The "Isn't he sexy" stream notes
'Blair Witch Phantom' by @illuminaughty and 'Mr incel dungeon' by [don't remember who, pls tell me if anyone remembers] as alternaitve titles
The VHS quality in general made it so cozy
Someone noticed how this production's Carlotta really embodies Belle Époque, I see that
Someone has said it was 'one of the Three Sit-Down Productions in the U.S. back in the 90s' - this one by Christine Company (LA), and @phantoonsoftheopera kindly listed all 4 companies: Phantom (Broadway), Christine (LA & SF), Raoul (2nd Natl Tour), and Music Box (3rd Natl Tour)
apparently, Oracle of Delphi was high from the geothermal vents @illuminaughti-online . It seems like academics found some evidence for gases which could cause vivid imagery, but it's up for a debate whether there were enough exposure to chemicals to cause these hallucinations
Trivia about the Crawford production that's new to me: apparently, at first many expected little from Crawford's Phantom since he was more used to comedy parts @stephistopheles
In the same lieu, from @glassprism: '@daaesviolin I remember Operafantomet talking about how both Crawford and Brightman sang using, what, an elder RP accent is what it might be called? It's not really taught anymore I think, so you don't hear it nowadays'
List of Phantom actors with 'ghostly' voices: Michael Crawford, Hugh Panaro, Davis Gaines, Alexander Goebel, Masachika Ichimura, Peter Karrie
Someone noted Crawford moves like a panther (in parallel to other Phantoms who are lizard-like)
@litloverscorsetlaces (sorry for the late tag, I've just noticed this is your nickname here!) has found an academic article that discussed Michael Crawford's hands a lot! "‘Think of me fondly’: Voice, body, affect and performance in Prince/Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera" (tumblr doesn't let me link the pdf here, but if you google it it should pop up on the 1st page)
Isabel Leonard in her trouser roles like Cherubino (when discussing Christine's Serafimo)
@haunted-hideaway: Aww man I miss Car Talk @illuminaughti-online: Gondola Talk got you covered
I forgot to copy it, but I think Celina mentioned how the monkey costume during Masquarade both mirrors Erik's Monkey music box, and possibly represents Christine's anxiety about him
it was far-reaching (which was the original, until someone ad-libbed it, and then it was transferred to libretto; most of this PotO trivia here is from Celina, thank you for sharing the knowledge!)
