ATLANTA – First-time lead actress Emmy Rossum is outfitted in some serious costumes in The Phantom of the Opera.“All the costumes are evocative of the things she’s feeling inside,” Rossum ...

When she was a teenager, Rossum auditioned, in full costume and make-up, for the role of Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera. Though she almost missed the audition due to a prior family ...

Rossum stressed that Christine had to be relatable to audiences. In addition, Rossum said The Phantom of the Opera is a character-driven story for her even though it is visually sumptuous.