LIEBE STIRBT NIE GETS FEATURED IN DIE HELENE FISCHER SHOW

We hope you are having an amazing holiday season! Liebe Stirbt Nie was invited to join celebrate Christmas at Die Helene Fischer Show, a German musical entertainment and dancing broadcast hosted by Helene Fischer. Three musical scenes were staged and recorded, we can watch Till I Hear You Sing, The Coney Island Waltz and Love Never Dies. Is fantastic the way they did not just sing the songs as a concert, but staged completely, costume and acting included. Let yourself embrace with Phantasma's mist and enjoy the video!

OUR TEAM INTERVIEWS HAMBURGH CHRISTINE RACHEL ANNE MOORE

Ho-Ho-Ho! Merry Christmas. We bring to you an early Christmas gift. We had the great honor to interview Rachel Anne Moore, our lovely Christine in Hamburg's production, Liebe Stirbt Nie. This production has been playing on the Stage Operettenhaus theatre since it premiered on October 15th.

We thought that, just as ourselves, many of you won't have the chance to visit Hamburg and watch the musical and so we thought it would be a nice gesture if we brought here a tiny bit of this production. Rachel wanted to do so, and she brought us these amazing first person impressions about the show, with no further delay... Rachel's answers!

Did you already know the musical? Did you see any previous production in London, Australia, Denmark or Vienna? 

When I first heard of Love Never Dies, I was already playing Carlotta and heard about the auditions for the upcoming German production. At that point, I looked up every version I could find via youtube. I have seen the full Australian version, and just a few small clips from the London and Viennese productions. I haven't been lucky enough to come across any Japanese or Denmark clips but I would love to see them as well. I haven't been fortunate enough to see any of the other productions live since I only heard about it after they were finished.

As we could see on rehearsals, there was a lot of Australia production studying going on, how did you keep your character fresh and different from Anna O’Byrne’s?

In order to keep a fresh perspective I only watched the lovely Australian version prior to the auditions. Once I was actually in rehearsals, I found it more helpful to just focus on what we were staging (especially since there are quite a few differences in staging, some large and some small). We all bring a bit of ourselves to the role and so I imagine my version is quite different than Anna O´Byrne's just because of that. Her version of Christine is very lovely and I really enjoyed watching it.

NUESTRO EQUIPO ENTREVISTA A RACHEL ANNE MOORE

¡Ho-Ho-Ho! Feliz navidad. Os traemos un regalo de Navidad adelantado. Hemos tenido el grandísimo honor de entrevistar a Rachel Anne Moore, nuestra encantadora Christine en la producción de Hamburgo, Liebe Stirbt Nie. La producción sigue representándose en el Stage Operettenhaus desde su estreno el pasado 15 de octubre.

Pensamos que, al igual que nosotras, muchos de vosotros no podrá ir a Hamburgo a ver el musical, así que creímos que traeros un pedazo del musical aquí sería un bonito detalle para las fiestas. Rachel también quería ayudar, así que nos contestó con estas fantásticas respuestas, sin más dilación, ¡las respuestas de Rachel!

¿Conocías ya el musical? ¿Habías visto alguna producción anterior en Londres, Australia, Dinamarca o Viena?

Cuando escuché por primera vez acerca de Love Never Dies, ya estaba actuando como Carlotta y supe de las audiciones para la nueva producción alemana. A partir de ese momento miré todas las producciones que pude encontrar vía youtube. He visto entera la producción alemana, y algunos vídeos cortos de las producciones de Londres y Vienna. No he tenido la suerte de encontrar ningún vídeo de la producción de Japón o de Dinamarca, pero me encantaría verlas también. Tampoco he tenido la suerte de ver ninguna en directo, ya que sólo supe de las demás producciones después de que hubieran terminado.

Tal y como pudimos ver en los ensayos, hubo un estudio exhaustivo de la producción alemana, ¿cómo mantuviste el personaje original y diferente al de Anna O'Byrne?

Para mantener una perspectiva nueva y original sólo vi la encantadora producción australiana antes de las audiciones. Ya durante los ensayos, encontré más útil centrarme únicamente en lo que estábamos escenificando (especialmente porque hay bastantes diferencias en la puesta en escena, algunas mayores y otras menores). Todos ofrecemos un poco de nosotros mismos al papel y por ello imagino que mi versión es un poco distinta a la de Anna O'Byrne. Su interpretación de Christine es encantadora y disfruté realmente viéndola.

LOVE NEVER DIES RELEASES NEW PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS

We have the chance to see more footage from Liebe Stirbt Nie, premiered last October 15th at Stage Operettenhaus in Hamburg. The first video is a short tv promo and the second one a complete 2-minute footage of Hamburg's production. Enjoy!

LOVE NEVER DIES PREMIERE NIGHT IN HAMBURG

Love Never Dies premiered officially last night and we had the privilege to be somehow present thanks to some recordings made for future promotional videos, interviews and a curtain call live streaming shared by Musicalfreunde on Periscope. We share with you videos with some scenes of this Hamburg production and the curtain call, with full ovations, as well as some interviews made to celebrate Love Never Dies premiere, which started previews last week.

LOVE NEVER DIES RELEASES NEW PROMOTIONAL PICTURES PT2

Visit here the full gallery. / Visita aquí la galería entera.

With Love Never Dies being premiered in Hamburg last night, the news won't stop coming in! Everything's been kinda chaotic here, so visit this resume for the premiere night, don't miss anything in our facebook page and enjoy this beautiful promotional pictures from Hamburg's company!

LOVE NEVER DIES RELEASES NEW PROMOTIONAL PICTURES PT1

Liebe Stirbt Nie has gifted us with these stunning first promotional pictures for Hamburg's production of Love Never Dies. A few days ago previews started at the Stage Operettenhaus Theatre, and the production will officially premiere in just four days! In this picture, Gardar Thor Cortes as The Phantom/Mr.Y and Rachel Anne Moore as Christine.

Visit here the full gallery.

FIRST LOVE NEVER DIES FIRST PREVIEW WITH AUDIENCE IN HAMBURGH

Love Never Dies made yesterday evening the first preview open to the audience in Hamburg. Ovations were not missed with the ending, and as we heard the audience risen from their seats to applause the whole production and its team. You can watch it for yourselves with this curtain call video. We hope they share with us a footage video and official pictures of this Hamburg production soon, one week left for the big premiere!

ALMOST READY FOR PREMIERE NIGHT IN TWO WEEKS

It's been a long ride since we first knew there was going to be a new Love Never Dies production in Hamburg. We've been surprised at how kind and talented is this new cast and we couldn't have asked for any better! After a rough week making sure everything was going as it had to, Andrew Lloyd Webber's visit to Hamburg, costume and makeup fittings and hundreds of other preparations, the premiere is only two weeks away! 

We want to wish in advance the best of lucks for this new production, as for its actors, dancers, crew, and orchestra. The amount of pictures everyone in the team has been posting lately has been insane, and we're trying to keep up with everything Love Never Dies related, so check our facebook page for regular updates and be sure you don't miss any picture of this production in our gallery!

REHEARSALS COMING TO AN END

Love Never Dies new production is getting closer and in just two weeks, it will premiere in Hamburg's Stage Operettenhaus. There are just a few rehearsals left before the big opening, and that is why Andrew Lloyd Webber chose to visit the city to check that everything is in place!

In this video shared by Liebe Stirbt Nie, you can take a look on how does the production look behind the scenes these days and interviews with actors, singers and dancers from the ensemble, as well as with Rachel Anne Moore and Gardar Thor Cortes. Enjoy!

LOVE NEVER DIES THE PHANTOM RETURNS

News about Love Never Dies American Tour! Playbill has shared this post about the upcoming arrival of the musical to America. No details have been shared about the countries that will take part of this Tour, but now we know for sure that will start on the 2017 theatre season. The first thing to notice is the name of the musical itself, "Love Never Dies - The Phantom Returns". 

"Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera sequel, Love Never Dies, will launch a North American tour in 2017, Playbill.com has learned. The tour will reflect the overhauled Australian production that was staged by Simon Phillips."

THE STAGE OF THE OPERETTENHAUS

Rehearsals, until now, had been made at Neure Flora Theatre where The Phantom of the Opera is being represented. Now, rehearsals have moved to Stage Operettenhaus, the theatre responsible to hold Love Never Dies. The team has been working hard for the past weeks to be on time for this October's premiere, as several renovations and stage installation had to be done. We share with you this behind the scenes of the stage that was posted on Liebe Stirbt Nie, the official facebook page.

FOLLOW THE HAMBURGH REHEARSALS

These past days Love Never Dies team has been on fire working on the new Hamburg production that will be premiered this October. Actors are now on rehearsals and costume fittings, and the theatre is almost ready to welcome the production. Since the stage is being built, rehearsals are taking place at Neue Flora Theatre, where The Phantom of the Opera production is being performed.

We wanted to share with you some pictures and links where you get to see firsthand the day-a-day routine and feel closer to the production, team, and cast.

Oficial page on facebook, Liebe Stirbt Nie.

Rachel Anne Moore (Christine) on facebook.
Ina Trabesinger (Meg Giry) on facebook.

Heidi Karlsson (alternate Christine) on twitter and instagram.

Corinne Heskett (costume supervisor) on twitter and instagram.

Jak Allen-Anderson (ensemble) on twitter.

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COSTUME FITTING

So exciting! Every time feels easier to picture the new production that will be premiered this October in Hamburg, and thanks to this video it feels even closer! We can feel as if we were at the very same rehearsals as we get to see some costume fittings, behind the scenes, of Gardar Thor Cortes (Phantom) and Rachel Anne Moore (Christine), on her final Love Never Dies dress. You can check more behind the scenes and rehearsal pictures in Love Never Dies' official facebook page, they love sharing moments with us!

REHEARSALS WITH RACHEL ANNE MOORE & GARDAR THOR CORTES

German NDR radio and tv channel have shared this behind the scenes video where we get to know better Rachel Anne Moore (Christine), her experiences with the musical so far, rehearsals and some impressions Gardar Thor Cortes (Phantom) has on her. The musical premieres next month! You can check the channel's page here. SAT.1 REGIONAL's channel has shared this second video where Rachel Anne Moore and Gardar Thor Cortes share a nice evening together visiting the city and more interviews. You can check the video page, here.

INTERVIEW WITH GARDAR THOR CORTES

Gardar Thor Cortes (The Phantom) was interviewed yesterday evening with StarChat and answered a bunch of questions related to the musical and his new role as The Phantom. Although questions are made in German, Gardar's answers are in English (it makes things easier to us, right?). Find the interview's site here.

BEHIND THE SCENES WITH RACHEL ANNE MOORE

With Rachel Anne Moore's announcement as our new Christine, Love Never Dies Hamburg's official website has gifted us with this behind the scenes where we can meet Anne Moore, know firsthand what are her thoughts on being in this production and have an exclusive behind the scenes look at her first photoshoot as Christine!

LOVE NEVER DIES HAMBURG FULL CAST ANNOUNCEMENT

The Phantom, Gardar Thor Cortes
Christine, Rachel Anne Moore
Raoul, Yngve Gasoy Romdal

Meg Giry, Ina Trabesinger
Madame Giry, Masha Karell

Fleck, Lauren Barrand / Sandra Maria Germann
Squelch, Paul Tabone
Gangle, Jak Allen-Anderson

Phantom Alternate / Raoul Cover, Mathias Edenborn
Christine Alternate, Jazmin Gorsline

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Ensemble
Marie-Therese Anselm, Alex Avenell, Bianca Benjamin, Pieter Casteleyn, Connor Collins, Tyler Donahue, CJ Field, Holly Hylton, Mami Iwai, Heidi Karlsson, Björn Klein, Anastasia Kutina, Chiara Ludemann, Andrea Marchetti, Robert David Marx, Sean McFadden, Robert Meyer, Leisha Mollyneaux, Dörte Niedermeier, Georg Prohazka, Martin Rönnebeck, Jessie Roggemann, Lucina Scarpolini, Thomas Schreier, Ulrich Talle, Stef van Gelder

RACHEL ANNE MOORE GETS CASGT AS CHRISTINE

Rachel Anne Moore, US citizen actress, and singer is well known for playing The Phantom of the Opera's La Carlotta. She's still playing the part at the Neue Flora Theatre. She will bring to life our main character this October on the Stage Operettenhaus.

With Anne Moore's words: "I am proud to be able to take over one of the most leading roles of the musical world." [...] "The role of Christine is very demanding to sing. I look forward to working with my new Phantom, the Icelandic tenor Gardar Thor Cortes. So far, I only know him from his CD, which is on my shelf, but that will change soon. On the stage, we are so pretty close."

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TILL I HEAR YOU SING FEATURING GARDAR THOR CORTES

With the announcement of Gardar Thor Cortes as our new Phantom/Mr.Y, Love Never Dies Hamburg's official website has gifted us with this fantastic rendition from the singer, a music video for Till I Hear You Sing, remembering one of the original's London production first videos of the musical with Ramin Karimloo. In short, the rest of the cast will be announced... stay tuned!

LOVE NEVER DIES CASTS GARDAR THOR CORTES AS THE PHANTOM

Today the actor who will play The Phantom and Mr.Y in the new Hamburg production has been announced. Remember, you can read all about this production here, keep checking our blog to meet the new cast!

Gardar Thor Cortes, Icelandic actor that already had a part playing Raoul in West End's The Phantom of the Opera, will bring to life our main character this October on the Stage Operettenhaus theatre. His musical works include The Phantom of the Opera and Oklahoma!, amongst others, and he has also played in several operas. Maybe you recognize him from playing Passarino in The Phantom of the Opera 25th Anniversary special.

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THE CRAFT BEHIND LOVE NEVER DIES COSTUMES

Heute gibt es wieder einen spannenden Blick hinter die Kulissen. Die Kostüme sind aus Australien in Deutschland angekommen und nun geht die Arbeit erst richtig los – aber seht selbst….#liebestirbtnie #musical #hamburg #kostüme
Posted by Liebe Stirbt Nie on Lunes, 15 de junio de 2015

The Australian production's costumes are coming to Hamburg, bit by bit the production is moving to this town to its premiere on October. Now it's time to the costumes, you can see in this behind the scenes video the process the company is following in this German city. Each dress is going to be inspected and mended and some of them may even not be chosen to appear on the scene again. We wish this to be the first of many behind the scenes videos to come!

LOVE NEVER DIES HINTED PRODUCTION IN AMERICA

Camille-Cathrine Rommedahl & Christian Berg, Copenhague (2012)

Yes! Today, May 19th, BroadwayWorld.com has published the news of an upcoming Love Never Dies American Tour, during 2017-2018 new season.

We were expecting this news for so long! With every new production, we knew the musical was a step closer to America. The Australian production had a big triumph in Melbourne when it was premiered, such is so that the show was released as a worldwide DVD with an exquisite recording, for the enjoyment of Love Never Dies followers and for those who couldn't make it to the musical. Then the Danish production and the Austrian concerts were premiered, popularizing the musical on different countries. This autumn Love Never Dies will be premiered in Hamburg (read the news here!)

With these successes, small victories for the musical, it's not surprising that Andrew Lloyd Webber wants to reach the American public. And we are lucky enough not just getting a Broadway production but an American Tour, where the musical will be premiered in different American cities. What do you think about the arrival of Mr. Y to America? We are, for sure, way excited.

Update: Andrew Lloyd Webber’s spokesperson Rick Miramontez commented: “There is no official announcement at this time, but after the success of the show in Sydney and Melbourne and subsequent DVD, Andrew Lloyd Webber is delighted by the interest and looks forward to American audiences seeing this Australian production." 

Love Never Dies official website has already been updated to promote the Tour. loveneverdies.com/ustour

HAMBURG IS GETTING READY FOR LOVE NEVER DIES

Página web oficial de Love Never Dies Hamburgo

Love Never Dies is coming to Hamburg and the musical's promotion has started! You can find the latest news, such as a few videos with Andrew Lloyd Webber's interviews and our little Gustave casting on Love Never Dies Hamburg official page. Visit the official page to take a look at those new videos!

And remember, the musical will be premiered under the name of "Liebe Stirbt Nie" in Stage Operettenhaus on October 16th. You can read all about it here!

LOVE NEVER DIES TO PREMIERE IN HAMBURG

IT'S OFFICIAL! Stage Entertainment announced that Love Never Dies will be premiered in Hamburg (Germany) next fall on October 16th, 2015. The Phantom of the Opera is currently being played in Hamburg, as a tour production that will change to another city just in time for the Love Never Dies premiere. Stage Operettenhaus will be the theatre that will give to us again Love Never Dies, now presented as "Liebe Stirbt Nie" when the performances of "Rocky: The Musical", now playing in the theatre, come to an end. You can find here the new production's website, that will upgrade any information about the premiere and the future cast, to be announced. 

"Love Never Dies will take you on an exciting journey into the fascinating world of Coney Island in the early 20th century. Immerse yourself in a scene that presents itself as magical and poetic, sometimes full of joy, sometimes excitingly dramatic and sometimes full of weirdness. It offers a captivating and unforgettable experience!"

Remember to check the latest news on our facebook and twitter pages! You can read the official announcements here and here.