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I just hate Lucy's star princess, a weird updo hair, the lacks of forehead curls, The mirror bride and the replacement of the golden angel. The other changes I can get behind, I guess.

Original Production vs. Re-opened Production

A non-exhaustive list of differences between the original production of ALW’s The Phantom of the Opera (pre-COVID shut-down) and it’s re-opening.

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My POTO OC, Soraya Salliston ☺️ She's a open minded opera chorus lady who never gets a promotion. She's just your adorable crackhead with killer outfits

edit: Yes her hair is based on Hamburg wigs. The more you know.

"Are you a dancer?"

"Then go and practice"

A sketch of my friend's ballet girl oc 🥺

My take on Gigi's white dress in act two! it's pretty hard to come up with anything but I've done it!

No <3 Stan Queen Sanae for clearest skin

I wish both Hiroko and Miyuki would have had a strong Uranus by their sides :(.

Christine's Serafimo from POTO Sydney Harbour, designed by Gabriela Tylesova

Wishing dress from POTO Sydney Harbour, designed by Gabriela Tylesova.

A sketch study on my wishing gown design.

Twisted every way, what answer can I give? Am I to risk my life to win a chance to live?

I just found her YT channel a few days ago with her cover of Think of me in English, possibly the closest we'd get to what she sounded like during her Tokyo run

I wish we could have seen any photo or audio of Sakoto Yoshioka as Christine during her mysteriously obscure Tokyo run of POTO. But judging from her later Princess Kakyuu role (which is operatic!) in 1998 Sailor Moon Musical, I can wholeheartedly believe that she's a very iconic Christine 💅🏻

here is her as the red alien Princess

I wish we could have seen any photo or audio of Sakoto Yoshioka as Christine during her mysteriously obscure Tokyo run of POTO. But judging from her later Princess Kakyuu role (which is operatic!) in 1998 Sailor Moon Musical, I can wholeheartedly believe that she's a very iconic Christine 💅🏻

here she is as the red alien Princess

Emilie Kouatchou’s Christine wardrobe

A throwback to HNY card of 2020-2021 that I did! It's probably not in the best state at the moment, but I'm still proud of those drop dead gorgeous embroideries and details I've had added to the wishing gown.

2021-2022 HNY card is on its way. I might make it PC wallpaper friendly or something ☺️

Where is she when we need her the most 💔😿

Endless love for the 1990s / early 2000s European Star Princesses!

Colby Thomas, Hamburg

Agnete Munk Rasmussen, Copenhagen

Ute Baum, Basel

Kimilee Bryant, Basel

Sarah Ryan, US Tour

Shona Lindsay, West End

Charlotte Page, West End

Zoë Curlett, US Tour

Anne Görner, Essen

(original design by Maria Bjørnson)

that was an amazing read! Maman I love 😍🖐🏻

My lovelies… The article I’ve written on Maria Bjørnson’s costume design for The Phantom of the Opera is now out: 

https://dresshistorians.org/wp/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Winter_2021_issue.pdf

Geez, I hate their mentioning of the 'racially ambiguous' mirror bride. She's supposed to be like Christine? Like she's a replica of Christine that Erik made from his obsession. She should be somewhat resemble the real Christines no matter what their skin tone might be. Can't they just make another props and masks for the actresses to cover in or easier, cast more black actresses?

Aside from that, great article! Love them girls sm (Just not the changes of mirror bride)

“Picerno drew a scarf through her fingers as she danced and sang “Think of Me” in her bell-like soprano. Off in a corner of the studio, Emilie Kouatchou silently followed Picerno’s every move. Kouatchou, the daughter of Cameroonian immigrants, grew up in the Chicago suburbs. “Phantom” was the first Broadway production she ever saw, on a trip to New York with her high school. Christine captured her spirit. 

“I could sing that role in my sleep,” she recalls thinking. Still, she worried about stereotyping, that others might spot a mismatch between her voice, an operatic soprano, and her appearance, which was not the sort of “petite white girl” who seemed to always get cast as ingnue or heroine in TV.  “I didn’t feel like I had a place in musical theater because I didn"t see anyone who looked like me or sang like myself,” she said.

“Christine, are you alright?” a frightened ballet dancer turns to the heroine as the Phantom begins to reveal his terrifying presence in Act One.Before the epidemic and Kouatchou’s casting, the lyric had always been: “Your face, Christine, it’s white!”

The old, creepy Christine doll that stood in the Phantom’s lair, her features unmistakably white, also was out. On reopening night, a new doll, designed to be racially ambiguous, would be introduced.

Kouatchou had her first look at one of the new Christine wigs, which were created to match her hair texture, later that week. Kouatchou said, “It’s curlier and frizzier and I love it.”

( from here )

Holly being adorable, take 999. And oh wow, the purple hint of Serafimo didn't disappoint me. So fetch.

Also that star princess is so pretty (though the bust always irritates me)

Holly please this is too adorable

So they are back again, huh?

I don’t think this has been shared here? Extended trailer of the Finnish non-replica, which returns October 22nd.

So I just accidentally came across this fancy dress plate with the inspiration of Tyrolean, The Romani and the Highlander from Masquerade????! Man 😭🙈

The updo doesn't suit Wishing dress in any bit sigh

okay but natural form bustle on the wishing dress. love it. weird choice but love it.

Thank you so much!

Hello Anea! I'm from that franken-star princess Instagram. First, I really really love your blog! It helps me so much with the costuming and almost everything POTO related 💖🙏

Secondly, would you mind making a compilation of European Star Princess puff sleeves? It'd be the big help for my art project ❤️

Oh, but SURE! Here's a random selection of versions I like, or where the photo is good and shows details well.

Kimilee Bryant, Basel:

Colleen Besett, Vienna:

Viktoria Krantz Tocca, Copenhagen:

Hanne Damm, Copenhagen:

Isabel Schwartzbach, Copenhagen:

Anne Görner, Essen:

Elizabeth Welch, Oberhausen:

Elena Bahtiyarova, Moscow:

Amy Manford, West End:

... and keep up the good work <3

Beaded wedding dress bodices: inspirations

When I started on my wedding dress replica back in the days I was so fascinated by those doing ornate, yet fairly subtle beading over the bust instead of the lace fan decorations. Here’s some of the c. 2000 European dresses that inspired me.

Hanne Damm, Copenhagen 2001

Silvia Luchetti, Madrid 2002

Susanne Elmark, Copenhagen 2000

Bodice backstage in Copenhagen, 2002

Colby Thomas, Hamburg 2001

My own replica, still without a basque

Celia Graham, West End 2002

Anne Görner, Essen 2005

Deborah Dutcher, West End 2000

(original design by Maria Bjørnson)

The highlander, POTO RAH

From my observation, It is the highlander costume that is first seen at RAH. Its style is in the same vein as the RAH costume, which is kind of different from the other highlanders.

So this costume is apparently called the ‘Scotsman’. It’s worn by Donald Craig in the new London production… @operafantomet is this a new costume or have I just never seen it before?