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unusual facts about Phantom of the Opera



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The presentation of the character Virgil Incanto also went through several permutations, initially conceived as a creepy Phantom of the Opera-like recluse, and as a butcher who would be able to cut the fat from his victims, before the final "fairly normal-looking" version was decided upon.

Amick Byram

Amick has acted in numerous professional stage productions including Phantom of the Opera, on Broadway and in Los Angeles; Les Misérables, in the roles of Marius and Enjolras; Sunset Boulevard as Joe Gillis (playing opposite Glenn Close), and Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar.

Baldwin Wallace Conservatory of Music

In 2007, Baldwin Wallace was selected to perform one of six pre-release pilot productions of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera.

George Lee Andrews

Andrews hold the record because he has appeared in the musical Phantom of the Opera on 9,382 occasions, over a period of 23 years.

Julia Goss

Following this, she began a career in the West End and on tour in many musicals, including in the roles of Golde in Fiddler on the Roof, Carlotta in Phantom of the Opera, Mrs. Potts in Beauty and the Beast and Heidi Schiller in Follies.

Mammon in popular culture

Mammon is a character in The Phantom of Manhattan by Frederick Forsyth, where he is the god that the Phantom of the Opera worships.


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Barry James

James can be heard on cast recordings of Beauty and the Beast, My Fair Lady, "She Loves Me" and two Bernard J. Taylor musicals - Nosferatu the Vampire (in which he created the role of "Renfeld"), Much Ado in which he created the role of Leonato, and Monsieur Firmin in The Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary Concert.

Erkan Aki

In 2013, Erkan accompanied soprano Sarah Brightman on her Dreamchaser World Tour, joining Brightman for the songs "Canto Della Terra" and "The Phantom of the Opera."

Franc D'Ambrosio

His performance of "The Music of the Night", from the play The Phantom of the Opera (as skated to by Brian Boitano), received the evening's only standing ovation.

Gary Mauer

In 2007, he recorded his own album, This Is the Moment, which includes "The Music of the Night", from The Phantom of the Opera, and "Bring Him Home", from Les Misérables.

Giuseppe Addobbati

He starred in films such as The Phantom of the Opera (1964), Blood For A Silver Dollar alongside Giuliano Gemma (Montgomery Wood) and in The Conformist (1970).

Imperial Ice Stars

James Cundall is a producer of live entertainment with over 80 productions to his name - musicals such as Les Misérables, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, Miss Saigon, Chicago, Singin' in the Rain, Oliver, Cabaret, and We Will Rock You; spectaculars such as Cirque du Soleil's Alegría and Riverdance; plays such as The Blue Room and Talking Heads; and solo performers such as Dame Kiri te Kanawa, Jose Carreras, Andrea Bocelli, Elaine Paige, Clive James and Jamie Oliver, to name just a few.

Martin Levan

Other awards include a NAACP Theatre Award for Best Sound Director for The Phantom of the Opera, a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Sound Design for Sunset Boulevard and a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award for Outstanding Design Team Achievement for Show Boat.

Maya Romanoff

Installations include such high-profile projects as Nobu in Hong Kong, Melbourne and Los Angeles (opened September 2007), the Green Room at the Kodak Theater for the 2007 Academy Awards, Tiffany & Co, the new Playboy Club in Los Angeles, Boucheron stores, Phantom of the Opera Theater in Los Angeles, special projects for Walt Disney, the palace of the Crown Prince of Dubai, Harrod’s, American Girl Stores, etc.

Rebecca Pitcher

Previously, Pitcher had played Christine in the Phantom of the Opera national tour opposite Gary Mauer.

Virgil Miller

Born in Coffeen, Illinois, Miller's credits include The Phantom of the Opera (1924), Navajo (1952), Danger - Love at Work, Mr. Moto Takes a Chance, The Mummy's Curse, Crazylegs, and six Charlie Chan films.