Favorite Christine?

Jennifer Hope Wills and Sierra Boggess (haven't seen her live-YET-I plan on catching her when she comes to Broadway in the winter-but I've seen her in the 25th Anniversary London production via film and she was amazing).

Maureen O'Hara.

In "Christine." :)

I think Rebecca Caine is the best, though I haven't seen her.

Katy Treharne is my favourite closely followed by Anna O'Byrne.

Agree with the Lisa Vroman pick! Yet another actress I wish worked more!

My favourite Christine on a major English-language commercial recording of THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA is Rebecca Caine. Although her voice sounds - perhaps - a shade too mature for the role, she delivers a marvellously acted and sung performance on the recording that by all accounts is a good record of the way she performed the role in the theatre. The way that Caine took the operetta cliché that is the stuff of Christine’s character and moulds it into something more complex has been a blueprint for approaching the role that many actresses who have subsequently played the role. People widely praise Sierra Boggess's take on the role, but Boggess is standing on the shoulders of giants like Caine.

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Sarah Brightman (if only for nostalgia), Sierra Boggess and Lisa Vroman.

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My favorites are Lisa Vroman and Sierra Boggess.

My "favorite" Christines (as you can see, I'm across the pond from the original poster)are Trista Moldovan; Sierra Boggess, whom I believe grew into the role between the time I saw her in Las Vegas when the show opened and the time she played it in the 25th anniversary video; Samantha Hill, the new Broadway alternate, whom I saw at her third or fourth performance; and, please don't razz me, Emmy Rossum, from the 2004 movie. Based on her "Love Never Dies" performance, I suspect I would also like Anna O'Byrne. The reason I enjoy their performances so much more than the performances of other Christines that I've seen is that they play Christine with spirit, as an intelligent young woman who is trying to do the right thing, instead of as a scared ninny who refuses to take charge of her own life. They also have incredible voices.

I won't post the names of the ones whom I believe play Christine as a scared ninny, but I've seen too many of those!

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I loved Sarah Pfisterer when I saw the tour a loooooong time ago...

I also really enjoyed Sofia Escobar when I saw her last September in London... she had a gorgeous Think of Me...

and I find Marni Raab to have a unique voice for a role like Christine Daae... I found it interesting and I enjoyed her performance (on tour in LA and on Broadway)

and just because... I HATED Meagan Star-Levitt... OY!

Sarah Brightman. Hands down.

Of those I've seen playing it live, I'm partial to Teri Bibb.

The three London replacements for Brightman -Claire Moore, Rebecca Caine and Jan Hartley- were all absolutely terrific: all three acted it beautifully and sang it thrillingly. Caine's performance on the Canadian cast CD makes it a must-have.