| Streaming PHANTOM — can we start a petition to fix Ramin Karimloo’s vowels? | |
| Last Edit: GrumpyMorningBoy 05:31 pm EDT 04/18/20 | |
| Posted by: GrumpyMorningBoy 05:28 pm EDT 04/18/20 | |
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| Easily one of the hottest men to ever work on Broadway or the West End. Easily. Chords of steel. Insane power up top. He seems to kinda forget to think about pitch every now and then. Hot as hell. Really not a bad actor at all. Very little voice training, according to things he’s said in interviews. Very few voice lessons. It shows. His poor vowel placement is nearly enough to drive me mad. But hot as all get out, even under all that scary Phantom makeup. ..... I haven’t sat through PHANTOM since a friend joined the cast waaaaaaaayyyy long ago and I checked out the Bway cast, and it’s always a lovely nostalgia trip to the late 80’s. It’s really not hard to understand why THIS is the one musical that’s outlived every other. It’s all so deliciously over the top, yet so easy to consume without having to think too hard. And if any plot lends itself to being sung, this one sure does. For a multi millionaire, it’s easy to forget how oft-maligned Sir Lloyd Webber often is. I gotta give him credit for knowing how to write melodies that feel familiar on a first listen, yet hold together within a cohesive score that works as a collection of songs. He’s great at building motifs to foreshadow & raise the stakes of the story. And the opera pastiche is all pretty fun, to be honest. I forgot how much of the opera and ballet portions weren’t on that original cast recording that I wore out back in the day. And let’s give it up for Sierra Boggess. Opposite Mr. Karimloo, her voice training really shines. Bravo, Millikin. For high notes this beautiful and clear, her low register is absolutely stunning. And she can act, finding the right style in a story where she’s tasked to help us suspend our disbelief and accept a plot of melodramatic pulp. - GMB |
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| Link | Streaming: THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA’s 25th Anniversary, Live at Royal Albert Hall |
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