#poto Canada

[jennyfair7]

I did a little POTO eBay retail therapy after Broadway closed and finally got around to displaying it…a lobby poster of Peter Karrie from Canada! 😍😍😍

Did I spend more than twice on shipping than on the poster itself? Yes. Do I regret it? NEVER.

[operachristine]

The only proshot footage we have of Paul Stanley!

I wanna say Raoul is Laird Mackintosh and Christine is Melissa Dye but I can’t be certain

[marleneoftheopera]

Scott Watanabe as Don Attilio. He was in the LA, Broadway, Toronto, and Vegas productions between 1991 and 2007. With Diana (Wong) Kaarina as Meg.

[torontophantom]

Behind the Mask - The Making of Toronto's Phantom of the Opera [AI Upscale]

Documentary by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, ca. 1989

An in-depth look at the making of the Original Canadian production of The Phantom of the Opera by the CBC. Featuring interviews with the cast, production crew, and creative team behind the production. Detailing the rehearsal process, the restoration of the legendary Pantages, and the work that goes into bringing the award winning mega musical to the Toronto stage. It also includes the promotional music video for the title track, featuring stars Rebecca Caine and Colm Wilkinson and shot on location on stage at the Pantages.

This newly enhanced version was taken from our original VHS to DVD transfer. It was then run through Topaz Video AI v3.1.11 using the "Deinterlace footage and Upscale to HD" preset. Enhancement was using the "Dione: TV 2x FPS" AI model, with "Add Noise" set to 3, and "Grain" amount set to 5 and size set to 2. While this may yield a slightly over-sharpened file, it was felt that this was the best approach for an asset that would then be compressed and uploaded to YouTube (and further compressed). 

Presented for archival and educational purposes only.

[kahecha82]

Que pasa ??????........ metete la medalla en la poto.......... estados unidos estamos en guerra.......

Canada bombardeen....

[phantomchristinesuk]

Souvenir Brochure: Toronto, Canada 1992

Christines: Rebecca Caine (1-8), Susan Cuthbert (9) & Glenda Balkan (10).

Pictures: pictures of the souvenir brochure taken by me (credit if reposting), original picture taken by Robert C. Ragsdale, F.R.P.S

[ange-de-la-musique]

Photoset of my favorite performance photos (yeah, yeah, some of them are staged and they’re mostly of Christine but shhh).

1. Sarah Brightman, Think of Me, West End, 1986. 

2. Joke de Kruijf, Think of Me, Vienna, 1993.

3. Sae Yamamoto, Think of Me, Nagoya, 2010.

4. Lina Mendes, after the performance, Sao Paulo revival, 2019.

5. Holly-Anne Hull, after the performance, UK Tour revival, 2020.

6. Clara Verdier and Jonathan Roxmouth, Music of the Night (staged), World Tour, 2020.

7. Kim So Hyun, Angel of Music, Seoul, 2009.

8. Tamara Kotova and Ivan Ozhogin, the Mirror, Moscow, 2014.

9. John Cudia and Jennifer Hope Wills, through the mirror, US Tour, 2006.

10. Peter Karrie, the Mausoleum, Canadian Tour, 1997.

11. Sierra Boggess, "Through music, my soul began to soar!”, Las Vegas, 2006.

12. Sylvia Rhyne and John Ruess, All I Ask of You (staged), Canadian Tour, 1995.

13. Masquerade (staged), Sao Paulo revival, 2019.

14. Jeremy Hays, electric/magnetic portcullis, Broadway, 2015.

15. Giulia Nadruz, Point of No Return, Sao Paulo revival, 2019.

16. Maree Johnson, Point of No Return, Australian Tour, 1994.

17. Jun Sawaki, Final Lair, Tokyo, 1992.

18. Elizabeth Loyacano, "Tears of Hate!”, Las Vegas, 2006. 

19. Sae Yamamoto, "I gave my mind blindly,” Nagoya, 2010.

20. Sarah Brightman, Final Lair (dress rehearsal), West End, 1986.

21. Anthony Crivello, staged, Las Vegas, 2006.

[ballerinadellamusica]

Souvenir Brochure: Toronto, Canada 1992 (3)

Pictures: pictures of the souvenir brochure taken by me (credit if reposting), original picture taken by Robert C. Ragsdale, F.R.P.S

[lahomie]

Final lair (Canada 1992)

Colm Wilkinson, Patti Cohenour and Byron Nease .

1. She touches his face.

2. Kiss!

3. C: Please, Angel! please!

    P: Nop

4. Epic scene!

  a) Seems that Raoul wasn't suffering so much

  b) Christine scared to believe that Raoul has died.

  c) Phantom and Raoul look at Christine (P: What's wrong with her? R: I don't know)

* After this Christine and Raoul embrace each other all the time. Even seems that both worry about the Phantom.

5. P: Oh, young man! My little friend. Now, we're alone again ... * caresses the face of the monkey in a very tender way.

6. Tender hands

7. No, Christine! Wait!

* I loved, I loved this Christine. She's very sweet and tender.

[ifyouhappentoremember]

...that is to say, of a spectral shade

[marleneoftheopera]

No more guesses… Laird will be on for the final show! Due to a bacterial infection, Ben Crawford is on vocal rest under doctors orders.

[nemeyuko]

I want the 1990 concept album of Jekyll & Hyde CD for my special interest shelf, but I fucking hate Colm Wilkinson.

[off-the-deep-end]

In another case of I-didn’t-like-it-the-first-time-through-but-I’ve-made-a-complete-180: actually, Origin is bangin’.

I like the music and how the program utilizes the music! It adds to the elements and the elements add to it!

This may be the first time I really appreciated how organic Yuzu’s jumps and spins feel. He doesn’t really telegraph them; they naturally flow from the music and steps before.

Ugh. So good.

[francis-of-the-opera-blog]

The opera house has fallen on hard times and it is mostly in due part to the owners, young brothers Alfred and Matthew. After the death of their mother who previous owned it, it fell to them, but little did they know how difficult it would be to keep it open. 

With Alfred having wild and crazy ideas, its a wonder Matthew has any sanity left keeping up with his brother’s wild antics!

[phantomchristinesuk]

I wanted to do a post of the full list of brochure pictures I have posted over the past couple of weeks including on my other account @ballerinadellamusica

Toronto, Canada 1992

Christines

Full pictures: one two three

Kyoto, Japan 2002

Yui Goto

Eriko Murata

Full pictures: one two three

Osaka, Japan 2008

Christines: one two

Full pictures: one two three

Nagoya, Japan 2015

Christines: one two

Full pictures: one two three

[anewbeginningagain]

I was skeptical about Sales/Wamsteeker doing POTO, but I think it actually suits them. It gives them big emotions to perform which is probably more suitable than something lyrical.

My favorite program from these early comps has still been the Movement one from H/L. Hopefully they’ll get some good competition spots to show it off.

I agree it overall fits them, their niche is definitely semi-passionate and dramatic pieces.

With you about H/L having the absolute best program in the event. The Pink Panther FD was kind of fun, and Emmy's new Pink Floyd program was ok too. S/F new FD is a bit of a change for them which I like, but they are just unable to convincingly interpret it (him especially) and them having like 5 different transitions that include some kind of sliding movement annoys me tbh because it's just too repetitive. And I'm legit beyond offended by the plagiarized version of S/D's clown FD.

I wish Skate Canada had a TBD spot for dance that they could have given to H/L, I'm afraid we won't be seeing them much.