#poto Denmark revival

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Jacob Hughes bringing us the Il Muto Shepherd looks from West End (top left), Copenhagen (top right) and in his dreams (j/k)

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Has there ever been an incident where an emergency replacement in POTO spoke another language? Just found out this happened to Casi Normales!

As in, they were in a production where it's not only not their first language, they don't speak the language at all? Because there many multilingual actors out there! I'm thinking especially of Mercedesz Csampai, who is an absolute freak - born in Hungary, studied in Sweden, continued in the UK, and has further performed in Denmark, Germany, and Switzerland. Oh and she also knows French and Italian. She was in the Russian production of Phantom, which happens to be one of her native languages, but you could plop her anywhere in Europe and she'd probably be able to get by.

But anyway, I'm sure there has been, mainly because in some productions, like the German ones, they'll have multiple cast members who don't know the language and just learned it phonetically. (I know I remember reading that in one of the more recent Germany productions, I think the Hamburg revival, the language spoken backstage was English because that was actually the common language among them.) There are also productions, like that in Finland, where the entire performance is in English; however, in many of these cases English is studied as a second language, so that might not count for your question. In any case, this should show that it's not just emergency covers who speak another language, it's their regular cast members!

For a good example of this, you can read this post on Raymond Sepe, who had to emergency cover the Phantom in the Hamburg production despite not knowing German and learned all his lines phonetically over the course of four days.

Like, to add to that, the first case I thought of when I read your question was that of Renee Knapp. This was in the early 1990s when there weren't many Phantom alumni to pluck up for emergency covers. She was alternate in the Hamburg production (which was in German) and flew all the way to Australia to emergency cover in the Melbourne production (which was in English). But Renee Knapp is actually American and her native language is English, so it is a different scenario from that of Raymond Sepe's, even if she still had to learn her lines in 72 hours.

But a possible third case and one that's much more recent is John Martin Bengtsson, who played the roles of Phantom and Raoul in Stockholm (Swedish), Copenhagen (Danish), Gothenburg (English), and later Kristianstad (Swedish), and emergency covered the Phantom on the World Tour (English). But I don't know if he doesn't know English at all - as noted above, he performed in Gothenburg, where the entire production was in English.

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70 shows & 20 Christines later, still in love with this show!

Picture credit to performers & shows social media accounts (hmt house photographer, danny_with_a_camera & My_photography_journal_)

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Isabel Schwartzbach as Christine, Copenhagen.

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Final Lair Copenhagen 2019.

Phantom: Tomas Ambt Kofod

Christine Daaé: Sibylle Glosted

Raou, Grev De Changny: Christian Lund

Had to reduce the quality due to the size restriction

Full show and more information available at phanasma.weebly.com

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Backstage at the Det Ny Teater.

My pictures.

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📸 Kim Hammelsvang and Louise Fribo (from Det Ny teater instagram)

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Jacob Hughes bringing us the Hannibal Slavemaster diadem looks from West End (top left), Copenhagen (top right) and in his dreams (j/k)

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Christine understudies in their Don Juan Rehearsal ensemble dress:

1- Lisa-Anne Wood / Bridget Costello

2- Megan Ort / Sandra Kassman

3- Elizabeth Welch

4- Mercedesz Csampai / Maria Ivleva-Gevorgyan

5- Daruã Góes

6- Raquel Paulin / Micaela Sjöstedt

7- Grace Morgan / Kaitlyn Davis

8- Katie Travis / Emma Grimsley

9- Michelle van de Ven

Pictures: Lisa Anne Wood, Sandra Kassman, Megan Ort, Jade Davies, Micaela Sjöstedt, Daruã Góes, Raquel Paulin, Kaitlyn Davis, Grace Morgan, Eva Tavares & Chris Kong instagrams, Corinne Schaefer & Elizabeth Welch Facebook pages, Mercedesz Csampai & Maria Gevorgyan vk group

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Phanniversary posts: 2021 (16)

Isabel Schwartzbach

Sixteenth live Christine

Saw in March 2019

Pictures: Isabel Schwartzbach social media (John Olsen, Christina Krøytzer, Miklos Szabo)

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Star Princess with detached sleeves.

Pictures: Silvia Luchetti & Brinkhoff/Mögenburg (rbbm) websites. Тамара Котова/Tamara Kotova & Мария Геворгян (ивлева)/Maria Gevorgyan (Ivleva) vk groups. Daniela Braun, Daruã Góes & Sandra Kassman social medias.

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The Copenhagen production’s final curtain call today. Some cute/cool moments: when Tomas comes out he hugs John, and takes off his mask before he bows. Also, the cast takes 2 extra sets of bows! Will miss them so much!

Taken by ihlenstadt on Instagram.

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Sandra Kassman, u/s Christine in Copenhagen.

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Cassandra Lemoine had her Christine debut!

Also, can we talk about Louise Fribo’s Hannibal makeup?

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Phantom Denmark cast pictures.

Picture credit: det ny teater.

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Denmark is booked, can’t wait to see Phantom as well as do some sightseeing in Copenhagen!