#martin bengtsson

[rickchung]

Börje: The Journey of a Legend (prod. Martin Bengtsson).

Crave's six-episode biographical miniseries about the life of Swedish ice hockey player and Toronto Maple Leafs legend Börje Salming (played by Valter Skarsgård) tells his remarkable journey humble beginnings all the way to the NHL.

[operafantomet]

Character photos of John Martin Bengtsson (Phantom), Hanna Ulvan (Christine) and Jonathan Böiers (Raoul) from Kristianstad, Sweden. Scans from the souvenir brochure.

[marleneoftheopera]

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[glassprism]

John Martin Bengtsson and Hanna Ulvan - ‘Final Lair’

Kristianstad production; February 2023

[andrewlloydwebber]

Hanna Ulvan (u/s Christine) and John Martin Bengtsson (u/s Raoul), Stockholm revival. These two would later star as principal Christine and Phantom in the non replica production in Kristianstad, Sweden.

[thesarahfiles]

On July 25, 2023, Sarah performed at billionaire Anders Wiklöf’s 77th birthday celebration concert in Mariehamn, Finland. John Martin Bengtsson joined Sarah in singing "The Phantom of the Opera". Norwegian soprano Sissel Kyrkjebø, Eurovision star Käärijä, Danish singer Sanne Salomonsen, and Swedish singers Niklas Strömstedt and Linnea Henriksson were some of the other stars that provided the entertainment for this special concert held at the Åland islands. #sarahbrightman #finland #anderswiklöf

[reitsportportal]

European Championship Jumping Milano: The German team leads in the team ranking, Jens Fredricson in the individual ranking

Philipp Weishaupt, the best-placed German rider in the individual ranking after the second qualification Surprising results in the second qualification for the finals in Milan Team Germany rides in 1st place After yesterday’s opening competition, the starting position for the German team was third place with 5.31 points. Sweden was in the lead ahead of the again very strong Swiss. Marcus Ehning…

[favescandis]

New artwork and trailer for Valter Skarsgård's new series 'Börje - The Journey of a Legend' coming to ViaPlay on November 19, 2023

Börje - The Journey of a Legend | Trailer | A Viaplay Series

Cast

Valter Skarsgård, Hedda Stiernstedt , Jason Priestley, A.C. Petersen, Jack Langedijk, Oscar Skagerberg, Kelly Van der Burg, Jon McClaren.

Directed by Amir Chamdin

Written by Martin Bengtsson

[goalhofer]

2024-25 Carolina Hurricanes famous relations

#31 Frederik Andersen: Son of Denmark U16 national hockey team assistant coach Ernst Andersen, nephew of former Herning I.K. LW Kim Mohrs-Andersen & former Vimmerby Hockeyklubb head coach Hans Nordström, brother of former Herning I.K. D Sebastian Andersen, former Herning Blå Ræv G Valdemar Andersen & Rögle Bandyklubb Kvinder D Amalie Andersen and cousin of former Herning Blå Ræv D Victor Andersen & Hvidovre II D Karl Mohrs-Andersen. #53 Jackson Blake: Son of former Anaheim Ducks LW Jason Blake. #18 Jack Drury: Son of former Krefeld Pinguine C Ted Drury & nephew of New York Rangers president/GM Chris Drury. #71 Jesper Fast: Cousin of Jonstorps I.F. G Adam Bengtsson & Rögle Bandyklubb C Anton Bengtsson. #4 Shayne Gostisbehere: Cousin of A.S. Facture-Biganos Boiens CB Ugo Gostisbehere. #82 Jesperi Kotkaniemi: Son of Finland U17 national hockey head coach Mikael Kotkaniemi and brother of Porin Karhu H.T. G Kasperi Kotkaniemi. #41 Spencer Martin: Brother-in-law of Florida Panthers LW Jonah Gadjovich. #50 Eric Robinson: Brother of Traktor Chelyabinsk RW Charles Robinson III. #74 Jaccob Slavin: Brother of Chicago Wolves LW Josiah Slavin. #11 Jordan Staal: Brother of former Florida Panthers C Eric Staal, New York Rangers player development assistant Marc Staal & Savannah Ghost Pirates head coach Jared Staal and cousin of former Nottingham Panthers RW Jeff Heerema. #37 Andrei Svechnikov: Brother of Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod LW Evgeny Svechnikov.

[noppan]

Using LUMA AI to morph between the different MOTN poses of The Phantom Of The Opera. Depicted: 1. Jonathan Roxmouth & Emilie Lynn (Manila 2012) 2. Ramin Karimloo & Amelia Milo (Italy 2023) 3. Josh Piterman & Amy Manford (Australia 2022) 4. Radim Schwab & Tereza Štěpánková (Czech Republic 2023?) 5. Joshua Robson & Georgina Hopson (Sydney Harbour 2022) 6. John Martin Bengtsson & Hanna Ulvan (Sweden 2022) 7. Espen Grjotheim & Astrid Giske (Oslo 2018) 8. Fred Johanson & Sofie Asplund (Finland 2017) 9. Stephen Hansen? & Maria Listra? (Estonia 2014)

Photo credits : @operafantomet on tumblr.

[efarttt]

what did the original picture of Christine inspecting the Phantom's hands look like?

It's this one! The actors are John Martin Bengtsson and Frida Engström : )

[exhibitionsvisited]

2024

This year I visited the following exhibitions

10th Jan, Zara Sands and Olly Centres, General Practice, Lincoln

12 Jan, Bodies for Practice, Project Space Plus, Lincoln

2nd Feb, Seasonal Strokes, General Practice, Lincoln

9 Fefb, Chris Ofilli and William Blake, Tate Britain, London

9 Feb, Chris Ofilli, Tate Britain, London

9 Feb, Woman in Protest, Tate Britain, London

9 Feb, Richard Hamilton, Tate Britain, London

9 Feb, Yuri Pattison and J M W Turner, Tate Britain, London

9 Feb, Zineb Saleh Tate Britain, London

9 Feb, Cat Flap Blink, Terrace Gallery, London

9 Feb, Victor Bengtsson, Public, London

9 Feb, Martin Aagaard Hansen, Tanja Nis-Hansen & Kazuyuki Takezaki , Union Pacific, London

9 Feb, Mao Yan, Pace Gallery, London

9 Feb, ,Ziping Wang, Unit, London

9 Feb, Zach lieberman, Unit, London

9 Feb, Conversation Galante, Pillar Corris, London

9 Feb, Frank Bowling ,Hauser and Wirth, London

9 Feb, Uman ,Hauser and Wirth, London

9 Feb, Willem Sasnal, Sadie Coles ,London

9 Feb, Anna Barriball, Frith St,London

9 Feb, Emi Otaguro, Masanori Tomita, Nobuya Hitsuda & Yutaka Nozawa , Sadie Coles,London

9 Feb, Come Home, Sadie Coles ,London

9 Feb, Zineb Sedira, Goodman Gallery,London

9 Feb, Marc Chagall, Alon Zakaim, London

9 Feb, Polymythologies, Tiwani Contemporary,London

9 Feb, Jeffrey Gibson, Stephen Friedman,London

9 Feb, Claire Gavronsky, Goodman Gallery ,London

9 Feb, Rose Shakinovsky, Goodman Gallery ,London

9 Feb, Olivia Flax, Holtermann ,London

9 Feb,Burri, Miró , Ermnst, Nahmad Projects,London

9 Feb, Gerhard Richter, David Zwirner ,London

9 Feb, Drawn into the Present, Thaddeus Ropac ,London

9 Feb, Andy Warhol, Thaddeus Ropac ,London

9 Feb, Pauline Boty, Gazelli, ,London

9 Feb, Karel Appel, Max Hetzler, ,London

9 Feb, Alexis Hunter, Richard Saltoun, ,London

9 Feb, Premiums 1, Royal Academy ,London

9 Feb, Entangled Pasts, Royal Academy ,London

16 Feb, Punk: Rage and Revolution, Northampton Museum & Art Gallery

16 Feb, Material Matters, Northampton Museum & Art Gallery

16 Feb, Elke Pollard, Northampton Museum & Art Gallery

21 Feb, Practice Research, Project Space Plus, Lincoln

22 Feb,  Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Nottingham Contemporary

22 Feb, Dora Budor, Nottingham Contemporary

22 Feb, Danica Maier, Beam, Nottingham

1 March, Andrew Bracey, General Practice, Lincoln

8 March, Darren Diss and Brian Voce, The Hub, Sleaford

8 March, Jo Cope, The Hub, Sleaford

20 March, Mirrors Windows Portals, project space plus, Lincoln

23 March, Feng-Ru Lee, Weston Gallery, Nottingham

23 March, Dan Rapley, Angear Visitor Centre, Nottingham

23 March, Saad Qureshi, Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham

23 March, Fascinating Finds from Nottingham's Caves, University of Nottingham Museum

23 March,Peep Show, Bennington Gallery, Nottingham

23 March, Shahnawaz Hussain, Bennington Gallery, Nottingham

23 March, Osheen Siva, Bennington Gallery, Nottingham

23 March, Debsyo Bolaji, New Art Exchange, Nottingham

24 March, Jason Wilsher-Mills, Lincoln Museum

12 April, When Forms Come Alive,  Hayward Gallery, London

12 April, Virginia Verran, Michael Richardson Contemporary Art, London

12 April, Secundino Hernández , Victoria Miro Gallery, London

12 April, Neal Rock, New Art Projects, London

12 April, Salvador Dali, Clarendon Fine Art, London

12 April, Unravel, Barbican, London

12 April, Soufiane Ababri, Barbican, London

12 April, Ibrahim Mahama, Barbican, London

12 April, Lobert Zandvilet, Grimm, London

12 April, Reina Sugihara, Arcadia Misa, London

12 April, Marria Pratts Carl Kostyal, London

12 April, Richard Serra,David Zwirner, London 

12 April, Marcelina Akpojotor, Rele, London

12 April, Fathi Hassan,Richard Saltoun, London 

12 April, Erwin Wurm,Thaddaeus Ropac, London 

12 April, Harold Cohen, Gazelli Art House, London 

12 April, Adam Pendleton, Galerie Max Hetzler, London 

12 April, Nancy Haynes,  Marlborough, London 

12 April, Shizuko Yoshikawa, Marlborough, London

12 April, Shizuko Yoshikawa and Bridget Riley, Marlborough, London

12 April, Betty Parsons,Alison Jacques, London 

12 April, Woody De Othello, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London 

12 April, Peter Blake,  Waddington Custot Galleries, London

12 April, Standing in the Gap, Goodman Gallery, London 

12 April, Ulla von Brandenburg, Pilar Corrias, London 

12 April, Lindokuhle Sobekwa, Goodman Gallery, London

12 April, The Leisure Centre, The Brown Collection, London 

12 April, Shine On,Sadie Coles HQ Davies St, London

12 April, Albert Oehlen, Gagosian, London 

12 April, Gavin Turk, Ben Brown Fine Arts, London 

12 April, François Morellet,Annely Juda Fine Art, London 

12 April, Thomas Allen, Ronchini Gallery, London 

12 April, Darya Diamond, Pippy Houldsworth, London

12 April, Li Hei Di, Pippy Houldsworth, London

12 April, Florence Hutchings, Redfern Gallery, London

12 April, Marilyn Lerner, Spruth Magers, London

12 April, Barabara Kruger, Spruth Magers, London

12 April, Edward Burtynsky, Flowers, London

12 April, Terry Frost, Flowers, London

12 April, Cinthia Marcelle,Sprovieri, London 

12 April, Matthias Groebel,Gathering, London 

12 April, Raqs Media Collective, Frith Street Gallery, London 

12 April, Kati Heck, Sadie Coles, London

17 April, Trim, Project Space Plus, Lincoln

26 April, Marking Time, General Practice, Lincoln

8 May, Cache 05, Anglia Storage, Lincoln

8 May, Sacred Spaces, St Peter and Gowt, Lincoln

8 May, Parting of the Minds, Project Space Plus, Lincoln

8 May, Paul Letchworth, Gallery St. Martin's, Lincoln

11 May, Anna Reading, Uffington Notice Board

12 May, Common Ground, Uffington Village Hall

15 Ma, Groundings, Project Space Plus, Lincoln

29 May, Caravaggio, St Johns Cathedral, Valletta

31 May, Durer, Mdina Cathedral Museum

31 May, Joe Pellegrini Petit Collection, Wignacourt Museum, Rabat

31 May, Anton Agius, Wignacourt Museum, Rabat

4 June, Now I'm Here, Later I'll be There, Cadman studios, Stoke on Trent

7 June, Come to Fruition, Peter de Wint Building, Lincoln

18 June, Meet the Future, Grosvenor Building, Manchester

18 June, A to Z and Back Again, Holden Gallery, Manchester

19 June, Counter Culture, Djnogoly Gallery, Nottingham

19 June, John Newling, Lakeside Gallery, Nottingham

2 July, Oliver Ventress, General Practice, Lincoln

10 July, Sense of Belonging, Project Space Plus, Lincoln

12 July, Donald G. Rodney, Spike Island, Bristol

12 July, Aperiodic, Kit Form Gallery, Bristol

20th July, Text and Texture, General Practice, Lincoln

24th July, Resonating Museum Walls, Lincoln Museum

6 August, The Time is Always Now, The Box, Plymouth

16 August, Al Held White Cube Bermondsey, London

16 August, Joe Bloom, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London

16 August, Muhammad Zeeshan, Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery, London

16 August, Rahima Gambo, Gasworks, London

16 August, Steve Klee, WIP Space, London

16 August, Nudge it, Terrace Gallery, London

16 August, Guild, Fillet space, London

16 August, Francis Alÿs, Barbican, London

16 August, Meera Shakti Osborne, Peer, London

16 August, Steph Huang, Tate Britain, London

16 August, Alvaro Barrington, Tate Britain, London

16 August, Keith Piper and Rex, Tate Britain, London

16 August, Franciska Themerson, Tate Britain, London

16 August, Balraj Khanna, Tate Britain, London

16 August, Henry Moore and Francis Bacon, Tate Britain, London

17 August, Songs of the Open Road, Halycon, London

17 August, London Pictures, Gilbert and George Centre, London

17 August, Damien Hirst, Phillips, London

17 August, Supernova, Flowers, London

17 August, Asi Joy Samuel and Claudia Yu, Frieze no. 9, London

17 August, Yinka Shonibare, Serpentine Gallery, London

17 August, Judy Chicago, Serpentine Gallery, London

17 August, Minsuk Cho, Serpentine Gallery, London

17 August, Gerhard Richter, Serpentine Gallery, London

17 August, Agnes Scherer,  Sadie Coles, London

17 August, Matthew Barney,  Sadie Coles, London

17 August, Isabella Ducrot, Sadie Coles HQ, London

17 August, Bertolt Brecht, Raven Row, London

17 August, Phantom Hymn, Modern Art, London

17 August, Awaken Metamagical Hand, Gazelli Art House, London

7 August, Roe Ethridge Gagosian, Davies St, London

17 August, Minoru Nomata, White Cube Mason’s Yard, London

17 August, Dominique White, Whitechapel Gallery, London

17 August, Archipelago: Winds in Orbit, Whitechapel Gallery, London

17 August, Peter Kennard, Whitechapel Gallery, London

18 August, Yoko Ono, Tate Modern, London

18 August, Jannis Kounnelius, Tate Modern, London

18 August, Inside Job (the Tate Staff Biennale), Tate Modern, London

18 August, Art and Text, Tate Modern, London

18 August, Gillie and Marc, St. Pauls, London

18 August, Lina Iris Viktor, Sir John Soane Museum, London

23 August, Nick Simpson, General Practice, Lincoln

23 August, What? Now, Project Space Plus, Lincoln

31st August, The Kola Nut Cannot be Contained, Welcome Collection, London

31st August, Being Human, Welcome Collection, London

31st August, Jason Wilsher-Mills, Welcome Collection, London

31st August, Penny Slinger, Richard Saltourn, London

31st August, Grace Weaver, Max Hetzler, London

31st August, Rheim Alkadhi, ICA, London

31st August, Vanessa Bell, Courtauld Institute, London

31st August, Henry Moore, Courtauld Institute, London

31st August, Tavares Strachan, Hayward Gallery, London

31st August, Graham Crowley, Domobaal, London

31st August, Contemporary collecting David Hockney to Cornelia Parker, British Museum, London

31st August, Rembrandt and his Children, British Museum, London

31st August, Liorah Tchiprout, Pippy Houldsworth, London

31st August, Hockney and Piereo: A Longer Look, National Gallery, London

31st August, Discover Degas and Miss La La, National Gallery, London

31st August, Don Brown, Sadie Coles, London

1st September, Ed Clark, Turner Contemporary, Margate

1st September, Lynda Benglis, Turner Contemporary, Margate

1st September, Portfolio X Windmill Community Gardens, Turner Contemporary, Margate

9th September, MA Fine Art show, University of Northampton

11th September, MA Fine Art show, Staffordshire University

13 September, Take one A Day, Usher Gallery, Lincoln

14 September, Erica Eyres, Turntable Gallery, Grimsby

14 September, Dale Alcock, Unseen Arts, Grimsby

16 September, MA Design Degree Show, Project Space Plus, Lincoln

20 September, Lubna Chowdhary, Graves Gallery, Sheffield

20 September, PostNatures, Graves Gallery, Sheffield

20 September, Colour, Form and Line, Graves Gallery, Sheffield

20 September, A Passion for Prints, Graves Gallery, Sheffield

20 September, Odilon Redon, Graves Gallery, Sheffield

20 September, Art and Identity, Graves Gallery, Sheffield

20 September, We Are The Monument, Graves Gallery, Sheffield

20 September, Show Your Metal, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield

20 September, Tess Jaray, Millennium Gallery, Sheffield

20 September, Festival of the MindMillennium Gallery, Sheffield

20 September, Festival of the Mind, Persistence Works, Sheffield

20 September, Jack Grinno, Gloam, Sheffield

27 September, Jake Williams, General Practice, Lincoln

10 October, Dan Rapley, Project Space Plus, Lincoln

18 October, Joe Duggan, Russel Square Gardens, London

18 October, Braque, Matisse, Picasso, London

18 October, Elizabeth Magill, Anthony Wilkinson, London

18 October, Douglas Abdell, Ab-Anbar, London

18 October, Murray Clarke, Nahmad Projects, London

18 October, Kehinde Wiley, Stephen Friedman, London

18 October, Fabienne Verdier, Waddington Custot, London

18 October, Susie Hamilton, Paul Stolper Gallery, London

18 October, Hew Locke - What Have We Here?, British Museum, London

18 October, Mathew Cerletty, Herald St, London

18 October, 5 Years, Maximillian William, London

18 October, Pei Wang, Workplace, London

18 October, The Stars Fell on Alabama, Edel Assanti, London

18 October, Jonas Wood, Gagosian, London

18 October, Yelena Popova, IONE & MANN Gallery, London

18 October, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Pilar Corrias, London

18 October, Golds, Ordovas, London

18 October, Jack Whitten, Hauser & Wirth, London

18 October, George Rouy, Hauser & Wirth, London

18 October, Austin Lee, Carl Kostyal, London

18 October, Ella Walker, Pilar Corrias, London

18 October, Alison Wilding, Alison Jacques, London

18 October, Lygia Clark, Alison Jacques, London

18 October, Kapwani Kiwanga, Goodman Gallery, London

18 October, Gary Hume, Sprüth Magers. London

18 October, Anthony McCall, Sprüth Magers, London

18 October, Oscar Murillo, David Zwirner, London

18 October, Pouran Jinchi, Gazelli Art House, London

18 October, Ruba Salameh, Gazelli Art House, London

18 October, Libby Heaney, Gazelli Art House, London

18 October, Heemin Chung, Thaddaeus Ropac, London

18 October, Robert Longo, Thaddaeus Ropac, London

18 October, Danh Vo, White Cube Mason’s Yard, London

18 October, Magdalene Odundo, Thomas Dane, London

18 October, Ibrahim El-Salahi, Vigo gallery, London

18 October, Terry Adkins, Thomas Dane, London

18 October, René Daniëls, Modern Art Bury Street, London

18 October, Jordan Wolfson,  Sadie Coles, London

18 October, Urs Fischer, Sadie Coles HQ Kingly St, London

18 October, Marlene Dumas, Frith Street Gallery, London

18 October, Freelands Painting Prize 2024, Freelands Foundation, London

18 October, Hew Locke, Hales Gallery, London

18 October, Helene Appel, The Approach, London

18 October, Germaine Kruip, The Approach, London

18 October, Gary Hume, Hazlitt Holland-Hibbert, London

18 October, Simryn Gill, Richard Saltourn, London

18 October, The Look, Transition Projects, London

24 October, Georgie Jones, Project Space Plus, Lincoln

25 October, Grayson Perry, Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham

25 October, Paula Rego, Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham

25 October, Race and the League of Nations, Djanogly Gallery, Nottingham

25 October, Donald G Rodney, Bonnington Gallery, Nottingham

25 October, After the End of History, Bonnington Gallery, Nottingham

25 October, Assunta Ruocco, TG, Nottingham

25 October, Mohammad Barrangi, New Art Exchange, Nottingham

25 October, Mailnish Harijan, New Art Exchange, Nottingham

25 October, Dorothy Bohm, Beam, Nottingham

25 October, The Last Horror Show, Backlit, Nottingham

1 November, Anne Stanfield, General Practice, Lincoln

8 November, The Distribution of Shapes in Space, Project Space Plus, Lincoln

12 November, Donald G. Rodney, Nottingham Contemporary

12 November, EM24: Escape Simplicity, Surface Gallery, Nottingham

12 November, Kolam (கோலம்), Primary, Nottingham

25 November, Small Encapsulations of Pleasure, Project Space Plus, Lincoln

10th December, Bodies of Practice, Project Space Plus, Lincoln

13th December, Zeinab Saleh, David Zwirner, London

13th December, On Kawara, David Zwirner, London

13th December, Peter Buggerhaut, Holbermann, London

13th December, Jan Fabre, Mucciacca, London

13th December, Joan Synder, Thaddeus Ropac, London

13th December, Jessica Wilson, Ranching, London

13th December, Enchanted Alchemie, Levy Gorvy Dayan, London

13th December, Susie Macmurray, Pangolin, London

13th December, Motion in Stillness: Dance and the Human Body in Movement, Victoria Miro, London

13th December, María Berrío, Victoria Miro, London

13th December, Gabriel Hartley, Seventeen, London

13th December, Martin Cross, Hales Gallery, London

13th December, Kenia Almaraz Murillo , Waddington Custom, London

13th December, Özgür Kar, Emalin, The Clerk's House, London

13th December, The Equal Right to Live and Blossom, Kate MacGarry, London

13th December, Merlin James, Studio M Maureen Paley, London

13th December, Sang Woo Kim, Herald St. Gallery, London

13th December, Parker Ito, Rose Easton, London

13th December, Merlin James, Maureen Paley, , London

13th December, Somaya Critchlow, Maximillian William, London

13th December, Kutluğ Ataman, Niru Ratnam, London

13th December, Nicholas Hatfull , Josh Lilley, London

13th December, William Wright, Josh Lilley, London

13th December, Sass Popoli, Lungley Gallery, London

13th December, David Nash, Annely Juda Fine Art, London

13th December, Candida Höfer, Ben Brown Fine Art, London

13th December, Takashi Murakami, Gagosian , London

13th December, Miguel Ybáñez, Grimm , London

13th December, Seth Price, Sadie Coles HQ Davies St, London

13th December, Anna Weyant, Gagosian, London

13th December, Salvo and Andreas Schulze, Spruth Magers, London

13th December, Lenore Tawney and Toshiko Takaezu, Alison Jacques , London

13th December, Hank Willis Thomas, Pace, London

13th December, Ernst Love, Goodman Gallery, London

13th December, Mary Ramsden, Pilar Corrias, London

13th December, Alice Barber, Luxembourg + Co, London

13th December, Ndayé Kouagou, Gathering, London

13th December, Daniel Silver, Frith Street Gallery, London

13th December, Klara Liden, Sadie Coles HQ Kingly St, London

13th December, George Shaw, Anthony Wilkinson Gallery, London

13th December, Paul Housley, Cedric Bardawil, London

13th December, Forrest Bess, a.Squire , London

13th December, Lubaina Himid, Hollbush Gardens , London

13th December, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum, Barbican, London

13th December, The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998, Barbican , London

20th December, Joy, General Practice

[operafantomet]

Following up the post about the most original non-replica productions, here's a photoset on moments I thought rather original in the POTO Kristianstad production (2020-2023):

Apart from the tiny tweak of the auctioneer being a woman, the auction scene itself was rather traditional. But the moment the chandelier came to life and started rising, some columns started tipping over, drapes were removed, and the set was slowly transformed into Hannibal. The original moment was having Raoul stumble around in this set, as if he was reliving some painful memories from his youth. Surprisingly touching staging.

The title song was another original take on a familiar view. For the first half a gate separated the misty stage into two areas. The Phantom and Christine - and a set of doubles crossed the stage, mirroring eachother's moves, which created a sense of a fascinating fairytale world.

Come the actual boat scene, the boat was as simple as two gates rising from the floor. The actors stood more or less still while rocks crossed the stage at irregular intervals, making it look like the boat was moving. Another super simple and super effective trick.

The Phantom's lair had some surprises in store. Whereas the floating candles reminded of the Restaged Tour, more or less, the amount of "spare masks" the Phantom had stacked up on each side was downright impressive. Extra cred for the creepy doll at the floor, which at one point got up and danced a violent waltz with Christine, making her faint...!

As for the Phantom himself, creating a horizontal half-mask instead of the usual vertical one felt more original than say making the mask grey or golden. It felt like a proper reinterpretation of the look (moreso than the leather coat, which Estonia and Serbia had also proudly featured). Extra bonus for a flawless mask fit.

Fast forward to the Masquerade scene, having Red Death 1. Crash through a giant mirror wall, and 2. Disappear in a twirl, just leaving his cloak / costume behind was the definition of magic tricks. Alas I only ever found photos of the in-between action, but it gives a glimpse of the mirror wall and the skull head costume.

In the same vein, the Phantom disappeared in a similar manner, walking through the scattered back wall, lit up by bright yellow light as it happened. I'm not quite sure what to read into that. Flames of hell? Redemption? Anyhow...

(for more of my thoughts of the production, have a look at this sort-of-review from when I saw the production in 2023)

[marleneoftheopera]

Easter, Phantom style.

[glassprism]

John Martin Bengtsson and Hanna Ulvan - ‘Music of the Night’

Kristianstad production, February 2023