Think of Me - Anna O'Byrne

Think of Me - Anna O'Byrne

[@BarrelsPolesandJack]

Holy crap! The guys that are playing Firmin & Andre are the same guys from the 25th anniversary which was done @ the Royal Albert Hall. Wow!

[@sohillsvettech1624]

Good catch!

[@christinewells-leddon9287]

She is amazing! It was only recently I found videos of her doing Phantom; I had only seen her in "Love Never Dies."

[@TheVintageSinger]

Thank you SO MUCH for this comment. In recent years there is this misconception that one has to sing without support or skill to still sound innocent and young. It's frustrating. So it's incredibly encouraging to see a comment like this one.

[@operagirl81]

Wow she almost had it!! Much respect for actually sounding more like an opera singer. This is like what the Christine I saw years ago did. It was awesome!

[@Silver54ful]

I heard from fans who were lucky enough to see Anna on the last leg of her run on the West End said Andrew Lloyd Webber asked her to switch over to the New York cadenza. And she nailed it perfectly. This was indeed an off day for her but is in no way a reflection of her talent. Every vocalist stumbles occasionally. Those who tell you otherwise are just plain lying. Thank you for being polite towards her about her little glitch. If you would like to hear more material from Anna. Feel free to ask and I will gladly help you find it. :)

[@vinoringochanvarugasu7944]

Anne is operatically trained. She had appeared in Le nozze de figaro I think. She had played mozart repertoires.

[@Silver54ful]

vinoringochan varugasu What I wouldn't give to hear her sing an operatic aria. I love her voice on theatre material but to sing opera. She would truly soar. I remember her tweeting that she had sung an aria by Gounod at a concert but she didn't specify which of his compositions I would die of happieness to hear any. :)

[@vinoringochanvarugasu7944]

I wish I had the chance to watch her in The Marriage of Figaro!

[@AlexB-vb2tw]

@@vinoringochanvarugasu7944 Yeah but she's a lyric soprano not a coloratura. You can tell that her voice just isn't suited to those high notes. And I'm not just saying that based on this video. I hear it in a lot of her work. Fwiw I'm a big Anna fan; I love her as an actress and I love her singing in pretty much all other rep :)

[@Silver54ful]

I do not deny someone their preferance of Christine in terms of a favorite. We are entitled to be drawn to another actress. I feel more emotionally connected to Anna then some of the recent actresses who have portrayed her. And this video was only one performance in Anna's ten month run on the West End. This isn't how she sings all the time. She had an off day. Every single singer who has ever lived has had one at some point. Her voice in general has a much richer texture & stronger clarity then what is shown here. I do in fact respect Sierra (she has an incredible vocal and dancing range) but I'm not deaf to her vocal faults. So to point out Anna's off moments and not Sierra's demonstrates bias. If you don't enjoy Anna then fine. But there are many talented performers who have played Christine through the years who are worth looking into. If you absolutley can not listen to anyother performer because you love one too much. Simply don't listen to others as you apparently have already made up your mind.

[@israfelscarletraven6984]

Silver54ful I completely agree with you! Anna and Sierra are two of my favorite Christines, but it seems that Miss Boggess' fan group can be extremely bias toward the other phenomenal actresses who have played the role of Christine before and after Sierra. While it is fair for someone to critique any singer (in this case Anna), it is highly disrespectful to compare that singer to a person you prefer. Each voice is different, and a trained singer will sing in the style most comfortable to them. It may not be the style that people are used to, but it's good in its own right.

[@Silver54ful]

Thank you very much for the support my fellow fan. I appreciate it. Yes, Anna had a vocal mishap on this particular day. I will not deny she went 'very' sharp in the cadenza. However, I defend her as a vocalist because for those who hear her sing just on this song and on this singular video now have the misinterpretation she has vocal mishaps all the time. Which is not the case! I encourage people to listen to her sing all sorts of material. She really does have a beautiful voice. This video should not be the definition of her talent. As for the other topic. I take issue with those who troll around. If you only care for Ms.Boggess, why would you bother wasting energy and time to bash another performer? None of the Sierra fans would like it if a non-fan of hers went onto a video by her and they said " She's good but she's no Sarah Brightman or Rebecca Caine." The same thing applies when they do that to other Christine performers. I try to have a more well rounded approach. There are so many Chrsitine (or musical theare artists for that matter) I adore and admire. I can not fathom only listening to just one. Sure I have my favorites but I love to make new discoveries. That being said. Anna is a gigantic favorite of mine! She is one of my favorite performers (in any format) in the world today. :)

[@amyepstein4868]

Thank you for the comment and replies. For all you wrote. Every music video, of all musical genres, is filled with irritating and arbitrary comparisons. Even worse arethe someone-else-is-better statements. Anna O'byrne is wonderful. And there are many other women who have performed the role. I have been awestruck by them all. So thank you for stating what I have been thinking.

[@melissam597]

Silver54ful the irony is that Sierra can actually be very sharp herself at times (even during the Royal Albert Hall concert, multiple times) plus she’s never even attempted the more operatic cadenza. I really like Sierra both as a performer and person so am not saying this to bash her, but let’s hold everyone up to the same standard if we’re gonna get technical.

[@Silver54ful]

@@amyepstein4868 Hello there. Wow it has been quite some time since I was on this video. Then again, wasn't feeling very compelled to since I knew what kind of commentary would be heading in Ms.O'Byrne's direction. How refreshing to see other people understand! :)

[@musikmadchen3]

Every time I hear Anna's cadenzas, she blows me away. What an amazing singer.

[@pilgrimspen]

We all have our favorite leads. I have great respect for big or small theater performers. I dont criticize them because being a stage performer is not an easy thing to do. We all have our favorite Christine and they all have their singing styles. What may be best for you might not be the same for others. If you dont have anything nice to say better not comment. Anna is amazing I have the dvd of LOVE NEVER DIES.

[@Formaparty]

Her voice and the cadenza... One of my all time favorite Christine's

[@Frankamaria]

Anna is for me the best Christine I have ever seen so far - and there were many fantastic Christines :)

[@cgrachel]

I think Sierra Boggess is. She is amazing!

[@Frankamaria]

oh, Sierra is good, too :)

[@azuraathena]

She's amazing, I saw her on my birthday, it was the first time I had seen a live performance and I was glad I saw her

[@PensadorProfundo42]

To my ears, she is the only soprano that got Daae 100% right.

[@PensadorProfundo42]

even though this is clearly a night where she is not well - even the tempo is somewhat weird.

[@Whitleychic]

I absolutely love Sierra Boggess, and I haven't found someone I like better as Christine, although Anna is VERY close. I favor Sierra's performance in POTO, but I favor Anna's performance in Lover Never Dies.

[@deathnoteroxify]

I thought I was the only one! Especially because Christine is older in LND so Anna's voice fits.

[@Whitleychic]

Katelyn Miller not at all! being that I come from a theatrical background I'm a lot more critical about things like that. I think if I saw Sierra and Ramin in LND the way that the Australian Company did it (where in Beneath a Moonless Sky" the song is different. If you haven't seen it, watch it its absolutely brilliant.) If I saw Ramin and Sierra in that show, my opinion would be different. But I think Anna O'Bryne gives Sierra a run for her money, which is saying a lot because Sierra is brilliant.

[@deathnoteroxify]

Lauryn Brianna Definitely! I love Ramin and Sierra for POTO, but when I listened to them in LND it just wasn't doing it for me. Anna and Ben were great for the sake of the characters being older.

[@Silver54ful]

I hope you don't mind me budding in. I would like to offer a recommendation audio. If you love Anna's version of the title song from Love Never Dies. I can't stress enough how her friend and understudy from that production is worth looking into. Her name is Claire Lyon. She's tackled some of the most beloved soprano theatre music on an album which you can listen to right here on this site. She also is the current principal Christine in The Phantom of the Opera World tour. I hope you enjoy listening to her. :)

[@spicymcjules]

I'm so glad somebody thinks the same way!

[@andreavo6546]

Lauryn Brianna, you´re so right. I adore Anna O´Byrne in LND!!!

[@naliah86]

+ dont judge a singer from just a performance. it is sad that people do it with such harsh vocabulary, they dont know how hard is it to be a performer. you can be really great and trained but well in singing there are some bad days, and some people all they will say that easy ah he /she sucks . hard world.

[@wickphan]

She has Angel of music. Amazing!!

[@onelittlellama]

i love how at the end she like body slams the ground

[@jamieberry7033]

Perfect angel.

[@lesley3398]

Anna is awesome！

[@shelovesmeiloveher]

She SHOULD be the lead.

[@ce3540]

Nice job for Anna! I won’t mention that Anna had a little problems with the cadenza. But that note before the last note in the cadenza works for me every time! (At 3:32) She is one of my favorite Christines ever

[@Silver54ful]

At least it proves they are human and make mistakes as well. But can hardly fault a vocalist of this caliber such as Anna. I would really hate it if this is how she was known. She really is so much better then this sharp note. Her voice is a wonder. I just wish they would have chosen to share the audio recording of when Anna was on the World Tour with Anthony Warlow instead. Her cadenza there was flawless! By the way. I also highly recommend checking out the videos/audios of these past Christine performers. Lisa Vroman and Claire Lyon. :)

[@ce3540]

I have heard of these two other Christine performers that you have brought up about. Lisa Vroman is like another legend to me! She may look a little old to play Christine but her acting and voice is really brilliant! Same with Claire Lyon! I heard that she was the understudy of Anna in the production of Love Never Dies in Australia playing Christine, and was also in the World Tour version of POTO. Lisa and Claire Lyon are on my top twelve list of my favorite Christines: 1. Rebecca Caine 2. Rebecca Luker 3. Lisa Vroman 4. Sierra Boggess 5. Anna O Byrne 6. "The Top Four Elizabeths" (Loyacano, Welch, Southard, and Berg) 7. Gina Beck 8. Rachel Barrell 9. Claire Lyon 10. Patti Cohenour 11. Harriet Jones 12. Claire Moore All marvelous Christine actors and fantastic singers!

[@naliah86]

orchestra rushed her in some moments thats sad... they cannot let the singer interpret

[@MUSICCGP]

agree

[@wickphan]

Mistake... She has Angel voice.

[@CecileVizcaya]

Wow. Her cadenza is more complicated.

[@juliaghossain]

3:16 oh. my. god.

[@meslongscheveux8460]

What year was this taken in?

[@azuraathena]

It was either 2012 or 2013

[@whjk11b80]

September 2012 :)

[@meslongscheveux8460]

Weronika K Thank you

[@StarcrossedDestiny98]

Anna has a lovely voice, but she doesn't sound like an 18 year old Christine to me. She makes a fabulous LND Christine, however.

[@ernshaw78]

Does this have a cast recording?

[@Silver54ful]

+Carey Coleman Sadly there are no cast recordings with Anna. As for the cast recordings of Phantom. There is the original cast from London, the Canadian Cast Recording (which I personally do recommend to POTO fans), and the 25th anniversary cast. However if you are hoping to hear more from Anna. You need not fear all is lost. She will be releasing her own debut album very soon! I will keep you posted on when she shares the info on a release date and a track list. :)

[@ernshaw78]

+Silver54ful she's just marvellous. There needs to be more musicians like her who can really get how to sing something as well as act it with some sense of musicality. She brings this aesthetic that fuses vitality with historically inclined performance....it's just so marvellous that she can sing this way.

[@Silver54ful]

Carey Coleman You will soon be hearing much more of her sublime vocals and sincerity very soon my fellow fan. Her debut album is set for a February 2016 release! By the way. Did you get my pm? If not, I will tell you now. Check out two other under-rated but dazzling sopranos who have their own musical theatre cover albums available for purchase. You can listen to clips on Amazon if you want to get a taste of their delivery. Their names are Lisa Vorman and Claire Lyon. They are also past Christine performers well worth looking into if you love the classical interpretation of sopranos. :)

[@ernshaw78]

+Silver54ful Going to look now been a bit busy with 18th century music research on techniques. :)

[@Silver54ful]

Carey Coleman No worries. You have life outside the net. I understand. Only there has been a slight change in plans for Anna O'Byrne's album. She had to delay it. She does have a good reason. She is set to begin rehearsals for the UK National Tour of Guys and Dolls. She is playing Sarah Brown. Her album now has a March release date., It will be a digital release. Can not wait to hear your thoughts on Lisa and Claire. :)

[@Ttyronety]

IT'S LOOK LIKE AN OPERA HOUSE.

[@carlavera-belmar9973]

Tara Miller boooo

[@evacoulouri1322]

She is more dramatic in low notes from Sierra...but she hit the hight notes with power and easily....different performance more difficult.....but in the bridge I think seams to loose it a litle of beat in one note when she goes up...or her microphone was not ok and the sound looks strange like she make falls....

[@Silver54ful]

She lost it during the most crucial part of the candenza. Can not be denied. This is especially difficult for me since I am such an enormous fan of Anna's. Even still, it would be a foolish errand to say otherwise when it is plain as day she went inarguably sharp. That being said. I really don't want this video where she did hit a sour note to be the definition for her as a singer. I feel the strong desire to keep encouraging people to watch her other videos and listen to other audios. For as a whole she really is a gifted vocalist.

[@evacoulouri1322]

@@Silver54ful she is a classic signer of opera she singing love never dies perfect but she is a human also so some days are ok some days not so much its difficult especially if you singing that every day for one or two times....I guees her throat must be always in a good condition for signing all those difficult parts and scenes....but she is a very good signer and a very beautiful woman...for the first time I leasing her I say yeah she is very impressive.....all the package...

[@azuraathena]

No I wish I had but my parents wanted to rush off

[@taramiller9526]

that cadenza practically killed my ear drums!!!

[@loganfabbro3749]

Who's playing Raoul here?

[@whjk11b80]

It's Simon Thomas

[@BarrelsPolesandJack]

You mean Simon Gleeson?

[@littlerandom8811]

BarrelsPolesandJack no Simon Gleeson was the one who played Raoul in Love Never Dies

[@loquendero9500]

yo considero que ofender a una persona por el hecho que no te guste su voz es de pesimo gusto y eso te rebaja, por otro lado semejante belleza solo puede causar envidia

[@saxongirl2054]

I can't believe nobody filmed the show with John Owen Jones and katie hall. These jerk bootleggers

[@su03m6lin]

Is she really Anna? Doesn’t sounds like....

[@MagicalMusic34]

What happened at the cadenza? Screech much?

[@thebluegoldstone]

Whoa, I don't really like her last 'Of' bit at all! Surprise much!

[@kristinabengtsson7546]

Julia Udine is far the best of my opinion

[@AlexB-vb2tw]

The more I hear of her the more convinced I am that she would never have gotten this role if she wasn't gorgeous. :( It makes me really sad to think how many less-pretty sopranos there are who could have sung this WAY better. Don't get me wrong; I LOVE her voice - she has a beautiful lyric soprano voice and there's nothing wrong with that; she was a stunning Eliza Doolittle and her album is breathtakingly beautiful - but she just doesn't have that upper extension. I've never heard her sing a C without sounding strained. (And no, I'm not a Sierrastine fan! Not. at. all. hahahaha). In her defense though 6 times a week is way too much to sing this music and do this hard show! (I'm more a fan of how they did it half-and-half like with Robyn North and... I believe Leila Benn Harris?) Comparing it to Sierra at RAH when she only had to do it a few times in a row (and then they cut together the best bits for the final video) is like comparing apples to oranges.

[@user-rw1nr3qt2n]

씨에라 보거스가 훨 낫네요. 특히 가창력에선 한 두수 위네요. sierra is best daae!!!!

[@HausofGaGadb]

Sierra >>>>> Anna