Phantom of the Opera Conductor Cam

Angel of Music, Phantom of the Opera, Music of the Night

[@HDChubbydude]

I really love how you’re just having fun with all the musicians, coolest conductor goes to you sir

[@krisrawlinson1]

Lovely bunch of people to work with!

[@taoscom7145]

He's sweet!

[@fangzahn]

I love the phantom casually walking by at 5:07

[@acemusic_va]

He’s singing too XD

[@tmbtrumpet7333]

Just a double

[@nobaddaystravel6855]

Aurora C.M. YT I used to be a stage hand at our local theater and we would “sing” the songs from the production we did. Lol. It actually helped us stay on cue for things lol.

[@acemusic_va]

No Bad Days Travel same tho

[@dutch90skid68]

You should use Phantom of the Opera in the titles of the other videos as well. This video is viewed 28 times more than the other ones ;) Well done on this performance. It's insane how any amateur group is able to do The Phanom, really... but I always love seeing how things run backstage. If those 3 girls at 9:09 are really part of the backing vocals, that was quite fun to see!

[@mohongzhi]

Yes, the 3 girls at 9'09 are real. And it's real amateur group can be able to do almost anything. I am in Shanghai International Choir league and we did even full Bach's B minor Mass, John's Passion etc. with full orchestra (of course the full orchestra you can say just as on this video, mostly amateurs). It's just possible with amateurs to have time and have basic music training, even not have to be conservatory students.

[@ktskommentar]

i appreciate how much subdivision you do :) it makes everyone’s life easier

[@lorenzoslavin]

Must have been a final performance. I’d recognize that fervent score erasing anywhere!

[@mattmilford]

Annoys me so much when musicians do it in an open pit.

[@whymustielaine9640]

I keep rewatching 8:17 haha making me miss my orchestra in quarantine

[@quintinseegers7317]

Stumbled across this by accident. You clearly had a blast!

[@paulfaulkner5786]

Oh sure, all the cute conductors are in the U.K.

[@mikosoft]

I like how you are all having a very low key fun

[@Dan_Busby91]

6:57 the conductor is me every time I listen to that song lol

[@MrChangchichris]

It’s satisfying watching his hands and baton dancing.

[@niyealwinter6064]

10:17 phantom casually walks by while using shadow clone Jutsu to be on stage

[@jaco1982za]

Can't be certain, but that looks like Raul, not Eric - the hair is wrong.

[@sgtmajorpatrickharper7728]

Jaco it is the phantom. Niyeal winter, you are right one of them is the clone, however you mixed it up, the one on stage is the true phantom, and the one we see is his double for the production - hence he has no makeup and his hair isn't the "phantoms hair". Hope that clears it up for you two.

[@UmmOopsy]

Why is this joke funny to me. There's like a small sense of irony here Hahaha 😂

[@dangtuandung2423]

@@sgtmajorpatrickharper7728 I know this is late. But from what I remember even in Broadway and West End they have double too. One for Phantom and one for Christine when they are in the maze scene and when Phantom does the trick in Masquerade. It's really weird to think about it. But these people deserve the attention from us nonetheless.

[@PhantomCl0ud]

Conductor is Hella cute!

[@jadejaguar69]

Accurate

[@hubert6260]

true

[@krisrawlinson1]

@@jadejaguar69 *blushes*

[@krisrawlinson1]

*blushes*

[@krisrawlinson1]

@@hubert6260 *blushes*

[@JohnCiber]

awesome! thanks for sharing part of the magic!

[@scotrule6128]

A production that actually understands light pollution, and it’s attenuation. You can have a room FULL of fluorescence, so long as the room immediately outside is UV/Violet/black light, as it will absorb ALL white light, and not bleed/transfer into another space (stage, hallway, room), beyond the “barrier.”

[@lamb7994]

Ed Moore uv light will stop the white/fluorescent light from travelling further

[@Natasha-tu5qs]

Erm, sorry but that's not how light works. Unless you're talking about just placing physical distance between the light source and stage. Or some absorbent material. Explain.

[@kitlane362]

@@lamb7994 What an utter crock of sh*t. Explain the science behind this ludicrous statement or GTFO.

[@NewMoonStarlight]

@@kitlane362 I couldn't find direct sources, so this is speculative as my house doesn't have UV and fluorescent lights to test this with. But extrapolating from (1) the fact that shorter wavelengths of light don't travel as well through dense media (air, water, etc) and (2) UV light has a shorter wavelength than visible light (possibly making it act like a denser medium), I can hypothesise that a room that has UV lights in it could act like a body of water in terms of scattering visible light. I would absolutely do some science on this if I could, but I can't, so I won't. It would explain why all theatres seem to have at least one random UV-lit area in them.

[@jamesb6820]

@@NewMoonStarlight Sorry, this is all wrong. I think what OP is talking about is the blue light in the room outside the band which clearly leads onto the Wing. Blue light is used simply because is is a deeper light colour then white, red or green which means that the light will be dimmer. This causes less bleed onto the stage as more light can be absorbed by the black masking around the stage. UV has nothing to do with it as UV lighting would: 1) Make white costume glow off-stage (not wanted) 2) Be invisible to the actors, not aiding their walking around the space (unsafe)

[@sallywrite]

Fantastic. Couldn't stop watching

[@davidimhoff2118]

Very cute. Love this musical

[@WilAndersonYT]

Fantastic job!!!!

[@dabigcat73]

I love how you can hear the door close each time.

[@krisrawlinson1]

Obviously this recording is part room ambience from the camera and part desk recording - couldn't hear the door in the live mix!

[@야옹야옹-y8u]

Love this! Its all so cool and lovely

[@mirichen500]

Love it! You could do a Livestream of this every evening and I'd watch it every single time. Well, actually it would be much better to watch you conducting in real life... Just saying... In case you want some audience, just tell me. (I could also play the clarinet or the horn for you) xD :3

[@mohongzhi]

also like the three choir girls come at 09'20 to sing 'he's there...'

[@xujingzhe82]

Beautiful I could only say! Fantastic!

[@andrewball5111]

Oops, must've been a banana peel 7:59 😄

[@drewduncan1541]

poor pitless pit band :'(

[@tenoreDB]

Yeah where are they sitting?? weird situation.

[@Branflakes1522]

This could be an off-broadway production, like a tour or something. Certainly isn’t Broadway or the West End.

[@DerekHartley]

That's literally under the stage. In the pit by any definition.

[@drewduncan1541]

@@DerekHartley no way under the stage has that height of a ceiling. this look like the sr loading dock area

[@DerekHartley]

@@drewduncan1541 Even the local theatre I perform in has an entire floor under the stage. But you may well be right, I think someone elsewhere has said as much.

[@martinbenson5423]

I first saw this show when I was about 9/10. Scared the crap outta me, 30 years later and have seen it three more times since. I DJ elm and love all types of music. but love musicals. for an amateur production this simply great. I appreciate the subdividing, being an amateur production, the orchestra probably didn't have enough time to practice. Still, a great orchestral performance

[@liloganesyan8474]

Kris and that player in the front got something goin on ;)!

[@oddgeirvestad]

Great performance

[@MICHAELMYERS37]

love Yr video absolutely beautiful , hearing my fav Phantom Ben Lewis in the video n my fav Christine Kelly Madison Voices singing i super love this video ❤🤗🤗🥰

[@emmacronly7201]

This is a youth production. Not WE

[@Victoria-xt7mr]

Holy crap this is a youth performance?? I mean you can tell they're not Broadway but still! Very nice

[@maddoggp8283]

This is was very backhanded haha

[@kmwa1234]

Tour!!!!!!!

[@BillyWhizzle]

Great work Kris ... I'm only a little jealous ....

[@ChristopherMallonMusic]

Drums were tracked at least for the actual Phantom song I guess? As a musician I think I'd much rather be in a pit than backstage like this. Although it beats the two times that my band was put ON the stage!

[@jackie6232]

I like this song

[@jangmail7363]

7:53 gotcha, you know what you did

[@cycglplg]

ahhh... now I know the "behind the scene" conductors are the best, I can actually read the tempo... I've a hard time reading the tempo when watching pretentious famous conductors... would be perfect if this video is longer

[@eduardopardogarreton9373]

Kris you're nice! greetings from Santiago de Chile

[@heyyitscameronj]

Do the mics not pick up on that door repeatedly closing?

[@gaaranaruto991]

depends on the mic type and the location of the mic

[@colinhough5664]

Well, the doors aren't slamming shut. And the mics are not facing the door. Most mics have a heart shaped pattern, so they don't capture what is behind them.

[@geoffgrey378]

Na man. There’s is a thing called “noise gating” or “noise suppressing” that the engineer would apply to the mics...essentially it eliminate room noises and pick up the sound of the instrument as long as it was loud enough to hear. Basically you would need to literally slam the door to pick ip that sound lol. An engineers biggest problem I. This situation is controlling the bleed from every instrument hitting every mic lol

[@colbyjones7486]

Why didn’t they just use the recording of the last note of phantom? Broadway does it.

[@FelixLodel]

Who's singing the Christine in that performance

[@phphantom6664]

Do you have a recording of the overture?

[@SaltyInMotion]

Me: I'm just gonna watch for just a minute... Kris: ::is hella cute:: Me: ::watches whole thing::

[@r.peixoto]

Agreed

[@RafaelOliveira-go1iw]

everyone can listen the door close, except me lol

[@lindamclellan6113]

Fascinating!

[@eurouc]

Ok: so where is the orchestra in relation to the stage ? The blue light door to the right: where does that lead ? Then the door to the left? Where does that lead?

[@pjwalker313]

This is in my local theatre and this is the scenery dock so the stage is behind the conductor behind the grey doors. The blue light door is access to stage left and right wings a few dressing rooms, green room and stage door and the other door is to the rest of the dressing rooms

[@ronanmackay2059]

Anyone else getting full-on anxiety watching the female chorus running door to door?? I know the polar patterns/directions of the mics and trust them, but I still can't help it!!

[@n-n-7416]

Did Christine just scream at 11:05 and pretend she hit the note?

[@user-ey4zw7vr6b]

Yep

[@TheRokstar13]

I know I’ve been laughing at this for like 3 min 😂

[@TheSkyRim85]

Man really called her out 😂

[@mikebrittain6422]

I'm interested in knowing what types of keyboards were used for the main title song in this video. Thanks.

[@jackie6232]

My favorite song 7:55

[@Musical00Minecraft]

God this is so fun to watch. I have to ask though, in a show like Phantom, with two and a half hours of almost complete music, does your arm get tired? 😂

[@Girbie1973]

Where is the performance from? Are these amateurs or profs?

[@krisrawlinson1]

All amateurs - some professional musicians, but all cast is students 13-18!

[@aidantrinity8226]

Kris Rawlinson wow that’s incredible

[@UmmOopsy]

I do have to say, the phantom has a gifted voice

[@catsplaycod1046]

Kris Rawlinson that’s still impressive though! Thanks for sharing this video!

[@elizabeth5985]

@@krisrawlinson1 WHAT? The phantom is under 18? With that voice?? Amazing. Same for Christine!

[@chriswastyping]

How do you get round to recruiting all those people and getting the job 😅

[@Musical.theatre.buff.22]

Y'all this would be SO FUN TO PLAY

[@davidherbert9601]

That’s so cool

[@granttbrown]

Love this! What was your monitoring set-up like? Did you have video and audio reference of the stage, and did they have monitors in the house / shooting on stage for the cast as well? Curious about bleed into your instrument mics since it doesn't look like you're running in-ears for the pit. Would love to learn your set-up best practices! Thanks!

[@krisrawlinson1]

I had video in front of me (which is what you can see me looking at all of the time!) and mic fold back for me, and on stage had full orchestra fold back and videos of me in wings and in house. Orchestra didn't hear too much onstage vocals, it was mostly conductor, keys and drums that had that. Plus only myself and keys 1 and drums had click for the overture/phantom of the opera. It seemed to work quite well - orchestra just had to be very tight in following me!

[@granttbrown]

Kris Rawlinson Awesome! That's incredibly impressive! We've run in-ears for the past two shows I've worked on but it was a much smaller pit so I was curious about your logistics. Any reason for using click for just the opening number? Really appreciate the reply and your insight. Thanks again!

[@bradclements1815]

@@granttbrown in the comment section of this video from 2017 kzbin.info/www/bejne/nXqzqmt-epp3opY they indicate that the click-track and some pre-recorded portions are provided (and required) as part of the licensing. Not sure if that applies to this production.

[@krisrawlinson1]

@@bradclements1815 Yeah, Overture and POTO songs are provided as tracks (not with click though - so I made my own click along). I also made a few other click tracks up with some prerecorded vocal on some

[@greeneyesv2]

i know those dock doors!! hehe

[@MatuteG]

11:08 do they do a scream when they can’t achieve the high note?

[@D4ng404]

No, they don’t scream, that’s bad for them vocally. Even in live action they somehow can lip sync if they can’t reach a high note. But if you are talking about his singing, that part isn’t necessarily singing. He’s more of just projecting his voice

[@MatuteG]

Keith Dang then why did a scream followed instead of the normal high note? Was there no lipsync available for it?

[@jazmyndebono4927]

Matias Giraud I reckon it’s harder to get the cue right for the sound cue person, all the actors are students so I wouldn’t be surprised if some or all of the tech was also student led! On top of that it wasn’t half bad, I have 100% heard worse from people who are professionals

Sad that they have to sit in a separated room and not before the audience :-(

[@YehudaKatz1]

Where is the orchestra in relation to the stage?

[@RafaelOliveira-go1iw]

by the actors who pass through the pit, I think is on some side of the stage

[@julianrobbel4118]

That isnt the original production, am I right?

[@MisterChris1978]

Julian Robbel no

[@aidanprice9794]

It’s a youth production! Crazy right

[@thebigdadtn]

Wait, you mean the Phantom doesn't actually play the organ? The illusion is shattered! 🤣

[@TuAcademiaMusical]

Could the audience think the music is not live? They don't see the musicians and anyone could think the singer sing over a backing track

[@DerekHartley]

Like pretty much every other show?

[@danwright112]

What production is this from?

[@krisrawlinson1]

It was a schools production

[@danwright112]

Kris Rawlinson it’s very good. Do you have anymore videos?

[@kfitz2711]

I’d like to bring up the elephant in the room. When is the theater community at large going to acknowledge that vibrato is out of hand with so many vocal soloists? Vibrato is meant to add color and life to a pitch, not to destroy all sense of pitch.

[@tenoreDB]

Why is he in the begenning subdividing in 6 instead of a steday more flowing 2?? Theres no reason to subdivided and franticly beat 6.

[@kiberis1]

Could be a lot of reasons, orchestra probably had issues staying in time or something.

[@idk-rd9sc]

Wer muss das für Musikunterricht schaun?🙋‍♀️

[@ALBADOCMP]

I don't understand the reason the director subdivides the beat continuously. In this way the music sounds much more rigid, "cut with a knife". For musicians it is very uncomfortable and not very expressive to follow the beat indicated by eighth notes. The result is infinitely superior WITHOUT SUBDIVIDING.

[@ricarleite]

Why play it live every time? Why not just use a pre recorded track?

[@h.j.9642]

That's the beauty of a live orchestra, though a pre-recorded track can give the performers/orchestra a break from the work etc., but having to deliver it live, It gives a more rushing feeling, you know? I really haven't performed on stage with a live orchestra but that thrill of live playing is just a treat for the performers and THE audience, plus, the orchestra can adjust to the performer, thus, giving the actor/actresses freedom to give diction or more attitude of the lines they are bound to deliver. It's just more authentic to listen to when there is a live orchestration accompanied for the whole execution of the story. Also, support to our orchestra people! They do so much good work! That is my opinion :)))

[@jangmail7363]

Woods so out off tune dough

[@marcuspd7502]

This is a high school? The phantom sounds like he’s 50, and these musicians look a little old to be in high school. It’s nice you have money, but high school musicals should be produced with cardboard sets and your shitty marching band squeaking out the wrong notes from the pit. Having this kind of a professional experience in the theatre is earned, not a privilege.

[@krisrawlinson1]

lol no.. it's a student production but with professional creatives/production team/orchestra

[@DaiG100]

So much unnecessary subdivision!

[@paulfaulkner5786]

I enjoy it when a conductor actually conducts in a pattern that i can read, instead of doing everything in variants of two or one. I like this guy.

[@krisrawlinson1]

I generally subdividing to establish the tempos - it was a week run of a show that the orchestra had 2 days to practice and learn. Had we had a long run, I'm sure the subdivision would have stopped soon!

[@cilva7able]

This is the worst conductor camera. All you can see is the keyboards and the violins.

[@crisfabrizzi4406]

I dont like her. I like Sierra Boggess Christine,With Ramin Karimloo as Phantom. Sorry.

[@PADARM]

it's a school production lol how do you feel now?

[@Loaf_0f_Bread]

She did pretty good but as P.A.D said they are amateur/younger performers but she did pretty good

[@kanesanders6669]

It's a school kid, you opinionated twat. Her singing will improve with age and further training, your attitude probably won't.