falling, exploded) had to be toned down and simplified: the Royal Albert Hall was simply not capable of accepting a show the size of The Phantom of the Opera, or at least not the full original.
The balconies of the hall were used to build uprights to form an opera house proscenium with boxes on each side. The orchestra was elevated on a platform and backed by a screen on which the opera sets were projected, with LED screens on the lower portions of the performance stage.
CAST
Ramin Karimloo as The Phantom of the Opera
Sierra Boggess as Christine Daaé
Hadley Fraser as Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny
Wendy Ferguson as Carlotta Giudicelli
Barry James as Monsieur Richard Firmin
Gareth Snook as Monsieur Gilles André
Liz Robertson as Madame Giry
Daisy Maywood as Meg Giry
Wynne Evans as Ubaldo Piangi
Nick Holder as Joseph Buquet
Earl Carpenter as The Auctioneer
Rosemary Ashe as Confidante
Garðar Thór Cortes as Passarino
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