Michael Crawford & Sarah Brightman joins Phantom's 25th celebrations

The Phantom of the Opera has been celebrating its 25th Anniversary this weekend with three shows at the Royal Albert Hall plus the live show was screened at certain cinemas in the UK and USA.

Ramin Karimloo and Sierra Boggess played the Phantom and Christine but there was a special finale with Sarah Brightman singing accompanied by Phantoms Karimloo, Colm Wilkinson, Anthony Warlow, John Owen Jones and Peter Joback (who takes over as Phantom from Owen Jones at Her Majesty's next March). At the final show last night Michael Crawford was free from his Wizard duties and joined the line up at the curtain call.

The Royal Albert Hall concert  of Phantom will be released on November 14th on DVD, Bluray, CD and digital download. It will be released in Australia and New Zealand on December 8th. A four-CD and DVD Collectors' box set is also planned.