But his identity has been revealed alongside the new cast of The Phantom of the Opera. The long-running West End musical welcomed an entirely revamped company for the first time in 35 years ahead of its triumphant return to Her Majesty's Theatre last night. It was forced to shut for the first time last year due to the pandemic. Olivier Award-nominee Killian Donnelly plays the Phantom alongside Lucy St Louis as opera singer Christine Daae – marking the first time a black actor has starred in the role either in London or on Broadway. Pictures show Donnelly's Phantom in the shadows as Christine embraces Raoul, played by Rhys Whitfield. Producer Sir Cameron Mackintosh, 74, called the show 'a completely new version' of the original, which was 'tried out' at the Curve in Leicester last February.