The Phantom of the Opera

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When:

Tue 14 Oct ’08–Sun 30 Nov ’08, 7:30pm

Where: The Civic, THE EDGE, Cnr Queen & Wellesley Sts, Auckland

Ticket Information:

From: $79.90
To: $119.90
Booking fees may apply

Website:

www.thephantomoftheopera.co.nz

" . . . A phenomenon, and yes, a masterpiece.” Herald Sun, 2007

Phantom season extended to November 30!

The internationally and critically acclaimed masterpiece, The Phantom of the Opera returns to New Zealand for a strictly limited season. Given the anticipation and popularity of this timeless, romantic and much loved musical, tickets will be in hot demand and highly sought after.

“Andrew Lloyd Webber’s masterpiece has been seen by more than 80 million people. Audiences have taken it to their hearts and the production is still a truly magnificent spectacle,” says Producer Tim McFarlane of The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific.

As the longest running musical on Broadway, The Phantom of the Opera recently celebrated 21 years and has won more than 50 major theatre awards, including seven Tony Awards.

“With a fabulous stellar cast of 37 performers, we are incredibly excited to return and share this wonderful love story with our audiences, and for our New Zealand performers it will undoubtedly be extra special for them to perform in their home country", said Producer John Frost of The Gordon/Frost Organisation.

The Phantom of the Opera tells the story of a disfigured musical genius known only as ‘The Phantom’ who haunts the depths of the Paris Opera House. Mesmerised by the talents and beauty of a young soprano - Christine, the Phantom lures her as his protégé and falls fiercely in love with her. Unaware of Christine’s love for Raoul, The Phantom’s obsession sets the scene for a dramatic turn of events where jealously, madness and passions collide.

With spectacular sets and more than 230 costumes by international designer, the late Maria Björnson, The Phantom of the Opera contains some of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most famous music, including “The Phantom of the Opera” and “Music of the Night”.

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical is based upon the novel Le Fantome De L’Opera by Gaston Leroux. Original London production by Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Group.

SCHEDULE
Tuesday to Saturday, 7.30pm
Wednesday and Saturday 1.30pm
Sunday 3.00pm

Groups 20 or more phone (09) 357 3354

Hotel and dining packages phone 0800 4 SHOWS (0800 474 697) or www.showbiznz.co.nz

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amyliu18 5 years ago

Saw Phantom of the Opera last night!! It was the best! Pity the pillars on the side got in the way :) Would recommend anyday!
holden05 5 years ago

I had been in a serious accident, and after being in intensive care I discharged myself from hospital, my then partner (now husband) took me home and cared for me, I said I longed to see the beach so he packed me in the car, took me to Murawai and carried me down all those stairs and along the beach, - oblivious to all the stares of the people around us. He cared only about making me happy! I knew then he was the man for me, and we have been together for 14 years now.
It has been lovely reading all these stories, its nice to know there are some wonderful people around!
Content Editor 5 years ago

What romantic stories . . . I had a few tears!
The winners of the Phantom double passes are:
- RuskeeRuskee
- MeiLi
Congrats!
Gina
Geolisciousnz 5 years ago

Phantom of the Opera...One of the "Must-do's" before you die things...Brilliant and so amazing to see.
MeiLi 5 years ago

My "phantom" won my heart when I was just about to leave on a 3 month trip to my hometown in Canada to visit friends and family. Just before I left, he surprised me with a photo album that he had assembled with pictures of places we had been, parties we'd attended, and groups of our friends. He said, "This album is to remind you to come back to New Zealand where you are loved by many, especially by me. I love you, please come home to me." I almost didn't leave! Now we are together in New Zealand living happily ever after.
Venus Stephens 5 years ago

My most romantic moment was when I was 14 & smitten with a gorgeous shy boy who once whispered to me during English class "if he were to make a perfume he would name it after me & it would be made of all the prettiest ingredients that girls like".
We were friends throughout college with no romantic tie. I still think of him a lot & as a homage when my 2nd daughter was born I named her after him & blessed her with my memories of his charm, sensitivity, & wit...the beauty she supplied herself.
Cindy Schaser 5 years ago

For me, “romance” is not necessarily a descriptor for events containing rose petals, background music, or hours of labor. My favorite romantic moments are those that are perfect because just adding a person you are crazy about to a simple circumstance makes simple pleasures extraordinary and quick moments worthy of recalling over and over…
With this definition, my “most romantic moment” was with my current partner, a crazy German boy who was brave enough to commit to 6 weeks in a Volkswagen camper with me through Europe last year. The night that evokes a silly grin was in Interlaken, Switzerland. Our camper was parked across the street from a field of cows, each with their own large bell that “clunked” or “binged” its contribution to the erratic musical composition that played all day, all night. Because we had underestimated the chill of Swiss fall, our plans for outdoor dining were overruled by self-preservation. Instead, we huddled in very un-sexy wool and fleece inside the crowded VW where we melted first a Swiss cheese fondue, then a chocolate one to drown our raspberries. At that moment, my prince wasn’t on a white horse, but instead was the man in the wool beanie who looked at me with glittering eyes and with a chocolate-smeared smile that affirmed that YES, the cows were playing Mozart, and YES, this really was romance at its very best.
Now that we are finally together in New Zealand, I would love to share a similar moment sitting next to him at this show….maybe this time a little better-scrubbed and in a two-legged crowd instead. : )
Ange TINA 5 years ago

I knew the moment I looked into his eyes, that he was the man for me. The intensity, the depth and the warmth I felt in that first meeting moved me deeper than anyone I have ever known before. There was a naturalness between us - like we belonged.
I love this man deeply and passionately, for everything that he is. No words can describe how complete and happy I feel with him in my life. I feel so enriched and totally adored in his presence.
For all the journeys in our life - there is non greater than to love completely.
bren 5 years ago

Sitting on the beach watching the sunrise with my partner. Peace, quiet, at one with nature. Makes you realise how special and privileged we are to live in this special country
azpen 5 years ago

Proposing to my then girlfriend while sitting together in the dark in front of a log fire with Moody Blues playing "Nights in White Satin" in the background. She said "Yes" and I am not telling you how many long years ago that was, but we are still married.
leota1 5 years ago

We had only been seeing each other for 3 weeks when Valentines Day rolled around.
As a chef, I was only halfway through a 13hour shift when I received a text from him asking me if I wanted to have dinner at his place after work.....I know it sounds ungrateful, but my first thought was, "The last thing I want after such a long hard busy day is having to put on a smile, act like I'm not tired at all and eat his (or anyone elses for that matter) overcooked or even worse undercooked food!"
Curiousity got the better of me though (isn't that what killed the cat?) and I replied that I would love to try his cuisine. His answer was, "Sounds like a plan. I don't know about cuisine though. Pea, pie, pud maybe. What time suits you so that I can plan the delivery.............oops I mean cooking time."
I was laughing by then so it made the rest of my day seem as if I was running on fast forward.
I arrived and was greeted by my beautiful partner wearing a traditional lavalava (I am of Samoan descent & he is European) and buttoned and very well ironed shirt. He showed me to the dining room which was filled with wall to wall lit candles and the table was set very elegantly with all the right cutlery and glassware and flowers.
When he showed me to my seat, I saw the hugest bunch of red roses and he poured me a glass of wine.
He served me dinner which I saw he had cooked all by himself and it was presented as well as any fine dining restaurant I have been to. The chicken (my favourite) was moist and cooked to perfection and the vegetables were crisp and seasoned just the way I like them with dessert being another of my favourites, good ole cheesecake.
We were in a new relationship and yet in a matter of hours, he had shown me that in the short time we had spent together, he wasn't just nodding his head and agreeing.....he was really listening and taking it all in and tucking it away for future reference.
This was the greatest and most romantic time in my life. It meant so much to me to see him in a lavalava (as some men think of it as a skirt and that it in some way it makes them less of a man), to be cooked for even though I am very fussy and particular, to not have to lift a finger, to be served ALL my favourite foods and to have them cooked to perfection, candlelight everywhere and soft music in the background and my man telling me how beautiful I look.
As I tell my friends, "this one's a keeper" and seeing Phantom of the Opera would give us a much deserved break from his house renovations and my busy work schedule. It would be a memorable moment that we would love to add to the many we already have and the many more we plan to have in years to come.
Thanks for sharing everyone.
sarah2885 5 years ago

My boyfriend and i have been together for just over 3 years now. We got together in july 2005 when he was on a study abroad in nz. In december he had to return to mexico to finish his last 18 months of his degree. So we decided to stay together and try to do the long distance thing. Everything went so well that i booked a flight to mexico for the upcoming june 2006. Of course there were many times i would be so upset missing him and as we were communicating mostly over skype he would assure me it wasnt long to go now and count down with me. My boyfriend is also a singer songwriter and in the time he was back home in mexico he wrote and recorded a song for me and sent it via email to me. so as time went on, everything still going really well, my boyfriend told me he was going away to the states for a weekend with his dad and that we would talk first thing monday morning. Monday morning came and i was woken at 7.30am but the song he had written me .. half asleep and confused i couldnt work out where it was coming from.. i opened my curtain and there he was!! outside my window playing my song on the guitar. He had flown all the way here to surprise and serenade me. Were now living together in new zealand but to this day it would be one of the happiest moments of my life.
Love Sarah xox
donna123 5 years ago

I think my husband was rather romantic when he finally got around to asking me to marry him. We had been going out for exactly four years when one beautiful night while sitting in a open roofed spa pool, he told me about this dream he had where he had a serious accident and was lying in the hospital bed thinking how he missed the oppurtunity in spending the rest of his life with me!!!! I know it sounds corny but it's true. He asked me there and then to marry him, then went to ask my Dad for my hand in marriage as well. 24 years later we have three wonderful children and have a wonderful time still together. We do have the odd night away alone, flowers on the odd occasions to say thanks for picking me and lovely dinners just the two of us. We have worked hard to get where we are in life, including nursing his Dad with stomach cancer after his Mum died suddenly with a brain stem stroke and my Dad dropping dead as well. I think that these events have made our marriage and life closer. Hes not only my husband but a friend to me and a loving father to our kids. We could both do with a night out at Phantom of the Opera, sitting side by side holding hands and being engulfed in the world of the Phantom.
markillguth 5 years ago

My most romantic time was when i woke up at 5:30am on the 10th of april, got dropped off at my beautiful girlfriends house, to suprise her for her birthday.
I woke up her flatmate to let me in(i begged her for forgiveness afterwards), by this time it was 6am, and my partner was at the gym an i had 30mins to prepare.
I had a box full of pink rose petals, i attached one to the front door, and then scattered them from the inside of the door, along the floor, up and around the stairs, having them go all the way into her bedroom (which i closed), where i had HEAPS of wrapped gifts for her all in a pile on her bed, with rose petals sprinkeld over them all.
When she opened the front door, i could hear her smile and anticipated excitement as she slowly walked up the staircase.
As my princess opened her bedroom door, i was wishing her a happy birthday with love in my heart and a freshly squeezed glass of juice in my hand.
To me romance is awesome when you have things done for you, but 100x's better when you get to show the one you love, how much you care, and how significant they are in your life.
Carlotta 5 years ago

One romantic moment was when my husband (then boyfriend) and I were down the end of a secluded beach. I was standing in the surf, looking out to sea. When I turned around, my husband covered my eyes and led me up the beach. When he said 'open your eyes' I looked at the sand and saw written there "ALL I WANT IS YOU" with an arrow pointing towards a circle, and I was standing in the middle of the circle.
amyjennings 5 years ago

My most romantic time, was on my birthday this year. I was in a cast from a recent ankle operation, I was feeling quite sad and sore. My partner come home from work with a giant bunch of beautiful flowers, chocolates and some sexy lingerie, what cheered me up the most was that he had made a hand made card for me, with beautiful writing on the front and a hand drawn picture of me lying down in bed with my leg up in the air, in a cast. that made me smile :)
malshoo 5 years ago

My most romantic moment was when I returned to my desk after a horrid Thursday morning meeting (or should I say grilling) to find a text waiting for me saying:
Te quiero....... je t'aime........ti amo........
Spanish, French and Italian for "I love you".
Suddenly the events of the meeting, had become very insignificant.....
jessieperwick 5 years ago

Marlborough sounds on an unnamed beach. With my man walking hand in hand over the soft wet sand at low tide with the moon lighting the night sky, with stars twinkling and not another person insight. i shone a torch on the water and schools of fish jumped out of the water their scaled bodies glistening in the night and then he told me he loved me, unconditionally and forever- sealed with a kiss that not just stole my heart but my breath away.
spunky11 5 years ago

VOMO ISLAND....FIJI: The sumptuous velvetty glow of the setting sun reflecting behind the beckoning Pacific Ocean stirred in me the kindered spirits of romances passed. Native bats gracefully navigated their way from a nearby island to make their daily flight across the waters to our fruit laden isle...Sipping an exotically tropical cocktail, I mused to myself...What the hell am I doing sitting here talking to myself??!?!
Halston 5 years ago

My most romantic moment was on a soft and scented evening free camping at the Arco Naturel in Capri. It is a bush clad headland from which my husband and I could see the Amalfi Coast and distant sky line pink and deep purple in the setting sun. We were alone, the sea was murmuring metres below, a warm breeze eddied softly around us, spread in front of us a meal of the freshest Italian bread, cheese, tomatoes, salami .... and floating across to us from the sole dwelling in the valley was the most beautiful music, a soprano in full aria...... It wasn't even our anniversary but he turned and said to me how perfect it was and how I was the light of his life.....
Raewyn Murray 5 years ago

My most romantic moment was actually done by me. My husband David and I were married 10 years and I surprised him with a "renewal of our vows". I got dresses while we were on holiday in Australia for the girls to be our bridesmaids, asked a friend to take David to the place where we were going to have a "picnic" while myself and my girls were getting our hair done and ready. I had a Justice of the Peace already, flowers and got David's mother and one of his sisters to fly over for Ireland - all a total SURPRISE. Everyone gathered down at the Jetty in South Brighton looking toward the Port Hills and then David arrived. Thought - hmmm, what's going on here. Then I arrived. My best friend's hubby played the song from Titanic while I walked down the "aisle". It was a lovely day and he was gobsmacked. We had a great party (which I also organised) after the ceremony. This was in 2001. Stacey our youngest of four girls was born after this.
RuskeeRuskee 5 years ago

Being an artist, my husband had a challenge when making his marriage proposal...in the most creative way without blowing his budget.....(Which is pretty much my nature...of being creative yet frugal!)
On the evening of new years eve 2002, I was driven to 'our spot' at a rural hilltop. Our car perched atop in country with the AKL cityscape and skytower in the distance. Picnic blanket and wine glasses under a starlit sky, he brang out 10 beautiful red roses he had handpicked from his sisters garden. With each of the first 9 roses, he spoke of significant memories in our relationship, and with the final rose, which i realised was WHITE, he gently said, "and this rose represents our future". When I took the rose, I could see the diamond ring in the center of it. I instantly accepted..and too my amazement, the New Years Eve fireworks suddenly erupted from the AKL Skytower in front of us!!!!!! PERFECT TIMING for a Perfect Husband!
Queen D 5 years ago

My most romantic moment was when my late partner, following a show he produced and directed in which I was his leading lady, knelt down on one knee at the aftershow party, looked me in the eyes held my hand and sang the song "Marry Me, Marry Me, Marry Me". I wilted and between tears said "Yes". We were married in our garden three months later, but sadly a week after that my leading man died of Leukemia.
Sam Lyden 5 years ago

MOST ROMANTIC MOMENT – just happened last week!
My husband and l have been married 15 years this October(16th)...
My son and l had been away helping my sister in Melbourne for three weeks. I was talking to him via msn the day before we were due to leave and he said he could not wait to see us both again in fact he had butterflies…
This from a man who looks very scary to most people because he is a massive fellow half moari and half tongan 7xl – ‘butterflies’ l tell you :)
I would love to be able to take him to this show - l have been raving about it for years and years but never been - Thanks for the chance
Waihoroi Johnson-Bates 5 years ago

I absolutely love this musical!!! I was only 19 the last time it was here (and I went). I own and have watched the movie version at least a dozen times, and I own the record from when Michael Crawford played the Phantom. Wish I could go, but Auckland is too far away "sulking". I'm envious of all those who are going, but have a blast and enjoy it for me!