The Phantom of The Opera (1986 Musical) - Recordings

Recordings

Cast recordings have been made of the London, German, Canadian, Austrian, Japanese, Mexican, Korean, Polish, Dutch, Swedish, and Hungarian productions.

The recording of the 1986 original London cast, released by Polydor Records in 1987, became the first album in British musical history to enter the UK albums chart at #1. It was released in both a single CD Highlights From The Phantom of the Opera and a two CD Phantom of the Opera, both of which have been certified 4× Platinum in the US. Phantom was also certified 3× Platinum in the UK. The Canadian cast recording went 2× Platinum in Canada. In Switzerland, Phantom was certified 3× Platinum and Highlights was certified 2× Platinum. Recordings of the Vienna cast and the Hamburg cast were certified Gold and triple Platinum, respectively, in Germany. It is believed that the original album recording has sold over 40 million copies worldwide.

A live recording of The Phantom of the Opera at the Royal Albert Hall was released in the UK on 15 November 2011 and subsequently in the U.S. and Canada on 7 February 2012, along with Blu-ray and DVD videos, and a collectors' box set of the Royal Albert concert, the original cast recording, and the sequel, Love Never Dies.