Chess Demos
Björn Ulvaues, Agnetha Fältskog, Elaine Paige
1984 Rehearsal - London - Barbican Centre
Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Anderson, Tim Rice, Tommy Korberg, Elaine Paige, Karen Glenmark, Murray Head
1986 - London - Soundboard
Tommy Körberg, Elaine Paige, Murray Head, Tom Jobe, Kevin Colson, John Turner, Siobhan McCarthy
1986 - London - Soundboard (different from above soundboard)
Tommy Körberg, Elaine Paige, Murray Head, Tom Jobe, Kevin Colson, John Turner, Siobhan McCarthy
April 1987 - London - Prince Edward Theatre
Elaine Paige (Florence), Michael Howe (Freddie), Tommy Korberg (Anatoly), Siobhan McCarthy (Svetlana), John Turner (Molokov), Kevin Colson (Walter), Tom Jobe (The Arbiter)
April 28, 1988 - Broadway - Imperial Theatre - Opening Night Soundboard
Judy Kuhn (Florence Vassy), David Carroll (Anatoly Sergievsky), Philip Casnoff (Freddie Trumper), Harry Goz (Alexander Molokov), Marcia Mitzman (Svetlana Sergievsky), Paul Harman (Arbiter), Denis Parlarto (Walter)
January 8, 1989 - New York - Carnegie Hall
Philip Casnoff (Freddie Trumper), Judy Kuhn (Florence Vassy), David Carroll (Anatoly Sergievsky), Marcia Mitzman (Svetlana Sergievsky), Harry Goz (Alexander Molokov), Denis Parlarto (Walter Anderson), Paul Harman (Arbiter)
February 4, 1989 - London - Prince Edward Theatre
Grania Renihan (Florence Vassy), David Burt (Anatoly Sergievsky), Anthony Stewart Head (Freddie Trumper), Ria Jones (Svetlana Sergievsky), Kevin Colson (Walter)
April 8, 1989 - London - Prince Edward Theatre - Final London Performance
Litsa Davis (Florence Vassy), Leo Andrews (Anatoly Sergievsky), Mark Bond (Freddie Trumper), Eric Flynn (Alexander Molokov), Anne Smith (Svetlana Sergievsky), Christian Hughes (Arbiter)
1990 - UK Tour
Richard Barnes (Freddie), Rebecca Storm (Florence), Maurice Clark (Anatoly), Linda Mae-Brewer (Svetlana), Malcolm Rivers (Molokov), Paul Halen (Walter), Brett Forrest (Arbiter)
1990 - US Tour
Carolee Carmello (Florence), Stephen Bogardus (Freddie), John Herrera (Anatoly), Barbara Walsh (Svetlana), David Hurst (Molokov), Greg Jbara (Walter), Ken Ard (The Arbiter)
Note - Highlights. It is often named 1991 or 1992 US Tour, but the tour only ran a few months in 1990
October 1990 - Long Beach, CA - Long Beach Civic Light Opera -
Jodi Benson (Florence), Robert Yacko (Anatoly), Kim Strauss (Freddie), Eddie Mekka (Arbiter), Frank Kopyc (Molokov), Jeff Austin (Walter), Ann Morrison (Svetlana), William T. Lewis IV (Gregor), Kurt Andrew Hansen (Nikolai).
Company: John Anthony, Valan Cain, Nick Cavarra, Francis Cruz, Glen Fretwell, David Jahn, Tina Johnson, Mary Jo Mahaffey, Harrison McEldowney, Jo Montelbone, Dan O'Grady, Tina Paradiso, Kristy Roy, Michael Albert Simms, Janis Thomas, Scott Wedkind
Note - Annegret's remaster *volume fluctuates in the same places (this one mistakenly-and usually- has Eric Kunze and Joseph Mahowald listed in this cast and is labeled as 1991)
February 21, 1991 - Sydney
Jodie Gillies (Florence Vassy), Robbie Krupski (Anatoly Sergievsky), David McLeod (Freddie Trumper), John Wood (Alexander Molokov), Marcia Mercedes (Svetlana Sergievsky), Laurence Clifford (Arbiter), David Whitney (Walter)
1992 - Hungary - Soundboard
Pal Makrai (Freddie Trumper), Andrea Malek (Florence Vassy), Attila Kaszas (Anatoly Sergievsky), Ildiko Keresztes (Svetlana Sergievsky), Gyula Szombathy (Alexander Molokov), Jozsef Incze (Walter de Courcey), Lajos Csuha (Arbiter)
January, 1992 - Aukland, NZ
Murray Head (Freddie Trumper), Delia Hannah (Florence Vassy), Tommy Korberg (Anatoly Sergievsky), Linda-Mae Brewer (Svetlana Sergievsky), David Weatherly (Alexander Molokov), George Henere (Walter de Courcey), Christian Hughes (Arbiter)
April 12, 1992 - Toronto - Royal Alexandria Theatre - Soundboard
Rob Lorey (Freddie Trumper), Susan Gilmour (Florence Vassy), Robert Longo (Anatoly Sergievsky), Kelli James (Svetlana Sergievsky), Gorden McLaren (Alexander Molokov), David Mucci (Walter de Courcey), Jay Turvey (Arbiter) Michael Burgess (Gregor Vassy)
Note - Colm Wilkinson randomly appears to sing "Anthem (Reprise)"
1997 - Pittsburgh - Benedum Center - Soundboard
Kirstie Carnaham (Florence Vassy), Joseph Mahowald (Anatoly Sergievsky), Eric Kunze (Freddie Trumper), Allen Fitzpatrick (Alexander Molokov), Nancy Ringham (Svetlana Sergievsky), Jason Gillman (Arbiter), LaParee Young (Walter)
May 17, 1998 - NYC BC/EFA Concert - John Houseman Theatre
Michael Cerveris (Narrator), Christiane Noll (Florence Vassy), Robert Evan (Anatoly Sergievsky), Dave Clemmons (Freddie Trumper), Raymond Jaramillo McLeod (Alexander Molokov), Alice Ripley (Svetlana Sergievsky), Danny Zolli (Arbiter)
September 7, 1999 - Atlanta, GA - Alliance Theater
Kim Huber (Florence Vassy), Brian D'Arcy James (Anatoly Sergievsky), Sean McDermott (Freddie Trumper), Charles Pistone (Alexander Molokov), Rebekah Baty (Svetlana Sergievsky), La Paree Young (Walter)
August 12, 2001 - Nyack, NY - Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center
Norm Lewis (Narrator), Lauren Kennedy (Florence Vassy), Rob Evan (Anatoly Sergievsky), Brian d'Arcy James (Freddie Trumper), Guy Lemonnier (Alexander Molokov), Julia Murney (Svetlana Sergievsky), Danny Zolli (Arbiter)
January 16, 2002 - Copenhagen - Danish Tour - Falconer Salen Theatre
Emma Kershaw (Florence Vassy), Stig Rossen (Anatoly Sergievsky), Zubin Varla (Freddie Trumper), Simon Clark (Alexander Molokov), Gunilla Backman (Svetlana Sergievsky), Michael Cormick (Arbiter)
2003 - Live at the Cirkus - Original Stockholm Cast - Audio Rip from DVD
Tommy Körberg, Helen Sjöholm, Anders Ekborg, Josefin Nilsson, Per Myrberg, Rolf Skoglund
September 22, 2003 - NYC Actor's Fund Concert - New Amsterdam Theatre
Julia Murney (Florence Vassy), Josh Groban (Anatoly Sergievsky), Adam Pascal (Freddie Trumper), Norm Lewis (Alexander Molokov), Sutton Foster (Svetlana Sergievsky), Raúl Esparza (Arbiter), Jonathan Dukuchitz (Walter)
September 17, 2007 - Los Angeles - BC/EFA Concert - Ford Amphitheatre
Cindy Robinson (Florence Vassy), Kevin Earley (Anatoly Sergievsky), Ty Taylor (Freddie Trumper), Thomas Griffith (Alexander Molokov), Susan Egan (Svetlana Sergievsky), Matthew Morrison (Arbiter), Tom Schmid (Walter)
May 12, 2008 - London - Royal Albert Hall
Idina Menzel (Florence Vassy), Josh Groban (Anatoly Sergievsky), Adam Pascal (Freddie Trumper), David Bedella (Alexander Molokov), Kerry Ellis (Svetlana Sergievsky), Marti Pellow (Arbiter), Clarke Peters (Walter)
February 19, 2009 - Essen, Germany - Aalto Theater
Femke Soetenga (Florence Vassy), Serkan Kaya (Anatoly Sergievsky), Henrik Wager (Freddie Trumper), Michael Haag (Alexander Molokov), Claudia Dilay Hauf (Svetlana Sergievsky), Romeo Salazar (Arbiter), Günther Kiefer (Walter), Marie-Helen Joël (Jane Richardson), Peter Holthausen (Bürgermeister), Ulrich Wohlleb (Beamter)
August 26, 2010 - Arlington, VA - Signature Theatre
Euan Morton (Anatoly), Jeremy Kushnier (Freddie), Jill Paice (Florence), Christopher Bloch (Molokov), Chris Sizemore (Arbiter), Russell Sunday (Walter), Gregory Maheu (Nikolai), Eleasha Gamble (Svetlana), Mihcael Kramer (Gregor), Jonathan Atkinson, Jamie Eacker, James Gardiner, Katie McManus, Christopher Mueller, Bayla Whitten, Rachel Zampelli
September 2, 2010 - UK Tour - Matinee
October 2, 2010 - Arlington, VA - Signature Theatre - Matinee
Jill Paice (Florence Vassy), Euan Morton (Anatoly Sergievsky), Jeremy Kushnier (Freddie Trumper), Christopher Bloch (Alexander Molokov), Eleasha Gamble (Svetlana Sergievsky), James Gardiner (u/s Arbiter), Russell Sunday (Walter), Gregory Maheu (Nikolai), Rachel Boyd (Young Florence), Jonathan Atkinson, Jamie Eacker, Gannon O'Brien (swing), Katie McManus, Christopher Mueller, Bayla Whitten, Rachel Zampelli
September 25, 2011 - Bielefeld, Germany - Opening Night
Alex Melcher (Frederick Trumper), Veith Schaefermeier (Anatoly Sergievsky), Roberta Valentini (Florence Vassy), Karin Seyfried (Svetlana), Jens Janke (The Arbiter), Frank Bahrenberg (Molokov), Michael Pflumm (Walter de Courcey), Julia Dietsch (TV-Reporterin), Vincenzo Cassone (Bürgermeister), Ramon Riemarzik and Lutz Laible (Zivilbeamte), Thomas Doer (Viigand), Julia Dietsch, Alexander Janacek, Jessica Krueger, Andreas Lutsch
September 29, 2011 - UK Tour - Toronto, Canada - Princess of Wales Theatre
Shona White, James Fox, Tam Mutu, Rebecca Lock, James Graeme, David Erik, Steve Varnom
Björn Ulvaues, Agnetha Fältskog, Elaine Paige
1984 Rehearsal - London - Barbican Centre
Bjorn Ulvaeus, Benny Anderson, Tim Rice, Tommy Korberg, Elaine Paige, Karen Glenmark, Murray Head
1986 - London - Soundboard
Tommy Körberg, Elaine Paige, Murray Head, Tom Jobe, Kevin Colson, John Turner, Siobhan McCarthy
1986 - London - Soundboard (different from above soundboard)
Tommy Körberg, Elaine Paige, Murray Head, Tom Jobe, Kevin Colson, John Turner, Siobhan McCarthy
April 1987 - London - Prince Edward Theatre
Elaine Paige (Florence), Michael Howe (Freddie), Tommy Korberg (Anatoly), Siobhan McCarthy (Svetlana), John Turner (Molokov), Kevin Colson (Walter), Tom Jobe (The Arbiter)
April 28, 1988 - Broadway - Imperial Theatre - Opening Night Soundboard
Judy Kuhn (Florence Vassy), David Carroll (Anatoly Sergievsky), Philip Casnoff (Freddie Trumper), Harry Goz (Alexander Molokov), Marcia Mitzman (Svetlana Sergievsky), Paul Harman (Arbiter), Denis Parlarto (Walter)
January 8, 1989 - New York - Carnegie Hall
Philip Casnoff (Freddie Trumper), Judy Kuhn (Florence Vassy), David Carroll (Anatoly Sergievsky), Marcia Mitzman (Svetlana Sergievsky), Harry Goz (Alexander Molokov), Denis Parlarto (Walter Anderson), Paul Harman (Arbiter)
February 4, 1989 - London - Prince Edward Theatre
Grania Renihan (Florence Vassy), David Burt (Anatoly Sergievsky), Anthony Stewart Head (Freddie Trumper), Ria Jones (Svetlana Sergievsky), Kevin Colson (Walter)
April 8, 1989 - London - Prince Edward Theatre - Final London Performance
Litsa Davis (Florence Vassy), Leo Andrews (Anatoly Sergievsky), Mark Bond (Freddie Trumper), Eric Flynn (Alexander Molokov), Anne Smith (Svetlana Sergievsky), Christian Hughes (Arbiter)
1990 - UK Tour
Richard Barnes (Freddie), Rebecca Storm (Florence), Maurice Clark (Anatoly), Linda Mae-Brewer (Svetlana), Malcolm Rivers (Molokov), Paul Halen (Walter), Brett Forrest (Arbiter)
1990 - US Tour
Carolee Carmello (Florence), Stephen Bogardus (Freddie), John Herrera (Anatoly), Barbara Walsh (Svetlana), David Hurst (Molokov), Greg Jbara (Walter), Ken Ard (The Arbiter)
Note - Highlights. It is often named 1991 or 1992 US Tour, but the tour only ran a few months in 1990
October 1990 - Long Beach, CA - Long Beach Civic Light Opera -
Jodi Benson (Florence), Robert Yacko (Anatoly), Kim Strauss (Freddie), Eddie Mekka (Arbiter), Frank Kopyc (Molokov), Jeff Austin (Walter), Ann Morrison (Svetlana), William T. Lewis IV (Gregor), Kurt Andrew Hansen (Nikolai).
Company: John Anthony, Valan Cain, Nick Cavarra, Francis Cruz, Glen Fretwell, David Jahn, Tina Johnson, Mary Jo Mahaffey, Harrison McEldowney, Jo Montelbone, Dan O'Grady, Tina Paradiso, Kristy Roy, Michael Albert Simms, Janis Thomas, Scott Wedkind
Note - Annegret's remaster *volume fluctuates in the same places (this one mistakenly-and usually- has Eric Kunze and Joseph Mahowald listed in this cast and is labeled as 1991)
February 21, 1991 - Sydney
Jodie Gillies (Florence Vassy), Robbie Krupski (Anatoly Sergievsky), David McLeod (Freddie Trumper), John Wood (Alexander Molokov), Marcia Mercedes (Svetlana Sergievsky), Laurence Clifford (Arbiter), David Whitney (Walter)
1992 - Hungary - Soundboard
Pal Makrai (Freddie Trumper), Andrea Malek (Florence Vassy), Attila Kaszas (Anatoly Sergievsky), Ildiko Keresztes (Svetlana Sergievsky), Gyula Szombathy (Alexander Molokov), Jozsef Incze (Walter de Courcey), Lajos Csuha (Arbiter)
January, 1992 - Aukland, NZ
Murray Head (Freddie Trumper), Delia Hannah (Florence Vassy), Tommy Korberg (Anatoly Sergievsky), Linda-Mae Brewer (Svetlana Sergievsky), David Weatherly (Alexander Molokov), George Henere (Walter de Courcey), Christian Hughes (Arbiter)
April 12, 1992 - Toronto - Royal Alexandria Theatre - Soundboard
Rob Lorey (Freddie Trumper), Susan Gilmour (Florence Vassy), Robert Longo (Anatoly Sergievsky), Kelli James (Svetlana Sergievsky), Gorden McLaren (Alexander Molokov), David Mucci (Walter de Courcey), Jay Turvey (Arbiter) Michael Burgess (Gregor Vassy)
Note - Colm Wilkinson randomly appears to sing "Anthem (Reprise)"
1997 - Pittsburgh - Benedum Center - Soundboard
Kirstie Carnaham (Florence Vassy), Joseph Mahowald (Anatoly Sergievsky), Eric Kunze (Freddie Trumper), Allen Fitzpatrick (Alexander Molokov), Nancy Ringham (Svetlana Sergievsky), Jason Gillman (Arbiter), LaParee Young (Walter)
May 17, 1998 - NYC BC/EFA Concert - John Houseman Theatre
Michael Cerveris (Narrator), Christiane Noll (Florence Vassy), Robert Evan (Anatoly Sergievsky), Dave Clemmons (Freddie Trumper), Raymond Jaramillo McLeod (Alexander Molokov), Alice Ripley (Svetlana Sergievsky), Danny Zolli (Arbiter)
September 7, 1999 - Atlanta, GA - Alliance Theater
Kim Huber (Florence Vassy), Brian D'Arcy James (Anatoly Sergievsky), Sean McDermott (Freddie Trumper), Charles Pistone (Alexander Molokov), Rebekah Baty (Svetlana Sergievsky), La Paree Young (Walter)
August 12, 2001 - Nyack, NY - Helen Hayes Performing Arts Center
Norm Lewis (Narrator), Lauren Kennedy (Florence Vassy), Rob Evan (Anatoly Sergievsky), Brian d'Arcy James (Freddie Trumper), Guy Lemonnier (Alexander Molokov), Julia Murney (Svetlana Sergievsky), Danny Zolli (Arbiter)
January 16, 2002 - Copenhagen - Danish Tour - Falconer Salen Theatre
Emma Kershaw (Florence Vassy), Stig Rossen (Anatoly Sergievsky), Zubin Varla (Freddie Trumper), Simon Clark (Alexander Molokov), Gunilla Backman (Svetlana Sergievsky), Michael Cormick (Arbiter)
2003 - Live at the Cirkus - Original Stockholm Cast - Audio Rip from DVD
Tommy Körberg, Helen Sjöholm, Anders Ekborg, Josefin Nilsson, Per Myrberg, Rolf Skoglund
September 22, 2003 - NYC Actor's Fund Concert - New Amsterdam Theatre
Julia Murney (Florence Vassy), Josh Groban (Anatoly Sergievsky), Adam Pascal (Freddie Trumper), Norm Lewis (Alexander Molokov), Sutton Foster (Svetlana Sergievsky), Raúl Esparza (Arbiter), Jonathan Dukuchitz (Walter)
September 17, 2007 - Los Angeles - BC/EFA Concert - Ford Amphitheatre
Cindy Robinson (Florence Vassy), Kevin Earley (Anatoly Sergievsky), Ty Taylor (Freddie Trumper), Thomas Griffith (Alexander Molokov), Susan Egan (Svetlana Sergievsky), Matthew Morrison (Arbiter), Tom Schmid (Walter)
May 12, 2008 - London - Royal Albert Hall
Idina Menzel (Florence Vassy), Josh Groban (Anatoly Sergievsky), Adam Pascal (Freddie Trumper), David Bedella (Alexander Molokov), Kerry Ellis (Svetlana Sergievsky), Marti Pellow (Arbiter), Clarke Peters (Walter)
February 19, 2009 - Essen, Germany - Aalto Theater
Femke Soetenga (Florence Vassy), Serkan Kaya (Anatoly Sergievsky), Henrik Wager (Freddie Trumper), Michael Haag (Alexander Molokov), Claudia Dilay Hauf (Svetlana Sergievsky), Romeo Salazar (Arbiter), Günther Kiefer (Walter), Marie-Helen Joël (Jane Richardson), Peter Holthausen (Bürgermeister), Ulrich Wohlleb (Beamter)
August 26, 2010 - Arlington, VA - Signature Theatre
Euan Morton (Anatoly), Jeremy Kushnier (Freddie), Jill Paice (Florence), Christopher Bloch (Molokov), Chris Sizemore (Arbiter), Russell Sunday (Walter), Gregory Maheu (Nikolai), Eleasha Gamble (Svetlana), Mihcael Kramer (Gregor), Jonathan Atkinson, Jamie Eacker, James Gardiner, Katie McManus, Christopher Mueller, Bayla Whitten, Rachel Zampelli
September 2, 2010 - UK Tour - Matinee
October 2, 2010 - Arlington, VA - Signature Theatre - Matinee
Jill Paice (Florence Vassy), Euan Morton (Anatoly Sergievsky), Jeremy Kushnier (Freddie Trumper), Christopher Bloch (Alexander Molokov), Eleasha Gamble (Svetlana Sergievsky), James Gardiner (u/s Arbiter), Russell Sunday (Walter), Gregory Maheu (Nikolai), Rachel Boyd (Young Florence), Jonathan Atkinson, Jamie Eacker, Gannon O'Brien (swing), Katie McManus, Christopher Mueller, Bayla Whitten, Rachel Zampelli
September 25, 2011 - Bielefeld, Germany - Opening Night
Alex Melcher (Frederick Trumper), Veith Schaefermeier (Anatoly Sergievsky), Roberta Valentini (Florence Vassy), Karin Seyfried (Svetlana), Jens Janke (The Arbiter), Frank Bahrenberg (Molokov), Michael Pflumm (Walter de Courcey), Julia Dietsch (TV-Reporterin), Vincenzo Cassone (Bürgermeister), Ramon Riemarzik and Lutz Laible (Zivilbeamte), Thomas Doer (Viigand), Julia Dietsch, Alexander Janacek, Jessica Krueger, Andreas Lutsch
September 29, 2011 - UK Tour - Toronto, Canada - Princess of Wales Theatre
Shona White, James Fox, Tam Mutu, Rebecca Lock, James Graeme, David Erik, Steve Varnom