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OA announces the cast for its Sydney Harbour production of Phantom

In his biggest role to date, Joshua Robson will don the mask of the Phantom of the Opera. He tells Limelight that the stars aligned for him this time and that he is "beyond words" at landing the role.

by Jo Litson on 2 February, 2022

Opera Australia has announced the cast for its Sydney Harbour production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera, with Joshua Robson landing the title role.

It will be the first time Melbourne-born Robson will don the Phantom’s mask and marks the biggest role in his career to date.

“I’m pumped! I am really beyond words, it is still so surreal,” Robson tells Limelight. “Even on the publicity day I was just trying to get my head around what this whirlwind adventure is going to be like because it is going to go for a hot second and then it will all be over, so I am just trying to stay as present as possible and lap it up as much as I possibly can.”

Joshua Robson, Georgina Hopson and Callum Francis, who will star in Handa Opera on Sydney Harbour – The Phantom of the Opera. Photo © Daniel Boud

Opera Australia will present the blockbuster musical – which has played for 35 years in the West End and for 34 years on Broadway – as its 2022 Handa Opera On Sydney Harbour in a brand...