Stockholm | November 1, 1984 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Tommy Körberg (Anatoly Sergievsky / The Russian), Barbara Dickson (Florence Vassy), Karin Glenmark (e/c Florence Vassy), Murray Head (Freddie Trumper / The American), Elaine Paige (Svetlana Sergievskaya) Notes: Extensive gen loss but still watchable. Remastering has helped quite a bit on A/V sides. Also includes the CHESS MOVES video that was released to promote the original concept album featuring Elaine Paige, Murray Head, Bjorn Skifs and Barbara Dickson. TV concert of various songs from the show backed by the London Symphony Orchestra. |
London | 1988 | MP4
Cast: David Burt (Anatoly Sergievsky / The Russian), Grania Renihan (Florence Vassy), Anthony Stewart Head (Freddie Trumper / The American), Ria Jones (Svetlana Sergievskaya), Tom Jobe (Arbiter), John Turner (Molokov), Kevin Colson (Walter de Courcey) Notes: Looks like it was taken from two cameras and edited. Decent that you can see how everything was staged, 64 video screens, lighted chess board stage. |
1NT | 1990 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: John Herrera (Anatoly Sergievsky / The Russian), Carolee Carmello (Florence Vassy), Stephen Bogardus (Freddie Trumper / The American), Barbara Walsh (Svetlana Sergievskaya) Notes: Decent video, taper takes a bit to follow the action. Overall a very nice video, clear picture and sound, low generation |
Alpha Omega | 1991 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Mark Drey (Anatoly Sergievsky / The Russian), Susan Cottrell (Florence Vassy), Sean Young (Freddie Trumper / The American), Kristin Williams (Svetlana Sergievskaya), Mike Kaufmann (Arbiter), Jeffery Spade (Molokov), Chris Caltagirone (Walter de Courcey) Notes: Proshot highlights (Opening Ceremonies, Quartet/A Model of Decorum and Tranquility, Where I Want To Be, Nobody's Side, Pity The Child, One Night In Bangkok, I Know Him So Well, Heaven Help My Heart, Anthem, Someone Else's Story). |
Sydney | February 21, 1991 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Robbie Krupski (Anatoly Sergievsky / The Russian), Jodie Gillies (Florence Vassy), David McLeod (Freddie Trumper / The American), Maria Mercedes (Svetlana Sergievskaya), Laurence Clifford (Arbiter), John Wood (Molokov), David Whitney (Walter de Courcey) |
Rochester, NY | 1992 | MP4
Cast: Barbara Pflaumer (Florence Vassy), Michael F. Park (Freddie Trumper), Jean-Claude Alten (Anatoly Sergievsky), Donna Accorso (Svetlana Sergievskaya), Brian Doran (Arbiter), Michael Reichgott (Molokov), Peter J. Doyle (Walter De Courcey), Carrie Pucko (Young Florence), Ken Harrington (Gregor Vassy) Notes: Pro-Shot |
Auckland | January 28, 1992 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Tommy Körberg (Anatoly Sergievsky / The Russian), Delia Hannah (Florence Vassy), Murray Head (Freddie Trumper / The American), Linda-Mae Brewer (Svetlana Sergievskaya), Christian Hughes (Arbiter), David Weatherly (Molokov), George Henare (Walter de Courcey) Notes: Housecam |
Actors' Fund Benefit Concert | April 12, 1992 | VOBs + smalls and AVI
Cast: Robert Longo (Anatoly Sergievsky), Susan Gilmour (Florence Vassy), Rob Lorey (Freddie Trumper), Kelli James (Svetlana Sergievskaya), Jay Turvey (Arbiter), Gordon McLaren (Molokov), Michael Burgess (Gregor Vassy), David Mucci (Walter de Courcey), Colm Wilkinson (Special Guest) Notes: Pro-shot. Colm Wilkinson performs Anthem at the end of the performance. |
Belgium | 1993 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Addo Kruizinga (Anatoly Sergievsky / The Russian), Hilde Norga (Florence Vassy), Hans Peter Janssens (Freddie Trumper / The American), Daan Van Den Durpel (Svetlana Sergievskaya), Ernst van Looy (Arbiter), Pascal De Turck (Molokov), Rudi Delhem (Walter de Courcey) Notes: Single camera proshot with close-ups of the actors, the stage and the pit. |
Nyack, NY Concert | August 11, 2001 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Rob Evan (Anatoly Sergievsky), Lauren Kennedy (Florence Vassy), Brian d'Arcy James (Freddie Trumper), Julia Murney (Svetlana Sergievskaya), Danny Zolli (Arbiter), Guy LeMonnier (Molokov) Notes: Fun concert with a very different take on much of the score. |
Actors' Fund Benefit Concert | Preview | September 21, 2003 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Josh Groban (Anatoly Sergievsky / The Russian), Julia Murney (Florence Vassy), Adam Pascal (Freddie Trumper / The American), Sutton Foster (Svetlana Sergievskaya), Raúl Esparza (Arbiter), Norm Lewis (Molokov), Jonathan Dokuchitz (Walter de Courcey) Notes: Complete footage of the final rehearsal before the benefit concert. Great sound and picture. |
Actors' Fund Benefit Concert | September 22, 2003 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Josh Groban (Anatoly Sergievsky / The Russian), Julia Murney (Florence Vassy), Adam Pascal (Freddie Trumper / The American), Sutton Foster (Svetlana Sergievskaya), Raúl Esparza (Arbiter), Norm Lewis (Molokov), Jonathan Dokuchitz (Walter de Courcey) |
Royal Albert Hall Concert | May 12, 2008 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Josh Groban (Anatoly Sergievsky / The Russian), Idina Menzel (Florence Vassy), Adam Pascal (Freddie Trumper / The American), Kerry Ellis (Svetlana Sergievskaya), Marti Pellow (Arbiter), David Bedella (Molokov), Clarke Peters (Walter de Courcey) Notes: Pro-shot concert. |
Dresden | June 27, 2008 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Femke Soetenga (Florence Vassy), Christian Grygas (Anatoly Sergievsky), Chris Murray (Frederick Trumper), Matthias Otte (Der Schiedsrichter), Maria Staszak (Svetlana Sergievsky), Gerd Wiemer (Alexander Molokov), Marcus Günzel (Walter de Courcey), Constanze Eschrig, Inka Lange und Jeannette Oswald (Popchor), Martin Gebhardt und Tanja Höft (Reporter), Roland Pietzsch (Bürgermeister), Dag Hornschild (Viigand) Notes: Pro-shot |
UK Tour | September 2010 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Daniel Koek (Anatoly Sergievsky), Shona White (Florence Vassy), James Fox (Freddie Trumper), Poppy Tierney (Svetlana Sergievsky), David Erik (Arbiter), Steve Varnom (Molokov), James Graeme (Walter de Courcey), Curtis Angus, Esther Biddle, Ollie Boorman, Gregory Clarke, Jennifer Douglas, Peter Dukes, Alexander Evans, Kate Feldschreiber, Christian Gibson, Joanna Hickman, Verity Jones, Michelle Long, Tarek Merchant, Martin McCarthy, Helen Power, Charleen Quaye, Kate Robson-Stuart, Sioned Saunders, Alex Tomkins, Bernd Windhofer Notes: Actor-Musician production |
Bielefeld, Germany | October 9, 2011 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Veit Schäfermeier (Anatoly Sergievsky), Roberta Valentini (Florence Vassy), Alex Melcher (Freddie Trumper), Karin Seyfried (Svetlana Sergievskaya), Jens Janke (Arbiter), Frank Bahrenberg (Molokov), Michael Pflumm (Walter de Courcey), Julia Dietsch (Ensemble) Notes: Good, bit shaky. Dialogue in German, songs in English |
Pforzheim, Germany | February 17, 2015 | VOBs + smalls
Cast: Andrea Matthias Pagani (Anatoly Sergievsky), Femke Soetenga (Florence Vassy), Chris Murray (Freddie Trumper), Yvonne Luithlen (Svetlana Sergievskaya), Benjamin-Edouard Savoie (Arbiter), Klaus Geber (Molokov), Aykan Aydin (Walter de Courcey) Notes: 2:1 Limited trades. Nice colours, quite a bit of audience obstruction when zoomed out, gets a lil dark at times but good in the end. |
Washington, D.C. | February 15-18, 2018 | MP4
Cast: Ramin Karimloo (Anatoly Sergievsky / The Russian), Karen Olivo (Florence Vassy), Raúl Esparza (Freddie Trumper / The American), Ruthie Ann Miles (Svetlana Sergievskaya), Bryce Pinkham (Arbiter), Bradley Dean (Molokov), Sean Allan Krill (Walter de Courcey) Notes: Raúl-centered highlights recorded from two nights. A lot of obstruction, not much washout. Some clips are vertical, most are horizontal. All quite watchable. Unfortunately the only known video of these performances. |
Moscow | Preview | October 11, 2020 | MP4
Cast: Kirill Gordeev (Anatoly), Aleksandr Bobrov (Freddie), Anastasia Stotskaya (Florence), Yulia Iva (Svetlana), Aleksandr Matrosov (Molokov) Notes: First preview! Few seconds are missing between some scenes. Beautiful HD video, unobstructed, with a mix of wide, medium, and close-up shots. VLT 3:1. Not for sale. |
Moscow | Preview | October 13, 2020 | MP4
Cast: Aleksandr Sukhanov (Anatoly), Aleksandr Kazmin (Freddie), Anastasia Stotskaya (Florence), Anna Guchenkova (Svetlana), Aleksandr Marakulin (Molokov) Notes: Limited Trade 2:1. Very Good, camera sometimes dips to a slight angle. Never? any close zooms more wide and medium shots. |
Moscow | October 31, 2020 | MP4
Cast: Aleksandr Sukhanov (Anatoly Sergievsky), Anastasia Stotskaya (Florence Vassy), Aleksandr Kazmin (Freddie Trumper), Anna Guchenkova (Svetlana Sergievskaya), Andrey Fyodorov (u/s Arbiter), Aleksandr Marakulin (Molokov), Ivan Koryakovskiy (Leonid Viigand), Filipp Belyaev (Ivan Sergievsky) Notes: Highlights |
Moscow | November 4, 2020 | MOV
Cast: Kirill Gordeev (Anatoly Sergievsky), Anastasia Stotskaya (Florence Vassy), Aleksandr Kazmin (Freddie Trumper), Yulia Iva (Svetlana Sergievskaya), Denis Demkiv (Arbiter), Aleksandr Matrosov (Molokov), Aleksandr Abagryan (Ivan Sergievsky) Notes: In fact that's an audio, most of the picture is the ceiling of the scene or auditorium, absolutely blindshot and no close-ups. |
Moscow | November 14, 2020 | Matinee | MP4
Cast: Kirill Gordeev (Anatoly), Aleksandr Kazmin (Freddie), Anastasia Stotskaya (Florence), Anna Guchenkova (Svetlana), Aleksandr Marakulin (Molokov) Notes: Few seconds are missing between scenes. A video with no obstruction, with a mix of wide and not too many medium shots. |
Moscow | November 21, 2020 | Matinee | MP4
Cast: Rostislav Kolpakov (Anatoly), Aleksandr Bobrov (Freddie), Anastasia Stotskaya (Florence), Yulia Iva (Svetlana), Aleksandr Matrosov (Molokov) Notes: Kolpakov's debut as Anatoly. Few seconds are missing between scenes. A video with occasional minor obstruction, with a mix of wide and medium shots. "One Night in Bangkok" from the November 21, 2020 video of Chess it's actually from another performance. At the end of the song you can see Aleksandr Sukhanov as Anataloy instead of Kolpakov. Limited trade 2:1. |
Moscow | November 21, 2020 | MP4
Cast: Rostislav Kolpakov (Anatoly), Aleksandr Kazmin (Freddie), Anastasia Stotskaya (Florence), Yulia Iva (Svetlana), Aleksandr Marakulin (Molokov) Notes: Evening performance of Kolpakov's debut as Anatoly. Few seconds are missing between scenes. A video with no obstruction, with a mix of wide and not too many medium shots. |
Moscow | December 2, 2020 | Matinee | Video 1 | MP4
Cast: Aleksandr Sukhanov (Anatoly), Aleksandr Kazmin (Freddie), Yulia Iva (Florence), Anna Guchenkova (Svetlana), Aleksandr Matrosov (Molokov) Notes: Iva's debut as Florence. Few seconds are missing between scenes. This is not the same as the Act 1 video floating around. A video with occasional minor obstruction, with a mix of wide and not too many medium shots. |
Moscow | December 2, 2020 | Matinee | Video 2 | MP4
Cast: Aleksandr Sukhanov (Anatoly), Aleksandr Kazmin (Freddie), Yulia Iva (Florence), Aleksandr Matrosov (Molokov), Anna Guchenkova (Svetlana), Stanislav Belyaev (Arbiter), Filipp Belyaev (Ivan) Notes: Yulia Iva's first as Florence, Act 1 only. Good quality, sometimes camera moves a bit but always settles down |
Moscow | December 19, 2020 | MP4
Cast: Kirill Gordeev (Anatoly), Aleksandr Kazmin (Freddie), Filipp Kirkorov (Bangkok scene Freddie), Anastasia Stotskaya (Florence), Andrey Shkoldychenko (Molokov), Anna Guchenkova (Florence), Stanislav Belyaev (Arbiter) Notes: Highlights only, 14 clips, Heads are very visible in some clips, lil dark. Filipp Kirkorov performs "One Night In Bangkok" Some clips are filmed in 4:3 aspect ratio. Curtain call included |
Moscow | December 23, 2020 | MP4
Cast: Kirill Gordeev (Anatoly), Aleksandr Bobrov (Freddie), Yulia Iva (Florence), Anna Guchenkova (Svetlana), Aleksandr Matrosov (Molokov) Notes: Filmed in a weird aspect ratio (an hybrid between 16:9 and 4:3). Few seconds are missing between scenes. A mostly wide-shot video with occasional obstruction. NFT except through TheatreVaultz until August 5, 2023 |
Moscow | January 23, 2021 | MP4
Cast: Aleksandr Sukhanov (Anatoly), Roman Grafov (Freddie), Anastasia Stotskaya (Florence), Yulia Iva (Svetlana), Andrey Shkoldychenko (Molokov). Notes: This seems to be the only full video known of Roman Grafov as Freddie. Few seconds are missing between scenes. A video with occasional minor obstruction, with a mix of wide and not too many medium shots. |
Drury Lane Concert | August 2022 | jagweed's Master | MP4
Cast: Hadley Fraser (Anatoly Sergievsky), Samantha Barks (Florence Vassy), Joel Harper-Jackson (Freddie Trumper), Frances Mayli McCann (Svetlana Sergievskaya), Ako Mitchell (Arbiter), Craig Els (Molokov), Vas Constanti (Viigand), Trevor McDonald (The Newscaster), Joseph Craig (Ensemble), Darius J. James (Ensemble), Aoife Kenny (Ensemble), Jessica Lee (Ensemble), Nick Len (Ensemble), Natasha May-Thomas (Ensemble), Alice Readie (Ensemble), Joshua Robinson (Ensemble), Stuart Rouse (Ensemble), Phoebe Samuel-Gray (Ensemble), Grant Thresh (Ensemble), Libby Watts (Ensemble) Notes: A majority of the screen at the back of the stage is cut off as I filmed from a high angle. The screen is used sporadically throughout the show and what is on stage is never missed. Sometimes a head, the balcony railing or some kind of square fixture on the railing appears in the shots. This never obstructs the performances. Some slight focus issues here and there with Samantha Barks' dress in the second act. Overall I think this is a very good capture of what appeared on stage. Recording includes the curtain call and marquee. |
Entertainment Community Fund Concert | December 2022 | StarCuffedJeans' Master | MP4
Cast: Lena Hall (Florence), Ramin Karimloo (Anatoly Sergievsky), Darren Criss (Freddie), Solea Pfeiffer (Svetlana), Bradley Dean (Molokov), Sean Allan Krill (Walter), Bryce Pinkham (The Arbiter), Kate Bailey, Joe Beauregard, Neal Benari, Brendon Chan, Nkrumah Gatling, Masumi Iwai, Nina Lafarga, Ben Laxton, Ross Lekites, Alicia Lundgren, Sean MacLaughlin, Robin Masella, Kaitlin Mesh, Katerina Papacostas, Emily Stillings, Stephen Tewksbury, Christopher Vo, Voltaire Wade-Greene Notes: Act 1 only (an usher gave the master a disapproving look at the start of act 2) |