This made me cackle

bridge was burn alright

Haha 😂

I guess she knows now when the flames consumed them

HAHAHAHHAAH

The DVD version was way more dramatic especially with the fainting hahaha had a good laugh at that

It kind of reminded me of count Dracula’s entrances

@@joydiegmueller hahahaha the phantom's just sooo extraaaa😂😂💖💖💖

Especially Ramin Karimloo

I agree 🤭

🙋🏻‍♀️

I’m still mad at The Show Must Go On :)))

This is better....

I have to say I prefer the production values of that one more than this. This is so dumb, they're lucky they have Rierra performing.

Rachel P Me! I’ll find the pirated link if I can. :) Edit: I found it! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bqlglreFyZ7FiJ8.html

Hahahaha shit

@@roxyeeyee_8979 lol

@Malory Rackauckas lol yup

poor kid

OMG lol

Dammit Christine, turn around faster! Dramatic entrance almost wasted!

@@operaghost7381 Eric: "to late there's not enough smoke left, it's all got to pot, I'll have to start again from scratch"

MAMA Mim 😆😆😆😆😆😆

@MAMA Mim Christine: Oh god it you!!! Oh jeez, uh I thought you died?

@@Annesglitter Eric: "well I'm not the subtilest of people, I do love a dramatic entrance, you would have been able to see me coming from a mile of if you had BEEN PAYING ATTENTION!!!!!"

Sarah Wang I agree with you!! I watched other people play these characters and no one could ever have played them better😃

Yep, completely ruined all others for me too...they are amazing together.

I definitely agree, but I also love Rodney and ali

the same here, I've tried to see others, but I can't

Absolutely the same as you😭😭😭Just these two can give me the feeling that Christine and Phantom are right there, and perhaps this is just so-called chemistry❤️

i felt this

I don't know but I also feel this way 😅

Quarantine has *yeeted* me into this craze and I can’t get out of it-

Elijah Enes omg same😂

It's worse now 🤣

So agree!!!

Bethany Sandles 😂

Ill respectfully disagree :) Doesn't seem like to people in love to me until the end.

what books are about phantom of the opera? are they amazing ahaha i would love to read them‼️

nicole mars I appreciate the kindness in your reply, usually I just see people jumping at each other over just a difference in opinion. And I will say, something that does make me somewhat agree with you and is probably my biggest problem with the whole musical is when Erik threatens Christine with her son (and it’s even worse in the Australian version because they insinuate threatening his life rather than just threatening to take him). I genuinely don’t think he would have done that. Because the whole point of the end of PotO was that he grew up and learned that people weren’t toys that he could do whatever he wanted with, that’s not love. And threatening her that way completely undermines that theme of growth. But I enjoy the rest of their interactions I think.

Nope

Krezcely Borja nope

Never

Hold up! I'm the presence of both the Phantom and Christine? ❤️

@@krezcelyborja9334 Yes you are 🤗

Yes, totally. As if the slightest touch would fill them with ecstasy and bring back a thousand memories. Amazing acting from Ramin and Sierra

hisokaaa I need to watch it again I’m reading to many funny comments..lol

Certainly it's a lot less over-dramatic than Anna O'Byrne fainting like a diva. 😅

@@hbdragon88 To be fair, I'd expect Christine to have a dramatic reaction like that after learning her Angel of Music, the man she thought dead for the past decade, comes waltzing back into her life out of thin air like it's no big deal. Plus, I think it's a neat representation of how, almost immediately after Erik returns, Christine (quite literally) falls back into her old habits around him. But I've also loved that one version of the London show where Christine's first instinct is to hug him, a reaction reading in that instance as "Oh my God, Angel you're alive!" (joyously relieved) before she pulls back suddenly as Erik catches her wrist like "Oh dear God, Angel you're alive?!" (shocked and hurt), while also just being plain sweet to watch. I appreciate the OP's read of them being restrained in this version due to their overwhelming emotions, but in that initial moment when Erik arrives during the instrumental, I feel Christine should have a more visceral reaction to his return than just staring and backing away. Everything else after that was great, though.

I like both versions. Ramin and Sierra’s is full of, as you said, restraint, holding your breath so to speak, slowly letting their walls shatter, and the willpower to try and not give in to her emotions immediately… controlled passion. Ben and Anna‘s is full of anger, angst, hurt; getting everything off their chests all at once… explosive passion. That’s why I like both versions. I get to see two possible responses to a really weird situation, and I think both are done beautifully.

LOL

Yeah sex is cool, but have you listened to Ramin Karimloo and Sierra Boggess Phantom and Christine singing ABOUT sex?

They know what we want

@@uneasycylinder yes, that is all I need in my life.

I find hilarious reading the comments from adults “of this song is too sexy how can children listen to this” 1. poto and lnd are not kid musicals 2. First musical I ever did was spring awakening so poto isn’t a big deal nor is lnd. Yes these people are great as these roles tho

have you heard 'say no to this?' from Hamilton?

Yea.. I was confused

@Gustave Daaé eh he he... why are you on this video? 😅😅😅

@@Annesglitter dad let me, no worries

@@Annesglitter I showed him this video actually, its okay.In glad you cared

@Erik the Phantom um ok you let him? Cool...

Personally I love LND, Dear Old Friends is also amazing and perfectly passive aggressive

All songs are amazing, the only thing not good is the plot behind them.

​@@karolzurek3407exactly

devil take the hindmost also friggin slaps it's just a shame it's about BETTING ON CHRISTINE'S LOVE LIFE come on sirs

I’ve been doing it for 8 years... ugh it never gets old ❤️😍

The most real chemistry was between Kevin Gray and Dodie Pettit.💞

@Meg Giry Hey Meg! How are you? Uhm, odd seeibg you on this video..

@Meg Giry I'm glad to see you too. Glad I'm finally away from Erik. He's been trying to look for me..

@Meg Giry I dont know.. lessons???

@Meg Giry Not sure.

@Meg Giry Not surprised you said that.

6:26 Aaaaaand IIIIIIII

@@roxyeeyee_8979 I adore both those parts, he's so freaking good

Ohhhh, Ramin has an amazing powerful voice!

Whoa, Ramin really wound up for that verse. Paid off.

Don't worry I won't, unless it gets deleted! I'm sorry but it isn't available anywhere. This recording of the performance is pretty rare these days. You can only buy the Love Never Dies DVD/Blu-ray with the Australian cast.

@@operaghost7381 Well, in that case.... I am so happy to have been able to hear this. I really wasn't a fan of the Phantom until I heard Ramin sing it. He just conveys so much emotion when he sings. He also brought something to the character that many Phantoms lack... class. Sierra also is extremely talented. I love the way she expresses emotion on her face when she sings. They are a remarkable pair. If this gets deleted I might pay you for these videos... for real. :) Thank you again.

@@CharityShalom I have seen 7 different Phantoms live and they are varying degrees of good to excellent but Ramin is a different level entirely. And Sierra is his match as Christine. I have the original CD release with Ramin and Sierra and it is spectacular - wish I could get this video too

Richard Crossman lmao top tier. Idek why tf the Australian cast was what became on DVD...what madness Edit: omg i sound so mean lmao, i realized this was the 25th anniv recording tho so it was technically years or something like that after ramin and sierra had their season which around that time the aussie cast fared to be more polished i think?

@@alexb4522 We had booked tickets to LND in London for our trip in mid-September which ended just 3 days before the 25th anniversary Albert Hall production (but those tickets were out of our budget). We were informed in mid-August that LND was closing and we would not be able to see it so we chose to see The Phantom instead with John Owens-Jones - the best LIVE Phantom I have ever heard, although Ramin on CD and video is a better one.

I LOVE THIS

I almost had to cover my ears when they were singing that! 🤣 I was like they did what???

...well-

Christine hated that one lol

@@EmmaF lol

lol

*Opera Ghosted

@@TimeandMonotony Nice.

This. All of This. Ramin and Sierra elevate this sequel with all it's foibles.

@@baxtrice Agreed,

So much shame and pain, the way he dips his head and his posture slumps and he refuses to be close to her. There's something so insanely powerful about their chemistry, about how respectful and gentle he is. He learned a lot in those 10 years, he's matured. But he's still lonely and self-loathing, so much he sabotaged his own happiness and broke both their hearts and somehow Ramin just conveys it brilliantly.

julietvalcouer hahaha love this

Nu-uh, its *MUCH* better

@Erik the Phantom XD

EXATLY

@@erikthephantom1375 Why not just knock on the door?

same 😭😭

I agree, the just add so much to their respective roles as the Phantom and Christine

exactly!! i almost laughed out loud watching anna's christine "fainting" at the sight of phantom. also that death scene was unwatchable .. RIERRA's acting makes the music even more beautiful!

@@lyeee6 OMG SO TRUE!! Midway of the LND premiere I was thinking 'what is this soap opera gibberish that reeks of a cheap taste'

Anna’s faint was silly But I can’t get into sierras acting

Why Love Never Dies works for me: the revelation that Erik (the Phantom) and Christine have a son adds emotional weight to the final scene of the 2004 Gerard Butler POTO movie. Raoul sees the rose & engagement ring that Erik left on Christine's grave and accepts it; if you match it with LND, then Raoul is acknowledging the peace and shared love they have for Christine. That way, it's a beautiful full-circle love triangle arc.

@@iluvlafferty even if I love Sierra and Ramin I adore the recorded version of LND especially this song, till I hear you sing and devil take the hindmost I mean that last one doesn't even compared to any other version I've seen

@@mundodelectura8785 sorry I did not understand... Which version for you doesn't even compare?

@@iluvlafferty I agree with you. LND ACTUALLY WORKS or at least potentially can!! 👍👍 I HAVE THE PERFECT SCREENPLAY IN MY MIND OF HOW THIS STORY SHOULD GO TO ME 🤗🤗😎😎: 🎥🎥🎥🎥🎥 1. Gaston Leroux book's flashbacks when Madame Giry talks to Raoul of Phantom's life in order to understand Erik past and traumas and personality so that the audience can feel empathy and compassion for his miserable and sad life 2. Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary version (with Christine looking back to Erik with love eyes and singing to him the first lines in All I ask of you in the ending that fix and makes the sequel understandable and believable because in this version their love/unique bond they share is mutual and not one-sided) with only making the choreography in Point of no Return less aggressive in the end and more seductive as it should be and as it was in the 1986 production [with Phantom first redemption at the end finally understanding how to express real true love] 3. Love Never Dies with a few changes in the plot holes (like more explanations of characters arcs and personalities changing - Raoul and Meg - during 10 years and more explanations on how/when Christine and Phantom one night stand went and the deep reasons behind Christine decision to come back to find Phantom after having left him in the end of POTO to follow Raoul who was at the time an healthier choice for her) and with set/costumes of AUS Version but with the original London cast (my dream is one day this version will be record by ALW). [at the end Phantom gaining his final peace and redemption at his son's side due to his son's love] 4. POTO movie ending with the rose and ring on Christine's graveyard (with changing dates in order to fit time-line) and old Raoul visiting the auction at the restructured Opera Garnier (beginning of POTO musical) and Christine's grave in a kind of travel to remember the past times he is finally acknowledging the fact that no matter how things went or who was her true love and soul mate or who she choose at the end: after having considered Phantom an enemy his entire life on his last days he peacefully recognize that they both loved her deeply and each one showed it to her in the way they could/were able to THIS IS THE PERFECT FULL-CIRCLE LOVE STORY OF SOULMATES ERIK AND CHRISTINE 😍😍 AND PERFECT FULL-CIRCLE LOVE TRIANGLE 🤧🤧 THESE 4 ELEMENTS COMBINED ARE THE PERFECT GOTHIC, PASSIONATE AND HEART-WRETCHING LOVE STORY EVER 😍😍😍😭😭😭 IT WOULD BE A MASTERPIECE 🤧

I like the official one but I have to agree that there really is no comparison to these two's chemistry. I also feel like the official recording is almost too over-the-top and drowns it out making it not feel as authentic or just too dramatic for my liking.

YES I'll sell an organ to see Sierra and Ramin perform Phantom together HAHA. FOR REALLLL

...I-

@@isaa6287 Did this happen to you? (I'm in the first universe ATM.)

@@christinedaae355 yup

@@isaa6287 Odd. Must have been, interesting.

@@christinedaae355 ...I guess..

Crystal O'Kelly well, it wasn’t very good and didn’t have budget, but never replace this pair!

*• Purple Panda Playz •* , I will agree that it wasn’t good. I read the book that it is based on long before I saw it. Just as bad as the musical.

@Crystal O'Kelly LND or POTO

*• Purple Panda Playz •* , both, but the LND book was awful.

@@crystalokelly1032Which book is it based on if you don’t mind me asking ?

The fact that she flinches at one point when he walks towards her, the fact that they're apparently scared to touch each other, the fact that he seems to understand how intense it must be for her to see him again. I agree completely, these two have a lot of unfinished business gone unsaid and it shows. The Australian one doesn't feel like a pair of people with a complicated and traumatic history the way this one does, it feels like two exes that split on bad terms accidentally going to the same party.

@@blueturtle3623 I always find it interesting to watch how two actors play the same scene so differently…Anne definitely leans more onto Christine’s anger here, which is a valid way to play it as the Man left her after taking her virginity and ultimately knocking her up. The Phantom, even though we know his actions and intentions never were to hurt Christine, still ended up putting her in a very dire situation where if she hadn’t had Raoul available to marry her and the ability to pass her son off as his child…who knows what would have happened to her and Gustave? I look at poor Fantine in Les Miserable and can’t help but wonder if that might have been Christine’s fate. So yes her anger is warranted BUT I LOVE that Sierra plays it more heartbroken, Sierra shows us her pain more then anything, her Christine seems so broken, from losing her Angel, to Raoul’s coldness towards her and his drinking, and having to raise her son alone. She is trying so hard to keep it together but the fire has left her eyes and all her interactions here with Ramin’s Phantom just scream ‘I gave you EVERYTHING, how could you leave me! Don’t you realize I love you!’ 😢

Thank you! Omg I was looking for a comment explaining why is there people mentioning there's a kid, and that this is 10 years later, I didn't know there was a sequel?? Wooooooow

*cough* wish it was me *cough*

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I mean it’s his signature move (Ramin)

@@marissasifre9026 i'm sorry??

Christine Daaé Destler yeh Boo. Love never dies but you did. Haha my turn sis. 💜💅🏿😈

BlackPearl Moon Apologies for the late reply! Perhaps, but I think in the book the Phantom is at least in his 40s, if not 50s) (Ramin is in his early 40s) and Christine and Raoul are in their 20s, add on the 10 year time jump from POTO to LND, their ages would be, in a word, ideal 😂

They are planning a POTO reunion with Hadley. In Japan. This September....2020 😱

madeleine cimatu no way 🥳🥳🥳

Riley P It was cancelled a week ago 😢 as announced by Ramin....

@@madeleinecimatu6677 this just broke my heart

I completely agree. I wish I could find the full recording somewhere. I don't understand why this performance was not put on dvd.

@Tyler Buckley Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman never did Love Never Dies, though. I think the comment was about this show specifically. (Also, I far prefer Ramin/Sierra's POTO to Michael/Sarah, but that's a different point.)

Amen to this. They really are the best Phantom and Christine😍

@Tyler Buckley well, even Andrew has said that Ramin and Sierra is the best duo. They are exactly how he imagined the characters to be sooo.

I thought both couples have great chemistry

True. Me too.

OMG, that's exactly what I was thinking each time those notes were played!! I kept thinking that sounds a lot like Nightmare before Christmas. And even though I like this song, I kept being so distracted that it was making me think of a totally different movie.

Can you add the seconds please?

@@ilgnkoc3020 6:50, as they say "beneath a moonless sky" u can replace with, "we're simply meant to be." And basically every time they say that line. (It's just a small piece of the melody, but it's pretty noticeable to me. ) Mr. Weber often will lift little phrases from other stuff. Not exactly "theft," more like "subliminal influence," maybe.

Theres a video of that one youtube just search it

There are a couple of very good versions. One where he sings on The Michael Ball show and one on the Olivier Awards And one on an actual music video. Those are all excellent! 😘🥰👍

Sunflowers and Roses It’s not this one with Ramin and Sierra though, it’s the Australian production.

Opera Ghost I need to see a version with Ramin and Sierra!!!!!

LND reinforced what POTO already established - Christine and Phantom are soulmates. It's a Gothic romance; Erik & Raoul offered 2 different lifestyles. By the end of POTO we saw that she had genuine feelings for him & didn't fear him, but they knew she needed a chance at a normal life; that's why she walked away with Raoul.

Rebel Bia YUP.

What exactly are you talking about? 😂

Mrs Shabooski - Rebel points out a very subtle nuance YET AGAIN that Ramin throws into the embrace at 5:23. Notice how Erik ever so gently traces his fingers down the side of Christines neck. It’s so subtle you can easily miss it. But just keep rewinding and watching. You’ll see what we mean. THIS is why I think Ramin is such a badass at his character work. He throws in these simple and subtle nuances that add to the complexity of Erik (Phantom).

Alina Alcantara Oh, okay! I did notice that! I just wasn’t sure if that was what Rebel was referring to! 😂 I definitely saw that, though!

REALLL