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Actor/actresses' singing voices whose vibrato ANNOY you
skingdom
Broadway Star Joined: 6/29/03
#25re: Actor/actresses' singing voices whose vibrato ANNOY you
Posted: 4/3/07 at 4:54pm
What is wrong with you people?!
Nancy Anderson is awesome!
LoringsGuy
Broadway Star Joined: 9/28/04
#26re: Actor/actresses' singing voices whose vibrato ANNOY you
Posted: 4/3/07 at 5:17pm
Christine Andreas--hyperactive vibrato, and frequently sounds under the pitch. Does anyone else think her voice sounds like it's stuck in her throat?
Julia Murney's voice used to bug me, but after seeing her as Elphaba, I LOVE her.
Nathan Lane totally bugs.
"Word of advice: Be who you are, wear what you want---just learn how to run real fast." Marc, UGLY BETTY
Craww
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#27re: Actor/actresses' singing voices whose vibrato ANNOY you
Posted: 4/3/07 at 5:20pmI love me some crazy ass over-the-top vibrato. I think some of you folks are bugged by vibrato the way I am by melisma. I also think some of you don't really know what vibrato is.
#28re: Actor/actresses' singing voices whose vibrato ANNOY you
Posted: 4/3/07 at 5:21pm
Julia Murney.
Oh god. SO annoying.
#29re: Actor/actresses' singing voices whose vibrato ANNOY you
Posted: 4/3/07 at 5:26pm
What is wrong with you people?!
Nancy Anderson is awesome!
Yeah, except she couldn't find the right pitch with a map and a flashlight.
"You travel alone because other people are only there to remind you how much that hook hurts that we all bit down on. Wait for that one day we can bite free and get back out there in space where we belong, sail back over water, over skies, into space, the hook finally out of our mouths and we wander back out there in space spawning to other planets never to return hurrah to earth and we'll look back and can't even see these lives here anymore. Only the taste of blood to remind us we ever existed. The earth is small. We're gone. We're dead. We're safe."
-John Guare, Landscape of the Body
C is for Company
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/16/05
#30re: Actor/actresses' singing voices whose vibrato ANNOY you
Posted: 4/3/07 at 5:27pm
Murn-dawg, Raul pre-Company with the exception of Rocky which it was totally great for, Sutton in Drowsy for some reason, and Danny Gurwin.
edit; to throw in Patti, Charlotte, and Carolee. I like all 3 of them, but sometimes listening to any of their recordings can just push me over the edge.
skingdom
Broadway Star Joined: 6/29/03
#31re: Actor/actresses' singing voices whose vibrato ANNOY you
Posted: 4/3/07 at 5:27pm
i am the only one of the only people of my friends who likes christine andreas. very people i know like her.
and i agree...what has happened to Sutton Foster? She doesn't sound good anymore...in my opinion...
skingdom out.
Updated On: 4/3/07 at 05:27 PM
BDavis0092
Broadway Star Joined: 7/24/06
#32re: Actor/actresses' singing voices whose vibrato ANNOY you
Posted: 4/3/07 at 5:31pmNathan Lane...in just about everything.
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#33re: Actor/actresses' singing voices whose vibrato ANNOY you
Posted: 4/3/07 at 5:32pm
Bernadette Peters
Julia Murney
LoringsGuy
Broadway Star Joined: 9/28/04
#34re: Actor/actresses' singing voices whose vibrato ANNOY you
Posted: 4/3/07 at 5:33pm
Craww, how would you define vibrato?
And, here's a question for everyone: when does a vibrato become a tremolo? I've honestly never understood the distinction.
"Word of advice: Be who you are, wear what you want---just learn how to run real fast." Marc, UGLY BETTY
#35re: Actor/actresses' singing voices whose vibrato ANNOY you
Posted: 4/3/07 at 5:33pmJulie Hanson!
#36re: Actor/actresses' singing voices whose vibrato ANNOY you
Posted: 4/3/07 at 5:36pm
"Can't stand" is too strong... but there are a handful that bug me.
Brent Barrett
Jack Cassidy
Betsy Joslyn
And while I tend to not like Betty Buckley's voice very much on recordings, it's electric hearing her sing live. Her voice was made for theatre.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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LoringsGuy
Broadway Star Joined: 9/28/04
#37re: Actor/actresses' singing voices whose vibrato ANNOY you
Posted: 4/3/07 at 5:38pmOoooh, yeah...add Brent Barrett to my list.
"Word of advice: Be who you are, wear what you want---just learn how to run real fast." Marc, UGLY BETTY
blaxx
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/28/05
#38re: Actor/actresses' singing voices whose vibrato ANNOY you
Posted: 4/3/07 at 5:43pm
Jodi "my vibrato causes tsunamis" Benson.
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Updated On: 4/3/07 at 05:43 PM
BDrischBDemented
Broadway Star Joined: 11/13/05
#39re: Actor/actresses' singing voices whose vibrato ANNOY you
Posted: 4/3/07 at 5:52pmI'm not sure if it's a vibrato or just a vain attempt to try and hit a note by warbling absurdly, but Michael Crawford's tremulous tones make me want to take a power drill to my ears.
"Your lyrics lack subtlety! You can't just have your characters announce how they feel! That makes me feel angry!"
MerMaggieGalinda
Broadway Star Joined: 11/29/06
#40re: Actor/actresses' singing voices whose vibrato ANNOY you
Posted: 4/3/07 at 5:52pmI'm surprised no one has said Sarah Brightman yet.......oh, and Rebecca Pitcher. Anyone whose vibrato is so heavy it causes them to go off pitch in every dang song should stop singing. Plus, they are both horrid actresses.
#41re: Actor/actresses' singing voices whose vibrato ANNOY you
Posted: 4/3/07 at 6:04pm
Yeah, Jodi Benson's was really irritating in Crazy For You. I don't know why she did that.
I don't recalll her singing that way live for "Smile," and certainly not for "The Little Mermaid."
Sarah Brightman's vibrato on the Phantom cast album is mildly irritating. Her voice (and her vibrato specifically) have vastly improved over the years. She's still not one of my favorites, but I admire the fact that she has continued to grow as a singer.
Most singers (no matter how good) don't show that much positive change vocally. It's usually a decline over the years. Especially for sopranos.
"Jaws is the Citizen Kane of movies."
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Perfectly Marvelous
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/16/06
#42re: Actor/actresses' singing voices whose vibrato ANNOY you
Posted: 4/3/07 at 6:09pm
Yeah, I'm not too fond of Ms. Pitcher.
I saw her in POTO last April. From what I remember, she didn't do "Think of Me" that badly at all. I liked Howard McGillin better, though.
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Craww
Broadway Legend Joined: 12/13/06
#43re: Actor/actresses' singing voices whose vibrato ANNOY you
Posted: 4/3/07 at 6:10pm
Craww, how would you define vibrato?
I'm not a music major, I'm not gonna pretend to be able to give a scientific definition. I was just saying there were a few people here who are even more clueless than I am.
Wildcard
Broadway Legend Joined: 6/21/06
#44re: Actor/actresses' singing voices whose vibrato ANNOY you
Posted: 4/3/07 at 6:22pmPatti LuPone
skingdom
Broadway Star Joined: 6/29/03
#45re: Actor/actresses' singing voices whose vibrato ANNOY you
Posted: 4/3/07 at 6:24pm
i dont know why, but i LOVE Jodi Bensons voice on that recording...i think its becuase it has so much attitude.
I know it wouldnt work for Ariel, but theres something about it that i like.
skingdom out.
i also find it hard to believe that idina menzel once was a classical singer. I'd love to hear some of her arias.
Updated On: 4/3/07 at 06:24 PM
Amneris
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/16/03
#46re: Actor/actresses' singing voices whose vibrato ANNOY you
Posted: 4/3/07 at 6:28pm
Christine Andreas = Machine Gun
and Dee Hoty..dear lord it's not only nasal but, every word she sings has untrained vibrato
#47re: Actor/actresses' singing voices whose vibrato ANNOY you
Posted: 4/3/07 at 6:32pmRebecca Pitcher
#48re: Actor/actresses' singing voices whose vibrato ANNOY you
Posted: 4/3/07 at 6:34pmChristine Andreas from Scarlet Pimpernel and the Piazza tour
#49re: Actor/actresses' singing voices whose vibrato ANNOY you
Posted: 4/3/07 at 6:51pmNot all the time, but often enough to qualify: Julia Murney and Carolee Carmello.
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