How did James Barbour Do as the New Phantom? — Page 2

I've always thought that the Phantom should be a baritone, because I think a deeper voice goes better with the character's dark nature. ALW may be coming to that conclusion, as well, since James Barbour is the second baritone in a row to be cast in the role.

I'm always fascinated by the number of performers who have played both the Phantom and Jean Valjean. Norm Lewis is NOT one of them -- with his incredible baritone voice and his credentials as Javert, I can't imagine that he'd even want to try. However, I read somewhere that he'd like to play the role and will take singing lessons to attempt to hit that nightmare of a note in "Bring Him Home." Sounds like Norm's successor as the Phantom won't be playing JVJ any time soon either, but maybe Javert is in his future.

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Updated On: 2/12/15 at 11:58 PM

It's three years old, but his "Music of the Night" is incredible.

I mean.....damn.

Music of the Night.

Auggie, I saw the Assassins revival and have absolutely NO MEMORY of him or his performance. It's as if he were an engram that my auditor helped me remove with the assistance of an E-Meter. My memory is CLEAR of him completely. I remember everybody else in that production very well, Denis, Mario, EVERYBODY. But not old what's-his-name. I'm not even kidding.

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^ just search on tumblr for him

I agree with musikman....his role was rather small but I def remember his performance, that whole cast/production was fantastic

His rendition of This is the Moment, makes me shiver. Whenever I play it, my husband says, "Are you listening to your boy friend again?"

For a moment.

This is the Moment

Updated On: 2/12/15 at 03:30 PM

You have to admit the man has a set of pipes on him .

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He sounds good but I definitely prefer Ramin

Here's a link to JB's "Bring Him Home," on You Tube. Holy cow, he can really sing in high registers, too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkgm1U0coHQ

Audrey

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His voice is basically flawless !

Whenever I search for him on Tumblr, all I find are bizarre rants from (what I assume are) from uninformed, angsty, teenaged girls.