Phantom of the Opera and the Buried Voices

Phantom of the Opera is the longest running Broadway show currently on stage. The timeless story, adapted to the stage by Andrew Lloyd Webber from the novel by Gaston Leroux. The novel, suposedly, is based on a true story about a man who did in fact live under the Paris Opera during Gaston’s lifetime. The story was recently returned to when a group of famous recordings were dug up this month in the famous Opera house.

Recordings of famous singers such as Nellie Melba, Enrico Caruso and others were buried deep in the opera house in leaden urns. The story is told that when the time capsule containing the recordings was buried, the body, or skeleton, of Erik - the Phantom of the Opera - was uncovered. The skeleton may have been a myth, but the question remains…was the Phantom a real person? And where did he come from? Revisit this old favorite by getting your Phantom of the Opera tickets today!

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