Given the general level of the material, the performance is not bad overall. The most successful sections of the score are its lighter moments, particularly the “Notes” / “Prima Donna” sequence. Charles Hart’s lyrics (additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe) range in quality from good to poor. For that matter, the arrangement of the title song makes it sounds like a disco number. Of the songs that seem to be original, several are pretty but stylistically inappropriate to the time period in which the show is set for example, “Think of Me,” with its aggressively dotted rhythms. Various tunes in The Phantom of the Opera owe much to the work of such composers as Claude Debussy, Giacomo Puccini, and Frederick Loewe. Original London Cast, 1986 (Polydor, 2CDs) (2 / 5) Andrew Lloyd Webber’s score for this virtually through-sung musical based on the famous novel by Gaston Leroux contains many wonderful melodies unfortunately, as has been pointed out by sharp-eared critics, some of them are not quite original.
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