The phantom of the opera is a haunting musical which traces the tragic love story of a beautiful young opera singer and a composer shamed by his physical appearance into a shadowy existence beneath the majestic paris opera house the show received its world premiere at her majestys theatre in london on 9th october 1986 and has since been played out to over 9 500 audiences in the west end a true theatre blockbuster that is not to be missed whilst in london