EVITA 2025 London Cast Recording Thread — Page 2

getatme said: "I don't mind the use of the Spanish pronunciation of Argentina, except for when they don't use it during A New Argentina.

The voices are largely fine, but the album sounds rather hollow and soulless to me. The packaging is, indeed, beautiful though."

I was actually expecting that but am blown away by the lushness of the production and powerhouse vocals. I'm not exactly a Rachel Zegler fan but good lord does she have the pipes for this role.

kdogg36 said: "joevitus said: "Lol, no. They were about seven or eight bucks. A double album would be around 10-16 dollars. Opera sets and ballet scores were, for obvious reasons, pricey."

I'll also add that CDs, for several years after they were introduced,cost significantly more than LPs(as well as cassettes, which were about the same as LPs as I recall)."

Oh, absolutely. It took Best Buy in the early-mid-90's selling CDs at about what LPs had been going for to force other music store outlets to lower their prices.

Updated On: 8/29/26 at 05:25 PM

It seems they are using a Spanish accent for geographical locations (it’s used for Buenos Aires too) and maybe because I grew up with the OBC recording I find it jarring.

Do we know yet who is coming over besides Rachel? Her voice is so different than Patti’s, but I am very much enjoying it. The actor playing Che has a pleasant voice, but it is bland and without characterization,


I am questioning whether my decision to buy expensive tickets when the first went on sale.

A few thoughts from an Evita superfan who saw this twice in London.

1. I really hope they cast Diego as Che again. He sounds great in the additional tracks

2. Night of a Thousand Stars/Eva Beware of the City is some of my favorite ALW. When Eva sings in "Eva, Beware of the City" ("all you've done to me was that a young girl's...", they have the chaotic piano from the Elena Roger versions. It's almost a little too chaotic, but as a non musician it's so fascinating what's happening with the piano. It works, but I'm just accustomed to the OBC.

3. In the stage version of Buenos Aires when Rachel opens with "What's new?" the cast responds with "HEY!" I was hoping they would add that to this full version. It's so fun but sadly wasn't there.

4. Someone pointed this out on Reddit, but they took out the flute trill after "tidier officer's mess" in Peron's Latest Flame. I don't know why they'd leave that out. It was definitely in the stage version.

5. Not sure what to make of the shortened "I'm theeeeir savior". It's pretty iconic to Rachel's version and was longer in the highlights album.

Looking forward to reading other things people noticed!

Updated On: 8/29/26 at 11:08 AM

joevitus said: "I feel the same way, but why do I get the feeling that more people buy vinyl these days thenCD's?"

Vinyl does sell more than CDs nowadays, however CDs have recently been making a comeback and are actually increasing in sales faster than vinyl now, but still selling less overall.

A very polished recording. I like most of the reorchestrations, apart from missing the sax solo in "Buenos Aries" and disliking the tango-like orchestration for "I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You" (I assume the goal is to strengten the connection between Eva's use of Magaldi and Peron, but I think that connection is already established by the opening of the scene).

But. There's no drama here. They are singing beautifully, but they aren't acting. And when we would expect some--Eva's speech after "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina"--it's embarassingly bad (intentionally?). It's also weird that Zegler sounds younger than the actress who plays Peron's underaged mistress.

So, a mixed response from me. I'm guessing if I'd seen the production, these choices would strike me as much more effective, or at least I'd understand them better and could put them in context. But I didn't, so--pleasing, but not dramatically exciting.

Updated On: 8/30/26 at 08:13 PM

Dreamboy3 said: "Do we know yet who is coming over besides Rachel? Her voice is so different than Patti’s, butI am very much enjoying it. The actor playing Che has a pleasant voice, but it is bland and without characterization,"

Diego and James are both coming over with Rachel.

everythingtaboo said: "Just finished listening to it. Thought it came out really well. I was worried about Rachel's...shall we say forceful tones? But at least on the recording, she acquitted herself quite well. Diego can do no wrong. The Spanish pronunciations, I don't get why it was such a big deal, they never felt out of place, or shoe-horned in."

I wouldn't say it's a "big deal," but it's out of step the rest of the pronunciation, including the pronunciation of names. It's just...odd.

Just wait till you see this production on stage. It will blow your socks off

As you saw the production, can you explain why he performs a lot of Che's spoken dialogue in an incantatory sing-song like voice rather than simply speaking the lines? I don't get the point. I think I found it most effective in the last lines about Eva's body disappearing, and will probably like it more on relistening, but it was quite strange to me.

Updated On: 8/31/26 at 11:22 AM