I firmly believe, that if Steve Barton had lived to play this role, in a version of this show that was as close to the Vienna original as possible, that he would have easily won a Tony, and stepped out of the shadows of his Phantom co-stars. We miss you, Mr Barton, deeply.

Nur jemand der psychisch so fühlte, konnte es so singen. Schlaf gut, Steve.

I've never heard of him and already I'm crying. Poor guy. If I could travel back in time, I could save his life and he would play Von Krolock on Broadway instead of Michael Crawford

So viel Gefühl....er war er...genial.

Thanks for watching. Enjoy the marvelous voice of Steve Barton. Please read the introduction before commenting, questions about the translation may be answered there

Many huge big thank-yous.

I got this CD cause i knew the Original Raoul de Chagny [aka Steve Barton] was in it. I never knew he knew german. He was really good as Krolock.

thanks so much for the translation and subtitles. helps to learn the song

Steve Barton ist so Hammer - eine Ehre das er extra unsere Sprache gelernt hat x3 es ist schrecklich wie früh er gestorben ist!! Rip in Peace Stevie

Que interpretação maravilhosa!!

If you refer to the song that plays during the introductory credits, it is from the demo albumn for an anticipated English version of the opera. It is called "Original Sin" and is an approximation of "Gott is Tod", but not really a translation. You can find it on KZfaq. Sung by Steve Barton, it never saw the light of day other than the failed comedic musical on broadway that destroyed any chance "Tanz" will ever appear again in USA (Thanks for nothing Crawford!).

Thank u for the English subtitles, is there anymore of this sow that's been done plz.

That's a good question, the quality of this video, with the changing angles indicates that there is a professionally filmed video of the entire opera, but perhaps not commercially available....

@noodnic Yes, you are so right, he did!

@queenmedesa And apples are nothing like oranges.

Thanks for the post. Is there a way to get the entire musical, with Steve Barton, on video? I cant find it anywhere.

There is no proper english version. There was an adaptation into English that was made as a sort of "pilot" to test if US Audiences would accept the musical. On that collection the song is named "Endless Appetite", and was recorded by Steve Barton. The lyrics on that are almost completely different from the original. You can find it on KZfaq. Unfortunately, when Tanz opened on Broadway, it was played as a comedy, and was one of the greatest failures of all time. Closed in 4 days.

@JamesJBurt If I find the rest, will you do more?

fuer eine dvd mit steve ist es leider zu spaet ich bin auch der meinung dass es gut waerw alles zu dokumentieren um solche tollen kuenstler der nachwelt zu erhalten

7:00 Did he just break the forth wall?

Where did you find the English version? I can only find the German version,,,

Eindeutig besser als jeder andere danach. Nur ist die Qualität der Aufnahme ist miserabel. Wird echt mal zeit das sich die Rechte Inhaber einigen und eine offizielle Aufzeichnung frei geben. Dann hat das handy cam gefilme ein ende und die Fans sind über alles glücklich mit einer HD Fassung. Es gibt Elisabeth schon als DVD Aufzeichnung und es hat den Musical Besuch danach keinen Abbruch gemacht. ...im Gegenteil. Also wiederholt endlich diesem Erfolg mit diesen Kult Musical und wertet es digital aus. Die Fans werden es euch aus dem Händen reißen. Verkaufs Rekorde sind vorprogrammiert.