The Phantom of the Opera with Ramin Karimloo opens in Trieste, Italy
The Phantom of the Opera with Ramin Karimloo opens in Trieste, Italy
The new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of The Opera opened last week at the Rossetti Theater in Trieste, Italy.
This is not the original Hal Prince production, nor the Laurence Connor staging that has toured the UK, the US, Australia and elsewhere, but a totally new concept directed by Federico Bellone. The show is performed in English.
The cast features Ramin Karimloo as Erik, Amelia Milo as Christine, Bradley Jaden as Raoul and Earl Carpenter as Monsieur André.
As InTrieste magazine reports, thousands of spectators from around the globe flew in just for the show from the Unites States, the UK and around Europe.
The production runs in Trieste for a limited time until 16 July, before other short stints in Milan (11-22 October 2023) and Monte Carlo (last two weeks of December).
The same production, ie with the same creative team, will also play in Madrid, Spain, with a different (I gather, Spanish-language) cast, including Geronimo Rauch as the Phantom (Manu Pilas as alternate), Talia de Val as as Christine and Guido Blazaretti as Raoul. The Madrid season runs from 20 September to early December 2023.
I’ve seen some clips of the production on tiktok and it looks so good. Ramin somehow sounds even better than he did for the 25th anniversary!
I'm seeing the show in Milan!
No wayyyy! That is amazing, I’m so jealous! I hope you have a great time, and I’d love to hear your review after!
Thanks! I happen to be making a trip to London and Europe in October anyway to see lots of theatre (including Les Miz in Netherlands), so I figured one more sidetrip to Milan wouldn't be too onerous.