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
Madame Chrysanthème (opera) Pierre reads Chrysanthème's letter in which she wrote that although she was smiling when they parted, he should remember, when far away, that in Japan that there are women who love, and cry. He tosses the lotus flowers she had given him into the sea and asks to forget his Japanese marriage. Notes References Madame Chrysanthème (opera) Prior to "Madame Chrysanthème", Messager had begun to establish himself as a composer with several ballet scores performed, success at the Opéra-Comique in 1890 with "La Basoche" and incidental music for the play "Hélène" in 1891. Refused by Carvalho at the Opéra-Comique "Madame