#maaike widdershoven

[operachristine]

Holiday Gifting Day 1

Day 1 of 5 features a few videos from Phantom!

Michael Crawford (The Phantom of the Opera), Sarah Brightman (Christine Daaé), Steve Barton (Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny) 1987; Broadway Notes: Rehearsal footage, around 40 minutes long. Professionally filmed and sometimes staticky and fuzzy, but rare glimpse of the original cast and director working on the production

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Michael Crawford (The Phantom of the Opera), Dale Kristien (alt Christine Daaé), Steve Barton (Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny), Judy Kaye (Carlotta Giudicelli), Nick Wyman (Monsieur Firmin), Cris Groenendaal (Monsieur André), Leila Martin (Madame Giry) October 8, 1988; Broadway || Notes: Act 1 starts partway through Auctioneer's speech; Act 2 midway through 'Masquerade'. Includes a clip of Michael Crawford's bows for his last show on Broadway, shot from a different angle and possibly taken from another source.

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Gary Mauer (The Phantom of the Opera), Marie Danvers (Christine Daaé), Michael Shawn Lewis (Raoul), Kim Stengel (Carlotta Giudicelli), David Cryer (Monsieur Firmin), DC Anderson (Monsieur André), John Whitney (Ubaldo Piangi), Kate Wray (Meg Giry) August 10, 2005; Third National Tour

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Ben Cramer (alt The Phantom of the Opera), Maaike Widdershoven (alt Christine Daaé), Hans Peter Janssens (alt Raoul) Notes: Choppy highlights filmed by a cast or crew member from the side of the stage. || June 28, 1996; Scheveningen, Netherlands

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[behindthemirrorofmusic]

For #womenshistorymonth a look at some of the most important women in the history of The Phantom of the Opera.

Number 21/22. Maaike Widdershoven and Margaret Ann Gates

When in 1994 Maaike Widdershoven became alternate Christine and later first cast Christine in the Dutch production of Phantom she was the first Christine of Asian (Indonesian) descent in a non Asian production.

In 1997 Margaret Ann Gates became the first Asian Christine in an English language production of Phantom when she became alternate Christine in the Toronto production of Phantom.

Maaike later on became the first Asian Elisabeth in the Dutch production of Elisabeth das Musical, while Margaret made history on Broadway as the first Asian Ellen in Miss Saigon.

[cantikdaae]

Maaike Widdershoven singing ‘Kon Ik Nog Maar Even Bij Je Zijn’ the Dutch version of ‘Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again’ from The Phantom Of The Opera. 25 years after her last performance as Christine. Watch the full video/interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS6W9hT97Hc&t=570s

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Maaike Widdershoven en Luuk Haaze in Musicals Gone Mad

Maaike Widdershoven en Luuk Haaze in Musicals Gone Mad

Ook Robbert van den Bergh, Cinthia de Neef en Jeroen Phaff te zien in de musicalparodie. Vorige week kondigde Musicals Gone Mad de herstart van de jaarlijkse Bonte Avond van het musicalseizoen aan. Nu is ook bekendgemaakt welke cast er in de tiende editie van de musicalparodie te zien zal zijn: Robbert van den Bergh, Luuk Haaze, Cinthia de Neef en Maaike Widdershoven. De presentatie is in handen…

[marleneoftheopera]

A performance of the title song, sung by Henk Poort and Maaike Widdershoven.

[denktanks]

@ MWiddershoven: @anjohejowi @jesseklaver @LauraBromet En dat mag ook! Maar wel in samenspraak en energieneutraal worden kunnen we het beste samen oplossen. We hebben er hier veel ideeën over, wat zou het fantastisch zijn als we allemaal in die denktank hier zouden stappen en mee zouden denken over hoe het beter kan.

En dat mag ook! Maar wel in samenspraak en energieneutraal worden kunnen we het beste samen oplossen. We hebben er hier veel ideeën over, wat zou het fantastisch zijn als we allemaal in die denktank hier zouden stappen en mee zouden denken over hoe het beter kan.

— Maaike Widdershoven (@MWiddershoven) February 9, 2020

[bonopoly]

Vanochtend mocht ik als dagvoorzitter de @businesscontactdagennoord openen. Aad Ouborg vertelde vervolgens over zijn unieke aanpak als succesvol internationaal ondernemer en nam ook Tonny Eyk en Maaike Widdershoven mee het podium op. Tot slot lieten de mannen van het lifestylemerk @rumag zien hoe zij momenteel succesvol aan de weg timmeren. Kortom een mooi begin van de beurs! . . . #aadouborg #princess #rumag #lifestyle #bcdn (bij WTC Expo) https://www.instagram.com/p/BvMoHhgDO_B/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=vopazmehrqig

[operafantomet]

I’ve always been intrigued by your ‘representation matters’ posts, and I would love to add a Christine to the list that was never mentioned previously. As I recently found out Maaike Widdershoven (alt Dutch Christine) is of dutch/indonesian decent. Apperently her mom was born in Indonesia (then dutch-indies) which makes her partly indonesian and partly dutch. Maybe stupid question but would you see this as some kind of diversity?

I frankly had no idea. Thank you for that. I looked through her Twitter, and I can see she now and then use the tag #indogirl.

Whenever I use the tag “representation matters” in connection to a person, it’s because they either add some diversity to an otherwise unison cast, or they represent a minority (ethnic or otherwise) in the country they live in. I may also use the tag if someone add diversity to a role who’s typically cast in one specific way, even if the cast as such appears more diverse than usual - Lana English as Christine in South Africa is a good example of that. “Representation matters” is partly about telling aspiring performers as well as theatre newbies that yes - someone you may identify with is already performing professionally on stage, and taking on the large roles. It’s also to underline that no theatre roles should even be reserved for just caucasian performers, as has been a too dominant tradition in the past.

For these reasons I’m also inclined to use the tag in future posts about Maaike Widdershoven, for what she may represent to people with mixed heritage and/or Indonesian background.

[behindthemirrorofmusic]

Maaike Widdershoven and Els Bongers Dutch alternate and principal Christine after Joke de Kruijf left the show

[cantikdaae]

Over the past  30 years several Dutch performers have played the role of Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, West End and Greece. To celebrate these Dutch performers, I have made a compilation audio of them singing the final part of Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again. 

This is the list of Dutch Christines in order of appearance:

1. Joke de Kruijf (Vienna, Austria) 2. Joke de Kruijf (Scheveningen, The Netherlands) 3. Els Bongers (Scheveningen, The Netherlands) 4. Maaike Widdershoven (Scheveningen, The Netherlands) 5. Ineke van Klinken (Antwerp, Belgium) 6. Janine Kitzen (Stuttgart, Germany) 7. Lauri Brons (Hamburg, Germany) 8. Michelle van de Ven (Hamburg, Germany) 9. Celinde Schoenmaker (West End, UK / Athens, Greece) 10. Annemarijn Maandag (Oberhausen, Germany) 11. Anouk van Laake (West End, UK)

[ilovetheater-nl]

Beste theaterliefhebbers, hier een berichtje van Tony Neef, Ruud Bos en Maaike Widdershoven. We proberen langzaamaan te gaan optreden. Maar het blijft heel moeilijk om theaters of zalen te vinden die ervoor open staan en om publiek te vinden dat wil komen kijken om een geweldige avond of middag te hebben maar ook om ons te steunen want we krijgen in deze tijden alleen geld naar aantal mensen.

[glassprism]

Thank you for bringing to my attention that video of Nicole Scherzinger singing with 4 phantoms I have not seen that before! I literally burst out laughing when the curtain went up and the 4 of them are just standing there posing with the fog and the candles around them! But seriously this is like the fifth video I've watched of 4 phantom's singing to one Christine. Why is this such a thing? Why can't we have 4 Christine's and one phantom or hell just 4 Christine's and no Phantom!

While I’ve seen the “four Phantoms” (or more) thing done a few times before - the Toronto production’s tenth anniversary performance had five Phantoms performing different scenes in one show, and I think the tenth anniversary of the London production had perhaps an after-show with several Phantoms worldwide appearing - but the 25th anniversary concert seemed to make it really popular, with variations of it showing up for the Nicole Scherzinger performance, the Broadway production’s 25th, and the 2016 West End Live performance. But hey, at least the 30th anniversary changed it up by adding a second Christine!

I imagine that it’s done mainly because the character of the Phantom is the most notable and remembered, and their actors tend to get the most notice, so if you’re going to make a celebration, invite a bunch of them and you’re set. But Christine? Eh; Christine is nice but not that remembered, just one actress is totally fine. Maybe two, max. But no more than that, this is the Phantom of the Opera, people, not Christine of the Opera. (And Raoul who? Why would we need more Raouls? Some people think one is too many.)

This really makes me miss that one video of three Dutch Christines (Joke de Kruijf, Els Bongers, and Maaike Widdershoven) serenading a former Phantom (Henk Poort) on his birthday by singing a three-Christine rendition of ‘Music of the Night’...

[behindthemirrorofmusic]

Ben Cramer and Maaike Widdershoven

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2020 Musical Summercamp iets voor jou?

2020 Musical Summercamp iets voor jou?

Grote musicalvoorstellingen zijn er voorlopig nog niet, Maar zelf aan de slag met de besten in het vak? Welkom in de Musical Summer Class. Een hele werkweek lang ga je aan de slag met ons docententeam wat bestaat uit professionals uit het musicalvak voor iedereen van 11 t/m 17 jaar.

Krijg les van René van Kooten, Tony Neef, Maaike Widdershoven, Vajèn van den Bosch en Renée van Wegberg. Elke dag…