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Dream run for young Phantom star

13 Mar, 2008 07:00 AM
Nadia Komazec says she's living a dream in her role as a principal performer in one of the world's most popular stage musicals.

Eighteen-year-old Nadia comes from Adelaide and is in a national touring production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's classic The Phantom Of The Opera.

It's a dream come true for Komazec, who plays Meg Giry, a friend to the leading lady, Christine Daa.

She was selected to join the cast more than a year ago for the show's Singapore run.

She then continued in the role for the Melbourne season and is now with the production in Brisbane.

"I'm loving it," she said last week, speaking to the Blacktown Sun while she was on her way to a rehearsal.

"We're getting a standing ovation almost every night here in Brisbane."

Komazec said she was looking forward to playing for Sydney audiences when the show finally opened at the Lyric Theatre, Star City.

The season opens on May 11 and already shows have been scheduled to run through to the end of July, so popular has it been everywhere it has played.

"I feel so blessed to be so young and part of such a company, which includes such great artists as Anthony Warlow and Jackie Rees" she said.

"They are so inspiring."

For Komazec, the role of Giry, the daughter of dance teacher Madame Giry, is somewhat ironic and strangely coincidental.

"It's art imitating life really," she said.

"My mother is a dance teacher."

Komazec studied singing and dancing at her mother's dance studio.

She says she grew up in a household where such artists as the dancers Gene Kelly and Fred Astaire and the perennial favourite Judy Garland and their contemporaries were held in the highest esteem.

Komaxec says she hopes to be a leading lady.

"There's nothing I enjoy more than being on stage," she said.

Komazec says The Phantom Of The Opera has a magical and timeless quality. She says audience recation is proving that it's every bit as popular today as when it first came to Australia in the early '90s.

As mentioned above Anthony Warlow, Australia's first Phantom, has reprised his role in the current production.

He is joined by an impressive supporting cast, which includes new talent Ana Marina as Christine, the object of the Phantom's desire.

The Phantom Of The Opera has been running on Broadway for 20 years the longest running musical on Broadway. It has won more than 50 major theatre awards, including seven Tony Awards.

To book, call Ticketmaster on 1300 795 267 or visit www.ticketmaster.com.au.

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