The German productions

I know, we have a generic "international productions" thread, but I wanted to create an own for the German productions. Phantom had an extraordinary long run in Hamburg, from 1990-2001. It ran in Stuttgart from autumn 2002-2004, and in Essen in 2005-2007. Here's some of the cast throughout the years, Hamburg first:


1990
Phantom: Peter Hofmann (Hartwig Rudolz)
Christine: Anna Maria Kaufmann (Renée Knapp)
Raoul: Hartwig Rudolz (Thomas Schulze)
Carlotta: Pamela Sanabria
André: Thomas Schulze
Firmin: Thomas Bayer
Madame Giry: Ruth Hale
Meg Giry: Dunja Siehl
Piangi: David Romano
Reyer: Michael Horton
Lefèvre: Peter Prior
Buquet: Ulrich Talle
Auctioneer: Clarence Carter
Don Attilio: Bernd Nachbaur
Confidante: Laura de Souza
Innkeeper: Peter Graham
Innkeeper's wife: Janet Tyler
Pages in Don Juan: Linda Laible, Carol Lurie
Madame Firmin: Cecelia Colby
Princess/Mirror Bride: Joke de Kruijf
Fireman: Horst Gross
Slave master: Victor Pesina
Flunky: Anthony Sands
Corps de Ballet: Lesli Wiesner, Eva Hallbeck, Joanna Bates, Petra Baum, Louise Brown, Tracy J. Hayes
Ballet swings: Jutta Elenz, Tabitha Dudley
Swings: Claudio Bonino, Florian Giertzuch, Peter Graham, Silvia Krüger, Jeff Martin, Wolfgang Palm, Elke Pilz, Tim Tobin, Jean-Marie Zimmerman


Summer 1991 (only a few changes in the ensemble)
Phantom: Peter Hofmann (Hartwig Rudolz)
Christine: Anna Maria Kaufmann (Renée Knapp)
Raoul: Hantwig Rudolz (Thomas Schulze)
Carlotta: Pamela Sanabria
André: Thomas Schulze
Firmin: Brett Hamilton
Madame Giry: Ruth Hale
Meg Giry: Dunja Siehl
Piangi: David Romano
Reyer: Michael Horton
Lefèvre: Peter Prior
Buquet: Ulrich Talle
Auctioneer: Clarence Carter
Don Attilio: Bernd Nachbaur
Confidante: Laura de Souza
Innkeeper: Peter Graham
Innkeeper's wife: Janet Tyler
Pages in Don Juan: Linda Laible, Carol Lurie
Madame Firmin: Cecelia Colby
Princess/Mirror Bride: Lori Broderick
Fireman: Horst Gross
Slave master: Victor Pesina
Flunky: Anthony Sands
Corps de Ballet: Lesli Wiesner, Eva Hallbeck, Joanna Bates, Petra Baum, Louise Brown, Tracy J. Hayes
Ballet swings: Jutta Elenz, Tabitha Dudley
Swings: Claudio Bonino, Florian Giertzuch, Scott Gregory, Silvia Krüger, Jennifer Little, Jeff Martin, Wolfgang Palm, Tim Tobin, Jean-Marie Zimmerman


Early 1992?
Phantom: Tim Tobin (Thomas Schulze)
Christine: Renée Knapp (Lori Broderick)
Raoul: Timothy Breese
Carlotta: Rebecca Spencer (Jennifer Little)
André: Scott Gregory
Firmin: Wolfgang Beigel
Madame Giry: Ruth Hale
Meg Giry: Lucy Potter
Piangi: Marshall Cooper
Reyer: Dietmar Ziegler
Lefèvre: Peter Prior
Buquet: Ulrich Talle
Auctioneer: Clarence Carter
Don Attilio: Bernd Nachbaur
Confidante: Simone Pohl
Innkeeper: Peter Graham
Innkeeper's wife: Corinna A. Jagodic
Pages in Don Juan: Annette Koch, Carol Lurie
Madame Firmin: Tina Thompson
Princess/Mirror Bride: Colby Thomas
Fireman: Eberhard Neitzel
Slave master: Victor Pesina
Flunky: Anthony Sands
Corps de Ballet: Julie Collins, Joanna Bates, Petra Baum, Louise Brown, Makiko Fukuda, Eva Hallbeck, Tracy J. Hayes
Ballet swings: Tabitha Dudley, Gabriela Nicholson
Swings: Edouard Broussard, Nicholas Dunbar, Florian Giertzuck, Constanze Götze, Pamela Laurent, Jennifer Little, Simon Marlow, Wolfgang A. Palm, Markus Petsch, Len Pfluger, Gaby Salzbacher


1993
Phantom: Tim Tobin (Thomas Schulze)
Christine: Colby Thomas (Renée Knapp)
Christine understudy: Silvia Krüger, Lori Broderick
Raoul: Timothy Breese
Carlotta: Susan Gundunas
André: Peter Prior
Firmin: Dietrich Hergt
Madame Giry: Ruth Hale
Meg Giry: Julie Collins
Piangi: Marcello Ronchietto (Marshall R. Cooper)
Reyer: Dietmar Ziegler
Lefèvre: Eberhard Neitzel
Buquet: Reinhard Schulze
Auctioneer: Matthias Klein
Don Attilio: Bernd Nachbaur
Confidante: Jil Lindenberg
Innkeeper: Peter Graham
Innkeeper's wife: Kay Montgomery
Page in Don Juan: Marie Schmalhofer
Madame Firmin: Twyla Ehmcke
Princess: Karin Kurzendörfer (not u/s Christine)
Fireman: Raymond Sepe
Slave master: Franck Delorme
Flunky: Anthony Sands
Corps de Ballet: Makiko Fukuda, Tracy J. Hayes, Cornelia Meierhans, Gabriela Nicholson, Sonia Sanchez, Tatjana Werbizkaja
Ballet swings: Paula S. Lange, Simone Lobb
Swings: Patrice Burgstahler, Nicholas Dunbar, Lori Engel, Florian Giertzuck, Sally Hessenice, Wolfgang A. Palm, Markus Petsch, Len Pfluger, Gaby Salzbacher, Ulrich Talle


1995
Phantom: Thomas Schulze (Simon Tunkin)
Christine: Colby Thomas (Carla Michalski-Thamm)
Christine understudy: Deborah Dutcher, Evelyn Werner
Raoul: Dale Tracy (Jörg Westerkamp)
Carlotta: Rebecca Sherburn (Kay Montgomery)
André: Kenn Derby
Firmin: Reinhard Schulze
Madame Giry: Lesley Windsor
Meg Giry: Gabriela Nicholson
Piangi: Marcello Ronchietto (Marshall R. Cooper)
Reyer: Dietmar Ziegler
Lefèvre: Eberhard Nietzel
Buquet: Frank Curtis
Auctioneer: Clarence Carter
Don Attilio: Philip Ferentinos
Confidante: Yvonne Edwards
Innkeeper: Peter Graham
Innkeeper's wife: Patrice Burgstahler
Pages in Don Juan: Ellen Bullinger, Vera Borisova
Madame Firmin: Margaret Bankier
Princess: Kirsten Schwarz (not u/s Christine)
Fireman: Walter Dixon
Slave master: Francesco Tagliabue
Flunky: David Meinke
Corps de Ballet: Christelle Gilles, Yukiko Kashiki, Lucrezia Piattelli, Clancy Rowe, Sonia Sanchez, Naoko Watanabe
Ballet swings: Paula S. Lange, Nikki O'Shea
Swings: Nicholas Dunbar, Deborah Dutcher, Florian Giertzuch, David T. Grimes, Wolfgang Höltzel, Wolfgang A. Palm, Elena Pankratova, Jeffrey Reynolds, Gaby Salzbacher, Evelyn Werner, Tracy Wise


1996?
Phantom: Thomas Schulze
Christine: Colby Thomas (Carla Michalski-Thamm)
Christine understudy: Susan Derry, Lori Zeglarski
Raoul: Ray Gabbard (Jörg Westerkamp)
Carlotta: Rebecca Sherburn (Jeanne Bruggeman)
André: Anders Sohlman
Firmin: Thomas Bayer (Wolfgang Beigel)
Madame Giry: Ellen Bullinger
Meg Giry: Carrie Stewart
Piangi: Clarence Carter (Marshall R. Cooper)
Reyer: Bernhard Julius
Lefèvre: Eberhard Neitzel
Buquet: Frank Curtis
Auctioneer: Werner Kraus
Don Attilio: Jonathan Guss
Confidante: Suzanne Gari
Innkeeper: Peter Graham
Innkeeper's wife: Vera Borisova
Pages in Don Juan: Sandra Ross, Lori Zeglarski
Madame Firmin: Catherine Perman
Princess/Mirror Bride: Valentina Kozhanova (not u/s Christine)
Fireman: Michael Nicholson
Slave master: Radi Bezroukov
Flunky: Paul Channon
Corps de Ballet: Heather Craig, Rachael Crocker, Pippa Heughan, Melanie Luepené Turner, Caroline Wright
Ballet swings: Sarah Louise Todd, Jacqueline Wrapson
Swings: Paul Crocker, Susan Derry, Florian Giertzuch, Jutta Kögler, Michael Lewis, Jil Lindenberg, Beth MacLeod, Vale Rideout, Dietmar Ziegler


1997
Phantom: Thomas Schulze (David Gaschen)
Christine: Colby Thomas (Carla Nicholson)
Raoul: Ray Gabbard (Vale Rideout)
Carlotta: Vera Borisova (Lorraine Goodman)
André: Anders Sohlman
Firmin: Thomas Bayer (David Hunerjaeger)
Madame Giry: Sally Williams
Meg Giry: Caroline Wright
Piangi: Clarence Carter (Marshall R. Cooper)
Reyer: Bernhard Julius
Lefèvre: Everhard Neitzel
Buquet: Christopher Murray
Auctioneer: Werner Kraus
Don Attilio: Jonathan Kraus
Confidante: Suzanne Gari
Innkeeper: Peter Graham
Innkeeper's wife: Linda Bruske
Pages in Don Juan: Sandra Ross, Lori Zeglarski
Madame Firmin: Yvonne Edwards
Princess/Mirror Bride: Valentina Kozhanova
Fireman: James Wood
Slave master: Radi Bezroukov
Flunky: Artur Wojtasik
Corps de Ballet: Heather Craig, Rachael Crocker, Pippa Heughan, Melanie Luepené Turner, Liane McRae, Hayely del Sanderson
Ballet swings: Sarah Louise Todd, Jacqueline Wrapson
Swings: Kate Healey, Jill Lindenberg, Beth MacLeod, Isabel Vaughan, Mark Calvino, Paul Cocker, Florian Giertzuch, Joseph Pokorski, Dietmar Ziegler

Stuttgart 2003
Phantom: Ian Jon Bourg (Thomas Schulze)
Christine: Janine Kitzen (Maike Switzer)
Raoul: Alen Hodzowic/Carsten Axel Lepper
Carlotta: Barbara Gray Nystrom (Tanya Vaneeta Newman)
André: Marko Woytowicz
Firmin: Ernst van Looy
Madame Giry: Gabriele Ramm
Meg Giry: Lara Glew
Piangi: Marcello Ronchietto
Reyer: Wolfgang DeMarco
Lefèvre: Eberhard Neitzel
Auctioneer: Stefan Müller-Ruppert
Don Attilio: Wolf Steinbach
Confidante: Jeanne-Marie Nigl (?)
Princess/Mirror Bride: Anne Görner
Slave master: Witalij Kühne/Andrew Hill
Flunky: Loránt Mártonfi
Corps de Ballet: Emma Marie Casey, Jessica Hanzlicek, Lucy Hickey, Valeria Khmelnytska, Melanie Luepené, Lourdes Manay, Miki Nakamura,
Ballet swings: Anne Marie Ludwig-Cox, Annabelle Yates, Katie Wood
Swings: Jonathan Agar, Karen Michelle Buck, Eoin Griffin, Ben Kazlauskas, Petra Koschatzky, Michaela Linck, Roy Weissensteiner, Reinhard Schulze


Essen 2006
Phantom: Thomas Borchert/Christian Müller/Uwe Kröger/Ian Jon Bourg/Ethan Freeman
Christine: Anne Görner (Sandra Danyella, Beatrix Reiterer)
Raoul: Nikolaj Alexander Brucker
Carlotta: Laurie Ann McGowan (Evelyn Werner)
André: Fernand Delosch (Ulrich Wand)
Firmin: Ernst van Looy
Madame Giry: Gabriele Ramm
Meg Giry: Annabel Knight
Piangi: Daniel Brenna
Reyer: Daniel Rabst/Andreas Bühring
Lefèvre: Eberhard Neitzel
Buquet: Antoine Godor
Auctioneer: Steffen Friedrich
Don Attilio: Lars-Henry Larsson
Confidante: Alyssa Preston
Princess/Mirror Bride: Martina Rumpf
Slave master: Alexon Capelesso
Corps de Ballet: Emma Maria Casey, Mami Iwai, Rustam Kuramshin, Anna Roura Maldonado, Miki Nakamura, Svetlana Schenk, Renée Marion Weibel
Ballet swings: Valeria Khmelnytska, Lourdes Manay
Swings: Andreas Bühring, Sandra Burchartz, Christian Müller, Dietgard Barbara Nebelung, Reinhard Schulze

operafantomet wrote:Essen 2006
Phantom: Christian Müller/Uwe Kröger/Ian Jon Bourg/Ethan Freeman

Don't forget Thomas Borchert, as he was the one who opened the Essen production in Autumn 2005.

Miss von Krolock wrote:

operafantomet wrote:Essen 2006
Phantom: Christian Müller/Uwe Kröger/Ian Jon Bourg/Ethan Freeman

Don't forget Thomas Borchert, as he was the one who opened the Essen production in Autumn 2005.

Ooooh, you're right! Thanks, I've added him.

Did anyone here see any of the German productions, by the way? Any impressions you'd like to share? Pictures?

I saw the Hamburg production in October 1992, and the Essen one in July 2006. I have very few memories of the former, alas. I remember a lot more of the Essen one, and posted an old review some months ago:
https://desertedphans.forumotion.net/t13-essen-july-23-2006-bourg-gorner-morandi

I actually have a question about the Hamburg production- Clearly, it was a phenomenon...but how did it sustain such a long run (since most German productions are only a few years long, as they are really for local audiences)? Did it attract a lot of international tourists because of its size and execution of the production?

MajesticPhantom wrote:I actually have a question about the Hamburg production- Clearly, it was a phenomenon...but how did it sustain such a long run (since most German productions are only a few years long, as they are really for local audiences)? Did it attract a lot of international tourists because of its size and execution of the production?

I've wondered about the same. And I have no good answer. I mean, beside the West End, Germany has the biggest musical theatre business in Europe. But to survive 11 years continuously in a northern German city is quite a phenomenon.

Closest to the Hamburg success is the Stockholm production. They played for 6 years in total. But they had summer breaks, something Hamburg didn't have. Phantom also appears to have played for a long time in Budapest (the non-replica one), but they're a repertoire theatre and plays at random intervals, with lots of shows in between. So the total number of performances isn't all that impressive compared to theatres playing solely Phantom.

I came across an interesting article today, a Phantom special from New York Magazine. It's stated there that "Mackintosh and Lloyd Webber has already completed the plans to bring Phantom to Tokyo in the spring. Now they're working on Vienna, Sydney, and Munich." Vienna happened, but in the end it opened in Melbourne instead of Sydney, and Hamburg instead of Munich. I don't know how "nailed" those initial plans were, but interesting to see Munich was the original choice. In a way it makes more sense.

http://books.google.com/books?id=xuUCAAAAMBAJ&lpg=PA26&ots=jB-Cwey5z4&dq=%22gillian%20lynne%22%20%22michael%20crawford%22%20slick%20music&pg=PA28#v=onepage&q=%22gillian%20lynne%22%20%22michael%20crawford%22%20slick%20music&f=false

Hamburg 1999/ 2000

Phantom: Ian Jon Bourg/ Michael Nicholson (alternate)/ David Hunerjaeger (u/s), Pierre Yves Duchesne (u/s)
Christine: Colby Thomas/ Lori Zeglarski (alternate)/ Alison Kelly (u/s), Valentina Kozhanova (u/s)
Raoul: Kiel Klaphake/ Kyle Gonyea (alternate)/ Pierre Yves Duchesne (u/s), Christopher Morandi (u/s)
Carlotta: Vera Borisova/ Laurie Anne McGowan (alternate)/ Linda Bruske (u/s), Catherine Forbes (u/s)
André: Niklaus Rüegg/ Michael Nicholson (u/s), James Rio (u/s), Stephen Drakulich (u/s)
Firmin: David Hunerjaeger/ Eberhard Neitzel (u/s), Reinhard Schulze (u/s)
Madame Giry: Linda Bruske/ Annette Kuhn (u/s), Ursula Reese (u/s), Ruth Hale (u/s)
Piangi: Marcello Ronchietto/ Charlie Serrano (alternate)/ Ronn Ealy (u/s), Mark Calvino (u/s)
Meg: Sabrina Harper/ Fiona Watters (u/s), Sarah Louise Todd (u/s), Hayley Del Sanderson (u/s)
Reyer: Stephan Drakulich/ Pierre Yves Duchesne (u/s), Reinhard Schulze (u/s)
Lefévfre: Eberhard Neitzel/ James Rio (u/s), Reinhard Schulze (u/s)
Buquet: Reinhard Schulze/ Jonathan Guss (u/s), Peter Graham (u/s), Eberhard Neitzel (u/s)
Auctioneer: Jonathan Guss/ Eberhard Neitzel (u/s), Reinhard Schulze (u/s), Christopher Morandi (u/s)
Don Attilio/ Passarino: Ronn Ealy/ Eberhard Neitzel (u/s), Peter Graham (u/s), Jonathan Guss (u/s)
Confidante/ Wardrobe Mistress: Suzanne Gari/ Yvonne Edwards (u/s), Ruth Hale (u/s), Catherine Forbes (u/s)
Inkeeper: Peter Graham
Inkeeper´s Wife: Catherine Forbes
Page/ Wild Woman: Annette Kuhn
Page/ Wild Woman: Ursula Reese
Madame Firmin: Yvonne Edwards
Princess/ Mirror Bride: Alison Kelly
Fireman/ Porter: James Rio
Porter/ Red Death Double: Michael Nicholson
Slavemaster: Anthony Wood/ Artur Wojtasik (u/s), Boris Chepelev (u/s)
Flunky: Artur Wojtasik
Monk: Charlie Serrano
The Ballet: Elizabeth Collier, Véronique Saouter, Hayley Del Sanderson, Catherine Leppingwell,
Valeria Khmelnytska, Fiona Watters, Kate Lawrence
Swings: Ruth Hale, Valentina Kozhanova, Pierre Yves Duchesne, Christopher Morandi,
Boris Chepelev, Mark Calvino
Ballet Swings: Polly Forsdyke, Liz Collier

Thank you very much operafantomet! It´s really interesting to follow the cast.
Many Mirror Brides were later Christine´s as first Cast.
It´s fascinating how many people are involved in Phantom!

This is a typo, right?

Opening night September 26, 2005 Colosseum Theater, Essen

Director: Harold Prince, Joel Schumacher
Das Phantom der Oper: Thomas Borchert
Christine Daaé: Anne Görner
Raoul Vicomte De Chagny: Nikolaj Bruckner

http://www.stage-entertainment.com/productions_871.htm

operafantomet wrote:This is a typo, right?

Opening night September 26, 2005 Colosseum Theater, Essen

Director: Harold Prince, Joel Schumacher

http://www.stage-entertainment.com/productions_871.htm

OMG the horror! But yeah, clearly a typo. There was nothing Schumacher related in that production...

Miss von Krolock wrote:OMG the horror! But yeah, clearly a typo. There was nothing Schumacher related in that production...

Except Uwe Kröger.

operafantomet wrote:

Miss von Krolock wrote:OMG the horror! But yeah, clearly a typo. There was nothing Schumacher related in that production...

Except Uwe Kröger.

GOOD ONE!

Devon wrote:

operafantomet wrote:

Miss von Krolock wrote:OMG the horror! But yeah, clearly a typo. There was nothing Schumacher related in that production...

Except Uwe Kröger.

GOOD ONE!

HAHAHA!! I came across his infamous Final Lair the other day... It's beyond me how he was allowed anywhere near the role...

Anyone who knows when this was the cast in Hamburg? I'm guessing late 90s or early 2000, judging by David Gaschen and Vera Borisova being in the cast.


THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA.......Thomas Schulze/David Gaschen
CHRISTINE DAAÉ........................Colby Thomas/Carla Nicholson (Sat. matiné & Sun. eve)
RAOUL, VICOMTE DE CHAGNY.......Uwe Goldiv
CARLOTTA GIUDICELLI.................Vera Borisova/Lorraine Goodman
MONSIEUR ANDRÉ......................Anders Sohlman
MONSIEUR FIRMIN......................Thomas Bayer/David Hunerjaegar
MADAME GIRY...........................Sally Williams
UBLADO PIANGI.........................Clarence Carter/Marshall R. Cooper
MEG GIRY.................................Caroline Wright
MONSIEUR REYER/JEWELER..........Bernhard Julius
AUCTIONEER.............................Werner Krause
MARKSMAN...............................James Wood
MONSIEUR LEFÈVRE....................Eberhard Neitzel
JOSEPH BUQUET........................Christopher Murray
DON ATTILIO?PASSARINO............Jonathan Guss
SLAVE MASTER..........................Radi Bezroukov
FLUNKY....................................Artur Wojtasik
PORTER/POLICEMAN...................Sam Van Ness
PAGE.......................................Sandra Ross
PAGE.......................................Lori Zeglarski
WARDROBE MISTRESS................Suzanne Gari
PRINCESS.................................Valentina Kozhanova
SPANISH LADY...........................Linda Bruske

THE BALLET CHORUS OF THE OPÉRA POPULAIRE
Heather Craig, Rachael Crocker, Pippa Heughan, Melanie Luepene Turner, Liane McRae, Hayley Del Sanderson

BALLET SWING
Sarah Louise and Jacqueline Wrapson

SWINGS
Kate Healey, Jil Lindenberg, Beth MacLeod, Isabel Vaughan, Mark Calvino, Paul Cocker, Florian Giertzuch, Joseph Pokorski, Dietmar Ziegler

Sorry if this has been commented on before... But I ran across a bunch of clips of the original Hamburg cast earlier today. Surely these are pro-shot? The quality is quite amazing for its age, I would LOVE to see the whole thing. They also seem to be put out by Anna Maria Kaufmann herself, though you never know.

Slavegirls dancing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OgWmWaw2AQ
Angel of Music with Meg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zilZoLoLQjg
Little Lotte/Mirror: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Fi-eb0YhaE
STYDI: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YBI73sfgow
Il Muto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gt_MEguuAc

There might be more, but these are the ones I found. I don't think Anna Maria Kaufmann is the most expressive Christine I've seen, and there's even some unsteady notes in AOM, but overall these clips are gorgeous. And finally a good glimpse of that original green-on-green Elissa skirt!

Got a new Hamburg program (playbill) today. It looked identical to the ones I have, but I just had the strongest urge to buy it. The content is the same, no new pictures or articles, but it's listing a cast combo I hadn't seen before:

PHANTOM: Hartwig Rudolz/Tim Tobin
CHRISTINE: Anna Maria Kaufmann/Renée Knapp
RAOUL: Thomas Schulze (!!)
CARLOTTA: Pamela Sanabria/Jennifer Little
ANDRÉ: Scott Gregory
FIRMIN: Woldgang Beigel
MADAME GIRY: Ruth Hale
MEG GIRY: Lucy Potter
PIANGI: Edouard Broussard/Clarence Carter/Peter Prior
REYER: Dietmar Ziegler
LEFEVRE: Peter Prior
BUQUET: Ulrich Talle
AUCTIONEER: Clarence Carter
DON ATTILIO: Bernd Nachbaur
CONFIDANTE: Simone Pohl
INNKEEPER: Peter Graham
WIFE: Corinna A. Jagodie
PAGES: Annette Koch, Carol Lurie
MADAME FIRMIN: Tina Thompson
PRINCESS: Lori Broderick
FIREMEN: Horst Gross, Eberhard Neitzel
SLAVE MASTER: Victor Pesina
FLUNKY: Anthony Sands

BALLET GIRLS: Julie Collins, Eva Hallbeck, Joanna Bates, Petra Baum, Louise Brown, Tracy J. Hayes, Tabitha Dudley, Gabriela Nicolson

SWINGS: Edouard Broussard, Nicolas Dunbar, Florian Giertzuch, Constanze Götze, Jennifer Little, Wolfgang A. Palm, Markus Petsch, Pamela Laurent.

So much of the original cast still present, but some moved a bit around. Also some new faces. I think it's the first listing of Julie Collins, whose Hannibal slavegirl costume is now in my care. But Colby Thomas has not yet joined.

So I'm thinking late 1991 or early 1992? Anyone knows for sure?

operafantomet wrote:
So I'm thinking late 1991 or early 1992? Anyone knows for sure?

I have one umm.. "reference" of Schulze as Raoul, and it is widely considered to be the only "reference" with him in the role. The next year he started playing the Phantom. So I'd say it's late 1991.

That seems about right. The only problem is that he for some time shared the role of Raoul (or alternated) with Hartwig Rudolz. That was when Peter Hofman was still the Phantom, in mid 1991. Then Rudolz became the Phantom, and Schulze became Raoul, while the Christines remained the same. Shortly after Anna Maria Kaufmann left, Schulze started alternating with Tim Tobin as the Phantom, and Timothy Breese was cast as Raoul. That was 1992. So late 1991 or early 1992 for the cast seems correct, but I just can't determine which one it is.

1990 - Peter Hofmann - Anna Maria Kaufmann (Renée Knapp) - Hartwig Rudolz
1991 - Peter Hofmann/Hartwig Rudolz - Anna Maria Kaufmann (Renée Knapp) - Hartwig Rudolz/Thomas Schulze
199? - Hartwig Rudolz/Tim Tobin - Anna Maria Kaufmann (Renée Knapp) - Thomas Schulze
1992 - Tim Tobin/Thomas Schulze - Reneé Knapp (Lori Broderick) - Timothy Breese
1993 - Tim Tobin/Thomas Schulze - Colby Thomas (Renée Knapp) - Timothy Breese
1993 - Thomas Schulze - Colby Thomas (?) - Dale Tracy
1995 - Thomas Schulze/Simon Tunkin - Colby Thomas (Carla Thamm)- Dale Tracy/Jörg Westerkamp
1997 - Thomas Schulze - Colby Thomas (Carla Thamm) - Ray Gabbard/Jörg Westerkamp
1998 - Thomas Schulze - Colby Thomas (Carla Thamm) - Björn Olsson
2000 - Thomas Schulze - Colby Thomas (Allison Kelly) - Björn Olsson

What happened to Stella AG (the company behind the Hamburg production)? I have a faint memory that Stage Entertainment bought most of Stella's venues in 2002.

Also, I've heard that the opening night in Hamburg was a "disaster", any more info what happened?

New cast list from Hamburg. I wanna place this in 1994?


Phantom: Thomas Schultze / Alternate Dale Tracy
Christine: Colby Thomas / Alternate Carla Michalski-Thamm
Raoul: Scott Gregory / Alt. Jorg Westerkamp
Andre': Lyle Garrett
Firmin: Reinhard Schulze
Carlotta: Rebecca Sherburn, Susan Gundunas, Laurie Anne McGowan
Piangi: Colenton Freeman, Marshall Cooper
Madame Giry: Pamela Laurent
Meg Giry: Gabriela Nicholson
Reyer: Bernhard Julius
Lefevre: Eberhard Neitzel
Buquet: Frank Curtis
Auctioneer: Clarence Carter
Don Attilio: Jonathan Guss
Confidante: Yvonne Edwards
Innkeeper: Peter Graham
Innkeeper's wife: Vera Borisova
Page I: Ellen Bullinger
Page II: Susan Derry
Mdm. Firmin: Margret Bankier
Princess: Valentina Kozhanova
Fireman: Ray Gabbard
Red Death double: Michael Nicholson
Slave Master: Francesco Tagliabue
Flunky: Anthony Sands
Monk: Wolgang Palm
Ballet: Yukiko Kashiki, Lucrezia Piattelli, Michela Savorella, Sarah Louise Todd, Naoko Watanabe, Caroline Wright
Ballet Swings: Nikki O'Shea, Jacqueline Watson
Swings: Nicholas Dunbar, Florian Giertzuch, David T. Grimes, Paul Matsumoto, Elena Pankratova, Michelle Rosen, Michael Starrs, Bonnnie Thorpe, Isabel Vaughan

operafantomet wrote:New cast list from Hamburg. I wanna place this in 1994?

Somewhere in 1995-1996, as Tracy became an alternate in 1996.

Rumour's out today in a German newspaper, that Phantom will be going back to Hamburg next year, after Tarzan closes at the Neue Flora Theatre sometime in late 2013.

http://www.abendblatt.de/kultur-live/article110819440/Musical-Tarzan-wird-2013-in-Hamburg-abgesetzt.html

I'd love for that to happen, just keep Uwe far far away, and if it does, I hope it has a decent run

I do have a question!

I'm looking to find a brochure of the Hamburg original cast. Does anybody know if one was made featuring Peter and Anna? (I can't get over how much I love their voices.)

ML6 wrote:I do have a question!

I'm looking to find a brochure of the Hamburg original cast. Does anybody know if one was made featuring Peter and Anna? (I can't get over how much I love their voices.)

I´ve a brochure with Peter and Anna!

SweetChristine wrote:

ML6 wrote:I do have a question!

I'm looking to find a brochure of the Hamburg original cast. Does anybody know if one was made featuring Peter and Anna? (I can't get over how much I love their voices.)

I´ve a brochure with Peter and Anna!

Oh my god! One exists! PRAISE. This made my day, now I can go search German ebay until I find one.

i have one too, it was the only one in germany that was made to look like the old london ones (white cover with red ribbon thingy) but the quality of the photos are not that great.

justin-from-barbados wrote:i have one too, it was the only one in germany that was made to look like the old london ones (white cover with red ribbon thingy) but the quality of the photos are not that great.

Oh no. That's sad.

ML6 wrote:

justin-from-barbados wrote:i have one too, it was the only one in germany that was made to look like the old london ones (white cover with red ribbon thingy) but the quality of the photos are not that great.

Oh no. That's sad.

I think they are good but I must look in my program.

Rumours are circulating in the German press that Phantom is to return to Hamburg soon, but at the moment this is merely "pure speculation".

More info @ http://www.welt.de/print/die_welt/hamburg/article110880057/Tarzan-geht-kommt-das-Phantom.html