Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Prologue
2. The Coney Island Waltz
3. That's the place you ruined, you fool
4. A Little Slice of Heaven
5. Only For Him / Only For You
6. The Aerie
7. `Til I Hear You Sing
8. Giry Confronts The Phantom / Are you Ready to Begin
9. Christine Disembarks
10. Arrival of the Trio / Are You Ready to Begin
11. What A Dreadful Town
12. Look With Your Heart
13. Beneath A Moonless Sky
14. Once Upon Another Time
15. Mother please, I'm scared
16. Dear Old Friend
17. Beautiful
18. The Beauty Underneath
19. The Phantom confronts Christine

Disc 2:

1. Entr'acte
2. Why Does She Love Me
3. Devil Take The Hindmost
4. A Little Slice of Heaven (Reprise)
5. Ladies... / The Coney Island Waltz (Reprise)
6. Bathing Beauty
7. Mother, did you watch?
8. Before The Performance
9. Devil Take The Hindmost (Quartet)
10. Love Never Dies
11. Ah, Christine!
12. Gustave! Gustave!
13. Please,Miss Giry, I want to go back...

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4336 in Music
• Released on: 2010-03-09
• Number of discs: 3
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .45 pounds

Album Description
A Must Have For Collectors! This is the 2CD/DVD Deluxe Edition of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Love Never Dies musical. It's a Special Deluxe Limited Edition 2CD complete cast recording; Bonus DVD with interviews and filmed footage nicely bound 40 page booklet. Behind the scenes at the soundtrack recording sessions in London and interviews with Andrew Lloyd Webber, award-winning set designer Bob Crowley and the stars of the show. PLUS "Coney Island Waltz" music video - featuring this haunting piece of music set to stirring archival film footage of The glory days of Coney Island. A "must have" for collectors.

Andrew Lloyd Webber's long awaited new show "LOVE NEVER DIES" will have its World Premiere in London at the Adelphi Theatre on Tuesday 9 March 2010, followed by New York on Thursday 11 November and Australia in 2011.

"LOVE NEVER DIES" continues the story of `The Phantom', who has moved from his lair in the Paris Opera House to haunt the fairgrounds of Coney Island, far across the Atlantic. Set ten years after the mysterious disappearance of `The Phantom' from Paris, this show is a rollercoaster ride of obsession and intrigue...in which music and memory can play cruel tricks...and `The Phantom' sets out to prove that, indeed, "LOVE NEVER DIES".

From the Artist
"Love Never Dies"
Question and Answer with Andrew Lloyd Webber

Tell us about the story of "Love Never Dies"
I have to be careful about what I say about this story because it has so many twists and I don‟t want to give it away. But, what I can say is it‟s set in America 10 years roughly after the original "Phantom" and is set in Coney Island. Coney Island is a fantastic place - Sigmund Freud once described it as the "only reason to go to the United States.‟ It was beyond anything that anybody had ever seen - the great eighth wonder of the world and it was the place where all the freaks and oddities went and of course the "Phantom‟ could be absorbed in there. Now, our story finds him 10 years afterwards and he‟s gone to Coney Island. He‟s gone with Madame Gieru, his old friend, he‟s gone with Meg, her daughter, and he‟s now the big mogul of Coney and is now running the whole place and that‟s where our story starts.

Why did you decide to follow "The Phantom of the Opera" and why now?
I‟ve often thought that we left the original "Phantom" with a little bit of a cliff hanger and I thought, well, why not to do a sequel to it at one point. It took a very long time coming. I mean quite frankly, I thought about it 15 years ago, perhaps a little bit more. At that time I‟d come up with the idea about the "Phantom‟ going to America and I talked about it with Freddy Forsyth, the novelist who obviously wrote things like "The Day of the Jackal‟ - a very very successful and fine writer. We talked about it and we came up with a plot which he subsequently published as a little book called "The Phantom of Manhattan‟ but it just simply didn‟t gel for me and I couldn‟t find a way through it and it was left alone. The only one thing that I took away from the book would be this time the "Phantom‟ would live above everything and he shouldn‟t live below like he did underneath the opera house. So, I abandoned it frankly and I forgot about it. But, about three years ago I thought about it and came back and I thought "you know, there is the germ of an idea here‟ and I worked on it again with a couple of writers and again it didn‟t happen. But, I then worked with Ben Elton on a project and Ben who is a very very clever story teller said "you know what - this whole thing is really all cuckoo - you‟ve got a fantastic basis this idea of him going to America, the idea of him perhaps going to Coney Island, it‟s wonderful but you‟re not developing all of the original characters, you‟re not taking them with you, you‟re putting in new characters and I‟m going to do a plot which comes up with the original characters transported.‟ So, we have all of the five: "Raoul‟ and "Christine‟, "Meg‟, "Madam Giry‟ and "The Phantom.‟ They all appear in our piece and there‟s only one new character who‟s a 10-year old child of Christine and Raoul‟s called Gustave and that‟s what we came up with. Now, I‟m not going to give the story away but Ben unlocked it. I‟m very story driven and anybody who writes for musical theatre has to be very story driven and I couldn‟t write it when the story wasn‟t right. But the moment I had this outline, which was about just over 18 months ago, I was away and so the first thought

was "who‟d be a really great lyricist for this?‟ Everyone had been telling me about Glenn Slater, who wrote the notes for the "Little Mermaid" and who‟s written "Sister Act" now, and we clicked immediately so we got started.

Tell us about the two leads you have cast
Our lead is the present "Phantom‟ in London who‟s been playing it for a long time and has been a really popular and very sexy "Phantom,‟ I have to say, called Ramin Karimloo and he‟s just great. We‟ve just finished the recording of the complete album and it‟s all done now, unusually for a show. Our other principal, Sierra Boggess, who played the "Little Mermaid‟ in New York, I‟ve known for a while. She also played Christine as a young girl - well, she‟s very young now - but she was only 21 when she played "Christine‟ in Vegas for me in the Las Vegas version of "Phantom." She‟s a terrific actress and having just now recorded the whole thing and finished it I know they are an incredible fit. The passion that there is between the two of them, it‟s almost unbearable at sometimes -- it‟s so strong.

How will "Love Never Dies" roll out internationally?
Originally we thought that we‟d roll out "Love Never Dies" internationally very quickly and in fact we thought about doing three production at the same time. We drew back from that because I wasn‟t absolutely certain that we could cast it sufficiently well immediately like that. I thought that we must get the initial cast completely right which is why we‟ve got this unique thing of an album already recorded which contains our original cast and I don‟t think that‟s ever been done before. We are going to open in London in March, then in New York in November. All the plans now are pretty advanced for certainly the Far East, Canada is way on slate already and we hope that it will roll out around the world rather quicker than usual. But, it all depends on the cast.

Are you more excited or nervous about how "Love Never Dies" will be received?
Well, of course I‟m nervous - I‟m following up my own biggest success and there‟s no question about it. I mean "The Phantom of the Opera," really, is the biggest thing I‟ve ever done - even bigger than "Cats‟ which in itself I never thought we‟d top it. This is a piece I‟m very proud of I have to say. I think it‟s maybe more three-dimensional in terms of the characterization than the original piece was which really is a version of "Beauty and the Beast" with a bit of a twist. But, this one really does develop the characters in a way that I didn‟t have the opportunity to do in the old one and therefore it was a very exciting thing for me to write musically. So, yes, of course I‟m nervous about it but I‟m very proud of it and I‟m very, very much looking forward to seeing it on stage.

When you look at the phenomenon that is "The Phantom of the Opera" did you ever have any idea that it would be so successful?
Well, I must say when I wrote "Cats" and "Cats" became the longest running musical on Broadway I thought I‟ll never ever succeed in getting near this one and then nobody thought "Phantom" was going to be quite what it was. I remember when it opened in London it wasn‟t the favourite of the season in the sense that it was "Chess" the musical that everyone thought would be the absolute huge one that year. We came in as the sort of slight underdog and it just took off. I mean, I remember the first preview we knew we had something which was special but we didn‟t know that we had anything that would quite do this. We didn‟t know that we were going to have people changing their name to Christen Daae by deed poll and the whole thing that went with it. I mean it was way before the internet of course and you begin to wonder when we had these fan clubs that grew up all over the world. Every single performance at one point they reviewed you begin to wonder what on Earth would have happened if the Net had been around.

Anyway, yes it‟s a very tough act to follow and nobody ever thinks that the work they‟re going to do could ever be bigger than the one they do before, especially if you‟re lucky enough like I had to have such a huge thing as "Phantom" was.

What are your plans for the release of the album?
Although the album is completely finished and recorded, we‟re going to issue a couple of songs from it before the show opens but I want to keep the album until the show is finally on and we know exactly what it is. But, it will be out and available I think within days of the opening which is somewhat unusual I know, but it‟s all there, all done and we‟re keeping it under wraps at the moment.

Would you like to tell us about the international creative team you have brought together for "Love Never Dies"?
Well, as I said the story was unlocked by Ben Elton who did a wonderful synopsis which is the reason I‟m sitting here. Glenn Slater is my lyricist who I suppose is of the new young lyricists coming along, I mean, the most exciting I think. In fact, we‟re going to be working together again on the "Wizard of Oz‟ but that‟s another story. Our director is Jack O‟Brien, who of course is one of sort of America‟s legendary Broadway names. I was incredibly impressed by the fact that he managed to come up with "Hairspray," came up with his version of "Il trittico" by Puccini at the Metropolitan Opera House which is one of the most difficult operatic evenings to stage and Tom Stoppard‟s "The Coast of Utopia." In fact, it was through a friend of Tom Stoppard‟s that I came to him because Tom was so pleased with what he did. He‟s been fantastic joy, great fun and has been a rock in pulling it all together. We have Bob Crowley designing who is probably, I suppose, our foremost designer at the moment. One of the sadnesses about whole thing is that Maria Bjornson, who designed the original "Phantom," died very strangely and mysteriously very young only a few years ago. Of course, I did talk about the idea of the new "Phantom" with Maria but Bob was a very, very close friend of Maria‟s and in fact was a little of a mentor to her and I think, that in a way, we all feel the production is dedicated to her.

About the Artist
Andrew Lloyd Webber is the composer of The Likes of Us, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor© Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, By Jeeves, Evita, Variations and Tell Me On A Sunday later combined as Song & Dance, Cats, Starlight Express, The Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard, Whistle Down the Wind, The Beautiful Game and The Woman in White. He composed the film scores of Gumshoe and The Odessa File. He composed the official themes of the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona and the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano. His setting of the Latin Requiem Mass Requiem contains his famous version of Pie Jesu and won a Grammy for Best Contemporary Classical Composition. In 2004 he produced a film version of The Phantom of the Opera directed by Joel Schumacher and in 2006 a unique version of The Phantom of the Opera in Las Vegas. He pioneered television casting for musical theatre with the Emmy award-winning BBC series How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria? in 2006. He repeated his success with Any Dream Will Do which cast the title role of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and in 2008 he cast the musical Oliver! for the BBC. In 2010 he will work with the BBC on a new show to find Dorothy and Toto in the new production of The Wizard of Oz". His awards include seven Tonys, three Grammys, seven Oliviers, a Golden Globe, an Oscar, two International Emmys, the Praemium Imperiale, the Richard Rodgers Award for Excellence in Musical Theatre and The Kennedy Center Honor. He was knighted in 1992 and created an honorary life peer in 1997.

Ramin Karimloo: The Phantom
Ramin, born in Iran, began his career in his hometown of Toronto, Canada, singing in rock bands, one being a tribute to his all-time favourite, The Tragically Hip. Deciding to go into theatre, he played the roles of Jay Kurntiz in Lost in Yonkers and Shervin in Columbia House (both in rep at the Annex Theatre). From there he set sail and became part of the theatre companies for the MS Carousel (Airtours) and MV Oriana (P&O Criuses). In the UK, Ramin has played The Phantom and Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty's), Enjolras in Les Misérables (Queen's) and Chris in Miss Saigon (UK tour). He has also played the title role in Aladdin (Chatham Theatre), Pirate/Policeman in The Pirates of Penzance (Open Air Theatre, Regent's Park, and UK tour), Pirate King in The Pirates of Penzance (Theatre Royal, Bath), Artie Green and understudy Joe Gillis in Sunset Boulevard (UK tour) and Feuilly and understudy Marius in Les Misérables (Palace). Ramin had the privilege of performing as Enjolras in Les Misérables - A Special Concert at Windsor Castle to celebrate the centenary of the Entente Cordiale, in front of Her Majesty The Queen. Workshops and concerts include: Steve in Going Once, Menelaus in Helen of Troy written by Brian Johnson of AC/DC, Francisco in Zorro - The Musical co-written by flamenco guitarist Juan Martin, Leo Angelides in Moonshadow written by Cat Stevens, Simon Zealotes in Jesus Christ Superstar (Portchester Castle) and Marius in Les Misérables (Broadlands, Romsey and Powderham Castle, Exeter). Film and television include: Paul in Flipside and Christine's Father in The Phantom of the Opera, directed by Joel Schumacher. He was proud to play the role of The Phantom for the 21st anniversary performance in London. Ramin has now played all three of Christine's loves, Father, Raoul and Phantom. Recordings include: his own album `Within the Six Square Inch' and the première symphonic recording of Love Never Dies.

Sierra Boggess: Christine Daaé
Born and raised in Denver, Colorado, Sierra graduated in 2004 from Millikin University in Decatur, Illinois with a BFA in Musical Theatre. After graduation she moved to New York and landed the role of Binky in Princesses, a new musical, conceived and directed by David Zippel. Following the show's world premiere at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, Sierra then joined the Broadway National Tour of Les Misérables where she understudied the role of Cosette. In 2005 Sierra was hand picked by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Hal Prince to originate the role of Christine Daaé in Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular (Venetian Hotel, Las Vegas, Nevada) and in November 2007 Sierra made her Broadway debut creating the title role in Disney's The Little Mermaid (Lunt-Fontanne). During her two years with the company she performed on The Today Show, Good Morning America, NBC Today, The View, Entertainment Tonight, The Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and the 62nd Annual Tony Awards as well as appeared in `People Magazine' and on the cover of `USA Today' with Mario Lopez and Megan Mullally. For her performance as Ariel, Sierra received both Drama League and Drama Desk nominations and was the recipient of a Broadway.com Audience Award for Favorite Breakthrough Performance. Sierra starred as Sieglinde Lessing in the 2009 City Centre Encores production of Music in the Air alongside Douglas Sills and Kristin Chenoweth. She has also sung at Carnegie Hall with the New York Pops, at Town Hall for Broadway by the Year: the Musicals of 1954 and performed at Lincoln Centre as a part of the American Songbook Series. Recordings include: The Little Mermaid and the premiére symphonic recording of Love Never Dies. Love Never Dies will mark Sierra's West End debut.