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Straker subsequently featured in countless West End productions, including Pete Townshend's Tommy, Ken Hill's Phantom of the Opera, Jeanne at Birmingham Rep and Sadler's Wells, Hot Stuff, Blues in the Night, The Rocky Horror Show, The Rat Pack, One Love and Holding On; both with Ruby Turner.
Nov 23, 2020 · Peter Straker as Ken Hill’s Phantom. If it weren’t for Ken Hill’s Phantom of the Opera, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Phantom might never have come into existence. Ken Hill’s Phantom of the Opera began its life in 1976, ten years before the famous Lloyd Webber musical opened on the West End.
Phantom of the Opera is a musical with lyrics and a book by Ken Hill. It is based on the 1910 novel The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux. Hill wrote the original lyrics to the music of Giuseppe Verdi, Charles Gounod, Jacques Offenbach, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carl Maria von Weber, Gaetano Donizetti, and Arrigo Boito.
He went on to appear in The Who’s ‘Tommy’, the legendary ‘The Rocky Horror Show’, ‘The Wiz’, ‘Blues In the Night, and began a long association as The Phantom, with Ken Hill’s ‘The Original Phantom of the Opera’. His outstanding vocal abilities are well known, documented, and admired.
Straker has starred in countless West End productions since, including Pete Townshend’s ‘Tommy’, Ken Hill’s ‘The Original Phantom of the Opera’, ‘Hot Stuff’, ‘Blues in the Night’, ‘The Rocky Horror Show’, ‘The Rat Pack’, ‘One Love’ and ‘Holding On’; these last two both with Ruby Turner.
Nov 21, 2020 · Phantom of the Opera, 1992, London, Musical, Cast Album. Phantom of the Opera 1992 London Cast. 1 Introduction - Orchestra. 2 Welcome Sir, I'm So Delighted - Richard Tate, Gary Lyons, Michael McLean, Haluk Bilginer, Reginald Marsh, Steven Pacey & Kate Harbour.
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His three passionate cabaret rock albums from the late 1970's are finally, for the first time, re-released on CD. In this interview, he speaks about his career, focusing on musical and theatres the aforementioned albums, racism, his favorite musical and theatres roles, and his friend Freddie Mercury.
