Monday, February 28, 2005

AUDIO
26 September 1986 - London. First Preview. Crawford flubs a line in the "Final Lair" sequence.
Phantom: Michael Crawford
Christine: Sarah Brightman
Raoul: Steve Barton

27 March 1987 - London. Missing parts of "Notes" and "Wishing" due to flip points on original audio.
Phantom: Michael Crawford
Christine: Rebecca Caine (alt)
Raoul: Steve Barton

1987 - London. RARE recording of Ball's Raoul.
Phantom: Dave Willetts
Christine: Jan Hartley
Raoul: Michael Ball

1989 - Los Angeles, California. Highlights disc. Very Rare. Not very good quality. 1 CD
Phantom: Norman Large
Christine: Dale Kristien
Raoul: Steve Barton

1990 - Melbourne, Australia.
Phantom: Anthony Warlow
Christine: Marina Prior
Raoul: Dale Burridge

29 April 1990 - Los Angeles, California. Crawford's first "Final Night" in LA. Includes charming curtain speech by Crawford. RARE. Cassette.
Phantom: Michael Crawford
Christine: Dale Kristien
Raoul: Reece Holland

26 September 1990 - Broadway.
Phantom: Steve Barton
Christine: Rebecca Luker (alt)
Raoul: Gary Lindemann (u/s)

1991 - London. My copy says 1993, but it seems to be 1991 on everyone else's list.
Phantom: Peter Polycarpou
Christine: Shona Lindsay
Raoul: John Barrowman

02 January 1991 - Broadway. RARE recording of Panaro as Raoul.
Phantom: Kevin Gray
Christine: Karen Culliver
Raoul: Hugh Panaro

28 October 1991 - Broadway. RARE recording of Panaro as Raoul.
Phantom: Mark Jacoby
Christine: Karen Culliver
Raoul: Hugh Panaro

August 1992 - Broadway. A third RARE recording of Panaro as Raoul. ;)
Phantom: Mark Jacoby
Christine: LuAnn Aronson (u/s)
Raoul: Hugh Panaro

1992 - London. RARE recording. Master belonged to a friend of Karrie's.
Phantom: Peter Karrie
Christine: Shona Lindsay
Raoul: Simon Burke

16 November 1993 - Manchester, England (UK Tour). Only known audio of Willetts during tour.
Phantom: Dave Willetts
Christine: Lisa Hull
Raoul: Mike Sterling

March 1994 - Broadway. One of only two known recordings of Lovett.
Phantom: Marcus Lovett
Christine: Tracy Shayne
Raoul: Ciaran Sheehan

27 October 1994 - London. RARE.
Phantom: Mark Wynter (u/s)
Christine: Claire Moore (alt)
Raoul: Simon Bowman

1996 - Broadway. Gaines last performance (includes speech).
Phantom: Davis Gaines
Christine: Tracy Shayne
Raoul: Brad Little

14 October 1996 - Broadway. RARE.
Phantom: Jeff Keller
Christine: Teri Bibb
Raoul: Gary Mauer

13 December 1997 - US Tour.
Phantom: Ron Bohmer
Christine: Sandra Joseph
Raoul: Lawrence Anderson

20 September 1998 - Toronto. 9th Anniversary show with different Phantoms during the show.
Phantoms: Cris Groendaal, Ciaran Sheehan, Jeff Hyslop, Ethan Freeman, Peter Karrie
Christine: Elizabeth de Grazia
Raoul: David Rogers

31 October 1999 - Toronto. Final night of the show. Includes curtain speech and full company singing "Music of the Night". Low volume. Cassette.
Phantom: Paul Stanley (KISS)
Christine: Melissa Dye
Raoul: David Rogers

August or September 2001 - Broadway. RARE. Perfect quality. Very little audience noise; you can hear the beads on Christine's Hannibal costume clinking as she's getting changed in her dressing room.
Phantom: Howard McGillin
Christine: Sarah Pfisterer
Raoul: Jim Weitzer

2002 - Broadway. Highlights. RARE recording of Vilmont. 1 CD.
Phantom: Howard McGillin
Christine: Lisa Vroman
Raoul: Carrington Vilmont (u/s)

18 February 2003 - London.
Phantom: John Owen-Jones
Christine: Celia Graham
Raoul: Matt Cammelle

24 February 2003 - Broadway. Ends of each act have minor skip. Perfect otherwise.
Phantom: Howard McGillin
Christine: Lisa Vroman
Raoul: John Cudia

07 October 2003 - Broadway.
Phantom: Hugh Panaro
Christine: Julie Hanson
Raoul: Jim Weitzer

11 January 2004 - Orlando, Florida. National Tour. Listed as "very rare" by the person I received it from. Little's final night.
Phantom: Brad Little
Christine: Rebecca Pitcher
Raoul: Tim Martin Gleason

13 January 2004 - Orlando, Florida. National Tour.
Phantom: Tim Martin Gleason (u/s)
Christine: Elizabeth Southard (u/s)
Raoul: Peter Lockyer (u/s)

26 February 2004 - Broadway.
Phantom: Hugh Panaro
Christine: Sandra Joseph
Raoul: John Cudia

07 June 2004 - Broadway.
Phantom: Hugh Panaro
Christine: Julie Hanson (alt)
Roaul: Michael Shawn Lewis (u/s)

09 September 2004 - London. RARE. Karimloo's final performance and Knight-Adams last as principal Christine.
Phantom: John Owen-Jones
Christine: Katie Knight-Adams
Raoul: Ramin Karimloo

04 October 2004 - London. RARE.
Phantom: Matthew Cammelle (u/s)
Christine: Rachel Barrell
Raoul: Oliver Thornton

VIDEO
1989 - Broadway. Crawford's final show. Includes curtain speech by Michael. Quality is really, really good for a video this old.
Phantom: Michael Crawford
Christine: Patti Cohenour
Raoul: Steve Barton

1989 - Los Angeles, California. Tape is washed out and has tracking issues in spots. Still, not a bad recording considering its age.
Phantom: Michael Crawford
Christine: Dale Kristien
Raoul: Steve Barton

1989/1990 - Los Angeles, California. "Mostly" complete (starts at Carlotta's exit before "Think of Me"). Audio good, some gen loss.
Phantom: Michael Crawford
Christine: Mary D'Arcy
Raoul: Reese Holland.

19 July 1999 - Toronto. Includes footage of Paul after the show.
Phantom: Paul Stanley (KISS)
Christine: Melissa Dye
Raoul: Laird Macintosh

27 March 2002 - Broadway. Nice video with closeups.
Phantom: Howard McGillin
Christine: Elizabeth Southard
Raoul: Michael Lewis

7 October 2003 - Broadway. Exceptional video of the show. Panaro is amazing. Lots of closeups.
Phantom: Hugh Panaro
Christine: Julie Hanson
Raoul: Jim Weitzer

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