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Video: Watch Ramin Karimloo and Amelia Milo Get Ready to Bring THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA to Italy
May 17, 2024
The Phantom is coming to Italy! The Phantom of the Opera, which just concluded its record-breaking run on Broadway, is getting ready to premiere in Italy. As BroadwayWorld previously reported, the musical will open this summer at Teatro Stabile del Friuli Venezia Giulia in Trieste, followed by the Arcimboldi Theatre in Milan. In this video, Ramin Karimloo (The Phantom) and Amelia Milo (Christine), preview of the show in New York City.
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Hi, my name is Ramin Karimloo
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I'm Emilia Mailem. And we're about to do the new production of the Phantom of the Opera
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And we're bringing it to Italy for the first time ever. In Trieste in July and..
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Milan in October. Here we are to give you a sneak peek of what we've been getting up to
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and maybe a little tune or two? Sure, why not? Alright, enjoy
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Turn back Turn your face away From the garish light of day
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Turn your thoughts away From cold, unfeeling light And listen to the music of the night
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Let your mind start a journey Through a strange new world Leave all thoughts of the world you knew before
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And let your soul take you where you long to be
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Only then can you belong to me
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First of all, this was so beautiful. What you two did here today
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What did today mean to both of you? It meant so much to me
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This has been my first time ever doing press or theater. This is my theater debut
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So it's just so exciting. I feel like this is a whole new world for me
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It's been nice to rediscover something I was so passionate about growing up
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to be able to have done at a younger age. So it's exciting to revisit it with a whole new lens on it
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A whole new direction. A whole new concept. But still, what I love about this one
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both me and Fede, the director, and who envisioned all this, we both are such fans of the original
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We both consider it a masterpiece. So knowing that's on his heart as well
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I felt confident and comfortable to kind of like, well, maybe I will revisit this. So I'm excited
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I'm very, very excited. I love you rediscovering this because you played the Phantom numerous times
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And now you're doing your whole new version of the Phantom with her and this production
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Well, it's funny you say numerous times. I only did it once in London and then Love Never Dies
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It's the 25th anniversary performance and production that I was so blessed to be part of that still lives on
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But I think that's given me a longer association with the part than actually having worn the mask on an actual stage
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But I've been a fan since 12 years old. So it's ingrained in my psyche as to what happens
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And because that original is a masterpiece, so it's, like I said, it was a creative detox
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before we started adding layer. But what was great that first week, we didn't even sing a note. We literally were going text, line by line, discussing it
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We'll keep asking every question as to why. And if some of the choices comes back to the original, well then, great
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Then we move on. We continue with it. But then to be brave with, well, actually
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this is what I feel we could say with this on this occasion. But please promise me that sometimes you will think
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of me
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Taking this to Italy for the very first time, to this beautiful theater, what that means to the two of you
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I'm so incredibly excited to be bringing this to Italy. I have Italian roots and family that lives in Italy
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So they get to actually come see me in the show, which is amazing
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I think that Italy is such a beautiful and a romantic country
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So to bring this piece of theater, which is so passionate, so romantic and heartfelt, to this beautiful place
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that's known for its art and its culture, to bring this piece of culture there
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it's truly a beautiful blend of these two worlds. So I'm excited
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Listen, I'm all for travel. I was accustomed to traveling so much
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And over the last 18 months, I've not gone to the places I usually go to
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So to go to Italy, which has always been a place on my heart
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because it's the first place we escaped when we fled Iran, went to Rome, I started Rome in Ostia
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So to go there with this production that I never thought I would want to return to, and I was like, oh, everything's lining up
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And nothing was saying no. My whole life has been based on instinct, and nothing said no
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I was just like, and every conversation led to a, just kept getting further down the line
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It was never a matter of one meeting with Fedi and we're doing it. It was like, we talked, okay, let's talk again
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Something else, and here we are. Yeah. It's just closed on Broadway after 35-and-something years or whatever
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Now it's going to Italy for the very first time. The audiences are buying tickets from all around the world to come to this production
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Just what it means to you to be bringing this show to a European audience, especially Italy
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It means so much to me because I love this show so much with all my heart and soul
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And to continue its legacy in a new way all across the world
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to bring it to people who have never seen it before, it's so meaningful to me, and it means a lot
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Italy's so steeped with culture and their love and passion for the arts
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and I didn't realize how there was still a market to be explored there
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when it comes to music theatre and the way we tell stories and the way Broadway, West End, Japan, have established markets for that
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how they tell stories. So I'm excited to this be the first of many in a beautiful country
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that's got the facilities and beautiful theatres and a passionate audience. So it's nice to kind of introduce them to probably one of the greatest pieces
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of modern musical theatre
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