Just A Phan

Kyiv Pechersk Lavra (also known as Kyiv Monastery of the Caves), a historic Orthodox monastery, founded in 1051.

Vocals alone, hmm? You’ll probably know most of my answers:

Claire Moore - Such a well-trained voice, warm with exquisitely clear diction and just a little lisp to give it a unique touch.

Maria Kesselman - Sounded like a combination of the best aspects of Sarah Brightman, Claire Moore, and Rebecca Caine.

Rebecca Caine - The power, the ease of those high and floated notes, that certain breathless quality only she had… instantly recognizable.

Patti Cohenour - What a contrast between her husky lower notes and her light, crystalline high notes. Another singer I always recognize.

Rebecca Luker - Silvery-voiced, warm, full, possessing sort of wistful melancholia present in every note.

Elisabeth Berg - One of the very few Christines who leaped to my favorites list based on vocals alone. Operatic, very dark, extraordinary diction, and so emotive.

Joke de Kruijf - On the opposite end, a well-trained voice that is so beautifully light and clear it almost seems to sparkle.

Inger Olsson Moberg - Operatic yet feather-light and soaring, almost playing with those notes.

Celinde Schoenmaker - One of the biggest voices I’ve heard from a Christine, like nothing the West End production had seen in years.

Amy Manford - Gorgeous, clear voice that sing the score with such ease and high notes that almost float.

The Door

Anonymous requested –> ‘All I Ask of You’ kisses vs. ‘Final Lair’ kisses

Row 1: Hugh Panaro, Mary Michael Patterson, and Jeremy Hays

Row 2: Brad Little, Kristi Holden, and Anthony Downing

Row 3: David Shannon, Gina Beck, and Will Barratt

Row 4: Earl Carpenter, Katie Hall, and Simon Bailey

Current obsession: the Mausoleum hat (backstage edition)

favorite films

Rare video of Howard McGillin very early in his run on Broadway, described as perhaps the best Howard has ever been. So, take a look…