Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber The Phantom of the Opera heads to Melbourne in just 3 weeks after his record-breaking season at the Sydney Opera House. New dates have just been released over the summer for the Arts Center Melbourne season, where audiences will experience one of the most successful and beloved musicals of all time.

The Phantom of the Opera will play at the State Theater Arts Center in Melbourne from November 2.

The talented Australian cast is led by Josh Piterman in the coveted lead role of Phantom while Amy Manford takes on the role of the ingenue Christine Daae and Blake Bowden plays Raoul Viscount of Chagny .

Australian musical theater stalwart David Whitney plays Mr Firmin Andy Morton returns to the stage as Mr Andrew and the soprano Giuseppina Grech plays Carlotta Guidicelli. Madame Giry is played by Jayde Westaby, while classic crossover artist Paul Tabone stars as Ubaldo Piangi, and newcomer Mietta White plays the young ballerina Meg Giry.

Joining them is the talented cast including Elliot Baker, Anton Berezin, Laura Bianchi-Bishop, Eleanor Blythman, Gavin Brown, Ben Clark, Bridget Costello, Andrew Dunne, Lewis Francis, Christina Gibbs, Claudia Hastings, Olivia Jenkins, Daniel Koek, Naomi Livingston , Josephine Lonergan, Aaron Lynch, Imogen-Faith Malfitano, Kayleigh Marven, Emma McFarlane, Lachlan O’Brien, Brittany Page, Edward Smith, Anna Stephens, Tod Strike, Troy Sussman, Raphael Wong, Jack Wunsch and Elisha Zion Lee.

Directed by Laurence Connor with choreography by Scott Ambler, set design by Paul Brown, original costume design by Tony Award® winner Maria Björnson®, lighting design by Tony Award® winner Paule Constable and sound design by Mick Potter, The Phantom of the Opera has music by Andrew Lloyd Webber, lyrics by Charles Hart (with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe), book by Richard Stilgoe and Andrew Lloyd Webber, orchestrations by David Cullen and Andrew Lloyd Webber. This new production is supervised by Matthew Bourne and Cameron Mackintosh.

Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber The Phantom of the Opera is directed by Seth Sklar-Heyn and is presented by Opera Australia in association with The Really Useful Group.

Season Details

Venue: Melbourne Arts Center
Dates: From November 2, 2022

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