Anthony Warlow

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Anthony Warlow (born 18 November 1961 in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian opera and musical theatre performer, noted for his character acting and immense vocal range (tenor to baritone).

Anthony Warlow has been married to Celia for several years, and they have a daughter, Phoebe Rose.

Performances

Notable musical roles include lead roles in "The Phantom of the Opera" (as "The Phantom"), "The Secret Garden" (as "Archibald Craven"), "Annie" (as Daddy Warbucks), "Guys and Dolls" (as "Sky Masterson"), "My Fair Lady" (as "Henry Higgins"), "Jekyll and Hyde" (1994 concept vocal recording only, as "Dr. Henry Jekyll/Edward Hyde"), and "Man of La Mancha" (as Don Quixote), as well as a significant supporting role in "Les Misérables" (as Enjolras).

His opera roles include major roles in "Die Fledermaus" (as "Gabriel Eisenstein"), "The Magic Flute" (as "Papageno"), "A Midsummer Night's Dream" (as "Puck"), and "The Tales of Hoffman.

His Gilbert and Sullivan roles for Opera Australia include the featured comedic role in "The Mikado" (as "Ko-Ko") in 2004, as well as appearing in major roles in the 1996 production of "Patience" (as "Archibald Grosvenor") and in the 2005 double-bill of "Trial by Jury" (as the "Learned Judge") and "H.M.S. Pinafore" (as "Captain Corcoran"), and "The Pirates of Penzance" (as "The Pirate King"). Apart from "The Mikado", these Gilbert and Sullivan productions are available on DVD. In 1987, Warlow performed a one man show, "A Song to Sing O", about George Grossmith, the comedian who originated the principal comic roles for Gilbert and Sullivan from 1877 through the 1880s.

Anthony performed Advance Australia Fair at the 2008 NRL Grand Final on the 5/10/08

Phantom of the Opera

2007-2008

Anthony Warlow first portrayed the Phantom in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s "Phantom of the Opera" in the original Australian production, ca. 1990.

It was announced in October 2006 that "Phantom" would re-open in Melbourne the following year and that Warlow had agreed to reprise his role as "The Phantom" [ [http://www.theage.com.au/news/editorial/new-day-dawning-for-music-of-the-night/2006/10/19/1160851062513.html New day dawning for Music of the Night] ] .

"Phantom" re-opened in Melbourne at the Princess Theatre, its original home, on Thursday July 19 2007. Alongside Warlow, Australia's Ana Marina and John Bowles were cast as Christine Daae and Raoul, the Vicomte de Chagny. Although he performed for the industry opening night, Warlow was struck down by a bout of influenza that had also claimed many of the other cast and crew and he missed the first two and a half weeks of the show's Melbourne season. Understudy Simon Pryce performed in his place [ [http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22155326-2902,00.html Simon covers Phantom illness] ] until Warlow made a triumphant return on the 9th of August [ [http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,22212702-2902,00.html?from=public_rss Warlow back from Phantom Illness] ] .

Unlike the original Australian "Phantom", Warlow will play the Phantom for the two-year tour of Australia and New Zealand. "The Phantom of the Opera" opened at Melbourne's Princess Theatre in 2007, then at Brisbane's Lyric Theatre in February 2008 followed by Sydney's Lyric Theatre in May 2008. After closing in Sydney on September 14th the production is now moving to Auckland, New Zealand.

The Pirates of Penzance

Opera Australia — 2006–2007 tour

Between August 2 2006 and June 2 2007, Warlow appeared in the Opera Australia production of "The Pirates of Penzance" (a popular Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera), in which he played the role of the "Pirate King" — with performances during 2006 in Sydney, New South Wales (at the Sydney Opera House), in Canberra, ACT and in Brisbane, Queensland (at the Lyric Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre), as well as enjoying full houses in Melbourne, Victoria in 2007.

Anthony Warlow's Pirate King appeared in dress, voice and mannerism very similar to Captain Jack Sparrow from "Pirates of the Caribbean". In a press interview in Brisbane, Anthony Warlow said that he had deliberately based his Pirate King on Johnny Depp's character from "Pirates of the Caribbean" so that people who may not know the opera but are aware of the "Pirates of the Caribbean" trilogy of movies could enjoy the opera more. [Anthony Warlow interview published in "Brisbane News" during November, 2006] . David Hobson (as "Frederic") and Suzanne Johnston (as "Ruth") also appeared in this production. The lead female role of Mabel, initially played by Emma Matthews was taken over by soprano Taryn Fiebig for most of the tour. John Bolton-Wood, originally cast as "Major-General Stanley" was replaced by Reg Livermore for the Melbourne season, and the role of the "Sergeant of Police" in Melbourne given to Shane Lorencev after the departure of bass Richard Alexander, the original "Sergeant".

This production of "The Pirates of Penzance" was shown on television by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation on Saturday night 9 December 2006. A DVD of the production was subsequently released.

Health and work

Anthony Warlow was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma in 1992, during the early publicity for the arena production of Jesus Christ Superstar where he was to appear as Pilate. This forced him to put his career on hold for about a year while he battled the disease. He returned to the performance circuit in the second half of 1993 with a national concert tour for the launch of his Back In The Swing album. He has since done promotional work for the Leukaemia Foundation of Australia.

His 4th solo album, Midnight Dreaming, made it to the top ten of the Australian Aria Charts. Warlow also briefly appeared on the ARIA Singles Chart in 1998 with the double A-side single Beauty School Dropout / My Prayer.

Anthony Warlow was back on television, in a concert performance, on the night of 24 December 2006 (the concert was shown by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation).

Recordings

DVD recordings

* "The Pirates of Penzance" — Opera Australia production (2006)
* "H.M.S. Pinafore" / "Trial by Jury" — Opera Australia production (2005)
* "Die Fledermaus" — Opera Australia production (1997)
* "Patience" — Opera Australia production (1996)
* "The Main Event" — with John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John (1998)

Albums

* "Tenor and Baritone" (2005)
* "The Snow Goose" (2005)
* "Face the Music" (2003)
* "Highlights from The Main Event" — with John Farnham and Olivia Newton-John (1998)
* "Best of Act One" (1996)
* "The Secret Garden" — Australian Cast Recording (1995)
* "Jekyll and Hyde" — concept recording (1994)
* "Midnight Dreaming" (1994)
* "Back in the Swing" (1993)
* "On the Boards" (1992)
* "Centre Stage" (1990)
* "Les Miserables" — Complete Symphonic recording (1988)

Audio samples can be found on his official website.

References

External links

*imdb name|id=0912312|name=Anthony Warlow
* [http://www.anthonywarlow.co.cc Unexpected Song: Celebrating the Life of Anthony Warlow] - Anthony Warlow Fan Site
* [http://www.opera-australia.org.au/opera/oaweb.nsf/lookups/ANTHONYWARLOW-PERF-?opendocument Anthony Warlow] - Opera Australia website
* [http://www.theage.com.au/news/Music/Warlow-success/2005/04/18/1113676697704.html Anthony manages success alone] - "The Age"
* [http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,20612673-2902,00.html Warlow, hauntingly ours again] - "Herald Sun"
* [http://avoca.vicnet.net.au/~macinc/news2.htm Sullivan Centenary Meeting]
* [http://www.2mbs.com/Default.aspx?tabid=488 "Fine Music" 2MBS-FM Magazine] — February 2006
* [http://sunday.ninemsn.com.au/sunday/art_profiles/article_2255.asp Return of the Phantom] — July 15, 2007
* [http://attitude.themercury.news.com.au/editions/2007/30/features.html Wiser Warlow Returns] — 27 July, 2007