A Response to Certain Comments About the Singing in Evita

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A Response to Certain Comments About the Singing in Evita

Posted: 12/3/12 at 1:17am

Someone on this board said that every single performer who played the role of Evita had to struggle vocally to hit the notes. Just get tix to see Christina DeCicco, no struggle.

PS: When I saw Sarah Litzinger in the National Tour of Evita, she didn't struggle either, although she was not as amazing as DeCicco.

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A Response to Certain Comments About the Singing in Evita

Posted: 12/3/12 at 1:23am

I happen to enjoy Christina well enough in the role but she doesn't even attempt the same notes Patti did. Plus, she hardly belts by comparison. I'm not saying those are bad things necessarily but to do Eva the way Webber intended is essentially impossible for any female vocalist for any sustainable run. Thus, the actress is left with a few choices: struggle and strain her voice or not go for all the notes.

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A Response to Certain Comments About the Singing in Evita

Posted: 12/3/12 at 2:37am

I'm sure they meant when sung in the original keys...

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A Response to Certain Comments About the Singing in Evita

Posted: 12/3/12 at 9:27am

Oh sweet Jesus not another Evita belting thread...

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A Response to Certain Comments About the Singing in Evita

Posted: 12/3/12 at 11:34am

DeCicco is no struggle, and also a lukewarm performance.

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A Response to Certain Comments About the Singing in Evita

Posted: 12/3/12 at 12:58pm

I saw Sarah Litsinger on tour and it was horrible. She sang like Belle from Beauty and the Beast singing the role of Evita (most likely because she played the role of Belle just prior to Eva-I don't know the timeline of her playing Belle, but she sure sounded like her).

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A Response to Certain Comments About the Singing in Evita

Posted: 12/3/12 at 1:36pm

Sarah has a great voice, but she sang most of the score on the same key, which might be what you are saying here. Yet, her acting, dancing and singing was far superior to Elena Roger's.

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A Response to Certain Comments About the Singing in Evita

Posted: 12/3/12 at 2:04pm

Her acting did nothing for me (she made no impression-and frankly, I was much too distracted by someone who sounded like Belle singing the role to notice). Her dancing was definitely not as good as Elena's, who is a trained dancer first and foremost.

It's clear you hated Elena's performance, and I can respect that. (I liked it just fine.)

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A Response to Certain Comments About the Singing in Evita

Posted: 12/3/12 at 5:00pm

So you prefered Elena over Sarah?

Did you see Christina in the role?

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A Response to Certain Comments About the Singing in Evita

Posted: 12/3/12 at 5:10pm

I saw Sarah Litsinger on tour and it was horrible. She sang like Belle from Beauty and the Beast singing the role of Evita (most likely because she played the role of Belle just prior to Eva-I don't know the timeline of her playing Belle, but she sure sounded like her).

Speaking of Belle, Paige O'Hara has only played Evita out of town, but I promise you she belted every note with ease. It was Houston Grand Opera and Disney that turned her into an operetta soubrette, but now that she's older, she's back to belting again, thank God.

(ETA the above reads like a knock against Disney and the Houston Opera, both of which have been very good to Paige. That isn't what I meant. I just missed her belting and I'm glad it's back.)

Updated On: 12/3/12 at 05:10 PM

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A Response to Certain Comments About the Singing in Evita

Posted: 12/4/12 at 2:31pm

I saw Chrisina and she struggled to hit them. The only one that didn't struggle was Jessica Lea Patty. Not sure what Laurel Harris sounds like.

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A Response to Certain Comments About the Singing in Evita

Posted: 12/4/12 at 11:35pm

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A Response to Certain Comments About the Singing in Evita

Posted: 12/5/12 at 7:54am

"I saw Chrisina and she struggled to hit them"

ummm. No you didnt. First time poster. Long time lurker. Hi.

I read that comment and felt compelled to post. I work on the show and can say with absolute certainty that Chritina DeCicco has NEVER struggled to hit a single note. Not one. One of the most consistant singers I have ever heard. Just sayin'.

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A Response to Certain Comments About the Singing in Evita

Posted: 12/5/12 at 10:04am

i saw Christina and she was great, the day i went, she hit every note and clearly. I also saw her perform songs from the show in Bryant Park and again she was amazing. great set of pipes on that girl!

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A Response to Certain Comments About the Singing in Evita

Posted: 12/7/12 at 9:19am

"ummm. No you didnt. First time poster. Long time lurker. Hi."

Ummmm. Yes I did see Christina but thanks for telling me I didn't.

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A Response to Certain Comments About the Singing in Evita

Posted: 12/7/12 at 10:57am

Nope. You can debate belt v.mix, character interpretation. Patti v. The field but I have seen every single performance of Christina's and she has never struggled to hit the notes. Never. In 9 months. Not one. In fact, she struggles less than pretty much any singer i have ever heard. Not sure what your ulterior motive is but you either know nothing about singing or there is something else at play here. There is NO WAY a person who knew anything abiut singing could listen to Christina sing and think that she was struggling. Not opinion. Fact. Sorry.

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A Response to Certain Comments About the Singing in Evita

Posted: 12/7/12 at 11:04am

#18

A Response to Certain Comments About the Singing in Evita

Posted: 12/7/12 at 11:38am

Well, this just got interesting

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A Response to Certain Comments About the Singing in Evita

Posted: 12/7/12 at 12:02pm

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A Response to Certain Comments About the Singing in Evita

Posted: 12/7/12 at 12:42pm

Anthony Mouse, what do you do for the show? Sounds great that you get to see the show every night.

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A Response to Certain Comments About the Singing in Evita

Posted: 12/7/12 at 2:00pm

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A Response to Certain Comments About the Singing in Evita

Posted: 12/7/12 at 2:45pm

I adored Christina in the role. And yes, I've seen Elena too. Loved Elena's acting, but Christina kept me more into the show... and was vocally great.

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A Response to Certain Comments About the Singing in Evita

Posted: 12/7/12 at 2:51pm

Christina is perfection in the role, I actually think she sounded better than LuPone (who is an extremely talented singer), but in this show she screamed the entire score, Elena is just struggling to be understood and to sing the score, I feel for her because she wasn't raised in this country and hasn't spoken English for a long time(like Ricky Martin for instance), but she is really miscast in this show and it will be one of the unsolved mysteries of Broadway.
She is even worse than Katie Clarke in The Light in the Piazza, who couldn't hit the notes...it's sad to watch.

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A Response to Certain Comments About the Singing in Evita

Posted: 12/7/12 at 5:07pm

LuPone certainly didn't "scream the score" the night I saw it.

And Roger hit every note the night I saw her, though I could certainly understand if someone didn't care for her voice.

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A Response to Certain Comments About the Singing in Evita

Posted: 12/7/12 at 7:55pm

Don't you just love it when recovering Wicked addicts who dissect every actress to play Elphaba like a science project try to upgrade their musical maschismo by switching to EVITA?


It rouses up a few giggles, I must say.

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