#meg masquerade

[operafantomet]

Three incarnation of Restaged Tour Masquerade: To the left the 2012-2013 UK costumes, in the middle the 2013-2020 US costumes, and to the right the Aussie and Austrian 2023-2024 costumes.

The lack of men here is because most of them are wearing uniforms and tailcoats which does not exist in Maria Bjørnson's design. I went for the costumes that in some way or another is meant to reflect on Bjørnson's design, albeit tweaked for the tour. So here's some of those I recognize, listed by their original name/look even if they may no longer recreate that character:

ROW 1: Star Princess (Christine)

ROW 2: Hussar (Raoul)

ROW 3: Red Death (Phantom)

ROW 4: Spider Dance (Carlotta)

ROW 5: Equestrian (Meg)

ROW 6: Goldfish (Ballerina)

ROW 7: Triangle Girl (Christine u/s)

ROW 8: Flower Girl (Ballerina)

ROW 9: Butterfly (Ballerina)

(Note that row 5 shows two versions of costumes used in the US, but the one placed to the left is identical to what was worn in the UK and with lack of good photos of the latter the US one substitutes it Due to the long run of the US Tour they featured several versions of some of the costumes)

[littleeliza-lotte]

Phantom of the Opera, West End 23-24 Cast

[phantomasquerade]

Requested by @opencomicbook

[cuurlyyyyfries]

I never realized I never drew Meg

[thescarleteagle]

There are two types of people:

[marleneoftheopera]

Screenshots of two promo shots from this interview with Sara Esty!

[vivian-bell]

Meg Tilly as Olivia Lawrence in Masquerade (1988)

Costume design by John Boxer

[gregorvorbarra]

Started watching the 2004 phantom of the opera movie last night.

Amazing how it took me like 4 hours to get through 1.5hours worth of movie, because I kept pausing to scream

[senadimell]

I’ve realized I have a particular soft spot for characters with no guile in them. Characters with hearts on their sleeves, with their reactions written on their faces. Sometimes they’re left out of grand plans or restrained to prevent their interference—this tends to happen in those vast, epic stories that put a premium on intrigue and cunning. Other times, though, (and these are particularly dear to my heart), their honesty is not portrayed as a flaw that holds them back but as a core and valued part of who they are that enables them to do what is needed, even though it’s not always without consequence.

[britishchick09]

while writing this rewrite erik pov story scene, i wondered who eurydice was. i looked it up...

and discovered some connections to rewrite meg and erik! ;)

[operafantomet]

This may or may not turn into Meg Giry’s Masquerade jacket…

[littleeliza-lotte]

Megstine ftw! (X)

Lorraine Chappell & Sarah Ryan

Emilie kouatchou & Sara Etsy

Holly Anne Hull & Ellie Young

[eleancrvances]

audio gift!

in honor of the italian production closing in monte carlo tonight, here's an audio gift of the full the phantom of the opera in milan, october 21st 2023's afternoon show!

cast: ramin karimloo (the phantom), amelia milo (christine), vinny coyle (raoul), earl carpenter (andre), ian mowat (firmin), anna corvino (carlotta), gian luca pasolini (piangi), alice mistroni (madame giry), zoe nochi (meg) + full cast in the folder

please credit as eleancrvances's master. you can hear me sob during the end of the final lair i fear...

also some notes because i thought it was a juicy performance, and as far as i know no videos of the milan run exist:

vinny's raoul is a sweetheart but also the king of flapping that long coat like it's a cape. so dramatic

anna corvino has grown way more comfortable with carlotta and was having so much fun tormenting christine during "il muto"

there's applause and some noise during the last section of masquerade because after a brief darkness the lights turned on to reveal the cast had come down among the audience, while confetti fell from the ceiling

ramin sank to his knees after the kiss and remained there for a looong while, in a daze. then he noticed raoul had gone limp and jumped to his feet to take the noose off him, in a "no wait he can't die now i can't have that anymore" way

in this production (like in the restaged uk tour) the phantom has his back to christine when she returns the ring, and delivers the "i love you" not knowing she's there. now, it wasn't done like this in trieste, but at least when i went in milan when raoul says it to christine in act I she has already started to leave the rooftop and he's still on his knees, so he also says it while having his back turned to her... the parallel becomes visual as well. exactly the same blocking. how fun :')

[thelittletsarina]

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

Link

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.

Link

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

Link

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

Link

[vivian-bell]

Meg Tilly as Olivia Lawrence in Masquerade (1988)

Costume design by John Boxer