Hugh Panaro and Michael Crawford❤

Gary Mauer has a brighter quality to his voice, it would suit Piangi or another opera protagonist more imo

Michael Crawford's phantom voice sounds pretty eerie, almost ghostly.

Michael Crawford and Hugh Panaro❤

Gerard Butler is my favorite phantom

Hugh, that scream, is a little silly, that's why he is one of my favorite Phantoms

I thought 3:45 said “JOHN CENA!!!” For a sec 😅

I think Michael Crawford held the "you" longer than any Phantom!

crawford for me always hands down (:

I just love all of these. I Love how much emotion is in 10+ bars of music. My all time Lloyd-Webber show.

4 of the 11 phantoms that I have seen are in this group are Gary, Peter, Colm and Howard; all putting their on own stamp on this coveted role!

Nobody gonna talk about the scream after John Owen Jones scream of fear

Just love them.

Since I learned that Michael Crawford is the Frank Spenser of S am mothers do ave ' em I can't help laughing when I.s😅ee him as the tragic phantom For this reason I close my eyes and listen hi😮s powerful sensual voice & i forget who is who that said, I'm more taken by Gerald:to me he is the only phantom with his suffering and his pain. 8:54

last one is

Crawford captures more of the creepy weird side of the phantom while Gerard captured the violence and scariness

Thank you Phantoms for giving us so many great performances throw the years

Michael Crawford is and will always be the Phantom.

I’m sorry. It’s still Michael Crawford for me. John Cudia’s rendition could hold a candle but it’s like trying to follow Elvis.

Colm Wilkinson was the best Phantom. His diction is great and he has a bright, but haunting, tone. Norm Lewis is my second favorite.

Seriously? Michael Crawford DEFINED the Phantom with body and soul and all this you can hear in his voice, all the colors and nuances he put into this, showed the spectrum of all the personality parts of the character of Erik. Still remains unparalleld. (I can't help myself: the Version of Butler reminds me of this scurrile Pre-Record they did with Brightman and Steve Harley)

Ramin - I literally forget how to breathe when you sings!

Gerard Butler!

There is only one Phantom, his name is MICHAEL CRAWFORD!!

3:45 was my favorite 😭❤️

Does anyone know what the notes are to sing this line?

Gary Maur takes the win on this one. Michael is the reigning king of it all, but Gary...he's something else. The unsung hero who provided one if the most compelling performances ever. To make it even better, his Christine was his wife and their closing performance was heartbreaking.

Howard McGillan was my first Phantom! He will always have a special place in my heart!

I absolutely love JOJ and Ramin’s scream of fear and rage after having their Mask removed. It is such a visceral scream.😱

Any chance for an update with Ben Crawford, the final phantom?

My favorites: Michael Crawford, JOJ, Ramin Karimloo, Hugh Panaro, David Shannon, Gary Mauer, and Colm Wilkinson

I ENJOYED BOTH MICHAEL AND GERARD, PRETTY CLOSE TO BEING THE BEST. HOWEVER I THINK MICHAEL HAS A BIT MORE CHARISMATIC, CHARM. WHEN HE PERFORMS. LOVED WATCHING BOTH.

Hands down Colm

I'm sure other Phantom fans like myself feel this way after those greedy, selfish, uncaring Broadway hypocrites are heartlessly closing Phantom down unless we do something to stop them & foil them to keep Phantom on Broadway till literally the end of time

This is making me cry. Phantom ending its broadway run is the saddest thing ever.

It will be over in February (at least on Broadway)

Maestro Crawford 🖤, he put so much emotions, you can feel his pain yet his voice still remains both ghastly and angelic at the same time.

My grandpa could sing this wayyy better then you losers

They're all amazing, tbh (IMO). I can't pick a favourite. I will admit that I've never listened to Phantom all the way through, but have heard bits and pieces. I didn't even know there were so many versions. From this video, though, it's impossible for me to pick a favourite as all the versions here sound amazing. I don't have the emotional attachment to any particular version or 'so and so was my first, and they're still my favourite'. I have that with Jesus Christ Superstar (somewhat, my first exposure to it was the 2012 arena tour DVD which I still have and still love, but my favourite version is actually the second one I heard, the 96 cast recording with Steve Balsamo and Zubin Varla), but I'm pretty much completely unbiased with Phantom. Very much impartial.

I think Michael Crawford is awful, mainly because he sounds so gay. Butler is very masculine and I liked his voice much better.

Gerard Butler is a great actor, but he cant sing. Full stop, end of story. He was a terrible choice for this role, because he sings like a truck smashing into a wall. Michael Crawford is an incredible, passionate singer, and he should have had the role in the movie. He wanted to do it and he was ready to do it. But a few people in power got greedy and thought they'd get another actor, and completely ruined the movie. So sad. (PS: Emmy Rossum cant sing either, but she doesnt make me want to claw at my ears like he does.)

I love crawford and gerard personally. Both different sides of the phantom. Crawford is more angelic and gerard is more of a pained version of the phantom. Both amazing to me.

Paul Stanley from kiss was at one point was the phantom of the opera

Michael will always be the king of the Phantom's, but I've fallen in love with Gerard Butler for the film version and Ben Lewis in Love Never Dies. I'm so guttered that Ben has retired (at least for now, but totally understand and support his decision) while his wife recovers from the Covid-19 jab. Many moons ago I saw the Phantom when it came to Auckland NZ and Rob Guest portrayed the Phantom. ❤🙂

You will curse the day you did not do, All that the phantom asked of you!

John Cudia and I would run away with him, not Raul hahaha!

I'm sorry but I HATE Michael's voice!! So whinny! Like nails on a chalkboard. When I think of POTO I think of mysterious and smooth to point of hypnosis and there's no way Michael's voice would come close to doing that. Very Broadway, less realistic, less romantic, less mysterious, less hypnotic..and overall much less enjoyable and easy on the ears than Gerard. It's not even close for me.. Gerard's a much better and more fitting voice hands down!

only michael captures the desperation and ghostly tone the phantom is supposed to have

Michael Crawford

Michael Crawford was my very first celebrity crush purely based on his beautiful singing voice alone. The Phantom is supposed to be able to seduce with his voice. So.......definitely going to say Crawford.