Musical “The Phantom of the Opera”

Song lyrics by Charles Hart
Additional song lyrics by Richard Stilgoe
Translation into Estonian by Leelo Tungal
Director Georg Malvius (Sweden)
Musical director Tarmo Leinatamm
Conductors Martin Sildos & Taavi Kull
Stage designer Iir Hermeliin
Costume designer Ellen Cairns (Scotland)
Choreographer Adrienne Åbjörn (Sweden)
Lighting designer Palle Palmé (Sweden)
Video designer Taavi Varm

Cast: Stephen Hansen (Norway), Koit Toome, Hanna-Liina Võsa, Maria Listra, Kalle Sepp, Pirjo Püvi, Kristina Vähi, Reigo Tamm, Urmas Põldma, Aivar Kaseste, Lauri Liiv, Priit Strandberg, Janika Sillamaa, Merle Jalakas, Linda Kolde, Hedi Maaroos, Simo Breede, Rasmus Kull et al.
Vanemuine Symphony Orchestra, opera chorus & ballet troupe and band

The first person to introduce the phantom of the opera to the world was French writer Gaston Leroux – his novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra was published as a novella from September 1909 to January 1910 in the publication Le Gaulois. The writing of the novel was partly inspired by actual events that took place at the Paris Opera in the 19th century. Today the original novel has been overshadowed by subsequent stage and film versions, of which the most well-known are the silent film classic of 1925 by Lon Chaney and Rupert Julian and, naturally, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical of 1986 with its enchanting and unforgettable sound.