RARE!!!the final of Phantom of Opera .Mc Crawford,+S brightman

[sharon102645]

I saw this on Broadway...4th row, center stage. Not with Michael Crawford though. I bawled my eyes out during this scene. I love Michael and would have given anything to have seen him as the Phantom. To me, he IS the Phantom. I am thrilled that this, even with the poor quality, is with Michael and Sarah. I love Andrew Lloyd Weber and this is his crowning glory. I don't think anyone or anything else could ever top this. This is perfection.

[sexygal909]

Bad quality for video, but good voices and i love her dress!

[Chishannicon]

So beautiful...

[hiccuprocks101]

I have never seen this musical. Or the movie. Help me. /_\

[samanthapaw185]

I saw it on satarday with HUGH PANARO as the phantom way better!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[aliu292]

@samanthapaw185 I agree with Hugh as a better singer, but Micheal WAS the phantom. The phantom is about spirit, and Micheal had that.

[cval1117]

Notice how he says "I loved you" instead of I love you

[Bonnieandestelle]

Oh I love this, that "I love you" breaks my heart everytime!

[0YourGuardian]

When he adds that bit at 4:02 just completely shatters my heart. :'''(

[livelaughsingx33]

This song makes me cry everytime.

[musicalmeg19]

Oh too perfect!!  How he holds the veil... Too beautiful! A million thanks for posting this! We Phans can't get enough!

[darthvenom100]

Phantom never ceases to amaze me!!!

[vormby777]

I hate how Christine and Raoul sing about loving each other while the Phantom just lost the love of his life. Sure, kick him while he's down why don't you....

[UniqualovesAustin]

@vormby777 You got that right and as my mother says Christine made the wrong choice

[adozendeadroses]

@UniqualovesAustin I'm going to have to disagree. Although I love MC's Phantom, and although i pity him, he is still a murderer. Yeah he spares Raoul, but that doesn't absolve his earlier actions. Despite this, I still cry at the end for him.

[Admiralharu]

OMG SOME BODY GO AND HUG HIM!! T_T

[lemonjamz]

@Admiralharu Let's glomp him together. Now. :D

[lemonjamz]

Ok...I never cry. Like I'll want to and stuff but I just can't...but Michael Crawford's performance makes me cry! He's sooo good!

[lemonjamz]

@StripedTerror521 Me too! Omg how could she leave him like that? Especially after hearing that whimper? I would have TOTALLY been like: Raoul, he needs me more than you and then run back and been like it's ok! Here! I love you too! *smooch* But...yeah...XDDDD

[TZEITEL10]

@lemonjamz Oh,if only he was as charming in reality.He IS an actor.

[ShamrocksRLucky]

It's over now the music of the NIIIIIIIIIGGGHHHTTT !!!!

[ETStudios100]

@japanLoverification you saw him? He was excellent. He put so much sympathy into the role.

[ETStudios100]

I saw Hugh Panaro as the Phantom and he was AMAZING!

[japanLoverification]

@ETStudios100 I KNOW!!!! wasnt he???? OH my gosh!!! i was so moved by his performance!!!

[disneydanny2]

@StripedTerror521 although for that performance since it was his last w/ Sarah, he changed "love" to "loved"

[the420man72]

i cry when michael sings just lovely and amazing voice I miss him as the phantom RIP steve barton we miss you

[ACEOFSWORDS10]

good old michael crawford...if i could go back in time i would go to watch it myself...i wish he was still the phantom=[=[=[

[deedeelizard]

to all the people debating on him killing, and if its justified, listen closely ITS NOT REAL ITS A MUSICAL.!!!!!

[deedeelizard]

I cry every single time I watch this peice, now thats talent!!!

[mikhail3710]

is there a video recording of the original london cast available for sale?

[Monkeyballmania]

@mikhail3710 There is a recording of the OLC, but not for sale. However there is of course the movie and the 25th Anniversary Recording.

[amc556]

@Monkeyballmania uh, theres a lot of them for sale, itunes and F.Y.E. always have it

[Monkeyballmania]

@amc556 I meant video recording. I thought that was too obvious to actually have to put into the comment.

[ohfilms1]

the i loveyou 4:00 breaks my heart all the time

[TheaterRaven]

3:09 OMG, THAT is what gets me most of all (even though the "I love you" after it is heartbreaking, too)! Hearing him whimper, "Christine?" as he reaches to take her hand is SO SAD!!!!! He sounds like a little boy pleading for love. (Hugs Erik)

[jacci004]

for my 21st birthday im traveling to las vegas to see Phantom of the Opera! so excited..but i would give anything to be able to have seen Crawford and Brightman perform.

[KekoaOnorati]

So wait, this is Sarah's final Broadway performance? Because I know she left the cast before Michael did...

[ricardomoraes92]

rare indeed, congratulations for your find, and thank you for share with us!

[TheFirstNoellexd]

Dear god, no other phantom I've seen has made me cry like that. The "I love you!' when Christine and Raoul were singing was just heartbreaking!

[TheGreatPumpkin79]

Hot damn, Michael Crawford is just impeccable! 

[LadyPhanteana]

Michael I love you ! :) what an amazing performance, the one true Phantom of the Opera. Wish I could have seen him live, but this is the next best thing.

[HystericalSecrecy]

holy asfgfdgf the EMOTION

[00MokaAkashiya00]

Everytime I watch this, I tear up when he says "I love you!" and then when he says "You alone can make my song take flight. It's over now, the Music of the Night.", I break down into tears.

[metstudioversions]

the feeling of "here it comes" around 4:15 o.O amazing!

[sirgoogie]

@orochimaruswife1, typical response from a product of late 20th century culture. Murder is justified because of something in his past. The people he murdered didn't abuse him. For that matter, who did abuse him?

[carihigs]

@sirgoogie People from his past abused him. His mom, for one, which is implied when he is talking about getting the mask as his "first unfeeling scrap of clothing". And yes, it's true that the people he killed didn't abuse him. But if you think about it, anyone he met as a person (not as a phantom) were cruel to him because of his face. Murder was wrong, but he doesn't know any way other than cruelty, since that is the only treatment he ever got in his life. :/

[carihigs]

...Did I hear someone laughing at the end?

[ricmaciel]

Michael is the best. Simply the best! Long live the Master!

[sirgoogie]

It's strange how everyone feels sorry for the Phantom who is a murderer in this love story.

[Orochimaruswife1]

@sirgoogie yes, because, you know, how DARE he be like that after years of abuse! abuse can warp a person's mind! live a year in his shoes, then judge.

[personlalafa]

Why must it be that I am only 20.. I would have killed to see them perform.

[ValtronW]

@personlalafa I know how you feel......I hate that I wasn't alive to see the original casts of POTO, Cats, among many others. I wish I grew up in the 70s.

[hansg888]

Every time I watch this, I get goosebumps or chills down my spine. Poor Erik. :'( When Erik said, "I love you", at 4:03, my heart just broke into a million pieces. </3

[LHMAquarius]

My heart always breaks for the Phantom. So so sad.

[dottiedots221]

Awww this is so sad ='[ Poor Phantom! Michael & Sarah FTW :)

[RosesNightengales]

When I saw Phantom for the fourth time, I felt my heart swell up a bit when he says "I love you! " and then "You alone can make my song take fliiight. Its over now. The Music of the Night" I just literally cry ! I mean, Phantom's not one of the shows that can make me do that. I love this show so much. And when Phantom does 25th, they better film it cause its the worlds greatest love story. ever written.

[34RiverStone]

do i hear pple crying while watching this in the audience? i don't blame them! they should be!

[Cald0m92]

I love how you've put RARE! and its on the worlds most famous video site which millions of people use each day! Doesn't really make it rare lol.

Haha! - Just quite funny and sad really

[Dirschbag]

I wish I could have been born early enough to have been able to see Crawford perform as the Phantom :(

[mooseknuckle311]

You alone can make my song take flight. It's over now, the music of the night

[march1380]

How amazing would it be, if Michael Crawford came back to Broadway to do a limited time run as the Phantom again? The original phantom back again? I bet the whole thing would be sold out within seconds!!!

[MyCoffeeLove]

OMG he can SING!! Amazing bravo bravo!!!

[Concertchoir77]

When he says you alone can make my song take flight it's over now the music of the night. Right at that part it just breaks my heart right there & it just makes me cry cause I know how it feels in real life to get my heart broken by a boy. I'm Sarah.

[katzenland]

@Concertchoir77

hallo sarah,best wishes for you from germany

Li

[mulaaaa007]

while they were singing all i ask of you, when they were going away in the boat, and he cries "I LOVE YOU" i felt soo bad!! it made my heart break a little

[Eve91fitz]

@mulaaaa007

Me too I started crying as soon as she left him. Poor phantom! :(

[00MokaAkashiya00]

I just began to cry. It's so heart-breaking..I would have never left like that.. Poor Phantom...

[disneydanny2]

i'm guessing this was Sarah's last performance? iirc she left before Michael

[operaroxmysox]

Sarah's voice is so beautiful here, like a diamond. It is almost bell-like. Such an interesting and appealing vocal quality.

[ThedarkofTheJoker91]

omg... i.. i cant described how i felt when i saw it.. espacially when MC said "I Love You"... it broked my heart TwT...

[sadlydogscantfly]

i wouldve loved to see michael Crawford!!! I saw Phantom at the Pantageus for the first time when i was 14 i thought i wouldnt like it ( HA!) but now im going to New York and seeing it again i love the show its amazing the movie doesnt do it any justice!

[Kruezoraxe]

If there is one scene I judge a phantom's performance on, it is the final kiss scene. It is the one individual act of compassion The Phantom has ever experienced and must be conducted as such.Of course Crawford is brilliant.

The only Phantom who actually embraced her and did it well was Mcgillin. His final kiss scene moved me nearly to tears. And this is coming from a guy who doesn't cry.

Butler acted as if it was the finale to an 80s romantic movie.

[sermongirl]

I love the movie but i must say this is WWWAAAAYYYYBetter than the movie!

[Luv2LaughRK]

When the Phantom says I love you... that is the only thing I've ever seen that just so truly describes how I feel

[Admiralharu]

WHY WHY CANT THE QUALITY BE BETTER!! ACK!!

pardon me as i go wipe my eyes. sniff sniff :')

[gocrazygrl]

My aunt saw both Michael and Sarah perform "Phantom" and she said when Michael cried "I love you" she was brought to tears. I didn't understand why she cried during that part but after watching this I was brought to tears as well. So heartbreaking:(

[6980farahat12]

Awesome, beautiful, sad, Michael Crawford is brilliant!!!!! Thanks for posting this wonderful clip.

[Galygal77]

thank you so much this brought me to tears

[Hornet46]

If you listen closely, or perhaps it is just me...You can hear someone crying after the Phantom says, "I love you!" all brokenly... Oh, how touching this scene is. And Michael....No one, repeat, no one, can ever match his quality, his depth, his true phantom. He IS the phantom of the opera...He breaks my heart every time, brings tears streaming down my cheeks every time, leaves me wanting to hear him sing more every time. He is pure genius.

[thephantom1946]

@Hornet46 The person I hear crying is Michael. He did at every performance and it was real. He says he really did every time during this scene, and it's known that he really became the Phantom and stayed in character the whole time, even when offstage. Dale Kristien who played Christine the longest with him says Crawford had her in tears, too. He tore her heart out, and she couldn't help it.

[Hornet46]

@thephantom1946 Oh yes, haha I know that Michael is crying, but I meant that I heard someone else crying, but possibly I was just hearing things.

[thephantom1946]

@Hornet46 Oh, I hear another man crying in the audience too, probably that's the one, lol.

[malchickowik]

I love it when he looks down at the little music player, such a simple thing, but the way he does it, it's like acting without even acting. It's the little things he does that makes his performance incredible, like shaking his arms when he sings go now and leave me, or how he clutches onto her veil like a safety blanket. It's beautiful

[LOVxxE]

MC IS THE MASTER, THE BEST EVER!!!!!!!!! he does it just right, he never overacts it and he never underacts! AMAZING AMAZING!!!!!

[thephantomsflutist]

I'm pretty sure, out of all the video performances of any actor that is posted on Youtube, and including the Phantoms I've seen, Mr. Crawford is the only Phantom to make me cry this much. I wish I could have watched his entire performance when it was posted here, but oh well. This is amazing.

[thephantom1946]

Thank you for this, I have to revisit it every so often. Crawford's entire play used to be here, but was forced off. The original Phantom and still the most brilliant portrayal.

[vShaede]

Wow!  That last "I Love You" has me in tears. MC is and always will be my favorite Phantom! =)

Katzenland, thank you so very much for uploading this!

[AquiraPrincess]

Thank you sooo much! That was so beautiful! Where did you manage to find it?..

[ChristineT99]

If any one thinks that's deep reply also

[ChristineT99]

One moment in theirs shoes and I swear the phantom would not feel any difference... One moment... Food for thought laidies and gentlemen food for thought

[ChristineT99]

Christine and roule the fop are just mocking him singing all I ask of you as they ride away what's really sad though is that ... Minus the musical genius part... Put the phantom into a modern day teen just for a moment after they had a really hard breakup with someone they've been going out with for heaven knows how long... O

[ItalianGirl903]

@ChristineT99 They didnt actually sing that as they rode off, it was just Erik remembering what he heard and how they kept their promise and how they will spend their life together while he is left alone with a broken heart

[ChristineT99]

@ItalianGirl903 Treu very true didn't think of that part

[xylonisawesome]

Christine: *Gives him her ring*

Phantom: "Christine, I loved you..." *Whimper*

Christine: *Runs off to Raoul*

Raoul: "Say you'll share with me-"

Phantom: *Screaming into the dress* "COCKBLOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCK"

[asanchezguerra]

Cuando MC dice te amo, se me eriza la piel de tanto sentimiento que pone en la frese, por eso eres el mejor Fantasma.

[ASHtheMUSICALgirl13]

Stupid Angry mob, you are all the real monsters!!! Its your intolerance of someone like Erik (the Phantom) that makes him a murder in the first place. Its not his fault his was born that way, a beautiful singing genius with half a face. All I ask of you is the worst love song ever (minus Erik's part)! How can Christine chose Raoul de Fop-Chaney over Erik, the Phantom Musical Genius of the Night. I would have chosen Erik if his whole face was deformed (like in the books) over Raoul any day!

[phantom4evr101]

Why did she choose Raoul Why??????????? I'm crying like a baby right now =*( My poor Phantom! Michael Crawford=WOW!!!

[kaliptoxamber]

When he sobs 'I love you' it makes GB's version look pathetic!

[dethe8ter]

@kaliptoxamber Butler;s version is pathetic no matter how you cut it.....and I agree I love the sobs it soo realistic

[sidnisunshine]

I feel like such a dork crying while I watch this.

[littleLotte8]

AHHHHHH!!!! thank you!!!

[sa65cn1]

audiesgirl, Thanks for the reply. ALW may have his personal reasons for not releasing a DVD of the original POTO bu I also heard a rumor that would be awful if true. Someone told me that the only taping of the play was stored at someplace like the Met and somehow it was damaged or destroyed.

[sa65cn1]

Michael Crawford should have been the only actor to ever play this part.

[audiesgirl]

@sa65cn1 There have been many wonderful stage Phantoms and one horrible film version. My 2d favorite is Howard McGillin. Let's hope ALW releases the video of the original production so we'll all be happy.

[Albolu]

Amazing.

[iamdiva]

By far the best Phantom of all time....this part is my favorite by far and the "i love you" part was definitely unique and very heartwrenching indeed. I would do anything for someone to love me that deeply :)

[Mor7682]

OMG! No one has ever sang "I Love You!" when Christine and Rauol are saying "Say you'll share with me..."!

Michael made an important interpritation that no one has done again!

He made me cry!!!

[phantomcrawford]

Michael is the best of all time

no one can do what he does, he is perfection! He always brings tears to my eyes. His sublime cry at the end makes me want to burst in tears. Best of all time!

[StarWarsGeek05]

You alone can make my song take fliiight! It's over now, The Music of the NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!!

[julianaperrusoo]

this made me cry! and this scene always make me hate christine lol

[colinmcphan]

Thank you so much for this! I saw these two and Michael broke my heart! he was THE PHANTOM. Nobody ever equaled his performance. The man broke my heart and this brings back great memories of a legendary performer and performance!