#poto moscow

[wheel-of-fish]

Phantom hands: Andrey Shkoldychenko

[operafantomet]

Do we know how many (and if so, which) casts Gillian Lynne personally taught outside of the original London and Bway companies?

That is a good question, and something I have paid too little attention to. My GUESS is that she was at all the original / early productions, if only for a day. She would also have trained the associate and / or resident choreographer for the production.

So yes, she would have instructed the original and many later West End and Broadway casts, as seen here with Sarah Brightman:

Then the early productions around the world - I assume both Tokyo, Stockholm, Toronto, Vienna, Hamburg etc. Here she is with Marina Prior (Christine) in Melbourne:

And probably the US sit-down productions and tours. Here with Davis Gaines (Phantom), Lisa Vroman (Christine), Raymond Saar (Raoul) and Hal Prince (director) for the San Francisco production:

I also think she adored Sierra Boggess, cause she was present and working whenever Sierra Boggess was present... For Las Vegas:

...for the RAH celebrations...

...and for Paris...

(Sierra Boggess has also addressed that they had very good chemistry, and that she learned a lot from Gillian Lynne)

But I also know Denny Berry (original swing on Broadway, and later associate choreographer and production dance supervisor) has had a lot of responsibility in keeping Gillian Lynne's original vision alive. She has worked with POTO on four continents according to her own bio, in the US, in Hamburg, Sao Paulo, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, World Tour, Australia etc. In an interview in 2016 she said that "The detail in choreographer Gillian Lynne’s movement is well-known. And those of us who must pass it on, never, ever forget the beats and the meanings of every count.” Denny Berry was also married to Steve Barton, original Raoul, which makes the link to the original staging extra strong. Here's a photo of her rehearsing the Oberhausen cast, with Elizabeth Welch in the middle (Masquerade):

And one from Hamburg, with Rachel Anne Moore as Elissa / Carlotta (Hannibal):

Another original Corps de Ballet, Patricia Merrin who was in the original West End cast, has also worked as associate choreographer on Phantom and kept an eye on many a production, in Stockholm, Copenhagen, Moscow, the World Tour etc. Here she is in Cape Town, instructing Cat Lane and the Corps de Ballet there:

And for no reason at all, two bonus photos of Gillian Lynne on stage, just because. One is with Andrew Lloyd Webber and Zoë Curlett during the curtain call in West End:

And another with Hugh Panaro on Broadway:

[marybeatriceofmodena]

Trading Site Reopening and Gifting Spree!

So. After weeks of work (*insert alpaca scream here*), my trading site is open for trading! To celebrate, I decided to gift a few audios and videos from Phantom of the Opera, a few audios from Les Misérables, two cast recordings from Elisabeth das Musical, and a cast recording for Sweeney Todd. Enjoy!

(If you're the master of a listed audio/video, please don't hesitate to reach out to me if you want me to remove your stuff from the list.)

POTO audios

Michael Crawford, Rebecca Caine (alt.), Steve Barton October 10, 1987; London Michael Crawford and Steve Barton's last in London. Soundboard, very good quality, and this one is complete. And Rebecca Caine sounds amazing in it (as she always does). https://www.mediafire.com/file/pttrjfqzb84gatm/POTO_West_End_10-10-1987_-_Crawford%252C_Caine%252C_Barton.rar/file Steve Barton, Rebecca Luker, Gary Lindemenn (u/s),  Marilyn Caskey, Jeff Keller, George Lee Andrews, Leila Martin September 26, 1990; Broadway Soundboard audio. Because Steve Barton was almost as good of a Phantom as he was as Raoul, and Rebecca Luker is a legend (RIP). https://www.mediafire.com/file/xc9ywojtdesptje/POTO_Broadway_26-09-1990_-_Barton%252C_Luker%252C_Lindemenn.rar/file Davis Gaines, Tracy Shayne, Matthew R. Jones, George Lee Andrews, Jeff Keller, Lelia Martin October 5, 1996; Broadway Davis Gaines's last performance. Because Davis Gaines has one of the best voices I've heard in the role. https://www.mediafire.com/file/w1ybvl8v6e4ex6r/POTO_Broadway_05-01-1996_-_Gaines%252C_Shayne%252C_Little.rar/file Brad Little, Lisa Vroman, Tim Martin Gleason, Kim Stengel, DC Anderson, David Cryer, Patti  Davidson-Gorbea, Kate Wray, Jimmy Smagula December 5, 2003; Los Angeles Lisa Vroman’s second-to-last performance as Christine. Both she and Brad Little are glorious vocal-wise. https://www.mediafire.com/file/muavx4ocvs62eav/POTO_US_Tour_05-12-2003_-_Little%252C_Vroman%252C_Gleason.rar/file Anthony Warlow, Julie Goodwin, John Bowles, Andrea Creighton, John O'May, Derek Taylor, Jackie Rees, Nadia Komazec, David Rogers-Smith August 15, 2007; Melbourne Not the biggest fan of Anthony Warlow acting-wise, but he does not disappoint on the vocals - and neither does Julie Goodwin. https://www.mediafire.com/file/3pm0ksips30n3it/POTO_Melbourne_15-08-2007_-_Warlow%252C_Goodwin%252C_Bowles.rar/file John Owen-Jones, Katie Hall, Simon Bailey, Angela M. Caesar, Andy Hockley, Simon Green, Elizabeth Mars, Hannah Cadec, Vincent Pirillo September 29, 2012; Edinburgh Not the biggest fan of the restaged tour, but... Katie Hall's "Tears of HAAAAAATE" is pretty great. And John Owen-Jones! https://www.mediafire.com/file/00vtvziy172lpkv/POTO_UK_Tour_29-09-2012_-_Owen-Jones%252C_Hall%252C_Bailey.rar/file Hugh Panaro, Elizabeth Welch (u/s), Jeremy Hays March 3, 2014; Broadway Great trio overall, but Elizabeth Welch is a standout (to me at least). https://www.mediafire.com/file/1hc1ozi96vok5pd/POTO_Broadway_03-03-2014_-_Panaro%252C_Welch%252C_Hays.rar/file Dmitry Ermak, Tamara Kotova, Eugeny Zaytsev, Irina Samoylova, Alexei Bobrov, Yuri Mazihin, Elena Charkviani, Valeria Migalina, Rustim Bahtiyarov (u/s) July 16, 2015; Moscow A lovely production that I miss - Tamara Kotova in particular is great. https://www.mediafire.com/file/w56tx5d7fkh4kse/POTO_Moscow_16-07-2015_-_Ermak%252C_Kotova%252C_Zaytsev.rar/file John Owen-Jones, Celinde Schoenmaker, Nadim Naaman, Megan Llewellyn, Michael Matus, Christopher Dickens, Jacinta Mulcahy, Alicia Beck, John Ellis September 7, 2015; London First performance of the 2015-2016 cast. https://www.mediafire.com/file/5hswf44ldku6ngm/POTO_West_End_07-09-2015_-_Owen-Jones%252C_Schoenmaker%252C_Naaman.rar/file Peter Jöback, Emmi Christensson, Anton Zetterholm, Karolina Andresson, Glenn Kjellberg, Rolf Lydhal, Sanna Martin, Tehilla Blad, Sindre Postholm March 19, 2017; Stockholm Given Christine is from Sweden, it's only fair to include the recent Stockholm production. https://www.mediafire.com/file/zkl38t9388gcvh7/POTO_Sweden_2017-03-19_PJ_EC_AZ.wav/file Tim Howar, Amy Manford, Jeremy Taylor, Kimberly Blake, Ross Dawes, Alan Vicary, Jacinta Mulcahy, Georgia Ware, Paul Ettore Tabone September 7, 2019; London This one is different from the one listed as NFT (so don't get mad at me, haha). Last performance for Amy Manford in the West End production. https://www.mediafire.com/file/vf60ie1er18rkon/POTO_West_End_07-09-2019_-_Howar%252C_Manford%252C_Taylor.rar/file Ben Crawford, Meghan Picerno, John Riddle October 26, 2019 Because we all love a Christine with opera chops. https://www.mediafire.com/file/9gji0khgfoazjqd/POTO_Broadway_26-10-2019_-_Crawford%252C_Picerno%252C_Riddle.rar/file 

POTO videos

Earl Carpenter, Rachel Barrell, David Shannon, Wendy Ferguson, David Lawrence (u/s), Sam Hiller, Emily Harvey (u/s), Heidi Ann O'Brien, Rohan Tickell January 2006 VOB format.  If you want to see Earl in London right now but can't... this video is the best quality overall that features him, and Rachel Barrell is a fantastic Christine - one of my favorites in the role. https://mega.nz/folder/u09GQKyR#gjNHj4Letd9YInTsuLowjA Gary Mauer, Elizabeth Southard, Jim Weitzer, Kim Stengel, John Jellison, DC Anderson, Patti Davidson-Gorbea, Kate Wray, John Whitney April 6, 2006; Dallas VOB format.  For my Eristine moots (I see you!): Gary Mauer and Elizabeth Southard were (and as far as I know, still are) married while performing as the Phantom and Christine, and you thought Ramin and Sierra's chemistry was off the charts, think again. https://mega.nz/folder/PtExxS5A#D4yyf2g_lXoN-cIDPkMU2Q Anthony Crivello, Kristi Holden, Andrew Ragone, Geena Jeffries Mattox, John Leslie Wolfe, Lawson Skala, Tina Walsh, Brianne Kelly Morgan, Larry Wayne Morbitt August 8, 2008; Las Vegas VOB format. This is the Las Vegas Spectacular production, which is abriged compared to the original but totally worth seeing. If you want to understand why I love Meg Giry so much, Brianne Kelly Morgan is one of the best I've ever seen in the role. Also, if you’re meh about Raoul... with Andrew Ragone, think again. He’s one of the most Superman/Clark Kent Raouls I’ve seen. And I really like Kristi Holden’s Leroux-esque Christine too.  https://mega.nz/folder/Sh1zxSAB#twtXau8Y8pd_L9tMQLa4Mg Jeremy Stolle (u/s), Samantha Hill, Greg Mills (u/s), Michele McConnell, Tim Jerome, Richard Poole (u/s), Ellen Harvey, Kara Klein, Christian Sebek March 9, 2013 VOB format. Missing part of Act 1 (‘Stranger Than You Dreamt It’ to Il Muto), but otherwise complete. This is one of the best trios I've seen on Broadway, and Samantha Hill is just a fantastic Christine overall. https://mega.nz/folder/y1slyJRD#OP1Tp5Cj_fMk9LbAWJMqAA Tomas Ambt Kofod, Sibylle Glosted, Christian Lund, Louise Fribo, Carl Christian Rasmussen, Sebastian Harris, Elisabeth Halling, Imogen-Lilly Ash, Rasmus Jupin March 2019; Copenhagen VOB format. This one is more recent, but given it's been uploaded on YouTube, I guess it's fine to gift it (again, if you’re the master and you want me to remove this, please let me know).This one has one of the best casts ever caught on tape. Seriously. Everyone in this is a star. https://mega.nz/folder/q40hTagI#Zui14MWo-F2YSQ0gNdaL6Q



Les Mis Audios

Colm Wilkinson, Roger Allam, Patti LuPone, Alun Armstrong, Sue Jane Tanner, Michael Ball, Frances Ruffele, Rebecca Caine, David Burt 1985; London Preview at the Barbican Centre. This is interesting since it includes Cosette's song "I Saw Him Once", which has been cut later.  https://www.mediafire.com/file/jbedqiemuk9qnd1/Les_Mis_West_End_1985_-_Wilkinson%252C_Allam.rar/file Symphonic recording (1989)  Gary Morris, Philip Quast, Debra Byrne, Michael Ball, Tracy Shayne, Kaho Shimada, Anthony Warlow, Barry James, Gay Soper https://www.mediafire.com/file/n7gp30jcpnjfkf7/Les_Miserables_Symphonic_Recording.rar/file Kyle Jean-Baptiste (u/s), Earl Carpenter, Erika Henningsen, Chris McCarrell, Samantha Hill, Brennyn Lark, Max Quinlan (u/s), Gavin Lee, Rachel Izen August 13, 2015; Broadway For Kyle Jean-Baptiste, who was an amazing performer gone way too soon. RIP. https://www.mediafire.com/file/fzj2qubunkrrfhc/Les_Mis_Broadway_13-08-2015_-_Jean-Baptiste%252C_Carpenter.rar/file John Owen-Jones, Michael Ball, Carrie Hope Fletcher, Craig Mather (u/s), Lily Kerhoas, Shan Ako, Bradley Jaden, Matt Lucas, Katy Secombe, Earl Carpenter October 16, 2019; London All-star concert! https://www.mediafire.com/file/nh28zdry93vhry2/Les_Mis_London_Concert_16-10-2019_-_Owen-Jones%252C_Ball.rar/file

Elisabeth das Musical

Original Cast Recording (1992) Pia Douwes, Uwe Kroeger, Ethan Freeman, Andreas Bieber, Viktor Gernot, Else Ludwig https://www.mediafire.com/file/fagi9ctooeq2y11/Elisabeth-Original_German_Cast.rar/file Vienna revival cast recording (2006)  Maya Hakvoort, Mate Kamaras, Serkan Kaya, André Bauer, Fritz Schmid, Else Ludwig https://www.mediafire.com/file/7wpqbotp8oszzz3/Elisabeth_-_2006_Vienna_Cast.rar/file



Sweeney Todd

2000 Concert Cast Recording George Hearn, Patti LuPone, Davis Gaines, Heidi Grant Murphy, Paul Plishka, Audra McDonald, Standford Olsen, Neil Patrick Harris, John Aler Pretty sure this isn't on Spotify, which is a real shame given its cast. So enjoy! EDIT: Someone pointed out to me that the recording is incomplete - probably a result of the Great Hardware Crash of 2016, so until I get the full version, this will probably stay incomplete. Sorry about that! https://www.mediafire.com/file/ywoiqe5bnlzr7bs/Sweeney_Todd_2000_New_York_Concert_Cast.rar/file

[nayelleya]

je ne sais pas comment me faire des poto pitieeee je bois mon moscow mule seule

[manderleyfire]

i want to watch/listen to poto russia and since you've seen all the combinations who do you thing work together better chemistry wise?

Ermak/Kotova – Ozhogin/Csampai – Shkoldychenko/Bakhtiyarova

please note that my choice might be biased here but aren't we always that?? lol anyway, dimatoma (aka ermak x kotova) belong togehter on stage and it's a universal truth that binds us (poto moscow fans) all!

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First of all, I'm sorry for what I did to Meg in this chapter, and in this fic in general.

In this week's chapter, we go to Moscow, where both Christine and the Girys give each other answers that refute assumptions they held, and fill in gaps in their knowledge.

The part that was hardest for me to write, and sadly the most unrealistic was--and I don't think this is really a spoiler--Meg's confession of loving Christine, and Christine being totally oblivious.

AFAB queer readers will likely pick up on it, but I'll spell it out for straight readers--it is absolutely A Thing for two women to have a relationship, only for one to later on decide she's not interested in women at all. Meg genuinely loves Christine and has also had to let her go--but with her standing right in front of her, crying in her arms. I really hate this for Meg and I've already written another AU where they get to have all the delightful endless blissed-out nights that they deserve.

I've never been to Moscow, and regret that I likely never will. I have heard it's a stunning city and during the time that the story takes place was during the last blush of Imperial Russia, which I find fascinating. Most of the chapter takes place in their home, since Christine is too depressed to leave the house, but Moscow was a hub of art and culture, and I've hardly seen it depicted in POTO fanfiction, so I decided to give it a nod.

[raininyourblackeyes]

Hmm

Majority of Yuzuru's programs, but, uh, picking one sp, one fs and one gala it would be: Ballade, Seimei, and Notte Stellata

Stephane's The Four Seasons, truly an experience. Feels like a program

Daisuke's POTO

Misha Kolyada's White Crow

Deniss Vasiljevs' Hallelujah this season

Tatsuki Machida's Firebird and East of Eden

Jun's Fate of the Clockmaker

Jason's Sinnerman

Kazuki's galas are always brain chemistry altering. What's my Name and Jazz Machine always slay

Caro's Ave Maria and Bolero

Most of Mao's programs, top 3 being Rach No.2 and Bells of Moscow and Scheherazade

Yuna's Danse Macabre and Kiss of a Vampire

Shizuka's Turandot!!!!

Satoko's Song for a Little Sparrow and Tosca and Gnossiene but gala version

Rika's Beautiful Storm and The Fire Within

Wakaba's Skyfall

Hana's Koo Koo Fun and Shakuhachi

Kaori's The Piano

Sui/Han's Rain in Your Black Eyes OBVIOUSLY. Also Blues for Klook and their gala Run

Volosozhar/Trankov's Jesus Christ Superstar

Shen/Zhao's Turandot, Adagio, and Thais Meditation

Pang/Tong's The Impossible Dream

Peng/Jin's Ophelia

Miura/Kihara's Woman

Papadakis/Cizeron's Fame and Sunday Afternoon

Virtue/Moir's Carmen and Mahler

Anissina/Peizerat's Romeo and Juliet

Krylova/Ovsyannikov's Carmen

Klimova/Ponomarenko's Bach's Air

Weaver/Poje's Je Suis Malade and SOS

Gilles/Poirier's Vincent and Wuthering Heights

I haven't been able to stop thinking of Lajoie/Lagha's Thriller lately

Orihara/Pirinen's My Jolly Sailor Bold

Muramoto/Takahashi's Soran Bushi!!!!!!

Ilnykh/Katsalapov's Swan Lake

Hubbell/Donohue's Janet Jackson Medley. No one's doing it like them!

Smart/Diaz with their The Mask of Zorro swordfight fd

which figure skating programme permanently altered your brain chemistry?

(any discipline!)

fs fans pls interact, trying to find some moots who are equally obsessed with this crazy sport :')

[marleneoftheopera]

Some various styles of the Star Princess dress (requested by anon)

Older UK style, worn by Zoe Curlett

UK style ca. 2014-17, worn by Harriet Jones

Recent and current in the UK (save for Lucy St. Louis' dress), worn by Bridget Costello

US style, worn by Sandra Joseph

Former World Tour/Australia style, worn by Claire Lyon

Paris bodice with a UK-ish skirt without the underlayer of glitter, worn by Caitlin Finnie

Recent Japan style, worn Sae Yamamoto

Recent Hamburg style, worn by Valerie Link

Style in Argentina, Brazil, and Moscow, worn by Tamara Kotova

[phantsmenace]

MOTN Special (Yes, Again) - Dmitry Ermak Edition

Part II

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💞 Welcome to another episode of "Persie being enterily self-indulgent and overanalyzing things!" 💞

This is also part of "Persie's Birthmonth Special".

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Need I say something other than eargasm?

Remember that this Christine always get nervous when she remembers that:

Angel is strangely shaped as an extremely attractive man, who doesn't know how to blink;

Said Angel may or may not have kidnapped her, even though his lair is lowkey cozy (why so many candles, though?);

Aren't they like. Just below the Opera house. Huh. Why did they go through a sewer again?

So, what does the Phantom do when she gets antsy?

He gets closer to show dominance to calm her down.

And boy, will he come close.

Poof. Works like magic.

Oh the slight yearning. Oh, the way he unwillingly slips out of his burning, controlled seduction. We love that. He looks so... Relieved, yet touch-starved here. Is it just me? Do you see it too? Do you see his thumb caressing her ever-so-softly?

And... Speaking of touch-starved.

Oh my God. Oh my God.

It looks like he was about to nibble her earlobe, I'm absolutely devasted.

She's thinks of his strange mask for only a second, but he holds her hand and... She looks so trusting again. So innocent.

Don't trust the Evil Top.

This man is so proud of himself for his stupid shrine for 3.5 seconds....

But then she faints, of course. She should have run.

He's still like, hang on- I got this.

Spoilers: He does not got this.

Oh, this sweetness! He finally cracks again, just a bit: perhaps revealing that, even with his stupidly confident facade, there's still so much vulnerability inside of him.

He does not even dare to touch her hair- Even though he was actively trying to seduce her a few seconds ago.

Also...

Phants.

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I would have put more gifs in between, but Tumblr won't let me... So you might get some extras here and there ;)

Part 1 here.

I hope you're satisfied! I'll do a set of his PONR at some point but... I'll first finish Mr. Schkoldychenko (<3)'s PONR and Final Lair. Because I want to torture myself. 🥲

Stay tuned for more gifsets! I'll still try to be very active on March, okay?

Be safe, stay kind, and... Enjoy the Phants!

- Persie

[boxfivetrades]

He’s here! the Phantom of the Opera! He is with us... it’s the ghost!

With Irina Samoylova (Carlotta) and Regina Ahmetshina (Meg)

[ange-de-la-musique]

Some Christines in Phantom EPKs in the last 10 years.

[wheel-of-fish]

Tamara Kotova + Evgeny Zaycev

[sewerik]

elena bahtiyarova + andrey schkoldychenko, moscow

[br0adwaybaby]

100 days of backstage love // (77/100)

The Music and the Mirror: Christine Daaé appreciation week

Mercedesz Csampai, backstage of Phantom of the Opera, Moscow

[ballerinadellamusica]

Phantom of the Opera Moscow Christine star princess photoset. These star princess dresses so are beautiful. I love them. 1-5: Mercedesz Csampai/Мерседес Чампаи Picture Credit: Mercedesz Csampai Instagram and Facebook 6-9: Maria Ivleva/Мария Ивлева Picture Credit: Maria Ivleva Instagram

[marleneoftheopera]

Some of the darkest Christine wigs. 

Now you will always have some brown in a brunette Christine wig, even if it can only be seen onstage. But these wigs are so dark brown with minimal highlights that in certain lighting they look black in color.

Most of the time, you get this from the Australia/World Tour/Korea/Russia wigs, as they were all generally made the same way. But here and there you might get a UK or US wig that has a darker shade.

Anna O’Byrne, Australia

Huh Jin Sul, Seoul

Ana Marina, World Tour

Elena Bahtiyarova, Moscow

Maree Johnson, Australia

Danielle Everett, Australia

Mercedesz Csampai, Moscow

Rachel Barrell, London

Sierra Boggess, Las Vegas