Anthony Warlow in POTO

[spiderdj82]

Posted: 12/12/07 at 12:21am

OMG, I just had a complete eargasm. I completely love this man.


http://www.stagenoise.com/video/video.php?id=37

[Timmerbo]

Posted: 12/12/07 at 3:26am

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.

[Radioactiveduck]

Posted: 12/12/07 at 3:38am

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.

[Timmerbo]

Posted: 12/12/07 at 3:58am

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

[Radioactiveduck]

Posted: 12/12/07 at 5:27am

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".

[ThankstoPhantom]

Posted: 12/12/07 at 6:41am

Updated On: 12/12/07 at 06:41 AM

[JasonM12480]

Posted: 12/12/07 at 8:13am

He could sing a menu from McDonald's in whatever key he wanted to. He still has the finest baritone voice in existence today.

[EponineAmneris]

Posted: 12/12/07 at 8:30am

Wow!!! He's so amazing... and still THE definitive Enjolras...

Makes a decent Phantom, too

Thank you for sharing

[Timmerbo]

Posted: 12/12/07 at 12:17pm

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.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 6:29pm

http://www.abc.net.au/brisbane/stories/s2136885.htm?backyard

[Urban]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 9:14pm

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).

[adamgreer]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 9:22pm

Get that man to Broadway, half-step lower or not.

Send Howard McGillin and his dull performance off to Australia for awhile and let us have Warlow...

[chino]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 9:59pm

NEW CAST RECORDING PLEASE! I just love it! :)

[Urban]

Posted: 1/11/08 at 10:22pm

A Cast Recording Please!

Especially since I now don't have to worry about our ears bleeding from Marina Prior!

[sleepyguy1717]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 12:16am

"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.

[Sarah8]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 12:17am

He is simply the greatest. Saw it when he was sick and you would never have known.

[stagescreen]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 12:23am

His voice makes me melt. His "Soliloquy" from CAROUSEL is chilling. I love his CDs...

Thanks for helping me figure out what to listen to tomorrow!

[BroadwayBenny]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 2:57am

[quote] NEW CAST RECORDING PLEASE! [end quote]

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.

[SporkGoddess]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 11:57am

Anthony Warlow is one of the best male singers I have ever heard.

[kec]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 2:53pm

"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.

[LizzieCurry]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 4:11pm

Anthony Warlow's impression of Frank Spencer is one of the funniest things I've seen in my life.

[Neverandy]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 5:12pm

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.

[Actor2]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 8:41pm

Wouldn't singing Abs, As, and Bbs make him a tenor?

[chino]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 9:41pm

"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."

I agree!!!!! Yup... screw the recording! :)

[Neverandy]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 10:18pm

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.