Musical theatre responsible for "Les Misérables", which became the longest-running international musical hit in history. The team, in collaboration with Richard Maltby Jr., continued to produce hits, including "Miss Saigon", inspired by the Puccini opera "Madama Butterfly". The British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber saw similar success with "Evita", based on the life of Argentina's Eva Perón; "Cats", derived from the poems of T. S. Eliot (both of which musicals originally starred Elaine Paige); "Starlight Express", performed on roller skates; "The Phantom of the Opera", derived from the Gaston Leroux novel, "Le Fantôme de l'Opéra"; and "Sunset Boulevard" (from the classic film of
Miss Julie (Alwyn opera) Miss Julie (Alwyn opera) Miss Julie is an opera in two acts by William Alwyn with a libretto by the composer, based on the play "Miss Julie" by Swedish playwright August Strindberg. The opera was premiered as a BBC Radio 3 broadcast on 16 July 1977. It received its staged premiere on 23 January 1979 at Kingsway Hall in London. This production run was recorded by Lyrita (see section recordings). More recently, the opera was performed at the Norwich Triennial Festival in October 1997. One addition that Alwyn made to the Strindberg original was the creation of the character of