I notice he's singing it a half step lower than he used to. Kind of surprising. I thought he was infallible for a while there but maybe he doesn't want to sing G#s night after night anymore. Thanks for posting this.
I'm really not sure how I feel about a lowered MOTN...that A-flat was so iconic. I can hit a decent G, and I don't belong anywhere near the stage as the Phantom. I dunno...still decided my official stance.
He does have such a lovely voice though, it's like honey floating through the air.
Warlow used to be able to hit a pretty dynamite G#... and the odd A, and I've even heard one recording of him singing a Bb. When he played the Phantom back in the early 90s he sang MOTN in its original key. The G# seemed to be his reliable money note until recently.
EDIT: Apparently when the show opened he was plagued with a bad case of the flu but performed anyway. Maybe this is from around that point. Updated On: 12/12/07 at 03:58 AM
Maybe they changed the key just for this performance (or just for a short period during the run). The change would take it to C major, which is a lot simpler to play than Db major.
PS - Where did he sing this Bb? Hopefully not on "long to BE".
Wow!!! He's so amazing... and still THE definitive Enjolras...
Makes a decent Phantom, too
Thank you for sharing
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He sang a Bb in a song called Bad Habits that he sang with John Farnham in the Main Event concert. There's a video of it available to download... someplace... He just kind of wails it, but he does hit it.
As far as I know, he never did Music of the Night in a higher key than normal. But his Phantom of the Opera theme was a half step higher. It's pre-recorded anyway, so it's not like he was actually singing it.
Can I gloat (since I can never do it any other time) and say I was only a couple of metres away from him as the Phantom - twice. (I normally hate sitting in the first couple of rows - but I gave an exception to this because of Warlow (and the second time being directly under the Chandelier path).
The truly amazing thing I found about the Main Event concert was how well John Farnham was able to sing (the harder stuff Anthony tends to do anyway - not the light pop stuff he normally does).
"He could sing a menu from McDonald's in whatever key he wanted to. He still has the finest baritone voice in existence today."
He makes me proud to be a high baritone.
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Screw that, give us a direct to video recording (ala Cats, Joseph and the new Superstar) with Warlow, so that fans of the STAGE show don't have to settle for the Schumacher movie alone.
"He sang a Bb in a song called Bad Habits that he sang with John Farnham in the Main Event concert. There's a video of it available to download... someplace... He just kind of wails it, but he does hit it. "
The video is on YouTube -- very funny because Warlow does a Frank Spencer imitation as well.
I believe that he actually is now singing it in the original key. He was deathly ill for the opening, I think they lowered the keys until he recuperated. That being said-He is the finest Male Theater singer in the world.
Other than that, did you enjoy the play Mrs Lincoln?
"Screw that, give us a direct to video recording (ala Cats, Joseph and the new Superstar) with Warlow, so that fans of the STAGE show don't have to settle for the Schumacher movie alone."
The Baritone vs tenor vs Lyric baritone is really just an exercise in semantics-Especially when we are talking Musical Theater. The opera world would probably classify him as a Baritone, as the real meat of his range is at or just above the staff. As far as musical theater-Listen to His recording of The title song from Anyone Can Whistle or "Johanna" from Sweeney and you would say he is a tenor. But give a listen to "Where Thine That Special Face" from Kiss me Kate or "If Ever I Would Leave you" from Camelot and you would say he is a baritone. Regardless, he is fantastic.
Other than that, did you enjoy the play Mrs Lincoln?