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Chita's Raspy Singing Tone
#25re: Chita's Raspy Singing Tone
Posted: 7/8/06 at 9:24am
And once again, I am reminded exactly why I love BobbyBubby. Every point you made was perfect 
However, as much as I love Chita, I can't stand her rendition of "Follies Berger" on the Nine revival. The way she rolls her r's breaks my little Francophile heart.
"Shut up! It's been 29 years!!!" --the incomparable Patti LuPone in her MUCH DESERVED Tony acceptance speech for Gypsy.
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#26re: Chita's Raspy Singing Tone
Posted: 7/8/06 at 9:26am
And I agree LJay, that Vibrato cannot be touched. I'd take a killer vibrato over a "lovely non-smoker soprano" any day.
This comes up time and again. People of a certain age (though there are exceptions, as the lovely Ljay proves time and time again) just aren't used to hearing certain voices. They attach a look to a voice via their MTV trained aesthetic. Sad, really.
#27re: Chita's Raspy Singing Tone
Posted: 7/8/06 at 9:27amShe was miscast Kitz. The one role I don't think she fit. Sadly, that's probably one of the only discs the Chita haters have...
#28re: Chita's Raspy Singing Tone
Posted: 7/8/06 at 9:41am
Woo! Well Bobby nailed it again. Everything he said is so true. It is not ALL about technique. Interpretation is so important. And Chita NAILS interpretation when she sings.
Anyway, one of Muscle's first post on this board was about how "Chita is a talent-less old bag, who can't sing or dance." I kid you not, his exact words. So Chita fans know not to let his well misguided opinion get to them.
#29re: Chita's Raspy Singing Tone
Posted: 7/8/06 at 9:50am
We can't post the links here, but go to freaking youtube.com, enter chita rivera, watch that clip of her and Liza from The Rink, and then tell me the old bag has no talent.
Muscle you're an idiot. Shaka Laka Moron.
#30re: Chita's Raspy Singing Tone
Posted: 7/8/06 at 9:59am
Chita doesnt have the normal singing voice that everyone has, her voice is unique filled with personality.
Her voice is abit raspy now, but when she was younger, it's cool! Her 'All That Jazz' in the OBC CD remains one of the best I have heard with alot to be desired.
Besides, she is SUCH a legend, erm... I don't we care!
I LOVE CHITA!!!!! Hope she comes back to Ldn!!!!
(soz, cant stop myself :P)
#31re: Chita's Raspy Singing Tone
Posted: 7/8/06 at 12:53pmI thought she sounded great in Bye, Bye, Birdie!
#32re: Chita's Raspy Singing Tone
Posted: 7/8/06 at 2:10pm
Even when she was young, Chita's voice had what can be described as "personality".
Some voices you love for their purity and beauty (Barbara Cook, Julie Andrews) and some you love for their personality (Chita, Gwen Verdon, Julie Wilson).
And I love Barbara Cook (she is my diva) and Chita equally.
As for "Kiss of the Spider Woman" (when I compare Chita's recording with Vanessa Williams'), I prefer Chita's.
Chita's "Aurora" has a sizzling theatricality. I feel that Vanessa's "Aurora" is pretty......and pretty bland. Though to be fair, Chita came to the part with over forty years of performing with the greats of musical theater (Bob Fosse, Jerome Robbins, etc.) under her belt and this was Vanessa's first show.
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Featured Actor Joined: 2/22/06
#33re: Chita's Raspy Singing Tone
Posted: 7/8/06 at 2:48pm
I just checked out Chita and Liza's, The Apple Doesn't Fall, performance on Youtube. I love The Rink and to see that, was primo.
There were tears of joy when I checked out Liza at The Kennedy Centre Honors Tribute to Kander & Ebb and A Night of a 100 Stars/Pair of Shoes, wonderful, wonderful stuff indeed. They don't make then like that anymore, do they? I had never seen Chris Walken dance before, nice lines: - )
#34re: Chita's Raspy Singing Tone
Posted: 7/8/06 at 3:36pm
Chita Rivera was brilliant playing Liliane La Fleur and her Folies Bergere brought the house to their feet. You know you're looking at Chita Rivera. Part of the wit of that is that this is, in many ways, what Chita Rivera actually is. When Chita Rivera suggests this French woman yoo end up with someone more French than a French woman."
Chita romps exuberantly through the role, regardless of its national boundaries.
Her rolling of the Rs,, now that's talent...
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Broadway Star Joined: 1/20/06
#35re: Chita's Raspy Singing Tone
Posted: 7/8/06 at 3:46pm
BobbyBubby, you're completely right. The only reason why people dislike Chita Rivera nowadays it's because they got too used to the Amy Spangers and Shoshana Beans, I hate that generic sound that come from them. Chita is a performer whose voice is full of personality, power, and she just has a devine star quality that few performers have today.
Ljay, are you serious about muscle's post on Chita? That is kind of disappointing. Anyways, it's always good to know people like Bobby and you are around to defend one of our greatest Broadway performers.
#36re: Chita's Raspy Singing Tone
Posted: 7/8/06 at 3:50pmJust for the record, Im a fan of Chita. But anyways, I am not reading this thread anymore. I love her in The Rink and in some shows, but i think she can't really sing. That's it.
#37re: Chita's Raspy Singing Tone
Posted: 7/8/06 at 3:57pmDon't break your huffy bike on your ride out, Muscle,
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Broadway Star Joined: 1/20/06
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