What is with Colm Wilkinson?

What the hell is the big deal with this man? His voice sounds so awful and strained, and it's like he has the inability to sing legato. I got the Canadian Cast POTO today, and i am not even keeping it. Can any music theatre star sing worse than this?

I think he is great!
Love is Jean Valjean...are you kidding me?

His accent, in Les Mis, drives me insane. I can send it up so well. I just wish he would sing it all properly

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I'd rather hear Colm Wilkinson sing PHANTOM than I would want to hear Michael Crawford.

Then again, I'd rather hear just about ANYBODY sing the role other than Michael Crawford.

Of course, if I really had my way, I wouldn't hear PHANTOM at all ... ever again!

I agree about CW's accent, too. His phrasing and diction are completely annoying. He does have some mighty vocal power coming out of him, though. (To give credit where it is due.)

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He creeps me out. In voice and general aura.

I've only heard him sing Music of the Night, in terms of Phantom stuff, but I think he's great as Valjean. The fact that he's playing opposite an actress (in Phantom) who once played his adopted daughter (in Les Mis), though, creeps me out a little...

"Can any music theatre star sing worse than this?"
Yes.

Updated On: 4/24/05 at 01:11 PM

Love Colm WIlkinson. After growing up on Michael Crawford as the Phantom, I recently discovered Colm a couple of years ago (now my favorite Phantom). I think his voice drips with emotion and his highs are fantastic....

Well said magic.

I have trouble seeing him as the Phantom and as J&H because, well, he's old, and it's kinda nasty.

I don't really like him in general, he really good in some spots as Valjean, but not that great in Phantom. (He did alright in the Poto bits in Hey r. Producer though).