Phantom of the Opera Water Globes

As befits a homage to Broadway's longest-running show, the craft-work on these featured Phantom ornaments are divine.

There is a keen attention to detail, as the artists know that their pieces are destined to enter the homes of proper fans. People who will know every detail of each scene depicted.

There are Phantom inspired water globes to suit every taste. Both stationary and rotating ornaments, rendered in plastic or resin; some playing music, others not. The glitter rain within can be plain silver or in a rainbow of colors. Check them out, that's all I ask of you.

Christine's father promised her that he'd send her the Angel of Music. Therefore it was an easy mistake to make, when a seemingly preternatural being took an interest in her singing, to assume that he was one and the same.

The general effect was particularly enhanced by the fact that there was nothing to see during their first encounters. The Phantom took the form of an apparently disembodied voice, tutoring chorus girl Christine within the confines of her tiny bedroom.

How was she to know that her full-length mirror concealed a hidden entrance?

With a resin base and a glass dome, this 6" high water globe captures the moment when that secret mirror door was opened. Her Angel of Music thus revealed, Christine was already groomed to perfection to enter into the most dangerous romance of her life.

Disturb the globe and iridescent flakes dance against its dark background, like a little metaphor for Christine herself.

Standing 5.75" high, this Music of the Night Phantom Water Globe rains glitter when shaken.

The Phantom glitter-dome recalls one of the most memorable tunes from the musical. Music of the Night comes at the moment of Christine's greatest peril.

After her shadowy stalker has lured her into his lair beneath the opera house, he sings this to induce a kind of trance-like wonder in the teenager. Christine doesn't even resist, as he hands her off the boat towards her first glimpse of the carefully prepared Fate in store for her.

There's an even stranger connection in real life. It's well known that Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote his musical adaptation, as a West End vehicle for his wife Sarah Brightman. She was the first ever Christine.

Less publicized is the fact that Music of the Night pre-dates the show by several years. On the night that Andrew met Sarah, he returned home all inspired.  An early version of this song was the result.

It's a little bit creepy, when you contemplate that for too long! But she did marry him, and he did make her a star...

This rotating Phantom of the Opera water globe depicts the moment when the Phantom steps out of the shadows. He engages Christine in a powerful duet, which culminates in an actual embrace.

Can we say sexual tension? Or are we sticking with 'what sweet seduction lies before us'?

Standing 5.75" the Christine and Phantom water globe cascades multi-colored flakes when disturbed. A feat easy to create, as the glass ornament slowly spins, while playing Music of the Night.

I debated whether this water globe of the monkey music box from Phantom of the Opera belonged at the beginning or the end. It's kind of both, isn't it?

Entitled Memories, with very good reason as fans of the show know, it represents a kinder, gentler side to the Phantom. Encapsulated in the clockwork movements of the monkey's cymbals, and the music too, are hints of innocence. The once innocent boy, who grew through trauma to become the Phantom.

Or could perhaps be redeemed by the love of Christine.  Or further lost to the shadows.

The largest water globe inspired by Phantom of the Opera, it's 7" tall. The ornate black, gold and red base was crafted from resin. Colorful iridescent flakes rise into a frenzy, when the Phantom monkey water globe is shaken.

Quite fittingly, there is a key to wind this one up. Like all of the rest, the glitter-dome plays Music of the Night.