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#26

re: Favorite Vibrato Moments

Posted: 6/27/09 at 7:08pm

Norm Lewis' vibrato is the most amazing thing ever. It could be manufactured by machine, it's so perfect. On his solo album, the version of "Go The Distance" that he did has the most incredible vibrato.

But I think my favorite vibrato moment on anything is, of course, Michael Ball (who has the WEIRDEST vibrato you will ever hear, but so lovely anyway) on West Side Story singing "Maria." I didn't know it was possible to sing an entire song without a single syllable NOT having vibrato... but still sound amazing. His "Maria" makes me feel like my head's exploding, in a good way.

In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy

Updated On: 7/9/09 at 07:08 PM

#27

re: Favorite Vibrato Moments

Posted: 6/28/09 at 1:45am

Sutton Foster singing Bride's Lament (and pretty much every song) from The Drowsy Chaperone when she sings "I don't wanna show OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOFF!!!"
She does straight tone then goes into vibrato. It's too perfect.

"You have two kinds of shows on Broadway – revivals and the same kind of musicals over and over again, all spectacles. You get your tickets for The Lion King a year in advance, and essentially a family... pass on to their children the idea that that's what the theater is – a spectacular musical you see once a year, a stage version of a movie. It has nothing to do with theater at all. It has to do with seeing what is familiar.... I don't think the theatre will die per se, but it's never going to be what it was.... It's a tourist attraction." Stephen Sondheim

#28

re: Favorite Vibrato Moments

Posted: 6/28/09 at 7:59am

Thanks madbrian, i just love that andrea video and then the seth deconstruction. I love the entire obc of follies w/ dorothy collins' vibrato.

#29

re: Favorite Vibrato Moments

Posted: 6/28/09 at 11:33am

Laura Benanti during Little Lamb gives me chills.

Current Avatar:The sensational Aaron Tveit in the soon to be hit production of Catch Me If You Can.

#30

re: Favorite Vibrato Moments

Posted: 6/28/09 at 4:19pm

Oh and of course Leigh Ann Larkin in Gypsy singing Broadway and If Momma Was Married.

#31

re: Favorite Vibrato Moments

Posted: 6/28/09 at 6:59pm

^^^Her vibrato during If Mamma Was Married is AMAZING!!

#32

re: Favorite Vibrato Moments

Posted: 6/29/09 at 11:18am

Sutton Foster in Gimme Gimme. Especially on the word (and last note) "LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE"

Sutton Foster in Brides Lament also singing the word (and last note) "LOOOOOOOVE"

David Elder in "I only have eyes for you" from 42nd Street.

Barbra Striesand in Yentl when she's singing Papa Can You Hear me? and sings the word "a-head" ( And all the words in all the books help me to face what lies ahead)

LaChanze in the The Color Purple singing Lily of the Field and sings "you're no God... at alllllllllllllllllllll!"

OBC of Grease in the song There Are Worse Things I Could Do
when she sings "I could stay home every niiiiiiiiiiight"

I adore the black band holding on the Phantom's mask. ~ Jenna2

#33

re: Favorite Vibrato Moments

Posted: 6/29/09 at 11:28am

I second Laura's Little Lamb and Leigh's...well, everything.

After searching VERY hard on youtube, I finally found good evidence of Raul's vibrato in Rocky Horror and Hair. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1o9xLGm80U Watch from 3:37. (He mentioned the exact same things as me, which was weird).

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#34

re: Favorite Vibrato Moments

Posted: 6/29/09 at 11:40am

Patti's Rose's Turn - "you either have IiIiIiIiIiT!"

#35

re: Favorite Vibrato Moments

Posted: 6/29/09 at 12:53pm

Andrea Burns at the end of "No Me Diga"... her final "I don't know" is VERY powerful.

::bust a move::

#36

re: Favorite Vibrato Moments

Posted: 6/29/09 at 4:20pm

Linda Strasser performing Liza One-Note in Forbidden Broadway Vol. 2 kicks everyone's ass.

"What can you expect from a bunch of seitan worshippers?" - Reginald Tresilian

#37

re: Favorite Vibrato Moments

Posted: 7/7/09 at 10:02pm

Jekyll & Hyde - 1994 concept album: At the end of "This Is The Moment" when Anthony Warlow vibratos the second syllable of "Moment" all three times! I can only vibrato on the first two! IT'S NOT FAIR!

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#38

re: Favorite Vibrato Moments

Posted: 7/7/09 at 10:14pm

I agree with Audra, specifically the end of Old Maid from 110 in the Shade.

"Art, in itself, is an attempt to bring order out of chaos."-Stephen Sondheim

#39

re: Favorite Vibrato Moments

Posted: 7/7/09 at 10:24pm

Ethel Merman.

#40

re: Favorite Vibrato Moments

Posted: 7/7/09 at 10:28pm

Liza singing "Cabaret" in Cabaret. The last note is HEAVEN.

#41

re: Favorite Vibrato Moments

Posted: 7/7/09 at 10:30pm

The one that really stands out for me at the moment is Raul Esparza in the PBS "Company" DVD. During "Being Alive", I love the way he shouts:

"MOCK ME WITH PRAaAaAaAaAaAaISE!"

It gives me chills.

#42

re: Favorite Vibrato Moments

Posted: 7/8/09 at 1:07am

Anything sung by Audra McDonald.

And the top note sung by Leigh Ann Larkin in "If Momma Was Married". I swear, that woman is so underrated.

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#43

re: Favorite Vibrato Moments

Posted: 7/8/09 at 1:15am

Laurie Beechman's solo recordings are just... pure amazement for belting/vibrato lovers.

"Hey, you! You're the worst thing to happen to musical theatre since Andrew Lloyd Webber!" -Family Guy

#44

re: Favorite Vibrato Moments

Posted: 7/8/09 at 5:00pm

I was just thinking of Leigh Ann Larkin. I love when she goes, "Broadwayyy Broadwayyy, how great YOU AREEEE!"

#45

re: Favorite Vibrato Moments

Posted: 7/9/09 at 9:37am

^ Her vibrato is insane when she sings 'To Be a Broadway STaAaAaAaAaAaAaAr!!!!!!'

"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.

#46

re: Favorite Vibrato Moments

Posted: 7/9/09 at 10:17am

I know alot of people thinks she sounds like a nanny goat but I love Julia Murney's rendition of "Where Do I Go" on the Hair Actors Fund CD.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/27199361@N08/ Phantom at the Royal Empire Theatre

#47

re: Favorite Vibrato Moments

Posted: 7/9/09 at 10:51am

Speaking of Julia Murney -- those referenced in the previous comment be dismissed -- "Out of the Blue" and "How Did We Come to This?" from The Wild Party cast recording.

Amazing vibrato throughout, but those two stand out. I especially love the last part of the latter song -- "No witness, no weakness, and no regrets". Chills still, after all these years.

#48

re: Favorite Vibrato Moments

Posted: 7/9/09 at 11:16am

Obviously, I agree with all the Gavin Creel love

I know I'm probably in the minority, and I'm not sure if it's exactly considered vibrato, but every time I hear Adam Pascal sing One Song Glory live, it makes the hair on my arms stand up. Chills every time.

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#49

re: Favorite Vibrato Moments

Posted: 7/9/09 at 12:06pm

Haha, Adam Pascal... my sister and I listen to him on AIDA over and over again because it's mindblowing to us that any human voice can sound like that. We're not sure whether we like him or hate him, but it's fascinating.

"And WHYYYYYY would I tell her this/ A stranger I just met/ A woman who I hardly know at all AND WILL FORGEEEEEEET!"

Jekyll & Hyde - 1994 concept album: At the end of "This Is The Moment" when Anthony Warlow vibratos the second syllable of "Moment" all three times! I can only vibrato on the first two! IT'S NOT FAIR!
Okay. I had no idea what you're talking about, so I went and tried it myself. And I can only vibrato on the first two, also.

In my pants, she has burst like the music of angels, the light of the sun! --Marius Pantsmercy

#50

re: Favorite Vibrato Moments

Posted: 7/9/09 at 12:14pm

I can not stand Adam Pascal's irritatingly slow vibrato. It's literally as if he's creating vibrato by expanding and de-expanding his stomach like a belly dancer.

ETA: Schmerg, you listen to Aida? I didn't think that would be your type of musical....

"There's nothing good on. The media hates Christmas. The media loves vampires, though. Maybe they will show a Twilight Christmas."
-Danmeg's 10 year old son.

Updated On: 7/9/09 at 12:14 PM

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