Anthony warlow concert

It was a performance which put Anthony Warlow on the international map. His stirring rendition of the dual roles of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde on the concept album of the Broadway bound musical excited fans and critics alike. David Spicer reports. For Anthony Warlow, the early s were a time of great highs and lows. Just a year after being cast as the lead in The Phantom of the Opera he was diagnosed with cancer.

The singer was forced to quit musical theatre to fight for his life.

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During that difficult period, a project came up that was not as strenuous as live performance. Composer Frank Wildhorn says it was legendary Director Hal Prince who recommended Warlow to him, as having the perfect voice for the role. He came out to live with me in Los Angeles, only working a few hours a day. He was in the studio all summer.

Anthony Warlow credits the treatment he was undergoing for giving him a unique insight into the character of Dr Jekyll, who famously takes a potion to transform himself into Mr Hyde. I knew about a red therapy and a dye going into my body. The song is sung by Dr Jekyll just before he first tests the potion on himself. It has since become a global standard, recorded by pop icons and sung twice at the Olympics.

Anthony Warlow remembers helping to craft the song. Then in a rather extraordinary moment in our telephone, interview he started singing on the phone.