Lloyd Webber said he was “incredibly touched” by their creation.WarnerBros. In April last year, the entire orchestra recorded a virtual ‘All I Ask of You’ to “show their support and respect for Andrew”. The composer and orchestra have historically enjoyed a close relationship. We’re going to have the original production and it will be fantastic.” In August 2020, Lloyd Webber said: “Phantom will be back up there and even better than before. Last year, it was promised that “the brilliant original” production would return. The Phantom of the Opera, London’s second-longest-running musical, closed its curtains on 16 March 2020 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Phantom's producer, Cameron Mackintosh, and composer, Andrew Lloyd Webber. Read more: Musicians still ‘falling through the gaps’ as £400m promised to arts > Horace Trubridge, general secretary of The Musicians’ Union, said the organisation was “sad and disappointed” by the move. “I don’t even have the opportunity to re-audition for my job and am unclear what the future holds.” Directed by Harold Prince with choreography and musical staging by Gillian Lynne, The Phantom of the Opera features production design by Maria Björnson, lighting design by Andrew Bridge, and sound. “I sacrificed so much, willingly, to be a part of this wonderful show and yet I will leave with nothing more than the shirt on my back: no severance to speak of and my livelihood and that of my family in absolute tatters,” Dickinson tweeted.

Matt Dickinson, the percussionist for Phantom, was devastated to find out his job had been cut. The Phantom of the Opera (1925) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. There are great concerns the move will leave musicians high and dry in what has already been a disastrous year for the arts.

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