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night-unfurls-its-splendour · 10 months

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"Come, pull my strings

Watch me move, I'll do anything..."

Gary Mauer & Jennifer Hope Wills (Broadway, 2007)

Paul Stanley & Melissa Dye (Toronto, 1999)

Akutagawa Eiji & Hanaoka Hisako (Sapporo, 1994)

Greg Mills & Mary Michael Patterson (Broadway, 2014)

Ted Keegan & Elizabeth Welch (Broadway, 2023)

Thomas Ambt Kofod & Sybille Glosted (Copenhagen, 2019)

Gary Mauer x Beth Southard (Dalls, 2006)

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operafantomet · 1 month

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NO CONTEXT SUPERHERO-RAOUL PHOTOS

Tomas Ambt Kofod, Copenhagen

Rodney Ingram, Broadway

Kyle Barisich, Broadway

Anton Zetterholm, Stockholm

Hwang Gun Ha, Seoul

Toby Joch, Oberhausen

Li Chenxi and Lin Shao, Shanghai

Patrick Wilson, 2004 movie

Nicky Wuchinger and Valerie Link, Hamburg

Ben Jacoby and Mark Campbell, Restaged US Tour

Ray Gabbard, Hamburg

John Riddle, Broadway

Björn Olsson, Hamburg

John Riddle, Broadway

Rodney Ingram, Broadway

Scott Gregory, Hamburg

Ray Gabbard, Hamburg

Björn Olsson, Hamburg

Ramin Karimloo, West End

Unidentified, Tokyo

Rhys Whitfield and Lucy St Louis, West End revival

Nadim Naaman and Celinde Schoenmaker, West End

Simon Thomas and Sofia Escobar, West End

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youaremusic1900 · 4 months

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While I was looking up photos of my wife & I "based" off the Love Never Dies Copenhagen cast (Louise Fribo & Tomas Ambt Kofod), I came across this one which encouraged you to caption it; so I did! If you wish, put YOUR caption in the comments! Our major pet peeves in one post! ~Thomas

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phantom-retrospective · 6 years

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Some covers. Also the melody of what eventually became the title song of Love Never Dies.

#poto #phantom #phantom of the opera #lnd #love never dies #covers #andrew lloyd webber #the beautiful game #german #danish #Gardar Thor Cortes #Jeremy Stolle #Jonathan Roxmouth #Louise Fribo #Thomas Ambt Kofod #Katherine Jenkins #our kind of love #the heart is slow to love #Kiri Te Kanawa

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wheel-of-fish · 5 years

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Could you make a gif compile of the Phantom wrapping himself around the portcullis? I think it's so funny and good.

Bonus!

1. Tomas Ambt Kofod & Sibylle Glosted2. Anthony Warlow3. Thomas Borchert & Anne Gorner4. Jeremy Stolle & Mary Michael Patterson5. David Shannon & Gina Beck6. Ben Crawford & Ali Ewoldt7. James Romick & Marie Danvers8. Ian Jon Bourg & Olivia Safe

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marleneoftheopera · 3 years

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1400 Followers Audio Gifts!

To thank you all for following me, being so wonderful, and just surviving a pandemic, here are some gifts from me!

I know I originally said I was going to do 10, but I got a good amount of requests and wanted to add in a few extra favorite audios of mine too. So you get 20! Sorry if I did not post your request; there were many!

If any need to be taken down, do let me know!

Here is the link to all of the audios, cast info is below!

https://www.mediafire.com/folder/a3xda9hu7mu3u/Gifts

The Phantom of the Opera

Michael Crawford, Rebecca Caine, Steve Barton October 10, 1987; London Listed as being Michael Crawford and Steve Barton's last before heading to New York to start rehearsals for Broadway. Beautiful soundboard audio. This is the complete version; there has previously been an incomplete one traded out.

Eiji Akutagawa, Kyoko Suzuki, Kanji Ishimaru September 22, 1991; Osaka Always here for Japanese love.

Hans Peter Janssens, Susanne Duwe, Michael Shawn Lewis, An Lauwreins, William Lynn Dixon, Marc Meersman, Arnst van Looy, Stephanie Tscheppe June 2, 2000; Antwerp, Belgium Final show in Belgium. Very nice cast all around.

Hugh Panaro, Adrienne McEwan, John Cudia, Patricia Phillips, Jeff Keller, George Lee Andrews, Marilyn Caskey, Larry Wayne Morbitt, Heather McFadden June 16, 2003; Broadway Hugh in his second Broadway run. Adrienne has become a favorite of mine and I think she never gets the credit she deserves, especially having been in the show for so long.

Hugh Panaro, Susan Owen (u/s), Kyle Barisich February 20, 2012; Broadway A lovely audio. Susan has such a sweet, light quality to her voice.

Hugh Panaro, Samantha Hill, Kyle Barisich, Michele McConnell, Greg Mills (u/s), Tim Jerome, Nathan Patrick Morgan (u/s), Carly Blake Sebouhian (u/s) April 6, 2013; Broadway More Hugh. You can never have enough Hugh.

Peter Joback, Emmi Christensson, Anton Zetterholm, Karolina Andresson, Glenn Kjellberg, Rolf Lydhal, Sindre Postholm, Sanna Martin, Tehilla Blad, David Ingham, Samuel Jarrick, Martin Kagemark, John Martin Bengtsson February 1, 2017; Stockholm I loved this production so much.

Ben Forster, Celinde Schoenmaker, Nadim Naaman, Charlotte Vaughan (u/s, last Carlotta show), Sion Lloyd, Mark Oxtoby, Paul Ettore Tabone, Joanna Strand (u/s, last Madame Giry show), Daisy Hulbert August 31, 2017; London A few days before cast change. One of my favorite audios as of late.

Fred Johanson, Hanna Liina Vosa, John Martin Bengtsson, Hanna Leena Haapamaki, Dardan Bakraqi, David Lundqvist, Anders Wangdhal, Lana Zuzic, Gisela Sjostedt, Lars Hijertner, Marco Stella, Tobja Halsell, Peter Loguin January 26, 2018; Gotheborg From the non-replica production. With John as Raoul this time!

Scott Davies, Kelly Mathieson, Jeremy Taylor, Lara Martins, Sean Lloyd, Mark Oxtoby, Jacinta Mulcahy May 31, 2018; London This is labeled as having Ben Lewis, but if you listen it’s really Scott.

Tomas Ambt Kofod, Sibylle Glosted, Christian Lund, Martin Loft (u/s), Monsieur André, Anna Vaupel (u/s), Rasmus Jupin, Elisabeth Halling, Imogen-Lily Ash, Jesper Paasch, Kim Hammelsvang, Paul Frederiksen, Paul Frederiksen (u/s), Mia Karlsson (u/s) February 13, 2019; Copenhagen Compared to other audios, you can tell that Sibylle has really settled in the role and improved wonderfully. She sounds absolutely divine. An absolutely gorgeous cast.

Jonathan Roxmouth, Meghan Picerno, Matt Leisy September 3, 2019; Tel Aviv One of Meghan's last shows on the World Tour before she joined the Broadway company. Jonathan and Meghan sound particularly stunning on here, they keep getting better which is insane because they are already so good.

Tim Howar, Amy Manford (alt), Jeremy Taylor, Ross Dawes, Alan Vicary, Kimberly Blake, Paul Ettore Tabone, Jacinta Mulcahy, Georgia Ware September 7, 2019; London Amy Manford's last show, the last matinee for the 2018/19 cast. Just to be clear, this audio is different from the other that is NFT. Pretty nice quality too!

Love Never Dies

Ramin Karimloo, Sierra Boggess, Joseph Millson, Liz Robertson, Summer Strallen, Niahm Perry, Adam Pearce, Jami Reid-Quarrell June 2, 2010; London A gift for all my Rierra/LND London fans out there.

Tomas Ambt Kofod, Louise Fribo, Christian Berg, Oscar Diez January 18, 2013; Copenhagen, Denmark This is an overlooked and gorgeous production. Also, after 'Love Never Dies' someone in the audience shouts "wow" and I think that captures it perfectly.

Evita

Emma Kingston (Eva), Ramin Karimloo (Che), Robert Finlayson (Peron), Anton Luiting (Magaldi), Isabella Jane (Mistress) July 4, 2018; Tokyo Emma as Eva and Ramin as Che. Some great casting there.

Anastasia

Annakathrin Naderer (u/s Anya), Thomas Hohler (Dimitry), Thorsten Tinney (Vlad), Mark Roy Luykx (u/s Gleb), Theresa Holter (Young Anastasia), Patricia Nessy (Lily Malevsky-Malevitch), Masha Karrell (Dowager Empress Maria), Katja Hentschel (u/s Tsarina Alexandra), Kirill Zolygin (Tsar Nicholas II/Count Ipolitov), Helena Thordal Christenson (Olga Romanov), Alexandra Yoana-Alexandrovna (u/s Tatiana Romanov/Dunya), Laura Robinson (u/s Maria Romanov/Marfa), Mariana Hidemi (Anastasia, age 17/Paulina) August 10, 2019; Stuttgart I have yet to listen to this one yet, but I always love spreading love for foreign productions of shows.

Les Miserables

Kyle Jean-Baptiste (u/s Valjean), Earl Carpenter (Javert), Erika Henningsen (Fantine), Chris McCarrell (Marius), Samantha Hill (Cosette), Brennyn Lark (Eponine), Max Quinlan (u/s Enjolras), Gavin Lee (Monsieur Thenardier), and Rachel Izen (Madame Thenardier) August 13, 2015; Broadway A really great cast and Kyle deserves to be heard. He was brilliant and it is such a shame he passed so early on in his life.

John Owen-Jones (Jean Valjean), Michael Ball (Javert), Carrie Hope Fletcher (Fantine), Matt Lucas (Thenardier), Katy Secombe (Thenardier), Bradley Jaden (Enjolras), Craig Mather (Marius u/s), Shan Ako (Eponine), Lily Kerhoas (Cosette) Earl Carpenter (Bishop/Bamatabois) October 16, 2019; Staged Concert, Gielguld Theatre Gorgeous.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Sheridan Smith (Narrator), Jason Donovan (Pharaoh), Jac Yarrow (Joseph), Femi Akinfolarin (Brother), Casey Al-Shaqsy (Wife), J.R. Ballantyne (Brother), Thalia Burt (Wife), Richard Carson (Reuben), Michael Cortez (Guard), Vanessa Fisher (Wife), Matt Krzan (Guard), Kelsie-Rae Marshall (Wife), Emily Ann Potter (Wife), Georgina Parkinson (Wife), Michael Pickering (Simeon), Harriet Samuel-Gray (Wife), Carl Spencer (Brother), Joshua Steel (Brother), Jack Wilcox (Brother), Blythe Jandoo (s/w Wife), Hannah Taylor (s/w Wife) July 17, 2019; London Jason coming back to the show as Pharaoh this time!

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glassprism · 4 years

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@marleneoftheopera tagged me to share my nine ten eleven favorite Phantoms. In semi-chronological order:

Michael Crawford

Ethan Freeman

Ian Jon Bourg

Saulo Vasconcelos

Brad Little

Gary Mauer

John Cudia

Earl Carpenter

Jeremy Stolle

Hugh Panaro

Tomas Ambt Kofod (bonus gif):

Also not included are: Dave Willetts, Mikael Samuelson, Alexander Goebel, Steve Barton, Kevin Gray, Tim Tobin, Thomas James O’Leary, Hans Peter Janssens, Scott Davies, Flemming Enevold, and Yoon Young Seok.

I tag: whoever wants to do it, since I don’t know who has or has not been tagged anymore, and also @atruevaljean, @madamefaust, @roadtophantom, @andrewlloydwebber, @oopperan-kummitus, @toru771, @the-shark-is-a-mammal, @vampyrekat

#Phantom of the Opera #Michael Crawford #Ethan Freeman #Ian Jon Bourg #Saulo Vasconcelos #Brad Little #Gary Mauer #John Cudia #Earl Carpenter #Jeremy Stolle #Hugh Panaro #Tomas Ambt Kofod #gifset

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mariasaltmuligblog · 6 years

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Anmeldelse af teaterkoncert Made In Aarhus.

Jeg var inde og se Teaterkoncerten Made In Aarhus d. 17/11-17 i Det Musiske Hus i Frederikshavn og det var den fedeste teaterkoncert jeg har været til i lang tid. De skuespiller/sangere som var med i koncerten var: Annette Heick, Trine Pallesen, Xenia Lach Nielsen, Tomas Ambt Kofod, Kris Herman og band som styrede musikken.

Musikken var skrevet af kunstnere som har en særlig forbindelse til Aarhus Eks. Thomas Helmig, TV2, Medina, Tina Dickow, Gnags, Flemming Bamse Jørgensen, Jacob Haugaard og mange flere. De var de fedeste versioner af de forskellige numre som blev spillet og sangerne nalede hver og en sang.

Teaterdelen var en fantastisk historie som blev piftet op med den virkelig gode musik - den samlede det hele til den fantastiske Forestilling

Jeg vil helt klart anbefale forestillingen, fordi det er nogle af de bedste skuespillere/sangere og musikken er virkelig god og det meste af det kan man nemt synge med på.

Alt i alt vil jeg give forestillingen 10 hjerter for den var fremragende og musikken var fantastisk ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

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lndnews · 9 years

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—LND Denmark (x)

#LND Denmark #Thomas Ambt Kofod #Louise Fribo #beneath a moonless sky

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night-unfurls-its-splendour · 1 year

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PotO Gifsets Masterpost Vol. I

A masterlist of gifsets I've made from various performances I've watched.

Ian Jon Bourg & Olivia Safe w. Kyle Gonyea (Hamburg, 2001)

Gary Mauer x Beth Southard (Dallas, 2006)

The First Lair

Point of no Return

Final Lair

Earl Carpenter & Rachel Barrell (West End, 2006)

The Phantom of the Opera

Music of the Night

Stranger Than You Dreamt It

Point of no Return

Final Lair Kiss

John Owen Jones & Rachel Barrell (West End, 2005)

Music of the Night

Point of No Return

Final Lair Kiss

John Owen Jones & Gina Beck (West End)

Music of the Night

Anthony Crivello & Kristie Holden (Las Vegas, 2008)

Phantom of the Opera

Music of the Night

Stranger Than You Dreamt It

Point of No Return: Part I

Point of No Return: Part II

The Final Lair: Part I

The Final Lair: Part II

Tomas Ambt Kofod & Sibylle Glosted (Copenhagen, March 2019)

Little Lotte (w. Christian Lund): Part I

Little Lotte: Part II

The Mirror: Part I

The Mirror: Part II

The Phantom of the Opera: Part I

The Phantom of the Opera: Part II

Music of the Night: Part I

Music of the Night: Part II

I Remember...: Part I

I Remember...: Part II

Stranger Than You Dreamt It: Part I

Stranger Than You Dreamt It: Part II

The Rooftop: Part I

The Rooftop: Part II

All I Ask of You: Part I

All I Ask of You: Part II

All I Ask of You: Part III

All I Ask of You: Part IV

Masquerade: Part I

Masquerade: Part II

Masquerade: Part III

Why So Silent?

Point of No Return: Part I

Point of No Return: Part II

Point of No Return: Part III

Point of No Return: Part IV

Point of No Return: Part V

Act II Unmasking

Final Lair: Part I

Final Lair: Part II

Final Lair: Part III

Final Lair: Part IV (The Kiss)

Final Lair: Part V

Final Lair: Part VI

Final Lair: Part VII

Michael Crawford & Dale Kristien (Broadway, 1988)

First Lair

Point of No Return

Michael Crawford & Dale Kristien (LA, 1988)

Music of the Night

Point of No Return

Thomas James O'Leary & Sandra Joseph (Broadway, 1996)

The Phantom of the Opera

Music of the Night

Point of No Return

Final Lair Kiss

Hugh Panaro & Samantha Hill (Broadway, 2011)

The Mirror

Phantom of the Opera

Music of the Night

Point of No Return

Final Lair Kiss

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night-unfurls-its-splendour · 1 year

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Thomas Ambt Kofod and Sibylle Glosted, The Final Lair: Part IV

#poto #poto musical #phantom of the opera #final lair kiss #the final lair #poto denmark #thomas ambt kofod #sibylle glosted #eristine #christine x erik #erik x christine #poto e/c #christine daae #erik the phantom

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night-unfurls-its-splendour · 1 year

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Tomas Ambt Kofod and Sibylle Glosted "Point of No Return": Part I

#poto musical #phantom of the opera #point of no return #ponr #poto #erik the phantom #christine x erik #christine daae #thomas ambt kofod #sibylle glosted

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night-unfurls-its-splendour · 1 year

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Tomas Ambt Kofod and Sibylle Glosted, "Music of the Night": Part I

#that caress!#whooo baby!#music of the night #phantom of the opera #poto denmark #sibylle glosted #thomas ambt kofod #christine x erik #erik the phantom #christine daae #poto musical #eristine #poto gifset

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night-unfurls-its-splendour · 6 months

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Hi! I was just wondering who's your favorite phantom actor?

Can be from any Poto play, or movie, or anything really.

I'm really curious!

This and similar questions have been popping up so much for me in the last week lol

I like to be extremely specific so I will give you a few of my favourites

I have been meaning to re-examine my favourites for a while now

So my favourite overall, my number one, my blorbo, the phantom closest to my heart is always going to be Gerard Butler. Say what you want about his singing, but ain't no other phantom ever done Pleading Eyes (tm) like that man.

For stage Phantoms the one who has a hold on my mind that just will not let go is Tim Martin Gleason. I love a tall phantom. I love that in the title song he does not order Christine to sing for him, he asks her. He conveys, with his intonation, that he asks for the honour of having her sing for him. I love how expressive he is. This man made so many choices.

Vocally I think the best singer that has ever played the phantom is John Owen Jones. But I think my favourite phantom Vocally is Tomas Ambt Kofod, because he--more than ANY other Phantom I have heard, sounds like Erik. His voice is remarkable in its smoothness and delicacy, but also very powerful.

He's also so sensual and gentle. He loves to administer loving touches and caresses to his Christine.

His final lair is also devastating

The Phantom actor I think I respect most is Ethan Freeman. This man has such a dedication to this character and to the book specifically. He refused to read Phantom by Susan Kay because he didn't want an apocryphal version of the character to influence his interpretation, which he specified modeled off of Leroux's Erik, adding touches pulled directly from the novel such as kissing (or almost kissing) the hem of Christine's robe during "Stranger Than You Dreamt It", as Erik kisses the hem of her dress in the book.

Seen here in the West End in 1995 with Jill Washington:

And here, in Essen, 11 years later with Anne Görner:

It seems that over time he evolved this moment to the point that he appears to abandon the thought before he brings it close to his lips--probably thinking he's not even worthy of touching her vestments.

He's got an almost faerie-goblin quality to his interpretation. Like he's just scuttled out of the Black Forest. He also leans into the idea of Erik-as-Magician

He's not afraid to be sensual either, though.

I think the most emotional phantom is Earl Carpenter. One of the first full boots I ever watched was Earl Carpenter with Rachel Barrel. His Music of the Night changed my brain chemistry forever. The gentleness! The vulnerability! The vacillation between confidence and fragility!!

The way he would jostle Christine a little when he caught her, his face a picture of panicked concern!

Though I think his interpretation of Erik as (for want of a better word) asexual is a little wacky (considering the text), it strangely works in favour of Erik's particular brand of sensuality, and it paired particularly well with Rachel's timid and apprehensive interpretation of Christine (which I generally dislike--here, though). And his singing has only improved with maturity. The raw emotion of his All I Ask of You (Rooftop Reprise) in his 2023 run is shattering. Absolutely shattering.

My favourite feral Phantom is without a doubt Scott Davies. If you ever want to see the most unhinged "Let these freaks be together" e/c show you've ever seen you have GOT to watch Scott Davies with Meredith Braun. Ethan Freeman's got the Goblin King energy and Anthony Crivello has the Sewer Gremlin vibe, but if you ever want a Phantom with a real primal streak, you can do no better than long-standing West End understudy Scott Davies:

This guy tackled the role with a ferocity and an audacity that you don't generally find outside of Russian productions.

His Phantom hands? Oh Lordy!

And the best part is that Meredith's Christine was picking up EVERYTHING he was laying down. Her Christine is just as mad, just as feral, just as unhinged. And especially paired with such a hearty goodfellow Raoul as Matthew Cammelle--Raoul would have done well to gtfo of there. He was NOT prepared to handle this lmao.

And then there's Ted Keegan. Who for me will always be the Phantom that got away. If I had just done a little more research before--just three months into my poto obsession--booking my tickets to see phantom before it closed on Broadway, I might have had the transcendent experience of seeing Ted Keegan live. As it was, I had no idea he was even still playing the phantom, and wound up with Ben Crawford instead.

And I would be remiss if I finished this list without naming Thomas James O'Leary. Like Ethan Freeman, O'Leary leans into Erik's ghostly persona, with a magician's touch. I think he took a lot of inspiration from Lon Chaney's Phantom (note the position of his hands here).