screaming about the first unmasking in poto italy and it’s probably my favorite unmasking that I’ve seen
christine wakes up and she’s so EXCITED that erik is a man like she’s singing and she makes eye contact with and grins at him and it makes erik so nervous. right after she grins “there was a man” he turns around on the piano bench and starts fidgeting and glancing up at her as she approaches and then he scooches over as she sits beside him but she just moves closer and closer and they’re touching hands and then christine starts caressing the unmasked side of his face for a moment before taking off the mask. and then he just explodes and is all is THIS not what you wanted?? and then he starts off with a dark chuckle for stydi but he quickly loses face and he’s just so heartbroken about it. once christine sees he’s devastated more than anything, she looks at him with such compassion 🥺 and the final “oh christine, no” he cries and starts rocking back and forth weeping. christine tries to comfort him but he flinches away from her and huddles against the bed and christine tries again, holding out the mask and he finally takes it
Today is 6 months since Luca Gaudiano’s surprise Phantom debut in Milan! So I’m gifting the audio from @or-what-you-will of that performance
He went on cold: he hadn’t rehearsed in 4 months to fill in for Ramin Karimloo to sing not in his native language. He did incredibly well, with a few minor flubs. Note you can really hear the difference between their voices because the prerecorded bits are still Ramin.
The point of POTO Italy was to promote musical theater in Italy. Yet the show didn’t have a cast board and didn’t credit understudies in the program . I have a lot of commentary about the Italian production but my main criticism is how poorly the production did at uplifting the Italian cast members. So I hope you enjoy this audio to hear one of Italy’s rising stars. Note it’s best paired with the evening performance audio (still out there for trading) to hear differences even between the two.
Please put your comments on the audio in reblogs of this post!
Audio of Italy's opening night, graciously allowed to be shared by the master. I had shared this on YT, but it got taken down so I thought I would share it here.
Cast info: Ramin Karimloo, Amelia Milo, Bradley Jaden, Earl Carpenter, Ian Mowat, Anna Corvino, Gian Luca Pasolini, Alice Mistroni, Zoe Nochi
oh wow maybe i'm the only one who hadn't noticed but margherita toso posted some footage of herself as christine daae, presumably from the only day she went on in monte carlo!