#evgeny zaytsev

[andrewlloydwebber]

Phantom, recreated

Unknown "Bacchus" and Evgeny Zaytsev (Moscow), recreated by Gustavo Ceccarelli and Henrique Moretzsohn (São Paulo revival)

Meg Chilcott and Maree Johnson (Australia), recreated by Ali Ewoldt and Maree Johnson (Broadway)

Lorraine Chappel and Sarah Ryan (UK tour), recreated by Sara Esty and Emilie Kouatchou (Broadway) AND Ellie Young and Holly Anne Hull (West End revival)

Jonathan Roxmouth and Meghan Picerno (Third World Tour), recreated by Thiago Arancam and Daruã Góes (São Paulo revival)

Rob Pitcher and Elizabeth Welch (Oberhausen), recreated by Paul Ettore Tabone and Kelly Mathieson (West End)

[marleneoftheopera]

Happy National Hugging Day! 

3 of these are very much unlike the others, but I bet you will NEVER be able to figure out which ones they are.

[fallenidolandfalsefriend]

icb it took me this long to set this as my desktop photo HHHHHHHHH they’re so fuckING ADORABLE AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

[lahomie]

Ivan Ozhogin, Mercedesz Csampai and Evgeny Zaytsev (Russia)

Ivan and Mercedesz touch their lips.

Evgeny turn the Mercedesz's face.

Mercedesz look back, towards the Phantom.

[ballerinadellamusica]

The Phantom Moscow Leads during the cast album signing. Left to right: Tamara Kotova/Тамара Котова, Dmitry Ermak/Дмитрий Ермак, Elena Bahtiyarova/Елена Бахтиярова, Irina Samoilova/Ирина Самойлова, Ivan Ozhogin/Иван Ожогин and Evgeny Zaytsev/Евгений Зайцев. From phantom Moscow facebook.

[cdaae]

Elena Bahtiyarova and Evgeny Zaytsev

[glassprism]

Who are the soft boy Raouls? Like Michael Shawn Lewis, Eugeny Zaytsev, etc?

And from another anon:

it's a bit hard to imagine Raoul singing lines  such as "believe me there's no Phantom of the opera" in a not dimissive way even with some of the softer Raouls. Can you point us to some videos where Raoul does the rooftop scene in a total opposite Hadley Fraser way? 

Michael Shawn Lewis is definitely very soft, Evgeny Zaycev too, though he has a strength to him. Zaycev also makes me think of Nicky Wuchinger, who was Raoul around the same time but in the Hamburg production (and briefly in Oberhausen). Wuchinger can come off a little irritated at the beginning, but he’s a softie at heart, and you kind of understand that he’s a Raoul who’s just mildly annoyed at everyone except Christine. He’ll fight everyone he sees! - except Christine. He’ll fight them for Christine! The managers, Madame Giry, the Phantom, he’ll take all of them on.

Anyway, as for other soft Raouls, Christian Lund definitely comes to mind, as well as the little I saw of Christopher Carl, and appearance-wise anyway, they both give off similar vibes of, like, big blonde men who are actually very comforting. Lund especially has a great rooftop, always so aware of Christine’s boundaries and comfort zone. Jim Weitzer is yet another and has the funniest faces, and also Michael Ball, John Cudia, and Jordan Donica, though like with Zaycev, they have a will and a solidity to them, they’re not just soft pillow-men. There’s a strong protective core there, especially with Cudia and Donica, who are more than ready to be Christine’s knight in shining armor. Matt Leisy has some nice moments too, though part of this might be because fans know he’s very fun offstage. And when I first heard him, I thought Jay Armstrong Johnson was a very gentle, sweet Raoul, but boy did that change... ah well.

[fallenidolandfalsefriend]

omg thank you for the tag, @ashadeintheshade!!! I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT HOW MUCH I WANT TO SEE A FULL ASS BOOT OF EVGENY AND MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED HNNNNGGG EVGENY.......🥺👉👈

Saturday, August 29 • 9 p.m. EST: Ivan Ozhogin, Tamara Kotova & Evgeny Zaycev (Moscow 2015)

Not only is this a great cast, it’s a video that only semi-recently hit the trading circuit so I have not seen it and I’m excited! All three performers are fan favorites, and their chemistry is just…*chef’s kiss*. 

As always, stream will be on cy.tube and shy anons are welcome. Link and password will be posted here at 8:45.

(gifs are from a different video!)

[phantomchristinesuk]

Тамара Котова/Tamara Kotova will be singing as Christine in the Broadway Hits & More concert in Saint Petersburg on 31st May.

She will be singing Призрак оперы/Phantom of the Opera with Иван Ожогин/Ivan Ozhogin & Все, о чем прошу/All I Ask of You with Евгений Зайцев/Evgeny Zaytsev.

Pictures: Tamara Kotova official Group (Alina Kopeykina and Kseniya Loginova & Assol) on VK & Tamara Kotova Instagram

[youcannottakeitwithyou]

Evgeny Zaytsev (Russian, 1935-2019).

[andrewlloydwebber]

ALW and his company Really Useful Group probably think they're taking direct action by not including the russian cast recording on the "phantom of the opera global edition" compilation despite the fact that the 2015 russian album is the most recent phantom cast recording

[marleneoftheopera]

Two photos I have not yet seen of Mercedesz Csampai. Today marks 3 years since she played her last Christine show. From her Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/Bllx73fgZwN/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=q3rkrwmh1rp7

[fallenidolandfalsefriend]

raoul call: fiff’s favorite panini heads

[ange-de-la-musique]

Reviewing more phantoms and Raouls. As usual, I’m doing both in one post.

Dmitry Ermak had a very good first lair, with a sensual motn and a very strong unmasking. He had a very nice, classic phantom voice that he made rather raspy in his more emotional scenes, which I enjoyed. He was a very...wriggly boy in stydi, I loved it. Very much enjoyed his second unmasking and final lair, he played a very tired, sad phantom who did a very good job reacting to Christine and Raoul.

I’ve said before why I like Hugh Panaro (along with a million other people) but I’ll say it again here I guess. His reputation as a “sexy phantom” is uh not unfounded. His acting really emphasizes the sensuality and underlying darkness of the character. Every aspect of his movement is clearly very well thought out. I know he’s a fan of Susan Kay’s phantom and it definitely comes across in his performance. He can also be very sassy at times, which I’m not always a huge fan of but it definitely works well with his performance.

Cooper Grodin....oh Cooper. His voice is...as others have pointed out, he sounds like he was doing some heavy drinking before performing. His acting is extremely aggressive even for the restaged tour. He barely cared about Christine and it felt like he barely cared about the show.

As with Hugh, it’s been discussed why Michael Crawford is so wonderful, aside from bringing to life the character and creating an iconic portrayal. His acting is truly something else, I suppose it helps that as the first he isn’t influenced by any other actors in the role and truly took the time to make it his own. He has a very smooth, elegant motn, with the whole thing feeling like one very long, deliberate movement with a lot of emphasis on his hands. His more distressed scenes have some very Lon Chaney vibes, with more great hands and great distressed noises. His very light voice works well with his portrayal, making him feel even more ethereal and simultaneously phantom-like and angel-like.

Marcus Lovett has a pretty rough voice. Not necessarily bad, just rough. His acting though...we love to see it. A hypnotic motn, he’s very mature, very in control, knows what he’s doing and is perfectly comfortable leading Christine around his lair. This maturity extends all throughout the show up to the final lair, when he seems old and tired. He’s certainly no man-child yet there’s a real sense of desperation.

As for Raouls...

I wasn’t too impressed with Evgeny Zaytsev at first but he significantly improved when with a decent Christine. Overall he can be relatively boring but he does have quite a few nice touches, and his final lair stands out as very good.

Jeremy Hays was there. He existed. He had a very nice voice, I just found his acting kind of boring, he didn’t do much.

Ben Jacoby came across relatively charming in Little Lotte and got progressively worse from there, culminating in him grabbing Grace Morgan’s ears and dragging her head around the rooftop like that.

Reece Holland has a hell of a voice and he knows how to use it. He has some very interesting infliction and was clearly having fun playing with the notes. He was a very earnest, very sweet Raoul who put a lot of energy into his performance.

Simon Thomas doesn’t really stand out to me in any way other than his good chemistry with Anna O’Byrne. He doesn’t really do much but he does go out of his way to be very gentle and soft with Anna’s more nervous, hysterical approach and they work well together.

[sewerik]

🔥

I know she was an understudy in a non-english production but Mercedesz Csampai was SUCH a good christine

Send me a “ 🔥 “ for an unpopular opinion.

[ballerinadellamusica]

Phantom of the Opera Moscow Christine and others Hannibal Slave girl photoset. Mercedesz Csampai/Мерседес Чампаи and the ballet girls Valeria Migalina/Валериа Мигалина and Mercedesz Csampai/Мерседес Чампаи Anastasia Efimova/Анастасия Ефимова, Evgeny Zaytsev/Евгений Зайцев, Mercedesz Csampai/Мерседес Чампаи and Valeria Migalina/Валериа Мигалина. Picture Credit: Mercedesz Csampai Instagram