#y/k phantom

[flea-palace]

erik on his regularly scheduled bullshit

[blackghostm2oart]

I was watching the Y/K musical for the first time (Riverside 2004 to be more precise) and couldn’t help but draw this

Everyone: “THE OPERA HAS BEEN INVADED BY A PHANTOM!!!”

Poor Erik: “I… Live here…”

I have not finished watching it tho, when I do I’ll yap about this (ohohoh I’ll compare it with the miniseries and the alw musical A LOT)

[glindaupland]

팬텀 / Y&K Phantom - 내 고향 (Home)

송은혜 Song Eunhye & 카이 Kai

EMK released their first 'Musical Live Stage' video for Phantom with Song Eunhye & Kai. They are the scheduled pair for the first performance of the run on May 31st, 2025. They also dropped some official promotional photos for the Eriks yesterday. This is Kai's set.

[asakuramimimi]

my christine?

[nessie665]

Will you still want me? (when I'm nothing new) — Chapter 1/3

Pairing: Fem!Erik x Christine

Warning: Eventual smut

Summary: Set on the day after the bistro, Christine struggles with the pressure of her newfound success, her insecurities about whether she’s ready for a leading role, the rumors swirling around her relationship with the Count of Chandon, and her maestra's increasingly erratic behavior.

Ultimately, Christine must reconcile her dreams with the realities of the society she lives in, all while discovering the true nature of the bond she shares with her enigmatic teacher, and in the process, discovering a new side of herself that changes everything.

AO3 LINK

A/N: New short story!

I want to give special thanks to @partymeow this story is for you, for all of your amazing support, thank you so much. I know it's not the continuation of the home series you like so much, but I hope you enjoy this fic that has a similar setting and characterizations.

Thank you, also to my dear friend @zukaloving for all your wonderful support and friendship, I hope you had an amazing birthday <3

[ethereal-maia]

some christines and carlottas cause I’ve been listening to the yeston/kopit phantom musical a lot lately 💥👍

[blackghostm2o]

Phantom Ramblings time.

I’ll yap about the Y/K Phantom musical (I saw the Riverside 2004 production). -> random unorganised thoughts.

Generally speaking I did enjoy it, it was a nice and fun watch.

I enjoyed the songs (especially Melodie de Paris), they were really catchy, but I do admit that my foreign ass had a really hard time understanding the choruses (unsure if this is the right term) and there were A LOT of them, compared to ALW’s musical that has them, but to a lesser extent. I also noticed (or maybe I’m wrong) that the pacing of all the songs here was faster compared to the other musical.

I obviously cannot talk about Y/K Phantom without bringing up the 1990 miniseries (my beloved). SO… The miniseries benefits A LOT from the added hour of runtime, the story, especially the ending, are allowed to breathe and don’t feel rushed.

In the miniseries ALL the songs have been cut (it wouldn’t have been bad if they kept some of them), but they added some stuff: showing Erik’s shenanigans towards LaCarlotta (which in the musical are only hinted by showing the aftermath), the plot line of Raoul and Christine knowing each other as kids (I always find it really boring and an unnecessary addition), moments of Christine and Erik bonding (ohh <3333) that in the musical are condensed to just them rehearsing (again: time constraints), the whole final part!!! = Christine escaping then returning and singing in Faust, Erik being a fool and kidnapping her again after their duet.

Here Erik is a bit more aggressive than Cherik, he actually killed Buquet, kills LaCarlotta with electricity (iirc), which took me really by surprise lmao, is shown getting a bit mad at Christine during rehearsals… Alas… He doesn’t have the same charm of Cherik, tho this is not Christopher Carl’s fault, his acting was really good, it has to do with the additions that were made to the series, for example: him choosing his hat, the hug between them, singing her a lullaby <3, THEIR DUET IN FAUST (I’m normal about Cherik, I swear!).

This scene was better delivered by Charles Dance in my humble opinion. I do like how the miniseries maintained almost completely all the spoken parts of the musical.

The Unmasking… Well… I do like how they do a bit of chit chat when they sit down (Erik is so precious here ahhhh), instead of immediately being “Heyyy! Would you mind doing me a favour?” There’s a song before it (by Christine) singing about how she will learn to love him getting past fear and doubt (I was crying ngl… Knowing it’s outcome…Seeing how scared Erik is… God dammit…), BUT I, once again, prefer how the miniseries did it… Christine here is scared and runs away while saying sorry, in 1990 she faints… And… Oh God… Cherik’s reaction… Crying onto himself, then slowly (hardly) getting away while crying… And the the distraught “why” and his distant wailing… Terrific acting… As I already said this is possible, because they had more time to let the scenes breathe and had no songs to fit in (I also prefer this to having a song, sorry musical fans don’t kill me).

LaCarlotta here is an even bigger bitch than 1990.

Philippe (Raoul) is useless as always :)

I like the ballet to show Gerard and Erik’s past.

No Faust duet here :( big sad… (How much I love that scene)

The ending here is really rushed (as I said), he didn’t kidnap Christine and didn’t almost kill Philippe, tho. Not as emotional as 1990 (which broke me into pieces, I was ugly crying).

Christine is not as manipulative as 1990 Christine, sorry but we can’t deny how much she used Cherik’s love to make him do what she wanted…

Nice to see what 1990 was based on. In general I love Erik Carriere <333 (my pookie, I’d hug him)

[meilas]

@brendadaaedestler @erik-carierre

[ladymisteria]

Subtitled version of Yeston & Kopit's "Phantom."

Some time ago, in a post on my blog, I had shared pro-shot links of the first and second acts of the Korean version of Yeston & Kopit's "Phantom" - promising to do my best to find a better and, possibly, subtitled version.

I thought I had succeeded when a YouTube channel had decided to upload it - but unfortunately the same channel later changed its mind and decided to remove (twice) the video.

After several attempts on different platforms (unfortunately all of which failed, for all sorts of reasons, at the time of publication) I decided to upload the video and its subtitles - of which, just in case, I had downloaded a copy - to Mega.

•UPDATE•

Unfortunatly I've been forced to close my Mega account, but I managed to find another site where it's possible to watch 'Phantom' with english subs. I'm sorry for all these people who come across this post only to be disappointed finding the previous link broken.

You can find the subbed show here:

Phantom - The Musical Live

I hope this is a solution that works for everyone, and especially for @stevenstrange, who was kind enough to point out to me the latest video deletion from YT.

[confessionsofanoperaghost]

It's the end of June and the new Phantom offerings are a mixed bag!

The Phantom Cabinet by Jeremy Thompson is an odd little book, revolving around a young man who seems to have part of his soul stuck in the afterlife, battling against a porcelain-masked nemesis. It's the most "is this even related?" option this month, for those who like that!

The Phantom of the Sauna is a rare new entry into the adult Phantom film category, I think! It tells the story of a young man who begins frequenting a sauna and not only getting found-family adopted by the place but also falling for a mysterious and sexy resident Phantom.

And we've got two rereleases of older stuff that I know some of you are going to be excited about!

First, if you wanted the newest version of the 1988 Emerald City animated classic version of the story, it's out on DVD! Thrill to the Persian's magnificent turban. Chill as Christine passes out from a yellow skull grinning at her. Vibe with the snarkiest screen Erik's lines.

Second, we have a new professionally shot version of the 1991 Yeston/Kopit musical from Korea, featuring an all-star cast with everyone from opera singers to K-pop idols! It looks like a worthy addition and I'm looking forward to seeing what kinds of performance differences it has versus the Japanese Takarazuka troupe versions of the same show.

And that's it this month! May we all find something fun and relaxing in a sauna this month if that's our thing.

[flea-palace]

you can't just say perchance erik

[caffienatedicecreambear]

"I love you" in asshole language <333

Danny loves you all!!! :))

[glindaupland]

팬텀 / Y&K Phantom - 내 사랑 (My True Love)

장혜린 Chang Hyerin

EMK released their second 'Musical Live Stage' video for Phantom with Chang Hyerin! ❤️ This is her first leading role in a musical (her previous roles were Tirzah in '벤허 (Ben-Hur), Rosalie la Morlière in '베르사유의 장미 (The Rose of Versailles)', and Dea in '웃는 남자 (The Man Who Laughs)'.

[asakuramimimi]

Has anyone ever seen a kopit phantom in America?

I'd like to hear your story！

[phantomofthearchives]

Emotionally destroying myself with Phantom Yeston & Kopit 2004.

[ethereal-maia]

i have. been listening to phantom the american musical sensation lately. the song you are my own drives me up the walls i will never be over it.