Terfel has the most beautiful tone of any Todd; there's no strain in any note. But he's also one of the best acting singers ever. There's real menace throughout. Bravo!!
One of the great tragedies of Broadway is that Philip Quast has yet to play the Phantom - the Phantom's age is pretty obscure, so if he's still up for it, I'd be one who'd happily buy a ticket!
Quast said he nearly shat himself the first time Terfel began singing behind him during the first rehearsals because he wasn't prepared for the volume of his voice lol.
@@newname34695 Here is one such recording: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-BVRH8445fqg.html And there are several other recordings, as well as live performances, of him performing this as well.
In my opinion, Timothy Nolen should’ve played Sweeney Todd in this production. He’s the greatest Sweeney. He would’ve been 72-72 here, but he still had the vocal and physical ability
Skÿlar The Spatuła you know Timothy actually did the role of Sweeney again in 2012 at the Chicago opera at 71! Absolutely incredible. The guy is a legend
I like this one but for me Johnny Depp just has a sad somber tone to his voice as with his happy mood. It shows his anger, his delight with how close to revenge he is. I still very much like this.
He did - after "a stylish trimming of the hair?" he's supposed to say "a soothing skin massage?" before Turpin begins singing to fill in the instrumental before the singing bit - Terfel probably either just forgot his line, couldn't fit it with the delivery he wanted, or maybe the director just didn't like the way he said it - interesting omission though
I gotta be honest, I don't think Bryn is a good fit for this kind of role. His voice really can't hit the high notes with any sense of restraint or subtlety and it just sounds strained and blunt. When he sings in the middle range softly, he sounds great, but as soon as a high note comes in, he sounds like an airhorn without any control Especially when he's being paired against non-operatic singers, his lack of flexibility becomes really obvious.
