
PHANTOM OF THE OPERA, THE – Madrid, Spain – 2002
Luis Armando (Phantom), Felicidad Farag (Christine), Armando Pita (Raoul)

Luis Armando (Phantom), Felicidad Farag (Christine), Armando Pita (Raoul)

Juan Carlos Barona (alt. Phantom), Julia Moller (alt. Christine), Zenon Recalde (u/s Raoul)

Cooper Grodin (The Phantom of the Opera), Grace Morgan (alt Christine Daaé), Ben Jacoby (Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny), Lindsay O’Neil (u/s Carlotta Giudicelli), Brad Oscar (Monsieur Firmin), Edward Staudenmayer (Monsieur André), Linda Balgord (Madame Giry), Frank Viveros (Ubaldo Piangi) Notes: Fourth National Tour

Masayuki Sanko (Phantom), Tamami Sai (Christine), Yusuke Kitazawa (Raoul), Miki Tanegashima (Carlotta), Kazuo Hayashi (André), Masonori Koizumi (Firmin), Shunichiro Hanba (Piangi), Aiko Toda (Mme Giry), Kaori Arai (Meg)

Saulo Vasconcelos (Phantom), Kiara Saso (Christine), Nando Prado (Raoul).

Thiago Arancam (The Phantom of the Opera), Giulia Nadruz (alt Christine Daaé), Fred Silveira (Raoul de Chagny), Bete Diva (Carlotta Giudicelli), Sandro Christopher (Monsieur Firmin), Leo Diniz (u/s Monsieur André), Taís Víera (Madame Giry), Cleyton Pulzi (Ubaldo Piangi), Fernanda Muniz (Meg Giry) Notes: Excellent video shot during the closing weekend. This was Giulias second-to-last performance. No small files

Fred Silveira (u/s The Phantom of the Opera), Lina Mendes (Christine Daaé), Henrique Moretzsohn (u/s Raoul), Joyce Martins (Carlotta Giudicelli), Sandro Christopher (Monsieur Firmin), Marcos Lanza (Monsieur André), Taís Víera (Madame Giry), Cleyton Pulzi (Ubaldo Piangi), Fernanda Muniz (Meg Giry). Notes: Excellent unobstructed video of some understudies and the new Carlotta. Can be a little shaky when too zoomed in due…

Ben Cramer (alt The Phantom of the Opera), Joke de Kruijf (Christine Daaé), Peter de Smet (Raoul de Chagny), Wiebke Göetjes (Carlotta Giudicelli), Natasha Knight (Meg Giry) Notes: Matinee. Cue tape. Crew mentions André is absent, meaning an understudy is on. No smalls

Henk Poort (The Phantom of the Opera), Joke de Kruijf (Christine Daaé), Peter de Smet (Raoul de Chagny), Nico Schaap (Monsieur Firmin), Peter Bording (Monsieur André), Margaret Roest (Madame Giry), Natasha Knight (Meg Giry) Notes: Upgraded version, from original PAL format. Much clearer quality and no video problems during Why Have You Brought Me Here. Full show, includes curtain call and exit music. While usually…

Roy Weissensteiner (u/s The Phantom of the Opera), Marion Wilmer (u/s Christine Daaé), Carsten Lepper (Raoul, Vicomte de Chagny) Notes: Full stage shot and soundboard audio.

Roy Weissensteiner (Phantom 2nd u/s), Maike Switzer (Christine), Carsten Axel Lepper (Raoul) Note: Monitor video, soundboard. Video is shakier than in video above due to generation loss. VOBs labeled as “POTO Germany 2004-03 RW MS CL (1).VOB” from vob 1 to 8. No Small Files

Ian Jon Bourg (The Phantom of the Opera), Janine Kitzen (Christine Daaé), Michael Shawn Lewis (Raoul de Chagny) Master: Notes: Evening

John Cudia (The Phantom of the Opera), Sarah Lawrence (Christine Daaé), Jim Weitzer (Raoul de Chagny), Kim Stengel (Carlotta Giudicelli), Bruce Winant (Monsieur Firmin), D.C. Anderson (Monsieur André), Patti Davidson-Gorbea (Madame Giry), John Whitney (Ubaldo Piangi), Kate Wray (Meg Giry) Notes: Matinee. Begins at the Hannibal rehearsal.

Masachika Ichimura (Phantom), Ryoko Nomura (Christine), Yuichiro Yamaguchi (Raoul), Masako Saito (Carlotta), Jun Sawaki (André), Takanori Yamamoto (Firmin), Jun Kitagawa (Piangi), Yuko Shibagaki (Mme Giry), Yayoi Aoyama (Meg) Notes: Nissay Theater

Yuichiro Yamaguchi (Phantom), Kyoko Suzuki (Christine), Masayuki Sano (Raoul) Notes: Nissay Theater

Alexander Goebel (The Phantom of the Opera), Colleen Besett (u/s Christine Daaé), Andrew Hambly-Smith (Raoul de Chagny), Robin Lee (Carlotta Giudicelli), Dietrich Hergt (Monsieur Firmin), Jack Poppell (Monsieur André), Diana Bennett (Madame Giry), Sergio Lombana (Ubaldo Piangi), Alexandra Young-Schmidt (Meg Giry) Notes: Monitor video, black-and-white image.

Nicholas F. Saverine (The Phantom of the Opera), Luzia Nistler (Christine Daaé), Andrew Hambly-Smith (Raoul de Chagny), Robin Lee (Carlotta Giudicelli), Peter Vorwerg (Monsieur Firmin), Jack Poppell (Monsieur André), Diana Bennett (Madame Giry), Sergio Lombana (Ubaldo Piangi), Alexandra Young-Schmidt (Meg Giry) Notes: 1000th Vienna performance. Full stage shot, black and white, with sound from soundboard.

Ernst-Dieter Suttheimer (u/s The Phantom of the Opera), Colleen Besett (u/s Christine Daaé), Timothy Breese (alt Raoul de Chagny), Linda Healy (alt Carlotta Giudicelli), Dietrich Hergt (Monsieur Firmin), Horst Reeh (u/s Monsieur André), Claudia Rose Golde (u/s Madame Giry), Sergio Lombana (Ubaldo Piangi), Eva-Maria Weber (u/s Meg Giry) Notes: Last for Suttheimer as alternate. Shot on a tripod from the right balcony, so some parts…

John Cudia (The Phantom of the Opera), Marni Raab (Christine Daaé), Greg Mills (Raoul) Notes: Third US National Tour (Music Box). No Small Files

Jane Lapotaire (Edith Piaf), Jean Smart (Marlene Dietrich), Zoe Wanamaker (Toine) Notes: 1984 TV Movie with Original Broadway Cast shot in front of a studio audience.