When Did Andrew Webber Write Music for Phantom of the Opera?

In Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “The Phantom of the Opera,” the title character is a musical genius who composes an opera that becomes a sensation in Paris. But who is the real-life composer behind the music in “The Phantom of the Opera?”

Andrew Webber’s Life

Andrew Lloyd Webber is an English composer and impresario of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of variations, two film scores, and a Latin Requiem Mass.

Early life

Andrew Lloyd Webber was born on March 22, 1948 in Kensington, London, the eldest son of William Lloyd Webber (1914–1982), a composer and organist, and Jean Hermione Johnstone (1921–1993), a violinist and pianist. His youngerbrother, Julian Lloyd Webber, is a renowned solo cellist.

Musical training

Andrew Lloyd Webber began his musical training at age 13, when he became a chorister at Westminster Abbey. He later attended Oxford University, where he studied history and composed music for student productions. After graduation, he wrote several musicals with Tim Rice, including Jesus Christ Superstar and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. In 1971, the two collaborated on an adaptation of Gaston Leroux’s novel The Phantom of the Opera. The musical debuted in London in 1986 and quickly became a global sensation.

Success with musicals

Andrew Lloyd Webber is a British composer and producer of musical theatre. Several of his musicals have been adapted into films. He has achieved great success with musicals such as Phantom of the Opera, Cats and Evita.

Born in 1948, Andrew Lloyd Webber began composing music at an early age. His father, William, was a renowned organist and his mother, Jean Johnstone, was a piano teacher. Webber’s first composition was a song called “Scarecrow” which he wrote when he was just nine years old. He went on to study music at Oxford University and then started working in the theatre.

Webber’s musicals have been extremely successful both in the West End of London and on Broadway in New York. “The Phantom of the Opera” has been running in the West End for over 30 years and is one of the longest-running musicals in history. “Cats” was also a huge success, running for 21 years in the West End and 18 years on Broadway. “Evita” received critical acclaim when it opened in 1978 and went on to win several Tony Awards.

The Phantom of the Opera

Andrew Webber wrote the music for Phantom of the Opera in 1986. The story is about a Parisian Opera House that is haunted by a masked phantom. The phantom falls in love with a beautiful soprano named Christine. The music is very haunting and beautiful.

The musical

The Phantom of the Opera is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Charles Hart. The book was originally published in 1911 as a serialization in Collier’s Weekly, which was then published in book form in 1912 by Harper & Brothers. The story was subsequently adapted into several film and stage productions.

The most successful and well-known adaptation of the story is the 1986 musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, which has been performed in more than 150 cities around the world and has been seen by more than 130 million people. The musical has been running continuously on Broadway since 1988, making it the longest-running Broadway show of all time. It has also been adapted into a 2004 film directed by Joel Schumacher.

The characters

The Phantom of the Opera is a novel by French author Gaston Leroux. It was first published as a serialization in Le Gaulois from 23 September 1909, to 8 January 1910. It was published in book form in late March 1910 by Pierre Lafitte.

The novel is partly inspired by historical events at the Paris Opera during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and an old legend concerning a phantom. It has been successfully adapted into various stage and film productions, most notably Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1986 musical.

The novel tells of a masked figure who falls in love with the young soprano Christine Daaé, causing her career to blossom through his manipulations of the Paris Opera House. Eventually, Christine learns that her anonymous “angel” is actually Erik, the Phantom of the Opera, a horribly disfigured man who hides in the bowels of the opera house and quiets his pangs of hunger and longing for companionship through music.

The plot

The Phantom of the Opera tells the story of a masked figure who lurks beneath the Paris Opera House, exercising a reign of terror over all who inhabit it. He falls madly in love with an innocent young soprano, Christine, and devotes himself to creating a new star by nurturing her extraordinary talents and by employing all of the devious methods at his disposal.

When Was the Music for Phantom of the Opera Written?

Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote the music for Phantom of the Opera in 1986. The musical premiered in London’s West End in 1986, and Broadway in 1988. The musical tells the story of a phantom who falls in love with an opera singer.

The original production

The original production of Phantom of the Opera opened in London’s West End in 1986, with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Charles Hart and Richard Stilgoe. The musical was an instant success, running for over ten years and spawning numerous productions around the world.

The Broadway production

The music for Phantom of the Opera was originally written for a smaller-scale production than the Broadway musical that we know today. In fact, the original production was only meant to run for six weeks!

Andrew Lloyd Webber began work on the music in 198o, and the first production of Phantom of the Opera opened in London in 1986. It wasn’t until 1988 that Phantom of the Opera made its way to Broadway.

The Broadway production of Phantom of the Opera has been running for over thirty years now, and has been seen by millions of people. The music for this production is some of the most well-known and beloved in all of musical theater.

The film adaptation

The film adaptation of Phantom of the Opera was released in 2004, and the music was written by Andrew Webber. The film was directed by Joel Schumacher and starred Gerard Butler as the Phantom, Emmy Rossum as Christine, and Patrick Wilson as Raoul.

Conclusion

In short, we do not know for certain when Andrew Webber wrote the music for Phantom of the Opera. However, based on the available evidence, it is most likely that he wrote it in the late 1980s or early 1990s.