'The Phantom Of The Opera' is set for Malaysian debut at Istana Budaya

Jonathan Roxmouth, who plays the Phantom, says his character is a misunderstood creature. Photo: Base Entertainment

The call of his voice was irresistible. Its dark magnetism and deep melancholy ignited something that she’d never felt before. Here was a forbidden passion … a desire so lustful and dangerous, that even before she realised it, young Christine Daae was under the spell of this fallen angel of music.

Let your soul take you where you long to be, only then can you belong to me, the Phantom said to Christine, and for that one blind night, she surrendered to her darkest dreams. Both characters - Christine and the Phantom - are central to The Phantom Of The Opera storyline.