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#5

How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....

Many great singers don't receive any kind of vocal training, hitting the notes comes natural to them. Patti struggled a lot during the original run of Evita due to her lack of technique, eventually she was taught by a chorus member well into the run.
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How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....

Yes But It sure helps.I attend a professional Circus college school and there is no way i would make it with a big company like cirque du soleil if i wasn't at college.Lupone probably wouldn't of had vocal problems if she went to a school that specializes in Proper voice training.
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How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....

It is not as though LuPone had no musical theater training before EVITA. She starred in THE CRADLE WILL ROCK, THE BEGGAR'S OPERA, and THE ROBBER BRIDEGROOM during her years with John Houseman's THE ACTING COMPANY. She also starred in THE BAKER'S WIFE. One can assume she had paid vocal coaches during this period. EVITA is a very difficult role to sing and LuPone's reminiscences of her time in EVITA are that it was not a pleasurable experience. Her training at Julliard taught her how to be an actor. She has always considered herself an actor who sings and not a singer who acts.

Updated On: 3/30/13 at 10:39 PM

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How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....

WOULDN'T HAVE, dammit!!!
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#13

How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....

Read her memoir. It's good. She explains she had music lessons throughout her childhood and high school years. She was in choir and learned to sing there. She did musical theater growing up and commented on how she always had a musical theater type of voice. She could sing. With Evita, she goes into detail about her vocal struggle. She could sing it but didn't know how. A member of the ensemble helped her through out of the run.
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How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....

Screaming at Bank of America and hotel employees really strengthens the voice.
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How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....

I was going to make a snarky joke about how I can't stand Mandy P's voice. But, I can't think of a subtle way to bring it up. So I won't. Be subtle, that is: He burns my eardrums.
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#21

How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....

Mandy P. and Kevin Kline were also theatre majors at Julliard. They both did OK in musical theatre.

Audra McDonald - a classical voice major, has five Tonys - three for musicals and two for straight plays.
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How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....

The point is: a college education isn't the only way people train --- for ANYTHING.


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How did Lupone get so good at Singing? She went to Juilliard....

I can't imagine at CIRCUS college there is an awful lot of emphasis on the English language. But we can hope that the random uppercase letters could be addressed.


It only "helps" to those that are successful. Gads go to college and do very well, and never score a single professional credit. MANY, many working actors don't finish college. It's simply ONE path people take.


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