Re: Rare pictures 1

Guest Fri Apr 30, 2010 12:58 pm

Does anyone have any rare photos of the Phantom in "Wandering Child"? I'm looking for mostly phantom stuff, close-ups & full body, because I'm trying to find references for a tattoo I'm drawing.

I've only seen about 10 good WC photos on the web.

justin-from-barbados Fri Apr 30, 2010 4:08 pm

There not many clear ones, mainly because most of the clear shots are staged shots (Toronto did a bunch) most other prductions use shots that are taken during rehearsal so they tend to be dark and blury like the first one here.
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operafantomet Sun May 02, 2010 5:16 am

artistkae wrote:Does anyone have any rare photos of the Phantom in "Wandering Child"? I'm looking for mostly phantom stuff, close-ups & full body, because I'm trying to find references for a tattoo I'm drawing.

I've only seen about 10 good WC photos on the web.

I'm guessing you've seen these? http://potocostumes.webs.com/notes/graveyard.html

Loettchen Mon May 03, 2010 3:51 am

Anyone...
...know who this is?
...know what they're doing?
...have a better quality photo?

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I've always been curious.

justin-from-barbados Mon May 03, 2010 12:35 pm

hmmm, well the candelabra looks canadian.

But that mask is US, before the current style of us masks, its like the one Ted Keegan wears and Hugh Panaro. Maybe its an understudy.

vmkwinner Mon May 03, 2010 12:44 pm

Well, christine's wig looks kinda like the early broadway wig. Though, I've seen some canadian wigs look like that. Hmm... Rolling Eyes

Madame Giry Mon May 03, 2010 1:02 pm

I don't recall the name of the Christine, but that is Thomas James O'Leary as the Phantom; pretty sure that it's from the US Tour, not Broadway. They are posing for the Safe House (http://www.safe-house.com/), a Milwaukee restaraunt that has a very cloak and dagger spy theme. Once you get there, you have to know all kinds of passwords to get in. I'm not sure if this photo means the Phantom cast bypassed all the obstacles to getting in the place, or if they were used as a publicity stunt to further the mystique of the Safe House.

Still, fun blast from the past photo. Smile

~Madame~

justin-from-barbados Mon May 03, 2010 3:43 pm

could be Susan Facer or Adrienne Mcewan then

Loettchen Mon May 03, 2010 4:14 pm

Awesome! I've had that picture for years and never knew what it was. Thanks!

Phantour Tue May 04, 2010 1:26 pm

I'm pretty sure it's Thomas James O'Leary and Adrienne McEwan.

MlleMusique Wed May 05, 2010 11:34 am

There are some lovely photos on Sara Sarres' Facebook, none of which I've ever seen anywhere before:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sara-Sarres/338625225987?v=photos#!/album.php?aid=169145&id=338625225987

(Sorry if I'm not supposed to direct link...but her account is public)

EDIT: More photos here:
http://sarasarres.wordpress.com/teatro/fantasma-da-opera/

operafantomet Fri May 07, 2010 6:06 am

WOw, I hadn't seen some of those Sara Sarres photo either. Love the "new" PONR one!

littlelotty004 Fri May 07, 2010 7:39 am

does anyone have bigger versions of these?
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and those sara sarres photos were lovely Mllemusique Very Happy

justin-from-barbados Fri May 07, 2010 12:33 pm

Here you go

justin-from-barbados Fri May 07, 2010 3:34 pm

Got the 2009 Korean Cd today, thought I would post the pics from it here rather than having them lost in the Cast Recording thread.

It's a nice package, but I prefer to have a nice plactic case so it does not get dammaged over the years.

The last MOTH shot I believe is of the actors who are in the bonus tracks, and it uses the Canadian backing / orchestral score.

enjoy

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operafantomet Fri May 07, 2010 3:45 pm

Ooooh, those pictures are gorgeous! I especially love the MOTN ones. Cool to see a darkhaired Meg too. Thanks for sharing!

Loettchen Sun May 09, 2010 6:40 pm

I don't know if these are actually rare, but I hadn't seen them before. I picked up the Alles über das Phantom der Oper book that was recommend to me (thank you!!!), and I was so excited about the beautiful photos of the Viennese production, that I figured I'd share a few, especially when I saw TheFinnishPhantom's request. These are some of the two-page spreads (sorry about the spine seams!) that were my favorites.

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Phantom is Alexander Goebel, Christine is Luzia Nistler. If you click on them, you can see the bigger versions. If you want REALLY big versions, message me. There were many more photos, so if you have scene requests, I can scan those too.

IamErik771 Sun May 09, 2010 7:11 pm

Ooh wow, those pics are amazing! I love the look of the Vienna production (as well as, of course, how the cast sounded).

Were there photos of the chandelier or the Red Death costume included? If so, I'd love it if you could scan those! Very Happy

MlleMusique Mon May 10, 2010 3:15 am

I picked up the Alles über das Phantom der Oper book...These are some of the two-page spreads...

Please sir, I want some more...

Pllllleeeeeaaaassssseeeee?????????? Very Happy

(Ahem, sorry. Those pictures are stunning. If you have any free time and would like to scan some more....I will be eternally grateful. Promise Smile

)

justin-from-barbados Mon May 10, 2010 7:48 pm

Anything that shows their odd looking proscenium or the round chandelier will be great to see.

Loettchen Mon May 10, 2010 8:44 pm

IamErik771 wrote:Were there photos of the chandelier or the Red Death costume included? If so, I'd love it if you could scan those!

Sure thing! The only pictures of the chandelier were it falling and it completely covered at the auction, sorry. I scanned the falling one.

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Red Death:

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Some larger versions of the insets from that photo here:
https://2img.net/h/i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd253/loettchen/Scans%20and%20Stuff/ausrd1.jpg
https://2img.net/h/i225.photobucket.com/albums/dd253/loettchen/Scans%20and%20Stuff/ausrd2.jpg

Also, this little picture with the caption: "...Everything has its (sometimes somewhat absurd) place for the many quick costume changes..."

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For Justin, sorry, there wasn't much. Just this.

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For Mademoiselle, here's a bunch more stuff:

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SenorSwanky Tue May 11, 2010 6:47 am

Love those pics, especially the last one with the prosthetic application process.

Looks like their proscenium was in multiple pieces because of the shape of their existing stage's proscenium.

operafantomet Tue May 11, 2010 1:22 pm

I've been looking for that book for years, without luck. The pictures are absolutely gorgeous, I can't believe they managed to make such a lovely book and yet so dull a souvenir brochure... Cause the souvenir brochure has blurry and rather dull pictures, while the ones above looks sharp and original. Thank you so much for scanning!

operafantomet Tue May 11, 2010 1:23 pm

PS - speaking of different proscenium... I remember one of the early Japanese productions/theatres had a very different proscenium, wasn't it without the golden angel and stuff? I don't remember the details, but do anyone have a picture of it?

TheFinnishPhantom Tue May 11, 2010 1:47 pm

Ohmygod ohmygod ohmygod thanks a million times!
Squeeee! I am so happy to see those pictures!

I love that fully-round chandelier. It looks much better than original, but it's harder to control, because it swings more easily than oval ones.

operafantomet wrote:PS - speaking of different proscenium... I remember one of the early Japanese productions/theatres had a very different proscenium, wasn't it without the golden angel and stuff? I don't remember the details, but do anyone have a picture of it?

I have seen a picture of it, I remember how i wondered that.

And for the chandeliers, I think Japanese chandeliers are overdecorated. They have literally doubled every little detail, like those "lumps" in the lyres, and after the orange colour, it looks like oversized sea crab...

IamErik771 Tue May 11, 2010 4:10 pm

operafantomet wrote:PS - speaking of different proscenium... I remember one of the early Japanese productions/theatres had a very different proscenium, wasn't it without the golden angel and stuff? I don't remember the details, but do anyone have a picture of it?

I don't have any pictures, sadly... but I remember noticing that in the Japanese Tour in the '90s, they didn't have the angel statues on the proscenium -- instead, it was a Pegasus statue. Kind of an odd but interesting change. Not sure if the sit-down productions (either back then or more recently) did the same thing.

Anyway, those are some amazing photos, Loettchen! Thanks for uploading them! Very Happy

justin-from-barbados Tue May 11, 2010 6:23 pm

I never heard that the Japan ones in the early days didnt have an angel. I heard that they had, but it could not be lowered, so the Phantom came out from behind the pegasus statue on the rooftop, that is probably whay you may have seen in photos. I also saw that on something I should not be watching.

THe Vienna proscenium is really odd looking, but understandable since Theatre an der Wien is laid out more like an opera house than a conventional theatre. Did they use that odd looking proscenium at the Raimund theatre too?

Loettchen Tue May 11, 2010 7:07 pm

operafantomet wrote:I've been looking for that book for years, without luck. The pictures are absolutely gorgeous, I can't believe they managed to make such a lovely book and yet so dull a souvenir brochure... Cause the souvenir brochure has blurry and rather dull pictures, while the ones above looks sharp and original. Thank you so much for scanning!

Well, I have mostly been avoiding scanning in the very blurry or dark photos, of which there are several. Maybe they are the same ones as in the brochure? Stuff like the mirror scene, Wandering Child, PONR. The photos that were in the little booklet that came with the Austrian Cast Recording are in this book in bigger, better form as well. Pretty much every scene in the musical has a picture in here, though (except Notes II), which is impressive.

I'm glad people like the photos!

MlleMusique Tue May 11, 2010 9:40 pm

Lottechen, I can't thank you enough for scanning these incredible pictures! One more request, though: are there any photos of Twisted Ev'ry Way? Or does that count as "no pics from Notes II"?

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Very Happy

TheFinnishPhantom Wed May 12, 2010 1:59 pm

Loettchen wrote:
operafantomet wrote:I've been looking for that book for years, without luck. The pictures are absolutely gorgeous, I can't believe they managed to make such a lovely book and yet so dull a souvenir brochure... Cause the souvenir brochure has blurry and rather dull pictures, while the ones above looks sharp and original. Thank you so much for scanning!

Well, I have mostly been avoiding scanning in the very blurry or dark photos, of which there are several. Maybe they are the same ones as in the brochure? Stuff like the mirror scene, Wandering Child, PONR. The photos that were in the little booklet that came with the Austrian Cast Recording are in this book in bigger, better form as well. Pretty much every scene in the musical has a picture in here, though (except Notes II), which is impressive.

I'm glad people like the photos!

I'm up for any sort of picture from the Viennese production! Very Happy

justin wrote:...but it could not be lowered, so the Phantom came out from behind the pegasus statue on the rooftop, that is probably whay you may have seen in photos. I also saw that on something I should not be watching.

Damn it, I remember seeing picture of that! I wish I'd find it again... *plunges down to the black despair of Google*

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