Phantom of the Opera Why have you brought me here/ All I ask of you/ All I ask of you (Reprise)

[@tearoses9940]

Phantom: GOOO!!!! Audience: I know, I know, it’s intermission!

[@randomfandoms1907]

Good lord Michael makes the phantom really sound so heart broken. I hate this part but love it. This is the part where I cry ever time.

[@nickolausafon5458]

The original so-called incel. It’s sad when someone does it to themself. But I feel he didn’t deserve it. Some people live and die and literally can’t find love, only possession or half friendship.

[@rubygracemoseley8144]

Michael has always been my favorite and one of the reasons that I think that is because he’s able to express so much emotion in his sad and quiet notes. Many other Phantom actors use loud and powerful notes which is still obviously impressive but Michael’s softer, more heartbroken notes feel me with such sadness. Like he’s literally being betrayed and heartbroken and all he can do is silently and softly cry over it

[@LucyLioness100]

He emotes so much that you pity him despite the horrid deeds his Phantom done

[@heidibarrett6400]

​@@rubygracemoseley8144That's why he's my favorite too. The way he emotes with his voice is almost unreal.

[@JulietteVeronica1201]

There is something about Sarah's voice that intrigues me. It's just so delicate and different. She's not my ultimate number one favorite Christine but there's something so angelic to it.

[@treyowen9213]

JulietteMarie everyone is unique in their own way. 😊❤🎵🎶

[@lilyann168]

Late comment, but had to say I agree with everything you said. Steve Barton is my favorite Raoul though. There is such a lovely warm tone to his voice....he makes you believe he really loves Christine, and isn't just attracted to her.

[@ytytyt808]

I love the original Sarah's singing style. Not the new opera style. It was so much angelic voice. 🙏💖😊

[@LiliVakarian]

I find it meh

[@rubygracemoseley8144]

I've always found Sarah's voice so delicate and beautiful. She's able to sound like a scared young girl but who still has a beautiful voice. Which is basically what Christine is. That's why she's always been my favorite Christine.

[@giraffejuiceb2545]

"Yet in his eyes hold the sadness of the world." gets me every time

[@adlinreese]

I can't express how much I love the Phantom's laugh

[@angelcitygirl]

2:17 Yet in his eyes all the sadness of the world, those pleading eyes that both threaten and adore ------- gorgeous lyrics

[@spookylad1367]

I can describe this song in one word *_B E T R A Y A L_*

[@alex.r.891]

Love your username XD

[@alex.r.891]

Aldo Parziale, obviously because there’s more phantoms throughout the house and/or basement

[@nickolausafon5458]

Christine wanted security or feelings of security more than some rogue abduction love. And being possessed never is.

[@BatmanFanGirl]

The way Michael Crawford hits that note on "Wing" always breaks my heart to pieces. It's so sad, and longing. :(

[@kaylaber1]

Sexuality: Michael Crawford's evil laugh

[@pentos1592]

I feel you

[@kingofrapture]

Me too

[@spookylad1367]

Same

[@jackierocha5096]

Yep

[@bawoman]

Sexuality: Michael Crawford, period

[@superssullix2393]

The chandelier drop was by far my favorite part of the play

[@lizavartanova614]

super S sullix i was soo scaredd omgg

[@rubygracemoseley8144]

All three of these actors have such beautiful voices. Steve Barton's gentle calming voice, Sarah Brightman's crystal clear, beautiful voice and Michael Crawford's powerful, intense voice. I love it!

[@chuckenglish5146]

Anyone who has not seen this on Broadway should hold their opinion until they do. The experience is unbelievable .

[@CV-Moore]

Chuck English I'm sorry, what? Money doesn't come out of my butt. I won't ever go to New York and I've never seen Phantom of the Opera tour at Gammage (That is the theatre in my city that broadways tour at. This year Dear Evan Hansen is coming so yay)

[@hetalianotaku7103]

I saw it in my humble southern hometown and it was still phenomenal!

[@rubygracemoseley8144]

I want to so badly!

[@chuckenglish5146]

Over the years I have probably seen 20 or more shows on Broadway. Just to mention a few, Equus, Jesus Christ Superstar, Godspell, Porgy and Bess and Phantom is the show that I could go to see every week for the rest of my life. See it if at all possible. It's amazing.

[@rubygracemoseley8144]

@@chuckenglish5146 I am beyond jealous of you

[@TrelliessRose]

At the end when he says *"GO!"* I felt like he just opened a Pandora's box of nightmares.

[@newsiesofnewyork9284]

or dropped a chandelier on people

[@giraffejuiceb2545]

@@newsiesofnewyork9284 lol

[@goldiekae]

i think Sarah Brightman brought Christine innocence and kindness, bc at the end Christine is young, Sarah's voice gave her that scared feeling from a girl who doesn't really know how she's gonna fix everything, so many Christines make quick changes in their voices to show an emotion more deep, but Sarah just gave scared and i think she transmited that feeling to the people, while the other showed it. Just saying, my opinion, i'm one of those fools who love Sierra tho, but i appreciate a lot the talent of the Christines.

[@LiliVakarian]

She sounds the same as the ol lady

[@bawoman]

1:35 to 2:07 has got to be one of the most utterly romantic, soul soaring musical arrangements in musical history. My god those strings, that violin, and Sarah's voice is just... bliss... It makes you without a doubt understand exactly WHY she can never truly ket go of the Phantom and likely never will.

[@zerotheglitch8826]

Look, I've seen many people point out or say "This Christine did this way better! Oh The movie's singing sucked. Oh Ramin and Sierra we're way better." Let people have their own opinions instead of saying that they are wrong. I honestly liked the movie, now it was not the best movie but it helped get a younger audience introduced into this beautiful musical. Now as for those of you who say Sierra and Ramin were way better. You may have your own opinion but no need to say that every where you find anything to do related to the other casts. I frankly like the original cast because that is who Andrew Lloyd Webber, y'know the one who wrote the musical, thought of in the first place to play these characters. When Micheal Crawford first auditioned for this musical he wanted to play Raoul but Andrew took one look at him and knew he would be the perfect Phantom. Meanwhile he looked at his wife and knew she would be the perfect Christine. All of the actors are good, you can all have your own opinions but don't hate on other's opinions.

[@LiliVakarian]

Agreed, i liked the actress voive in the movie waaaaaayyy better thans this sarah person

[@haniyehlavoi3070]

ZeroTheGlitch Couldn't agree more 👌

[@ericaeva4408]

Yes, agreed. Why do people have to bring up Ramin and Sierra everywhere? They aren’t the best imo. Ramin uses more of the rock singing style, similar to Colm Wilkinson, who’s voice is great, but didn’t suit the role of the Phantom well imo. To me, Michael Crawford will always be the Phantom, and Sarah Brightman will always be Christine. I mean, ALW wrote the musical and the role of Christine specifically for Sarah’s voice. They’re the OG’s, the best.

[@ericaeva4408]

@@LiliVakarian ...this Sarah person? I mean, Andrew Lloyd Webber wrote the musical and the role of Christine specifically for Sarah’s voice, who was his wife at the time. She deserves more respect. She is and will always be the OG Christine, the best imo.

[@rubygracemoseley8144]

@@ericaeva4408 Sarah and Michael are my favorites. I agree I kinda feel like Sarah deserves more respect. I do like Sierra and Ramin but Ramin doesn't capture the ghostly voice like Michael. I personally don't think anyone sounds more Phantom like than Michael. Also Michael's quiet heart broken voice is so sad. And again while other actors sound sad, most of them aren't quiet and soft, they are loud and powerful. And Sierra's voice, while extremely powerful, doesn't have the naive, scared young girl sound to it like Sarah's does. I have respect for Sierra or anyone that can pull of Christine for that mattter, but Sarah will always be my favorite for all those reasons.

[@JeremiahsFiles]

Phantom: GOOOOOO!!!!! Everyone else (in panic): AAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!

[@lilyann168]

I love "All I ask of You" I think it's my favorite "musical" song. It's so pure.

[@thewoodlandcryptid]

I really like the smaller touches here and there, like the Music of the Night chords playing right before All I Ask of You or the Phantom being heavily associated with night and darkness and Raoul being day and light

[@mackenziehazelwood462]

The part when he says “you will regret the day you did not do, all that the phantom asked of you” always gives me the creeps

[@maddyleinonen2666]

“Christine I love you!!” We kinda got that Raoul

[@alex.r.891]

Really? I couldn’t tell! 😅😂🤣😅

[@rs9111]

As much as I have enjoyed listening to all of the others singing Phantom the original to this day is still my favroite. I have also listened to Sarah Brightman's other Albums and the are amazing.

[@mackenziehazelwood462]

This song always reminds me of the reprise when it echoes at the end and he goes “it’s over now the music of the night «

[@rosssoutherland8118]

Saw the original cast. Changed my life on the possibilities of Great music/theatre. Jekyll & Hyde is phenomenal as well. Saw the original cast also. Great blast to the past today. Thank you!

[@sparklepower7667]

Whenever I hear this I remember one time I was watching the movie adaptation with a friend who had never seen the musical before and I said “bye bye, chandelier” after this song without thinking and accidentally spoiled the show oopsie

[@rubygracemoseley8144]

Why Have You Brought Us Here is super stress filled and all over the place. All I Ask of You is gorgeous and loving. Then All I Ask of You Reprise is heart breaking. Especially in this version. Michael’s voice sounds so broken and sad.

[@musicrose9198]

I saw this with a different phantom, and the chandelier falling is amazing!

[@LadyFreyaRose]

my favorite cast :)

[@mars9380]

that was the creepiest evil laugh i ever heard

[@oliviawright9526]

Mars You should hear King George's laugh in Hamilton at the end of "I Know Him."

[@ammonjudson4006]

@@oliviawright9526 YES!!!!!!!!

[@rubygracemoseley8144]

I agree

[@meepbeep2029]

Coincidentally.. a phantom of the opera advertisement plays before this..

[@lemenlome3931]

5:06 gives me a pure state of mind, true theatrical magic

[@BeWiL0991]

8:13 - “I gave you my music...”

[@JuanjoC3000]

The sound of a broken and betrayed heart

[@rubygracemoseley8144]

The saddest part of the show. Such heartbreak and sadness. And obviously betrayal

[@alannahtomkins526]

I just want to turn that laugh into a liquid and bathe in it.

[@dahuterschuter]

I love the evil laugh at the end.

[@deborahklein7777]

This is one of the most beautiful songs of all times..I shook when I saw the show..it was thrilling!

[@gilangsetyawibawa185]

It's ok Phan, don't cry. Anyone can lose a girlfriend...

[@alex.r.891]

“Phan”? Is that his nickname? I love it.

[@carms3362]

I love how they both say that the Phantom of the Opera is inside her mind and mean two completely different things by it.

[@TakersMissy]

8:13 - Beautiful, poignant and heartbreaking.

[@ricklopez2314]

What a beautiful song.

[@thelouisfanclub]

the phantom of the opera movie is best watched muted but then you don't understand why she walks away from an incredibly hot, muscular heartthrob who had slight sun damage on his left cheek

[@thelouisfanclub]

i mean, gerard butler is an absolute fox and totally bangable, and i love him for that but - that kind of isn't the point in this one guys

[@thelouisfanclub]

thelouisfanclub why would you even have to look at his face when you could spend hours running your hands over those rippling abs

[@thelouisfanclub]

thelouisfanclub but I digress i meant to say, this version is much more musical even if it's far from perfect,anyone who thinks the movie version had good singing should be shot

[@hawkduelist2995]

So you want people to die just because they like something you don't? Seriously?!

[@treyowen9213]

thelouisfanclub THIS! IS! SPARTAAA!!!! 🤣😂

[@acitrusfriend6283]

9:43 to the end is ABSOLUTELY my favorite part of the song!!!

[@DannyD-lr5yg]

5:24, 5:47, 6:28, 6:54, 9:45, 9:58 ^ the parts that bring me to literal full-body chills - both the scalp-crawling ASMR sensation, and the goosebumps of frisson - almost EVERY SINGLE TIME I LISTEN. Even after all these years!

[@giraffejuiceb2545]

8:09 The sound of heart break coming in 3-2-1 Also at 9:43 you can hear the faint sound of someone yelling. I think that's Phantom.

[@ianrobinson8974]

21/06/2121 A legend of a musical. Wonderful on stage and screen. The Christine actress in the film, Emmy Rossum, was ONLY 17 years of age when she undertook with role. What a wonderful character she performed.

[@IDShar]

Beautiful. It gets me every time I hear this.

[@B501M]

his laugh!!! i live for that laugh!

[@eulipionbell2412]

My favorite song of the opera

[@TheIslingtonAngel]

Why is no one talking about how they faded in the long note at the end to make it seem longer???

[@catherineleven4977]

12/2019 still as good as the first time I heard it

[@varsega]

RAOUL Why have you brought me here? CHRISTINE Can’t go back there! RAOUL We must return! CHRISTINE He'll kill you! His eyes will find us there! RAOUL Christine, don't say that. CHRISTINE Those eyes that burn! RAOUL Don't even think it CHRISTINE And if he has to kill a thousand men RAOUL Forget this waking nightmare... CHRISTINE The Phantom of the Opera will kill... RAOUL This phantom is a fable Believe me CHRISTINE ...and kill again! RAOUL There is no Phantom of the Opera BOTH My God, who is this man... CHRISTINE ...who hunts to kill? RAOUL ...this mask of death? CHRISTINE I can't escape from him... RAOUL Whose is this voice you hear... CHRISTINE ...I never will! RAOUL ...with every breath? BOTH And in this labyrinth, where night is blind the Phantom of the Opera is here/there inside my/your mind... RAOUL There is no Phantom of the Opera... CHRISTINE Raoul, I've been there to his world of unending night To a world with the daylight dissolves into darkness... darkness... Raoul, I've seen him! Can I ever forget that sight? Can I ever escape from that face? So distorted, deformed, it was hardly a face in that darkness... darkness... But his voice filled my spirit with a strange, sweet sound... In that night there was music in my mind... And through music my soul began to soar! And I heard as I'd never heard before... RAOUL What you heard was a dream and nothing more... CHRISTINE Yet in his eyes all the sadness of the world Those pleading eyes, that both threaten and adore RAOUL Christine... Christine... PHANTOM Christine... CHRISTINE (whisper) What was that? RAOUL No more talk of darkness, Forget these wide-eyed fears I'm here, nothing can harm you my words will warm and calm you Let me be your freedom, let daylight dry your tears. I'm here with you, beside you, to guard you and to guide you... CHRISTINE Say you love me every waking moment, turn my head with talk of summertime... Say you need me with you now and always... Promise me that all you say is true that's all I ask of you RAOUL Let me be your shelter let me be your light You're safe, No one will find you your fears are far behind you... CHRISTINE All I want is freedom, a world with no more night and you, always beside me, to hold me and to hide me... RAOUL Then say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime let me lead you from your solitude Say you need me with you here, beside you... anywhere you go, let me go too Christine, that's all I ask of you... CHRISTINE Say you'll share with me one love, one lifetime... say the word and I will follow you... (right) BOTH: Share each day with me, each night, each morning... (right) CHRISTINE Say you love me... RAOUL You know I do... BOTH Love me - that's all I ask of you Anywhere you go let me go too Love me - that's all I ask of you... PHANTOM: I gave you my music . . . made your song take wing . . . and now, how you've repaid me: denied me and betrayed me . . . He was bound to love you when he heard you sing . . . Christine ... Christine ... CHRISTINE/RAOUL (Background): Say you'll share with me, one love, one lifetime... Say the word and I will follow you... Share each day with me Each night, each morning PHANTOM: You will curse the day you did not do! All that the Phantom asked of you!

[@brknlv]

I love this part... but is the saddest par ever TT_TT whyyyyyyyyyyyyy CHRISTINE WHYYYYYYYYYYYY???

[@stevewinn5835]

She pulls the Phantoms heart out, beats it with a meat tenderizer, runs it through a meat grinder then hands it back to him.

[@foxthemess518]

RIP True. ;-; I wanted Christine to end up with the phantom

[@stevewinn5835]

Me too

[@felipefaraj9004]

Lyn Fox Insane Creative Mess Sure, she would love to end up with a guy who's emotionally unstable and has killed two people AND almost crashed a chandelier on her.

[@amanda6993]

Christine ended up with the right guy. A guy that risked his own Damn life for her safety!. A guy that was willing to give up his reputation and fortune to be with the woman he loves!. If only men like raoul existed in real life!.

[@hooey4362]

The Phantom sucked. He was a liar, pretended to be her dead father, and killed two people because he had some creepy stalker crush on Christine. Honestly, she deserved Raoul.

[@haileydigirolamo8204]

Oof, Phantom I feel you

[@darthbradmedia8929]

I gave you my music....made your song take way...... and now how you repay me...... 😢💔

[@calvinhigdon5602]

The phantom petty af

[@mirthfulArtist]

^^^ And people here are feeling bad for him as if he DIDN'T pretend to be the ghost of a young woman's father to get close to her....plus...you know, murder.

[@SummerWinter780]

GOOOOAAAAALLLLL XD

[@alex.r.891]

😂

[@rubygracemoseley8144]

This is my favorite POTO song. It’s so beautiful. Other than Come What May from Moulin Rouge (another great French musical 😂😂❤️❤️) and My Heart Will Go On from Titanic it’s my favorite love song of all time.

[@wompwomp1457]

Phantom deserves so much better

[@ryandt2623]

Well, maybe if he just didn't kill a guy or two, he may have actually been able to get away with making it with Christine.

[@theforgotten1213]

No.

[@coolbear6441]

I saw the 25th anniversary show and it’s a shame Micheal couldn’t sing, although Sarah did 👍👍😁😁

[@zacharypederson6816]

The only thing I don't like about Sarah Bright man is the way she says opera...

[@Wheels_Unlimited]

"Operar"

[@zipzapzop6519]

@@Wheels_Unlimited Ope rawr

[@ryandt2623]

This Raoul is way better than Patrick Wilson's Raoul!

[@jovenbuenojude]

3:30 이 부분부터 좋아요 영국 발음이라 더 좋아요

[@reedburg]

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[@IvyDrax]

10:18 You'll thank me later.

[@sunnyholey5670]

Is Raoul played by Steve Barton here?

[@samuelchai1716]

Sunny holey is michael

[@TakersMissy]

Yes - Steve Barton was the original Raoul (and best, imho)

[@alex.r.891]

TakersMissy, do agree that the OBC was the best?

[@Mithcoriel]

What does he mean by "Gooo" anyway?

[@jacksonrogers6751]

Mithcoriel it’s when the chandelier drops

[@rydiaofmist8190]

If you've watched any other production of The Phantom of the Opera, whether 1925, 1990, 1986, 2004 or any production year that I'm not knowing about, there's always a chandelier crash. His "gooo" was him causing it crash.

[@tearoses9940]

Rydia of Mist I think what they’re asking is why he yells “Go!!!” when he drops the chandelier instead of just dropping it and cutting right to the maniacal laughter. Who is he telling to “go”? The chandelier? The audience? The actual audience, because it’s intermission?

[@alex.r.891]

Lol, just imagine him yelling at the actual audience at intermission. 😂🤣😅😂🤣

[@ZBall.2507]

Oh shit.

[@carolynthurner2486]

Did phantom kills one man got hang the hope and die on my arms so sad song is perfect action how long toeRn on my number

[@kollerbrian]

Only an Invest 99. BAK

[@bry6644]

The day you did not do😕

[@omershareef4397]

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[@genevawelsh3336]

TCMRMCfan14 so true sierra is the best Christine!

[@shadyea]

Damn Christine why you so shallow :'(

[@angelateca5513]

Christine isn't shallow, she just scared of the Phantom. The dude is stalking her, has kind of been lying to her, scaring her (although this one might not have been intentional), and is killing people. By the end of the musical she even tells him that his face isn't the problem, it's because he is going around killing people and pretending to be her friend and ALSO pretending to be her dead father and pretty much traumatizing her. "This haunted face, holds no horror for me now. It's in your soul, where the true distortion lies." Everyone understands that the Phantom has had a pretty horrible life, but that still doesn't give him the right to mess with other people's lives.

[@angelateca5513]

And even in this song, while she does talks about how alarming and distorted his face is, she then brings up the lines about music and how they can share that AND that she has compassion towards him, if just a bit.

[@amjthe_paleosquare9399]

Also, Christine is quite a young girl (around 20 years), still innocent and ingenuine. She loves Raoul, but also knows the voice is an actual man that needs a friend or else he'll go mad of love and jealousy. Man, this was better than a K-drama, I'm telling you. She pushed Raoul away purposefuly so Erik wouldn't hurt him.

[@TCMRMCfan14]

This is my opinion, but I think the best Christine is Sierra Boggess.

[@rydiaofmist8190]

For me, it's 1) Boggess 2) Rosum 3) Brightman

[@LittleMissBeth23]

Emmy Rossum Is The Best Christine!

[@Phenix19]

Sacrilege

[@saxongirl2054]

The role was written for Sarah in first place. She has an amazing voice and is the prettiest Christine.

[@CV-Moore]

I love this song but the woman playing Christine is pain listening to.