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In 2019 [[Nightwish]] vocalist [[Floor Jansen]] performed ''Phantom of the Opera'' with Poort for the Dutch TV show ''[[Beste Zangers]]''. The performance has attracted over 19 million viewers on YouTube so far (as of September 2022).<ref name="youtube">{{cite web |title=Floor Jansen & Henk Poort - Phantom Of The Opera - Beste Zangers 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plCScjvDOJM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/plCScjvDOJM |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|access-date=February 26, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
In 2019 [[Nightwish]] vocalist [[Floor Jansen]] performed ''Phantom of the Opera'' with Poort for the Dutch TV show ''[[Beste Zangers]]''. The performance has attracted over 19 million viewers on YouTube so far (as of September 2022).<ref name="youtube">{{cite web |title=Floor Jansen & Henk Poort - Phantom Of The Opera - Beste Zangers 2019 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plCScjvDOJM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/plCScjvDOJM |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|access-date=February 26, 2021}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
<p>Their performance was so well received that<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sjeujG24WY"> Nightwish&nbsp;revived their cover of the song live on stage for the first time in 17 years featuring Mr. Poort as a guest vocalist. </a>The show in Amsterdam on November 28th, 2022, was filmed for a future DVD release.&nbsp;</p><ref>https://bravewords.com/news/nightwish-perform-the-phantom-of-the-opera-for-the-first-time-in-17-years-amsterdam-show-filmed-for-future-dvd-release-video</ref>


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Revision as of 17:17, 29 November 2022

Henk Poort
Henk Poort as Judge Turpin in the musical Sweeney Todd
Born
Hendrikus Poort

(1956-01-20) 20 January 1956 (age 68)
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Occupation(s)Actor, vocalist
Websitehttp://www.henkpoort.nl

Henk Poort (born 20 January 1956) is a Dutch actor and singer, who mainly plays in operas and musicals.[1]

Biography

Henk Poort is a Dutch singer born in 1956. Poort's major roles include Erik (the Phantom) in the Dutch version of The Phantom of the Opera and Jean Valjean in the first staging of the Dutch version of Les Misérables in the late 1990s. He also sang as one of the "17 Valjeans" at Les Misérables: The Dream Cast in Concert. His most recent role was Tevye in Anatevka.

Beyond musicals and opera, he provided the voice of Gaston on the Dutch version of Disney's animation film Beauty and the Beast.

In 2019 Nightwish vocalist Floor Jansen performed Phantom of the Opera with Poort for the Dutch TV show Beste Zangers. The performance has attracted over 19 million viewers on YouTube so far (as of September 2022).[2]

Their performance was so well received that<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-sjeujG24WY"> Nightwish revived their cover of the song live on stage for the first time in 17 years featuring Mr. Poort as a guest vocalist. </a>The show in Amsterdam on November 28th, 2022, was filmed for a future DVD release. 

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References

  1. ^ "Musicalprijzen voor Henk Poort en Céline Purcell". de Gelderlander (in Dutch). 21 May 2007. Retrieved 16 March 2011.
  2. ^ "Floor Jansen & Henk Poort - Phantom Of The Opera - Beste Zangers 2019". Archived from the original on 20 December 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
  3. ^ https://bravewords.com/news/nightwish-perform-the-phantom-of-the-opera-for-the-first-time-in-17-years-amsterdam-show-filmed-for-future-dvd-release-video