#anastasia stojko

[operafantomet]

hi ! do you have anything of the Phantom leading Christine out of the lair in the background of Joseph Buquet’s scene with the ballerinas? i’m trying to remember whether the Phantom is still in his mandarin robe during that scene

It's usually the doubles emerging from either the trap door or the curtain, and the Phantom no longer wears the Mandarin robe. He's back in his outdoor attire, so to speak - fedora and cloak. Here's some rare photos!

Anastasia Stojko and Christopher Carduck (?), Hamburg revival:

Probably Sandra Kassman, Copenhagen revival:

Jessica Hill and unidentified, Stockholm revival:

(but always with the possibility of a production or two doing it differently...)

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Anastasia the Musical Female Ensemble Costumes Act Two

Paris Holds the Key to Your Heart

We only see the Parisian citizens during Paris Holds the Key to Your Heart. They wear silk dresses with bright colors and patterns.

(Left: Laura Enrech and Morena Visci; Madrid. Middle: Anastasia Stojko and Christina Gibbs; Stuttgart. Right: Beth Stafford Laird; First National Tour)

Josephine Baker

A cut costume that was only featured in Hartford and early Broadway shows. A replica of Josephine Baker’s banana costume, though the Hartford version only had a very short yellow fabric skirt with a front panel instead of bananas.

(Shina Ann Morris; Hartford on left and Broadway on right)

Land of Yesterday

Dancing alongside Lily are White Russians in the Neva Club wearing traditional flapper dresses (and occasionally harem trousers).

(Top Left: Shina Ann Morris; Broadway. Top Right: Lysanne van der Sijs and Willemijn Maandag; The Hague, Netherlands. Bottom Left: Christina Gibbs; Stuttgart. Bottom Right: Sarah Statler; Second National Tour)

Neva Club Waitresses

While we only see male workers at the entrance to the club, during the dance of Land of Yesterday several female waitresses join in. They wear identical traditional short sleeved peasant blouses, bright headdresses, and long red skirts.

(Beth Stafford Laird; First National Tour)

Ballet Processional

We see several Parisians and White Russians attending the ballet in their evening gowns. One female ballet attendee in the ensemble is named, Countess Gregory, and she wears a v-neck gold gown and matching hairband.

(Top Left: María Arévalo Saez as Countess Gregory; Madrid. Top Right: Lucy Horton; First National Tour. Bottom Left: Alison Ewing; First National Tour. Bottom Right: Carmen Danen; Stuttgart)

Odette

A specific ensemble dance track, the ballerina wears a standard platter tutu from Swan Lake. In Hartford, the tutu was light pink rather than the more recognizable white.

(Youngsil Kim; First National Tour)

Cygnets

Also specific ensemble dance tracks for the ballet (usually Romanov sisters), wearing platter tutus from Swan Lake. These tutus were light pink in Hartford, and changed to white in Broadway. They are less detailed than Odette’s tutu and are identical to each other.

(Left to Right: Rita Correia, Viviana Pacchin, Aimee de Pater; The Hague, Netherlands)

Odette and Cygnets Hartford

(Left to Right: Shina Ann Morris, Alida Michael as Odette, Samantha Sturm, Molly Rushing; Hartford)

Press Conference

Reporters flock around Vlad and Lily to get the truth of Anastasia. Despite the female reporters wearing day dresses, their costumes are quite different than the Parisians early in the act, as the reporters wear more subdued colors, checked coats, and cloche hats.

(Left to Right: Hikari Kudo, Marika Toguchi, Arisa Kojima, Izumi Gota, Rico Takahashi; Japan)

[christinealtomare]

From Lyrica Woodruff & Christina Gibbs’ Instagram stories (August. 1, 2019).

[earith]

from milan van waardenburg’s instagram stories (november 22, 2018)

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Die Romanov Schwestern/The Romanov sisters.

Anastasia: Mariana Hidemi

Maria: Annakathrin Naderer

Tatiana: Anastasia Stojko

Olga: Christina Gibbs

Picture credit: Annakathrin Naderer

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aknaderer: Impressions of opening night 🖤 so happy to have some snapshots of all the amazing people and good friends I met last night!

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Dancers in Oberhausen

From left to right- Unknown (Giulia Cresci???), unknown (Elena Lucas???), Christina Rebecca Gibbs, Anastasia Stojko, Yukina Hasebe, Juliette Fehrenbach, Ilenia Azzato. 

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the stuttgart romanov sisters   ( via various cast instagram accounts )

christina rebecca gibbs as olga

anastasia stojko as tatiana

annakathrin naderer / helena christenson as maria

mariana hidemi as anastasia

[operafantomet]

Hiiii, I love your blog so much 💖 How many Christine doubles are there in the production? I know they have one for the title song and music of the night but are there any more?

Depending on the production, I’d say two Christine doubles - one going down the trapdoor at the beginning of the title song, and one appearing at the top of the travelator some seconds after. One of these also appears in “Magical Lasso”, when Christine and the Phantom reappears from the underground through one of the trapdoors:

These are usually played by ballerinas, who already wears the same kind of bodice and wig as Christine. The dressing gown they use is often a hand-me-down from a principal when the principal get a new one. The photo above shows ballerina Anastasia Stojko and an unidentified male dancer in Hamburg, in a photo by late (and wonderful) Harlan Bengel.

Though if you want to count the Mirror Bride in MOTN as a double, then that’s three doubles. She isn’t as much a double, though, more a nightmare-ish reflection in the mirror, or a symbol of Christine’s inner thoughts. Here’s one of my favourite photos of that, from Hiroshima:

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