The Phantom of the Opera on Sydney Harbour

The longest-running show in musical history is coming to the Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour stage in a dazzling new production.

This is The Phantom of the Opera as you’ve never seen it before. Under the stars, on a floating stage in front of the Sydney Opera House, with the Harbour Bridge and city skyline glittering in the background. With fireworks every night and themed pop-up bars and restaurants, this will be an unforgettable evening.

Having played for 35 years on the West End, and 34 on Broadway, this inspired interpretation of Gaston Leroux’s novel remains one of the world’s favourite musicals. The story of a mysterious masked man who lives beneath the Paris Opera House, and the beautiful young singer who becomes his obsession and muse, seduces generation after generation and continues to enchant long-time devotees.

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s score — immortalised in one of the highest-selling cast albums of all time — is studded with melodies famous the world over: from the haunting beauty of ‘The Music of the Night’ and ‘All I Ask of You’, to the splendour of ‘Masquerade’, and the crashing chords of the title song.

Two of Australia’s most in-demand theatrical talents, director Simon Phillips and designer Gabriela Tylesova, bring a whole new level of spectacle to the show’s defining moments — the mirror, the journey to the Phantom’s lair, the chandelier — on an enormous purposebuilt stage over the water.

See them bring the Phantom’s extraordinary world to life, complete with a massive cast of musical theatre and opera’s top talents accompanied by a live orchestra hidden beneath the stage.

★★★★★ “You will never forgive yourself if you don’t experience the unforgettable strains of ‘Music of the Night’ wafting over the harbour.” - TimeOut

★★★★ “If there was ever an epic tale to sweep us momentarily away from the troubled present, The Phantom of the Opera, suspended against the backdrop of the world’s most beautiful harbour, is surely it.” - The Sydney Morning Herald

★★★★ “with standout performances and innovative design, this show is larger than life.” - The Guardian

Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour: The Phantom of the Opera by special arrangement with The Really Useful Group

Music: Andrew Lloyd Webber

Lyrics: Charles Hart

Additional Lyrics: Richard Stilgoe

Book: Richard Stilgoe & Andrew Lloyd Webber

Director: Simon Phillips

Conductor: Guy Simpson

Set & Costume Designer: Gabriela Tylesova

CAST:

The Phantom: Joshua Robson

Christine Daaé: Georgina Hopson

Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny: Callum Francis