Phantom of the Opera (audio)

• 1999 Japanese cast recording with Kiyotaka Imai as the Phantom and
  Rumi Iryo as Christine (3^rd recording)

• 1992 Japanese cast with Yuichiro Yamaguchi and Kyoko Suzuki (2^nd recording)

• 1988 Japanese cast recording (1^st recording)_ with Masachika Ichimura and Kyohko Suzuki - Yuichiro Yamagushi as Raoul

• The Italian movie OST (highlights)_with Luca Velletri and Renata Fusco

• Korean cast recording (Highlights) (Phantom): Young-Seok Yoon (Christine): Hye-Kyoung Lee

  (Raoul): Ryu Jung-Han

• Swedish cast recording WMA format

• Vienna cast recording with Alexander Goebel, Luzia Nistler, Alfred Pfeifer

• Hungarian cast recording_with Sándor Sasvári and Andrea Mahó

• Original Canadian cast recording_with Colm Wilkinson and Rebecca Caine

• A cast recording with Graham Bickley and Claire Moore (Highlights)

• A cast recording with Michael Heath and Kira Bronte (Highlights)

• Maury Yeston's Phantom

• Ken Hill's Phantom of the Opera - Cast album

• French DVD-rip

• A Spanish recording with Luis Amando as Phantom and Felicidad Farag as Christine (soundboard)

• Broadway_1/9/06_Record Breaking Performance with Howard McGillin as Phantom, Sandra Joseph as Christine, and Tim Martin Gleason as Raoul

• Hugh Panaro's last performance (Oct 1, 2005) [A]

• John Cudia, Marie Danvers, Jim Weitzer, Kim Stengel, Bruce Winant, D.C. Anderson, Patti Davidson_Gorbea, John Whitney, Kate Wray. (Dallas 4-11-06) Not the best recording, but it works. [B-]

• POTO: audio Dallas, TX 3NT - April 15, 2006 (matinee)

  John Cudia, Sarah Lawrence (alt), Jim Weitzer, Bruce Winant, D. C. Anderson, Kim Stengel, Patti Davidson-Gorbea, John Whitney, Kate Wray. Act 1 SONGS only + PoNR and Final Lair. Taper says: "Missing Hannibal. Some asinine woman's cell phone from the row in front of me goes off during the Final Lair."

1 CDs (B+)

• Phantom of the Opera - Spain - 2003/2004,
  Juan Carlos Barona, Julia Möller, Armando Pita
  Rare Soundboard Recording
  2CD its rated as an A+

• Phantom of the Opera - London - January 5th 2002
  John Owen-Jones, Deborah Dutcher, Matt Cammelle
  Excellent quality audio. sensational performance, the three leads are all incredible.
  2CD A+

• Phantom of the Opera - London - June 18th 2004
  John Owen-Jones, Nicky Adams and Ramin Karimloo
  listened to this briefly, MY God, the final lair has to be one of the most emotional I've heard in a long time !
  2CD WMA format

• London-February 18, 2003
  Phantom: John Owen-Jones Christine: Celia Graham Raoul: Mathew Cammelle Carlotta: Nan Christie Andre: Robert Irons Firmin: Richard Hazell Mme. Giry: Josie Benson Piangi: Jeremy Secombe Meg Giry: Hayley Driscoll
  Quality: A (Almost A+, some minor vocal drowning-out)

• JOJ, Katie Adams, Ramin Karimloo. (London 2-28-04) I'm pretty sure Ramin played Raoul for this show. [A]

• Phantom of the Opera - Orlando, FL. - January 11th 2004
  Brad Little, Rebecca Pitcher, Tim Martin Gleason,
  Little's final performance, so one can guess that it's very emotional.
  Little's voice isn't my favourite, but great final performance with a lot of emotion
  Pitcher also not my favourite Christine, but good nonetheless. Gleason as Raoul
  was good as always Little flubs his "Christine I love You" line because he is crying, very moving.
  2CD A

• Phantom of the Opera - L.A. - November 18th 2003
  Brad Little, Lisa Vroman, Tim Martin Gleason,
  2CD A

• Phantom of the Opera - Cincinnati, OH 3rdNT - Dec 18th 2005 . Gary Mauer, Elizabeth Southard (alt), John Cudia, David Cryer, DC Anderson, Kim Stengel, Rebecca Judd (u/s), John Whitney, Kristi Patricia (u/s)1st gen (from DM). Recorded from the 5th or 6th row back, stage left. Complete show from pre-show announcements to right before curtain calls at the end. Great quality, far and away the best Phantom audio I've ever heard - you can hear everything - the elephant being rolled across the stage during Hannibal, paper rustling in Notes, every breath Beth takes in Think of Me and Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again, Beth's gasp when Meg touches her shoulder during Angel of Music, Meg's "rehearsals, always rehearsals," the ballet rats chattering during Magical Lasso, Gary's little "oh!" gasp at the end when he realizes that Beth has returned (to give back the ring), and the sheet being pulled away from the throne at the end just to name a few. Two small flubs - the gun doesn't fire during Seal My Fate (it makes a little popping sound you can hear on the recording) so John makes a quick save by telling the marksman he should have fired; also, John forgot his "but why?" when Madame Giry was explaining about the punjab lasso. The cast was incredible that night. One of the last audios of David Cryer on tour as Firmin - he's leaving for Broadway some time in January.
  2CD (A+)

• Phantom of the Opera - Cincinnati, OH 3rdNT - Dec 18th 2005
  Gary Mauer, Elizabeth Southard (alt), John Cudia, David Cryer, DC Anderson, Kim Stengel,
  Rebecca Judd (u/s), John Whitney, Kristi Patricia (u/s)1st gen (from DM). Recorded from the 5th
  or 6th row back, stage left. Complete show from pre-show announcements to right before curtain calls at the end. Great quality, far and away the best Phantom audio I've ever heard - you can hear everything - the elephant being rolled across the stage during Hannibal, paper rustling in Notes, every breath Beth takes in Think of Me and Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again, Beth's gasp when Meg touches her shoulder during Angel of Music, Meg's "rehearsals, always rehearsals," the ballet rats chattering during Magical Lasso, Gary's little "oh!" gasp at the end when he realizes that Beth has returned (to give back the ring), and the sheet being pulled away from the throne at the end just to name a few. Two small flubs - the gun doesn't fire during Seal My Fate (it makes a little popping sound you can hear on the recording) so John makes a quick save by telling the marksman he should have fired; also, John forgot his "but why?" when Madame Giry was explaining about the punjab lasso. The cast was incredible that night. One of the last audios of David Cryer on tour as Firmin - he's leaving for Broadway some time in January.
  2CD (A+)

• Phantom of the Opera - Dallas TX 3rdNT - April 6th 2006
  Gary Mauer (FINAL) Elizabeth Southard (alt) (FINAL), Jim Weitzer,
  John Jellison (FINAL), DC Anderson, Kim Stengel, Patti Davidson-Gorbea, John Whitney, Kate Wray. Gary Mauer and Elizabeth Southard's LAST show with the tour
  Mauer gets very emotional during MOTN, and Southard does the same in Wishing. Final for Mauer, Southard and Jellison
  2CD A

• The Phantom of the Opera - Australia 1990
  Anthony Warlow (Phantom), Marina Prior (Christine), Dale Burridge (Raoul), Christa Leahmann (Carlotta), Jon Ewing (Andre), John O'May (Firmin), Christopher Dawes (Piangi), Geraldine Morrow (Mme. Giry), Sharron Millerchip (Meg Giry) Anthony is up among my top Phantoms. Expressive voice
  2 CD A

• Phantom of the Opera - London - May 13th 2004
  Earl Carpenter (SB), Robyn North (u/s), Tom Solomon (u/s), Richard Hazell, Sam Hiller, Judith Gardner Jones, Heather Jackson, Jim Heath, Heidi Ann O’Brien. One of the only and definitely the best quality audio with all three London standbys/understudies.
  Was a little on the quiet side but crystal clear with no overload anywhere. I've managed to bring out the voices so that it's not so quiet now. The best performance by Carpenter I’ve heard: he doesn’t struggle at all and North just gets better and better, especially her vocal quality, Solomon is a great understudy as well. 2CD (A-)

• London- Dec. 21, 2005
  (Phantom): Earl Carpenter (Christine): Celia Graham (Raoul): David Shannon (Carlotta): Wendy Ferguson (Andre): Sam Hiller (Firmin): James Barron (Mme Giry): Annette Yeo (Piangi): Rohan Tickell (Meg Giry): Naomi Cobby
  Quality: A+

• Phantom of the Opera - San Francisco - Jan 3rd 1999
  Franc D'Ambrosio, Lisa Vroman, Christopher Carl, Michael Lackey, Richard Gould, Patricia Hurd, Rebecca Judd, Gualtiero Negrini, Jennifer Gould
  There are NO 3-SECOND PAUSES. Closing Night of the San Francisco production. Includes closing speeches from principals. Analogue hiss & some skipping during the Prologue and Prima Donna track. Very enthusiastic audience, numbers like MOTN bring the house down.
  And D’Ambrosio and Vroman, WOW what a pair. Vroman is a wonderful Christine. Franc D’Ambrosio is brilliant, he has a unique voice that has an unearthly “echoey” quality to it. His “Say you’ll share with me…” is superb.
  2CD B+

• Phantom of the Opera - September 27th 1996 - Sydney
  Rob Guest, Danielle Everett, John Bowles
  Last show in Sydney WMA format

• Phantom of the Opera - Providence, RI - March 16th 2006
  Jason Mills, (u/s) Marie Danvers, Jim Weitzer, Kim Stengel, Stephen Tewksbury (Piangi u/s),
  D.C. Anderson, John Jellison, Patti Davidson-Gorbea, Kate Wray
  1st Generation - Jason Mills' FIRST performance as the Phantom, and a great first
  performance it is. Recorded from the third row, and unfortunately features a tone-deaf fan
  humming along with one (short) part of the Overture. Missing the Entr'acte, and features
  some disruption in Point of No Return just after Marie removes Jason's mask, due to the
  person to my right crawling over me and running out of the theatre.
  Some hiss due to being recorded on .mp3 recorder, but a unique recording of a Phantom's FIRST performance.
  2 CDs (B)

• Phantom of the Opera- Las Vegas - 7.2.06 - Anthony Crivello, Elisabeth Loycano. This is a pretty good recording from the bits I've listened to! (A) m4a format

• Las Vegas-July 1, 2006 (10:00 Show)
  Phantom: Brent Barrett (Christine): Sierra Boggess (Raoul): Tim Martin Gleason (Carlotta): Geena Jeffries Mattox (Andre): John Leslie Wolfe (Firmin): Lawson Skala (Mme. Giry): Rebecca Spencer (Piangi): Larry Wayne Morbitt (Meg Giry): Brianne Kelly Morgan
  Quality: A-

• Las Vegas, June 21, 2006 - Brent Barrett, Elizabeth Loyacano, Tim Martin-Gleason, Geena Jeffries Mattox, Larry Wayne Morbitt, Lawson Skala, John Leslie Wolfe, Rebecca Spencer, Brianne Kelly Morgan [B+]

• London- Dec. 22, 2005 (Matinee)
  (Phantom): Matt Cammelle (Christine): Celia Graham (Raoul): David Shannon (Carlotta): Wendy Ferguson (Andre): Sam Hiller (Firmin): James Barron (Mme Giry): Annette Yeo (Piangi): Rohan Tickell (Meg Giry): Naomi Cobby
  Quality: A+

• Broadway- April 30, 1988
  Phantom: Michael Crawford Christine: Patti Cohenour Raoul: Steve Barton Carlotta: Judy Kaye Andre: Cris Groenendaal Firmin: Nick Wyman Mme. Giry: Leila Martin Piangi: David Romano Meg Giry: Elisa Heinsohn
  Quality: A- (Excellent quality for its age!)

• Phantom of the Opera: 10/8/05 Stephen Tewksbury, Sarah Lawrence, John Cudia. Extended Highlights (B+)

• Phantom of the Opera-2nd National Tour 10/1/97
  Ron Bohmer (Phantom),Sandra Joseph (Christine), Lawrence Anderson (Raoul)

• Phantom of the Opera -11/24/90 B'way, Jeff Keller, Phantom, Rebecca Luker-Christine and Kevin Gray, Raoul.

• Phantom of the Opera 6/26/92, Philly, PA, Kevin Gray, Phantom, Dodie Pettit (his wife), Christine, Keith Buterbaugh, Raoul.

• Essen, Germany, January 28 2006 Christian Müller (WMA format)

• Los Angeles-April 29, 1990 Phantom: Michael Crawford  (Last Performance) Christine: Dale Kristien Raoul: Reece Holland Carlotta: Leigh Munro Andre: Calvin Remsberg Firmin: Norman Large Mme. Giry: Barbara Lang Piangi: Gualtero Negrini  Meg Giry: Elizabeth Stringer Quality: A-

• Mexico-December, 1999  *Soundboard* Phantom: Saulo Vasconcelos Christine: Claudia Cota-Gomez Raoul: Jose Joel Carlotta: Tatiana Marouchtchak  Quality: A+ ???????????????

• World Tour (Taipei, Taiwan) - 24 January 2006 (2CD, A)
  Phantom - Brad Little, Christine - Ana Marina (alt), Raoul - John Bowles, Firmin - Jonathon Taylor, Andre - Andres Sohlman, Carlotta - Pauline du Plessis, Mme Giry - Jackie Rees, Piangi - David Rogers-Smith, Meg - Jee-Hyun Noh
  Lovely quality, and Brad is in fine voice, he sounds great. Ana's pronunciation is a little odd sometimes. John is unimpressive though.

• Essen - 4 December 2005 (2CD, A) Phantom - Christian Müller (u/s), Christine - Sandra Danyella, Raoul - Nikolaj Alexander Brucker
  A good quality audio, with some minor electronic crackles occasionally. Christian is excellent, with a wonderfully smooth and powerful voice to match. Performed in German.

• Brazil - 28 July 2005 (2CD, A-)
  Phantom - Saulo Vasconcelos, Christine - Kiara Sasso, Raoul - Nando Prado, Carlotta - Edna D'Oliveira, Mme Giry - Paula Capovilla, Meg - Carolina Puntel
  Performed in Portugese. Saulo's Phantom is one of my favourites, and Kiara sounds lovely ??????????????????????

• Austin - 3NT - Feb. 8, 2004 Gary Mauer, Sarah Lawrence (u/s), Tim Martin Gleason, David Cryer, DC Anderson, Patty Goble (u/s), Patti Davidson-Gorbea, Jimmy Smagula, Kate Wray. Nice digital audio, though some overloading at points and a little hiss. Lawrence is good understudy; Mauer isn't as good here as he is later in his run. 2CD (A-)

• London – 30th September 2004 - 7:30 PM John Owen-Jones, Katie Knight-Adams (alt), Oliver Thornton, Richard Hazell, Sam Hiller, Sally Harrison, Heather Jackson, Rohan Tickell, Claire Tilling. Nice audio, though a little fuzzy at times. Better performance than the 4th September for JOJ, he sings the hell out of MOTN. 2CD (A)

• London - 16th August 2005 Matthew Cammelle (SB), Rachel Barrell, Oliver Thornton, Richard Hazell, Sam Hiller, Sally Harrison, Rohan Tickell, Emma Edwards (u/s), Heidi Ann O’Brien. Nice audio, from the pre-show announcement to the exit music. Matt's a good Phantom, with the kind of deep, powerful voice that suits the role, though his diction is a little odd. Rachel Barrell is a great Christine, as ever, and Thornton tries hard but it's very good. 2CD (A)

• Stuttgart, April 4, 2004 Ian Jon Bourg, Kristin Hölck (alt), Carsten Lepper,

      Petra Koschatzki,  Marko Woytowicz, Ernst van Looy, Gabrielle Ramm, Brian         Bowley, Katie Wood  (WMA format)