Author: Various (Orig Canadian Cast Re

Format: Cast Recording

Release Date: 26-11-1990

Details: Product Description Contains highlights from the Andrew Lloyd Webber brainchild performed in Ottawa, Vancouver, Montreal & Calgary during April, 1991 through September, 1992. Stars Colm Wilkinson & Rebecca Caine in leading roles. Amazon.ca A few years after The Phantom of the Opera debuted in London, Harold Prince unveiled 's gothic musical in Canada, in 1989. It was so good that this recording of highlights from the Canadian cast is--dare we say it?--more enjoyable than the equivalent London cast highlights album. No, it doesn't have the authenticity of London principals (for whom then-husband Lloyd Webber wrote the role of Christine) and , but it doesn't have their idiosyncrasies, either, and it does have the richer voices of and Rebecca Caine (who played Jean Valjean and older Cosette, respectively, in the 1985 London cast of Les Miserables). At 69 minutes, the Canadian album is also 10 minutes longer than the London, allowing inclusion of the prologue and dress rehearsal for Hannibal. Of course, Lloyd Webber's melodies--"Angel of Music," "The Music of the Night," "All I Ask of You," "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again"--are scrumptious on any continent. --David Horiuchi

UPC: 042284768924

EAN: 0042284768924

Languages: English

Binding: Audio CD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood