A vocally perfect Phantom, he has the powerful baritenor, soft when necessary, with simultaneous ease and drama in his high notes and a rich bottom. Love his growls/screams as well. I know he’s played Pirelli and that he typically sings higher roles (who wouldn’t, with that belt!!!) but I would LOVE to hear him sing Sweeney Todd.

Twitter has ruined me because watching the final lair all I can think is "he put his whole John Owen-Jussy into this"

Now *there’s* a Phantom. I love when they take their time and don’t rush through it! Also he has a beautiful grace about him

30:33 The Phantom of the Opera 35:50 The music of the night 01:50:00 The Point of No Return

Grateful for this. JOJ is unparalleled. Others are good, even great, but JOJ is exceptional. I’d pay to listen to him sing the phone book. But with him it’s more than just a remarkable voice. It’s that he takes his time without dragging things out, makes everything seem effortless, has ideal musical timing and phrasing, and is an equally good actor as a singer, where even the best at the end of the day tend to excel at one or the other. Not JOJ. He’s the best at both. This Christine is also among the best I’ve ever heard, and I’ll take this Raoul over Hadley Fraser (and most others) any day. He’s not Michael Ball, but he’s very very good.

Holy fuck, that "touch me, trust me..." John... what are you doing to me man! I FELT that.

@MusicalGirl4983

Жыл бұрын

YES!!! He is so smooth and sexy as the Phantom. Imagine being Rachel! Especially in Point of No Return. No other Phantom has ever matched his seductiveness!

She hit those high notes so effortlessly 😩. That's an underrated Christine.

@limdoo6473

10 ай бұрын

Great singer, questionable actress😭

John sounded so operatic during “The Mirror/POTO” here. I noticed as he got older he started singing in a more traditional style theater voice with considerably less Vibrato. I love both versions of his Erik though. John is incredible in whatever he does.

My dude really is one of the GOATs in this role. I can’t lie-I enjoy Ramin in the 25th anniversary production, but it really should have been JOJ and Gina or Rachel (who is a VASTLY underrated Christine, she is wonderful here)

By far …. He is the best vocalist for phantom … no one has his control … no one can Belt better than him …. His notes are round and robust … and when he gets tender on music of the night …. He is smooth like warm maple syrup

@andrewmobeck9228

Жыл бұрын

Ramon is pretty good too

@swanben11

Жыл бұрын

@VinFightsRage Marracino King, eh? Well I didn’t vote for ‘im!

@lorieubanks2261

Жыл бұрын

I’m still partial to Michael Crawford, though JOJ is excellent.

@phantomphan873

Жыл бұрын

Listen to Timothy Nolens MOTN. He was the best imo

@waynew4726

Жыл бұрын

JOJ and Earl Carpenter are my personal favs

John Owen Jones is amazing. He is definitely one of my favorite Phantoms.

@audreydaleski1067

2 жыл бұрын

He is phantom.

@eristineforever6934

2 жыл бұрын

@@audreydaleski1067 😁

OMG I just realized, after "Stranger than you dreamt it" when Phantom is crying, the instrumentals of "It's in your soul that the true distortion lies" is playing. Mind blown 🥺😢

John Owen Jones is the ultimate Phantom, I just love his voice. I saw him twice as the Phantom he just stole the role for me ❤

Both JOJ and Rachel are so emotional in this performance 😭

well, I've seen a whole lot of Phantoms on Broadway starting back in "88". I was a theater teacher and we saw it every year until 9/11(along with many others). I even dragged my tired bones in to see dear Norm Lewis do it and it was transformative. BUT...............JOJ is the best, hands down! And this Christine rocks too!

John Owen Jones is my all-time favorite Phantom. Just so good.

I first heard him on the 25th anniversary- I absolutely love his voice!!

The speed at which he goes down that trap door during why so silent is both scary and rad at the same time!

Love John Owen Jones he is one of the phantoms to date 💓💓💓💓

Wow, just wow! I teared up watching final liar. What a fantastic phantom

JOJ is such a underrated performer. His Phantom and Jean Valjean is in my top 3.

Oohhh the "You try my patience - make your choice" is just PERFECT!!

I'll always have a soft spot for this bootleg because it was the first cast I watched beyond the 25th anniversary

You provide Phantom phans with a priceless archive of memories. Thank you. Was lucky enough to see Phantom in the late 90s and early 2000s both in San Francisco as well as Broadway. Thank you. Newer productions don't seem to satiate me.

@joekaput747

Жыл бұрын

Anything from that San Francisco production has got to be some of the most difficult things to find for Phantom on the internet. Hardly any video, very few pictures from the actual production, a few articles here and there. Hell, it ran for just over 5 years and I've found only one video from it so far, when there's a bunch from early phantom productions on Broadway, London, Toronto, even LA. It's kind of the myth in the Phantom history, a legend or a tale, if you will

@ReclusiveMountainMan

Жыл бұрын

@@joekaput747 First Lair, Point of No Return, and Final lair are uploaded. It's with Franc and Lisa.

They are both fantastic and so emotional in their acting ❤️

2:00:17 Look at Raul! 😂 He look so done with everything and ready to die after the Kiss.

Carlotta ROCKS! The actress here did such a great job. Prob my fav Carlotta 😘

@phanoftheopera

Жыл бұрын

I believe that’s Sally Harrison! One of the best Carlotta voices I’ve ever heard.

I wanted to see the curtain call 😩 but thanks for this. It has to be one of the best POTO performances I've seen.

@phanoftheopera

2 жыл бұрын

Fewer videos than I thought actually include the curtain call!

The end makes me cry everytime oh dear 😊😅❤

first time watching john owen jones and he is officially one of my fave phantoms now, his ‘music of the night’ performance is so good. thanks for posting!

Joj is fantastic as Phantom ❤i missed him today at the HMT

oh i would sing our strange duet until i run out of voice just for phantom joj

Amazing performance

Thank you! I love this cast

I love his laugh. He sounds so intimidating. And angry lol

Omg I love this cast thank you for this😀😀as always

Thank you so much!! 💖

John should of been the Phantom in the 25th show!!...also I love how protective both Rachel and Gina's Christine's are over Raoul! Btw the whispering is so irritating..can people please stfu if they're going to record bootlegs

@mariekevanmuijden4675

2 жыл бұрын

Yes to your point on JOJ for the 25th Anniversary!! Ramin is simply too 'aggressive' for me and he tries to hard. I do respect him though. Also, YES to your point about the wispering! One does not talk during a show. One especially does not talk during a show when John-Owen Jones is singing.

@amandae8437

2 жыл бұрын

@@mariekevanmuijden4675 it's so nice to see someone else with the same opinion. Tbh I believe the main reason why Ramin and Sierra are so popular is because they were young and easily accessible.. Also the whole " buddy romance " vibe they have...which in my opinion gets in the way of Sierra's portrayal as Christine..she seems to only put in effort when Ramin is her Phantom. I've seen her with others and she's so mechanical.. Anyway..you're rights... Joj is the best man for the role 💐

@sundus928

2 жыл бұрын

@@amandae8437 Not every singer can act. In theatre we can't see much Phantom's acting because of their makeup ,we can only "hear" their acting and singing , so the whole reason why Ramin's portrayal is celebrated because he "acts " and since it's on a film and not a theatre the little flaws can not be hidden , I believe he did great coz it's not easy to sing AND act with full prosthetics and makeup while a close-up shot too is being taken. Take screenshots of his acting in the film and you'll see just how much it's filled with emotions. Btw my faves are Anthony Warlow, JOJ ,Ben Lewis ,Peter Joback, Michael Crawford and Hugh Panaro.

@holyalpaca750

Жыл бұрын

I would've LOVED to see JOJ's phantom in higher quality recording, but I think casting Ramin for the anniv recording was the right choice. His subtle acting is great and that works better for close ups. Their performances have their own strengths and although JOJ is also my favourite we don't have to bring down one to appreciate another.

In every adaptation I see, I always like Carlotta and Piangi. I love a man who stands with his woman. Also, this has both my favorite Phantom, my favorite Christine, and my favorite rendition of the opening rehearsal.

"I was just fourteen!" Son, no offense, you sound like you're still fourteen.

@cursedcancersurvivor

7 ай бұрын

You've favorited thousands of Kpop bands...those boys literally *look like they're fourteen.*

@courtroomegg

3 ай бұрын

@@cursedcancersurvivorgoing through someone’s account just to argue with them over a joke is so weird wtf

Thank you so much.If I see you,I will subscribe you again.

John é um dos meus fantasmas favoritos. Voz e interpretação impecáveis.

Hearing Carlotta singing ‘Think of me’ , I couldn’t see why the phantom objects so aggressively to her singing 😳 might just be me? Haha (edit: JOJ has the most book-phantom like voice for me :)

@phanoftheopera

2 жыл бұрын

One thing that annoyed me about the 2004 movie was that it furthered the incorrect idea that Carlotta was a bad singer. If she’s leading the opera house Carlotta is obviously amazing at what she does, the phantom just doesn’t like her cause he wants Christine to succeed.😂

@TvChixken

2 жыл бұрын

@@phanoftheopera I think they only plug there ears and make it out like that because she can take it too far. In think of me in the movie, she starts with loud powerful notes instead of starting out calm then making it big. But yeah. I can’t see any other reason. She’s amazing

@sundus928

2 жыл бұрын

@@TvChixken Watch 1990 Phantom of the Opera mini series , Carlotta is the worst in it .

@saralauro2312

11 күн бұрын

​@@sundus928the charles dancer version?

Awesome!

Has anyone ever found out why the two actors playing Andre and Firmin keep changing pairs throughout this performance?

Before Music of the Night , he looked at something on the table , is it supposed to be lyrics in case they forget?

@phanoftheopera

2 жыл бұрын

Almost all Phantom’s look down at the sheet music on the organ, it’s part of the direction as he’s singing “my music”

WOW

He is the best

That overture glitch is devastating! Totally ruins that incredible moment in the show. You just can't recover from a break in the scene like that. What makes it so thrilling is how it all blends in one scene to another seamlessly from the auction to the overture to Hannibal, it's brilliant. That break killed it, lol. It's also the one thing the bootlegger failed to capture which would've been interesting to see. Funny how that happens, lol.

Everybody else acts..but Crawford was the Phantom!

Yeeeeeeees!

❤❤❤❤❤❤

Do you have any David Rogers audios or viedos in the Phantom titel song

🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰😍💕💕💕💕💕💕💕

Or even hole show audios from the Canadian Productions? 😀 David was a great under rated Phantom

@phanoftheopera

2 жыл бұрын

Very late reply here but might have a David Rogers surprise on its way👀

@okilodolicy

2 жыл бұрын

@@phanoftheopera lol that's alright 😀. I thank you.

Besides Michael Crawford, John Owen Jones is the Phantom I most regret not seeing play the role. Ramin Karimloo, sure, but we got to see him on the 25th anniversary pro-shot, so I don’t really count him.

So this is the performance with the overture fail.

Was there a problem during the overture?

@phanoftheopera

2 жыл бұрын

Yep the track stopped so they had to play it again from the beginning. Thankfully I don’t think the chandelier had begun to rise so it didn’t throw the scene totally off

@samuelking8601

Жыл бұрын

@@phanoftheopera Why did it stop?

@phanoftheopera

Жыл бұрын

@@samuelking8601 probably technical issues

31:33

1:00:23 WTH MEG ! chill 😂😭😂

@phanoftheopera

2 жыл бұрын

It was a pretty intense scream!

1:20:22 Red Death

Did the sound go out during the overture?

@phanoftheopera

Жыл бұрын

Yep, I think the track stopped

This isn't his last performance as phantom because he did the tour around 2011-2012

@phanoftheopera

Жыл бұрын

Hence why I put 2005 in parentheses next to it and mentioned it in the caption. It was his final show at the time. He returned to London from 2010-11 and then the tour from 2012-13.

Why does almost EVERYONE cut out the Entr'acte?

@phanoftheopera

3 ай бұрын

I assume part of it is because many people don’t come back until it begins, so you’d have a lot of people interrupting the footage. And more chance someone could see the camera and report it

1:42:28 Don Juan Triumphant

was this in londen?

@phanoftheopera

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

I know this was uploaded probably years ago and you probably don't even use your account anymore whoever uploaded this but just want to say if you are a j o j fan and you don't know he did come back I believe in 2011 or 2012 for a limited run

@phanoftheopera

3 ай бұрын

Yep! 2011-12 and another run from 2015-16!

What is with the black screen???

Do you do trades?

@phanoftheopera

Жыл бұрын

Yep!

@jonniephantom

Жыл бұрын

@phanoftheopera sadly there is no way to message directly on KZread

@phanoftheopera

Жыл бұрын

@@jonniephantom my email is maroftheopera@gmail.com

@jonniephantom

Жыл бұрын

@@phanoftheopera emailed:)

1:46:30

Now *there’s* a Phantom. I love when they take their time and don’t rush through it! Also he has a beautiful grace about him