All of these Phantoms are experienced in their art and Butler didn’t even sing before the movie. Was the Phantom in the San Francisco cast for its entire run…at one point, he was the longest running Phantom and one of the best. Right alongside with Michael Crawford. Loved by Phantom ‘Phans’, he was twice voted in 1994 and 1995 as the favourite Phantom by members of The Phantom of the Opera Appreciation Society. Gerald Butler number 3 ? If hundereds of actors have played the role, how many do you need to see to be even mildly qualified to pass judgement? Hollywood actor Gerard Butler has never portrayed the role of the Phantom on stage, but he was cast in the 2003 movie of the musical by director Joel Schumacher. I attended only 17 performances of Phantom in Los Angelas. He’s is undoubtedly the best Phantom. I also really enjoy Ramin’s performance. He needs to mature more. really hoped John Cudia would be on this list as like #3 (he’s one of my favourites!) Ramin Karimloo at West End LIVE 2016. I threw up in my mouth a little when I saw Gerry Butler ranked over JOJ. In 1991, 1,300 performances and three and a half years later, Michael Crawford left The Phantom of the Opera. But at least he has now been ‘mentioned’. At only 28, Ramin was the youngest ever Phantom on the West End. He was excellent in L.A. and I understand he did a great job as Raoul in New York. Masquerade Dancer, Flamenco Dancer / They both win. What the?? Join in the chat and keep up to date with news on the singer at the Michael Crawford international fan association. While theatres are currently closed, various venues and productions are making announcements for their individual shows, including cancellations and rescheduled performances. I’m also rather excited to see James Barbour in the role later this month. This year he appeared in a 3-episode arc of Sky Atlantic series Riviera as well as dusting off his vocal pipes to play Sancho in Man Of La Mancha opposite Kelsey Garmmer as Cerval for the English National Opera at the London Coliseum. Again Anthony’s performance (acting and singing) was every bit as moving and more entertaining than even your #1 choice Michael Crawford. Mr Butler has nothing to do on the list! While I would agree that Gerard Butler is nowhere near the best singing Phantom, his portrayal was more believable to me than some that I’ve seen. Brad Little is the best Phantom I have heard. Photo by Pamela Raith. Ramin is ok but I wouldn’t consider him anywhere near the best. Ben also recently announced he would be singing alongside other former Phantoms John Owen-Jones and Earl Carpenter as well as Kerry Ellis and Anna O’Byrne in Japan next March with The Voices Of The West End 2020. Playing the masked anti-hero for 3 and a half years and nearly 1,400 performances, John Owen-Jones was the longest running West End Phantom, and one of the most prolific Phantom Of The Opera actors of all time. Ramin went on to originate the part of the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s sequel Love Never Dies which premiered at the Adelphi Theatre in 2010, and one of his greatest honours was being chosen to perform as the Phantom alongside his Love Never Dies co-star Sierra Boggess as Christine in the 25th anniversary production of The Phantom of the Opera which was staged at the Royal Albert Hall and streamed live to cinemas across the world. He was better than I expected and not nearly as appreciated in the role as I feel he should be. Franc d’Ambrosio, who played the role in San Francisco for *many* years, in excess of 3000 performances, is notably missing from this list. 31 October 2019. For my money, the incredible Davis Gaines deserved to be near the top of the list. How about making a Top-20 list and just leave room for more great singers? I heard an interview with a woman who has attended 135 and that was two years before Phantom closed in LA. If you click through to seat selection (where you'll see either best available or a seating plan), you will be seeing the most up-to-date prices. His singing actually makes my heart ache at the sad parts. Jeff Hyslop should be on there. I never even got to see him on stage because the show came out when I was both (haha) but the amount of emotion I can hear just from the CD tells me he was amazing. Would love to see Norm Lewis added and Hugh Panaro but you can’t simply name the top ten phantoms they are so many great ones! As well as appearing in non-musical and musical theatre throughout the years, John has written and released several albums that include songs from musicals, hymns and traditional Welsh language songs. Ramin is popular amongst Phantom fans. As part of the 25th Anniversary celebrations of the show, Jones performed the title song and The Music of the Night at The Royal Albert Hall performance in October 2011 alongside other past Phantoms. Currently starring Josh Piterman, Kelly Mathieson, Danny Whitehead and Britt Lenting, you can book your tickets to the classic tale of romance and heartbreak below. First of all, how can you put actors of musicals and movies together to compare ? Hands down.absolutely. And I personally do not like Micheal Crawford. Geronimo Rauch surely makes the top ten. When we saw Anthony Crivello in Vegas we sat in the front row. Photo by Pamela Raith. The acting? Ramin is my personal favourite, but I love Michael Crawford too. The final scene, when Christine has left with Rouel, and the Phantom is in agony. His portrayal of the Phantom is vocally powerful, but that’s the only positive. Wow. Peter Karrie is the best I’ve seen, and the late Martin Smith who struggled with the role during his short stint was scintillating when it all clicked for him. Where is Hugh Panaro’s name? With some immense talent required to belt out those songs, the Phantom Phandom (we’re not sorry) all have a favourite masked man. Say what you want but you want but POTO is not an OPERA it is a MUSICAL! Simon Bowman shot to recognition after appearing in the hit musical Miss Saigon, and then went on to play the part of Raoul in The Phantom of the Opera. Having performed his first UK solo show – Me, Myself & Musicals – at Theatre Royal Haymarket in June this year, he announced the formation of a new musical theatre supergroup The Cardinals alongside Carrie Hope Fletcher, Celinde Shoenmaker and another ex-Phantom, Ramin Karimloo. I must say none of the other performers have anything on Anthony Crivello. I mean really?! Photo by Marc Brenner. Crawford reprised his role on Broadway in 1988, winning a Tony Award for his performances. He also played Boris Bereszovsky in the critically acclaimed A Very Expensive Poison at the Old Vic, a play from Lucy Prebble about the assassination of Alexander Litvinenko and the fall-out from his death. He made it very real. Then came Davis Gaines. We saw Colm Wilkinson in Toronto, and he was marvelous. Ben Forster with his make-up artist Tanya. Ra-MIN! His movements on stage are precise and with emotion. | What was he thinking?.. I do agree with most of this list though.. (: Oh my ……as a non-English audience, I have to say that there must have some mistakes and misunderstandings in this list. Gerard beat John Owen Jones and Earl Carpenter. With hundreds of actors, including understudies, playing the lead role of the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera in its many productions throughout the world, it is a hard task to choose the top ten talented men who have stepped behind the mask to portray the enigmatic musical genius. You can get rid off Ramin Karimloo, he should never have been cast in the role, and John Owen Jones, he was a good Jean Valjean in the early days – late 90’s, but over time became complacent and stale. You are all wrong. He gets my got as the best. First Published And what about Peter Joback? Add Gary Mauer or Hugh Panaro, they’re quite fantastic and remembered as such on the Majestic stage! I’ll go further than “LetTheSongTakeFlight” and say Gerard Butler doesn’t belong on ANY list of Phantoms, unless it’s “The 10 Ten Worst Phantoms ever” list. But I should say that I’m quite surprised that no one has brought up even an “honourable mention” for Paul Stanley of KISS who replaced Jeff as the FINAL Phantom in the record-breaking 10 year Toronto run. A Les Mis and Phantom veteran, John has been appearing in productions, concerts and musical celebrations of the two since the early noughties, and was a special guest at both of the shows’ 25th anniversary concert events. Please bear with us as we try to keep this page as up to date as possible. What about Davis Gaines?? Anthony Warlow played the role on and off until 2009, as he reprised his role in 2007 at the Melbourne Princess Theatre when The Phantom of the Opera reopened.
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