(
30/03/2008)
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
by Gaston Leroux
A full-cast audio dramatization written and directed by Barnaby Edwards
Starring Anna Massey, James D'Arcy, Alexander Siddig and Peter Guinness. In the cosmopolitan Paris of the 1880s, the new proprietors of theOpera House are amused to discover that their costly acquisition issaid to be haunted. But their smiles quickly vanish, as tragedy followsmisfortune: a murdered stagehand, a fatal accident, a missing girl.Fearful tales of the Opera Ghost race through the corridors anddressing rooms of the theatre. And with good reason - for deep in thecatacombs beneath the Opera House, something is stirring...
Cast:Anna Massey (Madame Giry), Peter Guinness (The Phantom), AlexanderSiddig (The Persian), James D'Arcy (Raoul), Helen Goldwyn (Christine),Tony Millan (Moncharmin), Richard Earl (Richard), Nick Brimble(Philippe/Gaston), Nick Wilton (Lachenel/Mifroid), Geraldine Newman(Madame Valérius), Samantha Hughes (La Carlotta), Nicola Weeks(Meg/Adèle).
Singers: Linda Richardson (Christine/La Carlotta), Matthew Hargreaves (The Phantom)
Writer: Barnaby Edwards (translated and adapted from Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux)
Director: Barnaby Edwards
Music: Tim Sutton (violin played by Ruth Rogers)
Sound Design: Matthew Cochrane
Cover Art: Alex Mallinson
Recorded: 24 and 25 September 2007; 4 and 12 October 2007
Released: December 2007 (download); March 2008 (CD)