The Phantom of the Opera (Original 1986 London Cast)

The purity of Sarah Brightman’s soaring soprano, plus Michael Crawford’s expressive range in a very complex title role, gave unparalleled depth to the original production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera when it opened on the West End in 1986. No one has translated the pathos and pain of the Phantom better than Crawford. “All I Ask of You,” “The Music of the Night,” and “Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again” are timeless.