#y/k phantom of the opera

[blackghostm2o]

Phantom Ramblings time.

I’ll yap about the Y/K Phantom musical (I saw the Riverside 2004 production). -> random unorganised thoughts.

Generally speaking I did enjoy it, it was a nice and fun watch.

I enjoyed the songs (especially Melodie de Paris), they were really catchy, but I do admit that my foreign ass had a really hard time understanding the choruses (unsure if this is the right term) and there were A LOT of them, compared to ALW’s musical that has them, but to a lesser extent. I also noticed (or maybe I’m wrong) that the pacing of all the songs here was faster compared to the other musical.

I obviously cannot talk about Y/K Phantom without bringing up the 1990 miniseries (my beloved). SO… The miniseries benefits A LOT from the added hour of runtime, the story, especially the ending, are allowed to breathe and don’t feel rushed.

In the miniseries ALL the songs have been cut (it wouldn’t have been bad if they kept some of them), but they added some stuff: showing Erik’s shenanigans towards LaCarlotta (which in the musical are only hinted by showing the aftermath), the plot line of Raoul and Christine knowing each other as kids (I always find it really boring and an unnecessary addition), moments of Christine and Erik bonding (ohh <3333) that in the musical are condensed to just them rehearsing (again: time constraints), the whole final part!!! = Christine escaping then returning and singing in Faust, Erik being a fool and kidnapping her again after their duet.

Here Erik is a bit more aggressive than Cherik, he actually killed Buquet, kills LaCarlotta with electricity (iirc), which took me really by surprise lmao, is shown getting a bit mad at Christine during rehearsals… Alas… He doesn’t have the same charm of Cherik, tho this is not Christopher Carl’s fault, his acting was really good, it has to do with the additions that were made to the series, for example: him choosing his hat, the hug between them, singing her a lullaby <3, THEIR DUET IN FAUST (I’m normal about Cherik, I swear!).

This scene was better delivered by Charles Dance in my humble opinion. I do like how the miniseries maintained almost completely all the spoken parts of the musical.

The Unmasking… Well… I do like how they do a bit of chit chat when they sit down (Erik is so precious here ahhhh), instead of immediately being “Heyyy! Would you mind doing me a favour?” There’s a song before it (by Christine) singing about how she will learn to love him getting past fear and doubt (I was crying ngl… Knowing it’s outcome…Seeing how scared Erik is… God dammit…), BUT I, once again, prefer how the miniseries did it… Christine here is scared and runs away while saying sorry, in 1990 she faints… And… Oh God… Cherik’s reaction… Crying onto himself, then slowly (hardly) getting away while crying… And the the distraught “why” and his distant wailing… Terrific acting… As I already said this is possible, because they had more time to let the scenes breathe and had no songs to fit in (I also prefer this to having a song, sorry musical fans don’t kill me).

LaCarlotta here is an even bigger bitch than 1990.

Philippe (Raoul) is useless as always :)

I like the ballet to show Gerard and Erik’s past.

No Faust duet here :( big sad… (How much I love that scene)

The ending here is really rushed (as I said), he didn’t kidnap Christine and didn’t almost kill Philippe, tho. Not as emotional as 1990 (which broke me into pieces, I was ugly crying).

Christine is not as manipulative as 1990 Christine, sorry but we can’t deny how much she used Cherik’s love to make him do what she wanted…

Nice to see what 1990 was based on. In general I love Erik Carriere <333 (my pookie, I’d hug him)

[flea-palace]

erik on his regularly scheduled bullshit

[glindaupland]

Y&K Phantom | 250713 Matinée | Curtain Call Day (NOL Special Stage) 🌹

Erik - 카이 Kai

Christine - 송은혜 Song Eunhye

Carrière - 민영기 Min Youngki

Carlotta - 리사 Lisa

Philippe - 박시원 Park Siwon

Cholet - 문성혁 Moon Sunghyuk

Belladova - 김주원 Kim Joowon

Young Carrière - 김희현 Kim Heehyun

(Wow took me 4 tries to figure out the right camera settings, at least the final attempt worked right 🥲)

[blackghostm2oart]

I was watching the Y/K musical for the first time (Riverside 2004 to be more precise) and couldn’t help but draw this

Everyone: “THE OPERA HAS BEEN INVADED BY A PHANTOM!!!”

Poor Erik: “I… Live here…”

I have not finished watching it tho, when I do I’ll yap about this (ohohoh I’ll compare it with the miniseries and the alw musical A LOT)

[asakuramimimi]

my christine?

[phantomofthearchives]

Emotionally destroying myself with Phantom Yeston & Kopit 2004.

[nessie665]

Will you still want me? (when I'm nothing new) — Chapter 1/3

Pairing: Fem!Erik x Christine

Warning: Eventual smut

Summary: Set on the day after the bistro, Christine struggles with the pressure of her newfound success, her insecurities about whether she’s ready for a leading role, the rumors swirling around her relationship with the Count of Chandon, and her maestra's increasingly erratic behavior.

Ultimately, Christine must reconcile her dreams with the realities of the society she lives in, all while discovering the true nature of the bond she shares with her enigmatic teacher, and in the process, discovering a new side of herself that changes everything.

AO3 LINK

A/N: New short story!

I want to give special thanks to @partymeow this story is for you, for all of your amazing support, thank you so much. I know it's not the continuation of the home series you like so much, but I hope you enjoy this fic that has a similar setting and characterizations.

Thank you, also to my dear friend @zukaloving for all your wonderful support and friendship, I hope you had an amazing birthday <3

[ethereal-maia]

some christines and carlottas cause I’ve been listening to the yeston/kopit phantom musical a lot lately 💥👍

[ladymisteria]

Subtitled version of Yeston & Kopit's "Phantom."

Some time ago, in a post on my blog, I had shared pro-shot links of the first and second acts of the Korean version of Yeston & Kopit's "Phantom" - promising to do my best to find a better and, possibly, subtitled version.

I thought I had succeeded when a YouTube channel had decided to upload it - but unfortunately the same channel later changed its mind and decided to remove (twice) the video.

After several attempts on different platforms (unfortunately all of which failed, for all sorts of reasons, at the time of publication) I decided to upload the video and its subtitles - of which, just in case, I had downloaded a copy - to Mega.

•UPDATE•

Unfortunatly I've been forced to close my Mega account, but I managed to find another site where it's possible to watch 'Phantom' with english subs. I'm sorry for all these people who come across this post only to be disappointed finding the previous link broken.

You can find the subbed show here:

Phantom - The Musical Live

I hope this is a solution that works for everyone, and especially for @stevenstrange, who was kind enough to point out to me the latest video deletion from YT.

[lucygold95]

Yeston & Kopit Christines and Phantoms met ALW Christines and Phantoms❣

1 . 박은태(Y&K Phantom), 임선혜(Y&K Christine), 손지수(ALW Christine) and 이상준(ALW POTO Korea 1st revival's ensemble member(Firmin u/s, Buquet, Don Attilio...) and 2nd revival's Firmin. Y&K Phantom Korea original, 1st revival and 2nd revival's Cholet.)

2. 윤영석: ALW POTO Korea original & 1st revival's Phantom and 2nd revival's André. Y&K " 2nd revival and 3rd revival's Carrière.

3. 조승우: ALW " 2nd revival's Phantom. He also casted as Raoul decades ago. (But the staff accidentally sent him a wrong message, so he didn't join in the POTO Korea original production.)

+ Previous posts: 1(윤영석, 전동석, 김소현, 손준호 and 이상준) / 2(조승우, 김소현, 김아선, 손지수 and 송은혜)

김소현 played both ALW Christine and Y&K Christine. And her husband 손준호 played both ALW Raoul and Y&K Philippe. 전동석, who is now playing ALW Phantom, also played Y&K Phantom. In addition, 정영주 played both ALW Madame Giry(POTO Korea 1st revival) and Y&K Carlotta(Y&K Phantom Korea 1st revival and 2nd revival). +김지유(Ensemble member-Christine u/s)

[flea-palace]

you can't just say perchance erik

[glindaupland]

I'm sharing recent backstage photos of all of the Christines in the 10th anniversary run of Y&K Phantom in Seoul 🥹

이지혜 Lee Jihye

This is her 4th time in Phantom (my most beloved Christine 😭) ❤️

장혜린 Chang Hyerin

This is her first major leading role in a musical 🥹

송은혜 Song Eunhye

It's her first time as Christine in Y&K Phantom, but she played Christine in ALW's POTO in 2023

These are their instagram accounts:

Lee Jihye | Chang Hyerin | Song Eunhye

[spaceoutruden]

i’ve seen virtually no one discuss the fact that in specifically the 1990 Phantom Of The Opera miniseries with Charles Dance, Erik’s whole grasp of love and how to express it could have been gained specifically through different operas that have been put on at the opera house and that could be an explanation of his fairytale like grasp of some sort of date that we see in the picnic scene.

i’m not saying this is 100% true cause i’ve not looked into y&k’s adaptation of the original novel but i feel like it’s a silly concept

[asakuramimimi]

Has anyone ever seen a kopit phantom in America?

I'd like to hear your story！

[nessie665]

The Prophecy by Taylor Swift (2024) / Phantom of The Opera at the Royal Albert Hall (2011) / Phantom of the Opera (1990) / Takarazuka Y&K's Phantom (2004) / The Phantom of the Opera (1962) / The Phantom of the Opera (1989) / The Phantom of the Opera (2004) / Phantom Of The Paradise (1974) / Phantom Of The Opera (1943) / Love Never Dies (2012) / The Phantom of the Opera (1925) 

And I sound like an infant Feeling like the very last drops of an ink pen A greater woman stays cool But I howl like a wolf at the moon A greater woman has faith But even statues crumble if they're made to wait I'm so afraid I sealed my fate No sign of soulmates

[insertunknownreferencehere]

RANKING PHANTOM DISFIGURATIONS BECAUSE I AM BORED🥀💔🔥🥰🗣️

we'll start from the bottom cuz meh why not

TW: OPINIONS AND DISTURBING IMAGES (well not rly since we're starting mild)

i will not lie, I'm listening to this song while making this post. so feeling extra silly rn😋

18. Argento erik (Il fantasma del l'opera 1998) played by Julian Sands

HES NOT EVEN FUCKIBG DEFORMED💔💔 hell why do i even bother to put him here😭

17. Time princess erik (Dress Up: Time Princess)

(Forgive the goofy pic ts all i found) buddy thats a RASH. ITS NOT A DEFORMITY. U AINT NEED TO HIDE IN THE SEWERS FOR ALLAT. AND ANYWAY U BUILT LIKE THE NEXT BTS MEMBER TF

16. Movie erik (The Phantom of The Opera 2004) played by Gerard Butler

lighting is glazing him SO HARD RN in other pics u can barely see hes deformed 😔

15. Takarazuka erik (Y&K Phantom musical takarazuka run 2018-2019) played by Nozomi Fuuto

NOW WE'RE TALKIBG even if its not extreme yet this is major improvement compared to the starting ones😒

14. Fantome (Opera za no kaijin) voiced by Ooishi Kaizou

takes up half the face so bonus point but WHAT could have bro possibly experienced to gain allat😭😭 face card reduced the points

13. Animated erik (The Phantom of The Opera TV Movie 1988) played by Aiden Grennell)

i know this is supposed to look scary and shit but i giggle everytime i look at him bro😓

12. Francœur (A Monster In Paris 2011) played by Mattheu Chedid

AWWWW THE SCRUNKLYYYY ok i know hes not disfigured but hes a huge ass tick bro what u want me to do?? anyways if i saw him irl imma run byee😛😛

if this post reaches 20 notes ill make the part 2 so be ready for freddy😈😈

checking alt text is always recommended for my posts!! (sorry blind ppl)