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Your favourite warhorse program!

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Bolero: Tarasova/Morozov
Carmen: Mikhail Kolyada
Dark Eyes: Sui/Han
Firebird: Gracie Gold
Les Miserables: Yuna Kim
Moulin Rouge (all versions): Virtue/Moir
Phantom of the Opera: Akiko Suzuki
Rach II: Mao Asada
Romeo and Juliet: Alena Kostornaia
Swan Lake: Ilinykh/Katsalapov and Mao Asada
Tosca: Michelle Kwan
Turandot: Shoma Uno

Scheherezade: Carolina Kostner
Experience: Evgenia Medvedeva
Schindler's List: Yulia Lipnitskaia
Moonlight Sonata: Shoma Uno
Bond: Wakaba Higuchi and Yuna Kim
Vivaldi Four Seasons: Winter, Shoma Uno
East of Eden: Tatsuki Machida
Madama Butterfly: Satoko Miyahara
Oblivion: Dmitri Aliev
 
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Bolero: Torvill/Dean - Carolina Kostner (tie)
Carmen: Navka/Kostomarov
Dark eyes: Sasha Cohen
Firebird: Tatsuki Machida
Les Miserables: Yuna Kim
Moulin Rouge (all versions): Kazuki Tomono - Ashley Wagner (tie)
Phantom of the Opera: Patrick Chan
Rach II: Mao Asada
Romeo and Juliet: Fusar-Poli/Margaglio
Swan Lake: Ilinykh/Katsalapov
Tosca: Michelle Kwan
Turandot: Shizuka Arakawa - Marin Honda (tie)
Scheherezade: Mao Asada
La Califfa: Berezhnaya/Sikharulidze
Moonlight Sonata: Shoma Uno
Danse Macabre: Yuna Kim
The Swan: Johnny Weir
Claire de Lune: Kavaguti Smirnov
The Umbrellas of Cherbourg: Misha Ge
James Bond: Wakaba Higuchi
Riverdance: Jason Brown
Shindler's List: Julia Lipnitskaya
The Lady and the Hooligan: Denis Ten
Ave Maria: Carolina Kostner
I Put a Spell on You: Stolbova/Klimov
The Feeling Begins: Oksana Baiul
Masquerade Waltz: Voloszhar/Trankov
Nocturne: Mao Asada
Carmina Burana: Rika Hongo
Four Seasons: Deniss Vasiljevs
 
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Bolero: Torvill and Dean; Carolina Kostner
Carmen: Mirai Nagasu, 2010 Olympics
Dark Eyes: Sasha Cohen
Firebird: Gracie Gold
Les Miserables: not really a warhorse because I can only think of Yuna Kim
Moulin Rouge (all versions): Ashley Wagner
Phantom of the Opera: Akiko Suzuki
Rach II: Mao Asada
Romeo and Juliet: Sasha Cohen
Swan Lake: Oksana Baiul
Tosca: Michelle Kwan
Turandot: Shen and Zhao
Scheherazade: Mao Asada
Schindler's List: Yulia Lipnitskaia
Dying Swan: Oksana Baiul; honorable mention to Johnny Weir
Otonal: Maria Butyrskaya; Johnny Weir
Exogenesis: Jeremy Abbott
Black Swan: Ashley Wagner
Miss Saigon: Satoko Miyahara
Don Quixote: John Curry
Afternoon of a Faun: Janet Lynn
Vivaldi Four Seasons: Stephane Lambiel
East of Eden: Michelle Kwan
Madama Butterfly: Satoko Miyahara
The Feeling Begins: Michelle Kwan

ETA:
Aranjuez: Michelle Kwan
Blues for Klook: Daisuke Takahashi
Pagliacci: Takahashi at Japan Nationals
 
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Bolero: Kostner
Carmen: Virtue/Moir
Dark eyes: Virtue-Moir
Firebird: Machida
Les Miserables: (on my own) Josée Chouinard
Moulin Rouge (all versions): Virtue-moir
Phantom of the Opera: Chan
Rach II: Lu chen
Romeo and Juliet:Virtue-Moir
Swan Lake: Osmond
Tosca: Yagudin
Turandot:Shen and Zhao
Riverdance : bourne and Kraatz
any tango : Patrick Chan
lala land : liam firus (us classic)
chopin : patrick chan
 
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Bolero: Really? Somebody besides Torvill & Dean skated to Bolero? Well, at least not with the sport-changing effect that T&D did.

Carmen: Sammi Cesario. Yeah, I said it. Look it up;)

Dark eyes:

Firebird: Toller Cranston as a pro

Les Miserables: Grant Hochstein, specifically the SOHL at Boston Worlds

Moulin Rouge (all versions): Andrew Torgashev, Roxxaaanne... Only Roxanne I will ever watch more than once.:biggrin:

Phantom of the Opera:

Rach II:

Romeo and Juliet: Junnnnn-liet

Swan Lake: Rudy Galindo, also SOHL at US Nats

Tosca: Zhenya

Turandot:

Maybe I'll come back and edit when I think about it:)
 
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el henry said:
Les Miserables: Grant Hochstein, specifically the SOHL at Boston Worlds
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Definitely Grant Hochstein at Boston’s Worlds. This program was one of the highlights of the men’s competition (Javi being the main highlight, of course).
 
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lappo said:
What would figure skating be without warhorses? :biggrin: For each of the following warhorses, choose your favourite program(s)!
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Ooo, this looks fun!

Bolero: Torvill and Dean win this one. Although I did enjoy both Plushy's and Liza T's SPs to this music.
Carmen: Plushy's of course, he played all three main characters, plus the costume, plus the amazing performance of it Salt Lake 2002 even though the gold medal was out of reach. Boss.
Dark eyes: Plushy's :)laugh: are we sensing a theme here?!) He had two totally different costumes for this one and I just loved the choreo.
Firebird: N/A
Les Miserables: Haven't seen this one much TBH, I liked Timothy and Ashley's program to this though.
Moulin Rouge (all versions): Tessa and Scott, for sure.
Phantom of the Opera: I can't take this music seriously because of that season where 4 men all had it and they all ended up at Worlds and 3 did their program one after the other!
Rach II: T/M, OMG their performance of it at the 2019(?) World's, pure prefection.
Romeo and Juliet: Jun-liet of course! I also liked Madison and Zach's FD to this music.
Swan Lake: Can I put Kaitlyn and Jean-Luc's Exhibition skate for this? Because it is actually the greatest.:biggrin:
Tosca: Plushy's (I totally didn't reply to this post just to list Plushy, what are you talking about?! ;))
Turandot: Shen and Zhao
 
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Les Miserables: Chock and Bates Free Dance 2014 Nationals.

Maybe the most surprising of all I considered. At the time, I had soured on them slightly and had begun to really get into Hubbel and Donohue... and I was WAY OVER the music.

It was STUNNING. Very beautiful and emotional. It made me look at them in an entirely different light.

Here you go: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SwUOcys7Jc
 
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Bolero:Torvill & Dean, Carolina Kostner
Carmen: Katarina Witt, Bestemianova & Bukin, Viktor Petrenko
Dark Eyes:Sasha Cohen, Bereznaia & Sikharulidze, Sui & Han
Les Miserables:Yuna Kim, Kurt Browning 1990 & Michelle Kwan Ex, Hough & Ladret, Zhang & Bartholomay 2014 LP, Qing Pang & Jian Tong 2014 FS
Moulin Rouge : Ashley Wagner, Virtue & Moir & exhibition by Shen & Zhao (a stunner!)
Phantom of the Opera: Davis & White, Akiko Suzuki, Drobiazko & Vanagas, Robin Cousins, Brian Boitano
Rach (any): Michelle Kwan, Mao Asada, Mishkutionok & Dmitriev, Lu Chen, John Misha Petkevich
Romeo and Juliet: Gordeeva & Grinkov, Anissina & Peizerat, Sasha Cohen, Julia Lipnitskaya, Yuzuru Hanyu, Yamaguchi & Galindo
Swan Lake: Sasha Cohen, Oksana Baiul 1994 SP, Rudy Galindo, Kristi Yamaguchi 1990, Johnny Weir, Ilynyk & Katsalapov, Bereznaia & Sikharulidze
The Swan (Saint-Saens): Oksana Baiul 1994 EX, Mishkutionok & Dmitriev
Tosca:Michelle Kwan, Denis Ten, Krylova & Ovsiannikov EX,
Klimova & Ponomarenko EX and Toller Cranston again
Turandot:Shen & Zhao, Shizuka Arakawa, Shoma Uno,
Scheherezade: Davis/White, John Curry
Schindler's List: Julia Lipnitskaya, Jason Brown, Paul Wylie EX,Katarina Witt EX
Firebird: Linda Fratianne, Toller Cranston!!, Tatsuki Machida,
Masquerade Waltz: Anissina & Peizerat 1998 NHK OD, Krylova & Ovsianniov 1997 FD, Domnina & Shabalin 2008 FD, Volosozhar & Trankov SP, Mao Asada, Dmitri Aliev, Nobunari Oda, Lang & Tchernyshev 2003 OD
O Fortuna: Paul Wylie, Anissina & Peizerat
Aranjuez: Michelle Kwan, Caryn Kadavy, Brian Orser
Poeta: Lambiel
Miss Saigon: Satoko Miyahara, Paul Wylie Why God Why??
Samson & Delilah: Davis & White, Kristi Yamaguchi 1991
Four Seasons: Usova & Zhulin, Surya Bonaly, Stephane Lambiel
Riverdance: Jason Brown
The Piano: Delobel & Schoenfelder, Jason Brown
The Mission: Paul Wylie, Matt Savoie, Mai Mihara
Otonal: Maria Buytyskaya, Johnny Weir
Moonlight Sonata: Protopopovs, Gordeeva & Grinkov, Papadakis & Cizeron
Cherbourg: Virtue & Moir
Eleanor Rigby: Duchesnays, Davis & White
The Feeling Begins: Jill Trenary, Oksana Baiul, Michelle Kwan, Grishuk & Platov
Exogenesis: Jeremy Abbott, Sinead & John Kerr
 
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How about some more:

Don Quixote: John Curry, Mishkutionok & Dmitriev, Alina Zagitova
Barber of Seville: Gordeeva & Grinkov SP
Mozart: Petr Barna, Katarina Witt
La Strada:
 
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Bolero: Torvill/Dean, ofc, the originals, and then maybe Kostner in 2014

Carmen: Katarina Witt 1988. There is very little competition to that performance. Virtue/Moir were more than ok.

Dark eyes: Is this really a warhorse? Have not paid attention to this one at all in that sense.

Firebird: How this piece of music became a FS favourite I do not still understand, but it was there in the 1970s already. And have never really liked any programs made to it.

Les Miserables: I could name least favourites, but refrain from doing that. But Yuna Kim did a good one in 2013 Worlds.

Moulin Rouge (all versions): I don't get the "all versions" here? Maybe that should be with R&J? But Ashley Wagner and Virtue/Moir.

Phantom of the Opera: See Les Mis first part, but here there are no good choices for me.

Rach II: Lu Chen 1996 by Sandra Bezic. No competition whatsoever.

Romeo and Juliet: Tchaikovsky, Prokofiev, West Side Story, Rota OST, Luhrmann OST, Korzeniowski OST, the French musical... (Plus probably some more.) I think my favourite version is West Side Story, but I cannot name any good interpretations of any of them. Anissina/Peizerat did get the look just about right, not so sure about the programme.

Swan Lake: Oksana Baiul 1994 SP.

Tosca: It has been used recently a bit more, but on the verge of not being a warhorse, IMO.

Turandot: No favourites here either. Well, maybe the Chinese pair skaters?

Definitely missing from the list is Malaguena which has been used almost as frequently as Carmen - here there is only one: Javier Fernández SP 2015-7, 2018-9. Kristi Yamaguchi was not bad either back in 1992 - she was one of the first ever to use it.

Also Concerto Aranjuez should be added, but there I have again a black hole (particulary incomprehensible are most of the vocal versions).

Argentine tango could also be one group category (or maybe rather any composition by Astor Piazzolla?) Here I would go for Gilles/Poirier FD 2016-7 even though it was not Piazzolla (or maybe just because of that?).

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Maybe some warhorses come and go.

I don't recall recent (past couple of years) programs to Rhapsody in Blue, American in Paris, or On the Waterfront... none of which are my favorite pieces of skating music.

But, I am old and prone to forgetfulness. Perhaps someone can remind me.

Edit to add: West Side Story has fallen out of frequent use lately, hasn't it?
 
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eppen said:
Les Miserables: I could name least favourites, but refrain from doing that. But Yuna Kim did a good one in 2013 Worlds.
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I can do that with Chaplin and Sherlock Holmes programs.

All of them are in a tie for my least favorite.
 
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TontoK said:
I can do that with Chaplin and Sherlock Holmes programs.

All of them are in a tie for my least favorite.
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If I never see another Chaplin or another Elvis program, even from skaters I like, I will live happily for the rest of my days.:pray:
 
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Moulin Rouge: Yuna Kim 2007 Worlds SP
Romeo and Juliet: Sasha Cohen 2006 Olympic LP
Dark Eyes: Sasha Cohen 2006 Olympic SP
Les Miserables: Yuna Kim 2013 Worlds LP + Pang/Tong 2013 GPF LP
Phantom of the Opera: BLEURGH
Poeta: Stephane Lambiel 2007 Worlds LP
The Piano: Delobel/Schoenfelder 2008 Worlds FD

Swan Lake: Ilinykh/Katsalapov 2014 Olympic FD (individual)
Turandot: Shen/Zhao 2003 Worlds LP
Rach II: Chen Lu 1996 Worlds LP
Concierto de Aranjuez: Michelle Kwan 2003 Worlds LP
Tosca: Michelle Kwan 2004 Nationals LP
Clair de Lune: Mao Asada 2008 GPF SP
Fantaisie Impromptu: Mao Asada 2008 Worlds LP
Liebestraume: Mao Asada 2010 Nationals LP
Moonlight Sonata: Papadakis/Cizeron 2018 Worlds FD + Gordeeva/Grinkov 1994 Olympics LP + Daisuke Takahashi 2013 Worlds SP
Schindler's List: Yulia Lipnitskaya 2013 Skate Canada LP
Blues for Klook: Sui/Han 2017 4CC SP

And just because...
Butterfly Lovers: Chen Lu 1998 Olympics LP
On Golden Pond: Karen Chen 2017 Worlds SP + Denise Biellmann Pro 1992-93 Tech Program
 
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I was going to add Lu Chen’s Rach II as a co-favorite, but then I realized that the Second Movement, which she skated to, is not a warhorse at all. Who else skated to it in competition? I know Davis and White did it as an exhibition but I can’t think of anyone else.
 
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