The Phantom of the Opera at Royal Albert Hall in London

For the first time we have a film of the stage performance of ALW's The Phantom of the Opera.

For all of you who have not seen this on television, PBS has broadcast it twice. Check local listings for time. Also, if you would like to purchase a copy of the performance, with its guests Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman (who graced us with song) I bought a copy at Target for $19.99 plus tax.

Ramin Karimloo plays the Phantom and Sierra Boggess his Christine.

I have tried to post the video excerpt here, but the new codes don't seem to work. Try the following link. Enjoy!


The Phantom of the Opera at Royal Albert Hall.

Oh, I have this, I fact, I'm watching it right now! The effects for the mirror scene are AWFUL but the rest of it's pure gold. Ramin is perfect for the role. I was sooo upset when I found out that it was gonna be his last performance behind the mask. When I heard, I was like NOOOOOO, HE CAN'T DO THIS TO ME!!!!. Sierra was awesome, but I was a bit disappointed with Hadley Fraser. He seemed too much like the Love Never Dies Raoul, as in, angry and frowny all the time. But apart from that, the performance was amazing. I'm hoping that my singing career will take off and I could be in with a chance of being Christine in the 50th Anniversary. (Never mind the fact I'll be a bit old.) GO POTO!

I haven't heard that Ramin last performance was at Royal Albert Hall. Never seen. Love Never Dies. So can't compare. Guess I'll have to wait for it to come to DVD.

LND with the Aussie cast is on Amazon now. I saw clips online. Ben Lewis (who plays Erik) makes my heart melt with his singing. I hope you like him

Forgive me for not understanding, but do you mean the DVD of this performance is available at Amazon.com?

yup, that's what I mean. I highly reccommend it, but that's because I'm one of the few POTO nutcases who likes LND. Just ask TGITPC! She hates its guts!

Tee Hee, I was just watching it again and I noticed that in the Final Lair scene, when Christine kisses Erik, Raoul makes a face. LOL! He's just like,
"Ugh!"

Well, I can see his point.

I just burst out laughing. One minute, I was all "Yay!" and then I was laughing my head off. I just couldn't help it. I'm laughing as I write this now! (Tee Hee) But, the best part of all was during the end of the kiss when Ramin put his hand on Sierra's and closed his eyes. The phangirl in my had a party. (WOOT WOOT!)